Brain MR imaging in patients with lower motor neuron–predominant disease

EG Spinelli, F Agosta, PM Ferraro, N Riva, C Lunetta… - Radiology, 2016 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To investigate the patterns of cortical thinning and white matter tract damage in
patients with lower motor neuron (LMN)–predominant disease compared with healthy …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroimaging as a new diagnostic modality in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

E Verstraete, BR Foerster - Neurotherapeutics, 2015 - Elsevier
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is characterized by progressive degeneration of upper
and lower motor neurons, with variable involvement of extramotor brain regions. Currently …

Neuroimaging in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: current and emerging uses

F Agosta, EG Spinelli, M Filippi - Expert review of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Several neuroimaging techniques have been used to define in vivo markers of
pathological alterations underlying amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Growing evidence …

Microstructural changes across different clinical milestones of disease in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

F Trojsi, G Caiazzo, D Corbo, G Piccirillo, V Cristillo… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Neurodegenerative process in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has been proven to
involve several cortical and subcortical brain regions within and beyond motor areas …

Integrated magnetic resonance imaging and [11C]‐PBR28 positron emission tomographic imaging in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

MJ Alshikho, NR Zürcher, ML Loggia… - Annals of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To characterize [11C]‐PBR28 brain uptake using positron emission tomography
(PET) in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) …

Development of an automated MRI-based diagnostic protocol for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using disease-specific pathognomonic features: a quantitative disease …

C Schuster, O Hardiman, P Bede - PLoS One, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Despite significant advances in quantitative neuroimaging, the diagnosis of
ALS remains clinical and MRI-based biomarkers are not currently used to aid the diagnosis …

Mind the gap: the mismatch between clinical and imaging metrics in ALS

E Verstraete, MR Turner, J Grosskreutz… - … lateral sclerosis and …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques hold the promise to capture upper
motor neuron loss and extramotor brain changes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and …

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 …

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 …

Value of 18fluorodeoxyglucose–positron-emission tomography in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a prospective study

K Van Laere, A Vanhee, J Verschueren… - JAMA …, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder primarily
affecting the motor system, with extramotor involvement to a variable extent. Biomarkers for …