Controversies and priorities in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

MR Turner, O Hardiman, M Benatar, BR Brooks… - The Lancet …, 2013 - thelancet.com
Two decades after the discovery that 20% of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
cases were linked to mutations in the superoxide dismutase-1 (SOD1) gene, a substantial …

Neuroimaging in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: insights into structural and functional changes

A Chiò, M Pagani, F Agosta, A Calvo, A Cistaro… - The Lancet …, 2014 - thelancet.com
In the past two decades, structural and functional neuroimaging findings have greatly
modified longstanding notions regarding the pathophysiology of amyotrophic lateral …

Clinical measures of bulbar dysfunction in ALS

Y Yunusova, EK Plowman, JR Green, C Barnett… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Bulbar impairment represents a hallmark feature of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) that
significantly impacts survival and quality of life. Speech and swallowing dysfunction are key …

Functional pattern of brain FDG-PET in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

M Pagani, A Chiò, MC Valentini, J Öberg, F Nobili… - Neurology, 2014 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: We investigated a large sample of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(ALS) at rest in order to assess the value of 18F-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose (18F-FDG) PET …

Machine learning in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: achievements, pitfalls, and future directions

V Grollemund, PF Pradat, G Querin, F Delbot… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a relentlessly progressive
neurodegenerative condition with limited therapeutic options at present. Survival from …

Adaptive functional reorganization in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: coexisting degenerative and compensatory changes

M Abidi, G de Marco, A Couillandre… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose Considerable functional reorganization takes place in
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in face of relentless structural degeneration. This study …

Widespread grey matter pathology dominates the longitudinal cerebral MRI and clinical landscape of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

RAL Menke, S Körner, N Filippini, G Douaud, S Knight… - Brain, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Diagnosis, stratification and monitoring of disease progression in amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis currently rely on clinical history and examination. The phenotypic heterogeneity of …

Patterned functional network disruption in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

S Dukic, R McMackin, T Buxo, A Fasano… - Human Brain …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease primarily
affecting motor function, with additional evidence of extensive nonmotor involvement …

Multiparametric MRI study of ALS stratified for the C9orf72 genotype

P Bede, ALW Bokde, S Byrne, M Elamin… - Neurology, 2013 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To describe the patterns of cortical and subcortical changes in amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (ALS) stratified for the C9orf72 genotype. Methods: A prospective, single-center …

Hippocampal pathology in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: selective vulnerability of subfields and their associated projections

F Christidi, E Karavasilis, M Rentzos, G Velonakis… - Neurobiology of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Although hippocampal involvement in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has been
consistently highlighted by postmortem studies, memory impairment remains under …