Advances in molecular pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

H Ilieva, M Vullaganti, J Kwan - bmj, 2023 - bmj.com
Although the past two decades have produced exciting discoveries in the genetics and
pathology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), progress in developing an effective therapy …

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] Pathological neural networks and artificial neural networks in ALS: diagnostic classification based on pathognomonic neuroimaging features

P Bede, A Murad, O Hardiman - Journal of neurology, 2021 - Springer
The description of group-level, genotype-and phenotype-associated imaging traits is
academically important, but the practical demands of clinical neurology centre on the …

Phenotypic categorisation of individual subjects with motor neuron disease based on radiological disease burden patterns: a machine-learning approach

P Bede, A Murad, J Lope, SLH Shing, E Finegan… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Elsevier
Motor neuron disease is an umbrella term encompassing a multitude of clinically
heterogeneous phenotypes. The early and accurate categorisation of patients is hugely …

[HTML][HTML] “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 …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Brainstem pathology in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and primary lateral sclerosis: a longitudinal neuroimaging study

P Bede, RH Chipika, E Finegan, SLH Shing… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Brainstem pathology is a hallmark feature of ALS, yet most imaging studies
focus on cortical grey matter alterations and internal capsule white matter pathology …

[HTML][HTML] Hippocampal metabolic alterations in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a magnetic resonance spectroscopy study

F Christidi, GD Argyropoulos, E Karavasilis… - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(ALS) has been overwhelmingly applied to motor regions to date and our understanding of …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Widespread subcortical grey matter degeneration in primary lateral sclerosis: a multimodal imaging study with genetic profiling

E Finegan, SLH Shing, RH Chipika, MA Doherty… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) is a low incidence motor neuron disease which
carries a markedly better prognosis than amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Despite …