Extra-motor cerebral changes and manifestations in primary lateral sclerosis

E Finegan, SLH Shing, RH Chipika, KM Chang… - Brain imaging and …, 2021 - Springer
Primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) is classically considered a 'pure'upper motor neuron disorder.
Motor cortex atrophy and pyramidal tract degeneration are thought to be pathognomonic of …

The clinical and radiological profile of primary lateral sclerosis: a population-based study

E Finegan, RH Chipika, S Li Hi Shing, MA Doherty… - Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Background Primary lateral sclerosis is a progressive upper-motor-neuron disorder
associated with markedly longer survival than ALS. In contrast to ALS, the genetic …

[HTML][HTML] Evolving diagnostic criteria in primary lateral sclerosis: the clinical and radiological basis of “probable PLS”

E Finegan, SLH Shing, WF Siah, RH Chipika… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction Primary lateral sclerosis is a rare neurodegenerative disorder of the upper
motor neurons. Diagnostic criteria have changed considerably over the years, and the …

[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 …

Not a benign motor neuron disease: longitudinal imaging captures relentless motor connectome disintegration in primary lateral sclerosis

M Tahedl, EL Tan, SLH Shing… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose Primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) is a progressive upper motor
neuron disorder associated with considerable clinical disability. Symptoms are typically …

Extramotor damage is associated with cognition in primary lateral sclerosis patients

E Canu, F Agosta, S Galantucci, A Chio, N Riva… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Objectives This is a cross-sectional study aimed at investigating cognitive performances in
patients with primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) and using diffusion tensor (DT) magnetic …

A case series of PLS patients with frontotemporal dementia and overview of the literature

BS de Vries, LMM Rustemeijer… - … Lateral Sclerosis and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) is a rare form of motor neuron disease
characterised by UMN degeneration leading to slowly progressive spasticity. Whether it is a …

Primary lateral sclerosis: a distinct entity or part of the ALS spectrum?

E Finegan, RH Chipika, SLH Shing… - … Lateral Sclerosis and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) has been traditionally viewed as a distinct upper motor
neuron condition (UMN) but is increasingly regarded as a sub-phenotype within the …

Clinicopathological features of primary lateral sclerosis are different from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

AJ Hudson, JA Kiernan, DG Munoz, CE Pringle… - Brain research …, 1993 - Elsevier
Primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) bears close resemblance to cases of amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (ALS) presenting with spasticity, but histopathological studies have shown …

Primary lateral sclerosis: consensus diagnostic criteria

MR Turner, RJ Barohn, P Corcia, JK Fink… - Journal of Neurology …, 2020 - jnnp.bmj.com
Primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) is a neurodegenerative disorder of the adult motor system.
Characterised by a slowly progressive upper motor neuron syndrome, the diagnosis is …