The selective anatomical vulnerability of ALS:'disease-defining'and 'disease-defying'brain regions

P Bede, PM Iyer, C Schuster, M Elamin… - … lateral sclerosis and …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
A large multiparametric MRI study has been undertaken to evaluate anatomical patterns of
basal ganglia, white matter and cortical grey matter involvement in ALS. Unaffected brain …

Longitudinal structural changes in ALS: a three time-point imaging study of white and gray matter degeneration

P Bede, O Hardiman - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Cross-sectional imaging studies offer valuable pathological insights into the
neurodegenerative changes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. However, clinical trials urgently …

Global brain atrophy and corticospinal tract alterations in ALS, as investigated by voxel‐based morphometry of 3‐D MRI

J Kassubek, A Unrath, HJ Huppertz, D Lulé… - Amyotrophic Lateral …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
In ALS, advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques are increasingly used to
investigate the underlying pathology. In this study, the technique of voxel‐based …

[HTML][HTML] Clusters of anatomical disease-burden patterns in ALS: a data-driven approach confirms radiological subtypes

P Bede, A Murad, J Lope, O Hardiman, KM Chang - Journal of neurology, 2022 - Springer
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is associated with considerable clinical heterogeneity
spanning from diverse disability profiles, differences in UMN/LMN involvement, divergent …

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: cell vulnerability or system vulnerability?

K Talbot - Journal of anatomy, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a complex neurodegenerative disease with clinical,
pathological and genetic overlap with frontotemporal dementia (FTD). No longer viewed as …

Progressive and widespread brain damage in ALS: MRI voxel-based morphometry and diffusion tensor imaging study

J Senda, S Kato, T Kaga, M Ito, N Atsuta… - Amyotrophic lateral …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
We investigated 17 patients with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) using voxel-
based morphometry (VBM) and voxel-based analysis of diffusion tensor images (DTI) at …

Old versus New Mechanisms in the Pathogenesis of ALS

S Rossi, M Cozzolino, MT Carrì - Brain pathology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is recognized as a very complex disease. As
we have learned in the past 20 years from studies in patients and in models based on the …

Deciphering amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: what phenotype, neuropathology and genetics are telling us about pathogenesis

J Ravits, S Appel, RH Baloh, R Barohn… - … Lateral Sclerosis and …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is characterized phenotypically by progressive
weakness and neuropathologically by loss of motor neurons. Phenotypically, there is …

Grey matter correlates of clinical variables in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS): a neuroimaging study of ALS motor phenotype heterogeneity and cortical focality

P Bede, A Bokde, M Elamin, S Byrne… - Journal of Neurology …, 2013 - jnnp.bmj.com
Background Body region of onset and functional disability are key components of disease
heterogeneity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Objectives To evaluate patterns of grey …

MRI clustering reveals three ALS subtypes with unique neurodegeneration patterns

HHG Tan, HJ Westeneng, AD Nitert… - Annals of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The purpose of this study was to identify subtypes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(ALS) by comparing patterns of neurodegeneration using brain magnetic resonance …