Propagation patterns in motor neuron diseases: Individual and phenotype-associated disease-burden trajectories across the UMN-LMN spectrum of MNDs

M Tahedl, SLH Shing, E Finegan, RH Chipika… - Neurobiology of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Motor neuron diseases encompass a divergent group of conditions with considerable
differences in clinical manifestations, survival, and genetic vulnerability. One of the key …

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 …

ALS motor phenotype heterogeneity, focality, and spread: deconstructing motor neuron degeneration

JM Ravits, AR La Spada - Neurology, 2009 - AAN Enterprises
Heterogeneity of motor phenotypes is a clinically well-recognized fundamental aspect of
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and is determined by variability of 3 independent primary …

Characteristic increases in EEG connectivity correlate with changes of structural MRI in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

B Nasseroleslami, S Dukic, M Broderick, K Mohr… - Cerebral …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a terminal progressive adult-onset neurodegeneration
of the motor system. Although originally considered a pure motor degeneration, there is …

Focal thinning of the motor cortex mirrors clinical features of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and their phenotypes: a neuroimaging study

C Schuster, E Kasper, J Machts, D Bittner… - Journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is characterised by degeneration of upper (UMN) and
lower motor neurons (LMN). We aimed to relate clinical variables to cortical thinning of the …

Structural hallmarks of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis progression revealed by probabilistic fiber tractography

R Steinbach, K Loewe, J Kaufmann, J Machts… - Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by
progressive limb and/or bulbar muscular weakness and atrophy. Although ALS-related …

Selective vulnerability of motor neuron types and functional groups to degeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: review of the neurobiological mechanisms and …

SV Ovsepian, VB O'Leary, S Martinez - Brain Structure and Function, 2024 - Springer
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative condition characterised by
a progressive loss of motor neurons controlling voluntary muscle activity. The disease …

Cortical thinning trajectories across disease stages and cognitive impairment in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

M Consonni, E Dalla Bella, VE Contarino, E Bersano… - Cortex, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Cortical neuron degenerative process underlying upper motor neuron
involvement in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) spreads to extra-motor regions as …

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) …

Neurodegeneration of brain networks in the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis–frontotemporal lobar degeneration (ALS–FTLD) continuum: evidence from MRI and MEG …

F Trojsi, P Sorrentino, G Sorrentino, G Tedeschi - CNS spectrums, 2018 - cambridge.org
Brain imaging techniques, especially those based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
and magnetoencephalography (MEG), have been increasingly applied to study multiple …