Neuropathology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and its variants

S Saberi, JE Stauffer, DJ Schulte… - Neurologic …, 2015 - neurologic.theclinics.com
The first case reports of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) date back to Charles Bell in
1824. 1 Although a variety of other clinical descriptions followed throughout the 1850s, 2–4 …

Magnetic resonance of myelin water: an in vivo marker for myelin

AL MacKay, C Laule - Brain plasticity, 2016 - content.iospress.com
Myelin is critical for healthy brain function. An accurate in vivo measure of myelin content
has important implications for understanding brain plasticity and neurodegenerative …

Early nutrition influences developmental myelination and cognition in infants and young children

S Deoni, D Dean III, S Joelson, J O'Regan… - Neuroimage, 2018 - Elsevier
Throughout early neurodevelopment, myelination helps provide the foundation for brain
connectivity and supports the emergence of cognitive and behavioral functioning. Early life …

Advances in noninvasive myelin imaging

F Heath, SA Hurley, H Johansen‐Berg… - Developmental …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Myelin is important for the normal development and healthy function of the nervous system.
Recent developments in MRI acquisition and tissue modeling aim to provide a better …

White matter maturation profiles through early childhood predict general cognitive ability

SCL Deoni, J O'Muircheartaigh, JT Elison… - Brain Structure and …, 2016 - Springer
Infancy and early childhood are periods of rapid brain development, during which brain
structure and function mature alongside evolving cognitive ability. An important …

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 …

Cerebrospinal fluid macrophage biomarkers in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

AG Thompson, E Gray, ML Thézénas… - Annals of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The neurodegenerative disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), is a
heterogeneous clinical syndrome involving multiple molecular pathways. The development …

White matter development and early cognition in babies and toddlers

J O'Muircheartaigh, DC Dean III… - Human brain …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The normal myelination of neuronal axons is essential to neurodevelopment, allowing fast
inter‐neuronal communication. The most dynamic period of myelination occurs in the first …

CSF neurofilament light chain reflects corticospinal tract degeneration in ALS

RAL Menke, E Gray, CH Lu, J Kuhle… - Annals of clinical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is sensitive to white matter tract pathology. A core
signature involving the corticospinal tracts (CST s) has been identified in amyotrophic lateral …

Characterizing longitudinal white matter development during early childhood

DC Dean, J O'Muircheartaigh, H Dirks… - Brain Structure and …, 2015 - Springer
Post-mortem studies have shown the maturation of the brain's myelinated white matter,
crucial for efficient and coordinated brain communication, follows a nonlinear spatio …