Motoneuron excitability dysfunction in ALS: Pseudo‐mystery or authentic conundrum?

SM Elbasiouny - The Journal of physiology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), abnormalities in motoneuronal excitability are seen in
early pathogenesis and throughout disease progression. Fully understanding motoneuron …

Multiscale modeling of the neuromuscular system: coupling neurophysiology and skeletal muscle mechanics

O Röhrle, UŞ Yavuz, T Klotz, F Negro… - … : Systems Biology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Mathematical models and computer simulations have the great potential to substantially
increase our understanding of the biophysical behavior of the neuromuscular system. This …

Onion Skin Is Not a Universal Firing Pattern for Spinal Motoneurons: Simulation Study

MH Mousa, NP Wages… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
Muscle force is modulated by sequential recruitment and firing rates of motor units (MUs).
However, discrepancies exist in the literature regarding the relationship between MU firing …

Meta-analysis of biological variables' impact on spinal motoneuron electrophysiology data

MM Highlander, JM Allen… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Experimental, methodological, and biological variables must be accounted for statistically to
maximize accuracy and comparability of published neuroscience data. However, accounting …

In-silico development and assessment of a Kalman filter motor decoder for prosthetic hand control

M Gamal, MH Mousa, S Eldawlatly… - Computers in biology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Up to 50% of amputees abandon their prostheses, partly due to rapid degradation of the
control systems, which require frequent recalibration. The goal of this study was to develop a …

Adaptive neural decoder for prosthetic hand control

AE Montgomery, JM Allen… - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The overarching goal was to resolve a major barrier to real-life prosthesis usability—the
rapid degradation of prosthesis control systems, which require frequent recalibrations …

Perspectives on the modeling of the neuromusculoskeletal system to investigate the influence of neurodegenerative diseases on sensorimotor control

LA Elias, DEC Matoso, RN Watanabe… - Research on Biomedical …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
Introduction The understanding of the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying
movement control can be much furthered using computational models of the …

A Classification Approach to Recognize the Firing of Spinal Motoneurons in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

AY Abdelaal, MH Mousa, M Gamal… - 2020 42nd Annual …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease that affects the
nervous system causing muscle weakness, paralysis, leading to death. Given that …

Morphologically Detailed Cellular and Pool Motoneuron Models

SM Elbasiouny, MH Mousa - Encyclopedia of Computational …, 2022 - Springer
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is a pain management therapy for patients suffering from
specific types of chronic pain conditions that are refractory to conventional medical …

Multi-scales, multi-physics personalized HD-sEMG model for the evaluation of skeletal muscle aging

I Douania - 2022 - theses.hal.science
The muscle aging, as a disease entity, is known as Sarcopenia. It is defined as a reduction
of muscle strength/force accompanied by a loss of muscle mass and a decline in physical …