[HTML][HTML] In vitro and in vivo models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: an updated overview

AM Gois, DMF Mendonça, MAM Freire… - Brain Research Bulletin, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease
characterized by loss of upper motor neurons (UMN) and lower motor neurons (LMN) …

Detecting motor unit abnormalities in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using high-density surface EMG

Y Nishikawa, A Holobar, K Watanabe… - Clinical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective The purpose of this study was to detect specific motor unit (MU) abnormalities in
people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) compared to controls using high-density …

40 years of CSF toxicity studies in ALS: What have we learnt about ALS pathophysiology?

KC Ng Kee Kwong, PK Harbham… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Based on early evidence of in vitro neurotoxicity following exposure to serum derived from
patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), several studies have attempted to explore …

Astroglia acquires a toxic neuroinflammatory role in response to the cerebrospinal fluid from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients

PS Mishra, DK Dhull, A Nalini, K Vijayalakshmi… - Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Background Non-cell autonomous toxicity is one of the potential mechanisms implicated in
the etiopathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). However, the exact role of glial …

Chitotriosidase, a biomarker of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, accentuates neurodegeneration in spinal motor neurons through neuroinflammation

AM Varghese, M Ghosh, SK Bhagat… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Background Cerebrospinal fluid from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients (ALS-CSF)
induces neurodegenerative changes in motor neurons and gliosis in sporadic ALS models …

Constraint induced movement therapy as a rehabilitative strategy for ischemic stroke—Linking neural plasticity with restoration of skilled movements

SM Nesin, KR Sabitha, A Gupta, TR Laxmi - Journal of Stroke and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Stroke leads to devastating impact on health as well as quality of life making it
one of the leading causes of disability. Restoring the functions of upper extremities after …

Sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (SALS)–skeletal muscle response to cerebrospinal fluid from SALS patients in a rat model

S Shanmukha, G Narayanappa… - Disease models & …, 2018 - journals.biologists.com
Skeletal muscle atrophy is the most prominent feature of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),
an adult-onset neurodegenerative disease of motor neurons. However, the contribution of …

Cerebrospinal fluid from patients with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis induces degeneration of motor neurons derived from human embryonic stem cells

R Sumitha, VM Manjunatha, RK Sabitha… - Molecular …, 2019 - Springer
Disease modeling has become challenging in the context of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(ALS), as obtaining viable spinal motor neurons from postmortem patient tissue is an …

ALS-CSF-induced structural changes in spinal motor neurons of rat pups cause deficits in motor behaviour

S Das, A Nalini, TR Laxmi, TR Raju - Experimental Brain Research, 2021 - Springer
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a late-onset, neurodegenerative disease associated
with the loss of motor neurons in the spinal cord, brain stem and primary motor cortex. Deficit …

Differential expression of microRNA-206 in the gastrocnemius and biceps brachii in response to CSF from sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients

R Sumitha, RJS Sidhu, TN Sathyaprabha… - Journal of the …, 2014 - Elsevier
Results We found a 3.7 fold up-regulation in miR-206 expression in the gastrocnemius
muscle of ALS-CSF injected rats compared to normal control (Fig. 1 and Table 1, p< 0.05 NC …