[HTML][HTML] Neuroimaging endpoints in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

RAL Menke, F Agosta, J Grosskreutz, M Filippi… - …, 2017 - Elsevier
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative, clinically
heterogeneous syndrome pathologically overlapping with frontotemporal dementia. To date …

[HTML][HTML] Deep learning predictions of survival based on MRI in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

HK van der Burgh, R Schmidt, HJ Westeneng… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2017 - Elsevier
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neuromuscular disease, with large
variation in survival between patients. Currently, it remains rather difficult to predict survival …

Hypothalamic atrophy is related to body mass index and age at onset in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

M Gorges, P Vercruysse, HP Müller… - Journal of Neurology …, 2017 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective Our objective was to study the hypothalamic volume in a cohort of patients with
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) including symptomatic and presymptomatic ALS …

Extra-motor abnormalities in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: another layer of heterogeneity

PA McCombe, NR Wray… - Expert review of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease defined by
the presence of muscle weakness. The motor features of disease are heterogeneous in site …

Pathological TDP-43 changes in Betz cells differ from those in bulbar and spinal α-motoneurons in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

H Braak, AC Ludolph, M Neumann, J Ravits… - Acta …, 2017 - Springer
Two nerve cells types, Betz cells in layer Vb of the primary motor neocortex and α-
motoneurons of the lower brainstem and spinal cord, become involved at the beginning of …

[HTML][HTML] Virtual brain biopsies in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: diagnostic classification based on in vivo pathological patterns

P Bede, PM Iyer, E Finegan, T Omer, O Hardiman - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Diagnostic uncertainty in ALS has serious management implications and
delays recruitment into clinical trials. Emerging evidence of presymptomatic disease-burden …

Memory-related white matter tract integrity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: an advanced neuroimaging and neuropsychological study

F Christidi, E Karavasilis, I Zalonis, P Ferentinos… - Neurobiology of …, 2017 - Elsevier
We aimed to investigate structural changes in vivo in memory-related white matter tracts (ie,
perforant pathway zone [PPZ]; uncinate fasciculus [UF]; fornix) using diffusion tensor …

Longitudinal diffusion tensor imaging-based assessment of tract alterations: an application to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

D Baldaranov, A Khomenko, I Kobor… - Frontiers in human …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Objective: The potential of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a technical biomarker for
cerebral microstructural alterations in neurodegenerative diseases is under investigation. In …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing repair in multiple sclerosis: outcomes for phase II clinical trials

MP Sormani, M Pardini - Neurotherapeutics, 2017 - Elsevier
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) pathology is complex and includes inflammatory processes,
neurodegeneration, and demyelination. While multiple drugs have been developed to tackle …

Does sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis spread via axonal connectivities?

H Braak, M Neumann, AC Ludolph… - Neurology …, 2017 - thieme-connect.com
The pathological process underlying sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (sALS) that is
associated with the formation of cytoplasmic inclusions of a nuclear protein (TDP-43) is …