Motor band sign in motor neuron diseases using magnetic resonance imaging: a systematic review

S Mohammadi, S Ghaderi - Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Motor neuron diseases (MNDs) like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are progressive
neurodegenerative disorders affecting upper and lower motor neurons (UMN and LMN) …

Biomarkers in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: current status and future prospects

R McMackin, P Bede, C Ingre, A Malaspina… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Disease heterogeneity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis poses a substantial challenge in drug
development. Categorization based on clinical features alone can help us predict the …

[HTML][HTML] Thalamic alterations in motor neuron diseases: a systematic review of MRI findings

S Mohammadi, S Ghaderi, M Mohammadi… - Journal of Integrative …, 2024 - imrpress.com
Background: Motor neuron diseases (MNDs) are progressive neurodegenerative disorders
characterized by motor impairment and non-motor symptoms. The involvement of the …

[PDF][PDF] Motor band sign or biomarker

S Ghaderi, S Mohammadi - iRADIOLOGY, 2023 - researchgate.net
Motor neuron diseases (MNDs), such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), are a group of
devastating and progressive neurodegenerative disorders that affect the upper and lower …

Motor band sign is specific for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and corresponds to motor symptoms

C Zejlon, S Sennfält, J Finnsson… - Annals of Clinical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Magnetic resonance imaging can detect neurodegenerative iron accumulation in
the motor cortex, called the motor band sign. This study aims to evaluate its …

Current potential diagnostic biomarkers of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Z Xu, R Xu - Reviews in the Neurosciences, 2024 - degruyter.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) currently lacks the useful diagnostic biomarkers. The
current diagnosis of ALS is mainly depended on the clinical manifestations, which …

Neuroimaging findings in preclinical amyotrophic lateral sclerosis models—How well do they mimic the clinical phenotype? A systematic review

AE Cannon, WE Zürrer, C Zejlon, Z Kulcsar… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background and objectives Animal models for motor neuron diseases (MND) such as
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are commonly used in preclinical research. However, it …

Potential of neuroimaging as a biomarker in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: from structure to metabolism

W Sun, SH Liu, XJ Wei, H Sun, ZW Ma, XF Yu - Journal of Neurology, 2024 - Springer
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease
characterized by motor neuron degeneration. The development of ALS involves metabolite …

[HTML][HTML] Novel approaches to assessing upper motor neuron dysfunction in motor neuron disease/amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: IFCN handbook chapter

T Dharmadasa, N Pavey, S Tu, P Menon… - Clinical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Identifying upper motor neuron (UMN) dysfunction is fundamental to the diagnosis and
understanding of disease pathogenesis in motor neuron disease (MND). The clinical …

Laminar fMRI in the locked-in stage of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis shows preserved activity in layer Vb of primary motor cortex

L Knudsen, B Jespersen, MB Heintzelmann, P Zhang… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) affects the cerebral cortex layer-dependently, most
notably by the foremost targeting of upper motor neurons (UMNs) sited in layer Vb. Previous …