Direct evidence of intra-and interhemispheric corticomotor network degeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: an automated MRI structural connectivity study

S Rose, K Pannek, C Bell, F Baumann, N Hutchinson… - Neuroimage, 2012 - Elsevier
Although the pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is uncertain, there is
mounting neuroimaging evidence to suggest a mechanism involving the degeneration of …

Longitudinal analysis of glymphatic function in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and primary lateral sclerosis

RJ Sharkey, F Cortese, BG Goodyear, LW Korngut… - Brain, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder of motor neurons in the
brain and spinal cord. Accumulation of misfolded proteins is central in the pathogenesis of …

Regional alterations in cortical thickness and white matter integrity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

J Zhang, X Yin, L Zhao, AC Evans, L Song, B Xie… - Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Previous neuroimaging studies have revealed that both gray matter (GM) and white matter
(WM) are altered in several morphological aspects in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) …

Utility of axial and radial diffusivity from diffusion tensor MRI as markers of neurodegeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

NS Metwalli, M Benatar, G Nair, S Usher, X Hu… - Brain research, 2010 - Elsevier
Objective: To investigate changes in the diffusion tensor imaging measures, axial diffusivity
and radial diffusivity, in addition to the more commonly used fractional anisotropy and mean …

Diffusion tensor MRI changes in gray structures of the frontal-subcortical circuits in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

G Barbagallo, G Nicoletti, A Cherubini, M Trotta… - Neurological …, 2014 - Springer
In this study, we used an automated segmentation of regions of interest and co-registration
to diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) images to investigate whether microstructural abnormalities …

Diffusion tensor imaging detects corticospinal tract involvement at multiple levels in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

AT Toosy, DJ Werring, RW Orrell… - Journal of Neurology …, 2003 - jnnp.bmj.com
Background: Histopathological studies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are of end
stage disease. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) provides the opportunity to investigate …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced magnetic resonance neuroimaging in bulbar and limb onset early amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

M Vora, S Kumar, S Sharma, S Sharma… - … of neurosciences in …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Materials and Methods: Twenty-one patients with ALS and 13 age-matched controls
received 1.5 T DTI and three-dimensional multi-voxel MRS. Fractional anisotropy (FA) …

Neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging quantifies microstructural impairment in the thalamus and its connectivity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

YB Cao, Y Wu, QY Dong, NX Huang… - CNS Neuroscience …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To evaluate microstructural impairment in the thalamus and thalamocortical
connectivity using neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) in …

Unveiling early cortical and subcortical neuronal degeneration in ALS mice by ultra-high field diffusion MRI

RG Gatto, M Amin, A Finkielsztein… - … Lateral Sclerosis and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease primarily characterized
by the progressive impairment of motor functions. However, a significant portion of affected …

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and primary lateral sclerosis: The role of diffusion tensor imaging and other advanced MR‐based techniques as objective upper motor …

S Wang, ER Melhem - Annals of the New York Academy of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also called Lou Gehrig's disease, is a motor neuron
disease characterized by progressive degeneration of upper motor neuron (UMN) and lower …