“Switchboard” malfunction in motor neuron diseases: Selective pathology of thalamic nuclei in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and primary lateral sclerosis

RH Chipika, E Finegan, SLH Shing, MC McKenna… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2020 - Elsevier
The thalamus is a key cerebral hub relaying a multitude of corticoefferent and corticoafferent
connections and mediating distinct extrapyramidal, sensory, cognitive and behavioural …

Regional thalamic MRI as a marker of widespread cortical pathology and progressive frontotemporal involvement in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

S Tu, RAL Menke, K Talbot, MC Kiernan… - Journal of Neurology …, 2018 - jnnp.bmj.com
Background The thalamus is a major neural hub, with selective connections to virtually all
cortical regions of the brain. The multisystem neurodegenerative syndrome amyotrophic …

[HTML][HTML] Alterations in somatosensory, visual and auditory pathways in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: an under-recognised facet of ALS

RH Chipika, G Mulkerrin, A Murad, J Lope… - Journal of integrative …, 2022 - imrpress.com
Background: While amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is widely recognised as a multi-
network disorder with extensive frontotemporal and cerebellar involvement, sensory …

[HTML][HTML] Amygdala pathology in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and primary lateral sclerosis

RH Chipika, F Christidi, E Finegan, SLH Shing… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Elsevier
Temporal lobe studies in motor neuron disease overwhelmingly focus on white matter
alterations and cortical grey matter atrophy. Reports on amygdala involvement are …

Frontotemporal pathology in motor neuron disease phenotypes: Insights from neuroimaging

MC McKenna, P Corcia, P Couratier, WF Siah… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Frontotemporal involvement has been extensively investigated in amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (ALS) but remains relatively poorly characterized in other motor neuron disease …

Tackling clinical heterogeneity across the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis–frontotemporal dementia spectrum using a transdiagnostic approach

RM Ahmed, M Bocchetta, EG Todd, NY Tse… - Brain …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The disease syndromes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia
(FTD) display considerable clinical, genetic and pathological overlap, yet mounting …

Basal ganglia pathology in ALS is associated with neuropsychological deficits

J Machts, K Loewe, J Kaufmann, S Jakubiczka… - Neurology, 2015 - AAN Enterprises
Objectives: To evaluate basal ganglia changes along the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)–
ALS–frontotemporal dementia (FTD) continuum using multiple, complementary imaging …

Basal ganglia involvement in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

P Bede, M Elamin, S Byrne, RL McLaughlin, K Kenna… - Neurology, 2013 - AAN Enterprises
Objectives: To characterize the nature and extent of basal ganglia involvement in
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) genotypes in vivo. Methods: Forty-four healthy controls …

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis–frontotemporal dementia: Shared and divergent neural correlates across the clinical spectrum

C Cividini, S Basaia, EG Spinelli, E Canu… - Neurology, 2022 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives A significant overlap between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(ALS) and behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) has been observed at …

Brainstem–cortex disconnection in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: bulbar impairment, genotype associations, asymptomatic changes and biomarker opportunities

M Tahedl, EL Tan, RH Chipika, JC Hengeveld… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Bulbar dysfunction is a cardinal feature of ALS with important quality of life and
management implications. The objective of this study is the longitudinal evaluation of a large …