[HTML][HTML] Improving clinical trial outcomes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

MC Kiernan, S Vucic, K Talbot, CJ McDermott… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Individuals who are diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) today face the same
historically intransigent problem that has existed since the initial description of the disease in …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical diagnostic utility of transcranial magnetic stimulation in neurological disorders. Updated report of an IFCN committee

S Vucic, KHS Chen, MC Kiernan, M Hallett… - Clinical …, 2023 - Elsevier
The review provides a comprehensive update (previous report: Chen R, Cros D, Curra A, Di
Lazzaro V, Lefaucheur JP, Magistris MR, et al. The clinical diagnostic utility of transcranial …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive review of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

S Zarei, K Carr, L Reiley, K Diaz, O Guerra… - Surgical neurology …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a late-onset fatal neurodegenerative disease affecting
motor neurons with an incidence of about 1/100,000. Most ALS cases are sporadic, but 5 …

RNA-binding proteins with prion-like domains in health and disease

AF Harrison, J Shorter - Biochemical Journal, 2017 - portlandpress.com
Approximately 70 human RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) contain a prion-like domain (PrLD).
PrLDs are low-complexity domains that possess a similar amino acid composition to prion …

[HTML][HTML] Intrinsic membrane hyperexcitability of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patient-derived motor neurons

BJ Wainger, E Kiskinis, C Mellin, O Wiskow, SSW Han… - Cell reports, 2014 - cell.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease of the motor
nervous system. We show using multielectrode array and patch-clamp recordings that …

The frontotemporal dementia-motor neuron disease continuum

JR Burrell, GM Halliday, JJ Kril, LM Ittner, J Götz… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Early reports of cognitive and behavioural deficits in motor neuron disease might have been
overlooked initially, but the concept of a frontotemporal dementia-motor neuron disease …

Effect of ezogabine on cortical and spinal motor neuron excitability in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a randomized clinical trial

BJ Wainger, EA Macklin, S Vucic, CE McIlduff… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease
of the motor nervous system. Clinical studies have demonstrated cortical and spinal motor …

The tip of the iceberg: RNA-binding proteins with prion-like domains in neurodegenerative disease

OD King, AD Gitler, J Shorter - Brain research, 2012 - Elsevier
Prions are self-templating protein conformers that are naturally transmitted between
individuals and promote phenotypic change. In yeast, prion-encoded phenotypes can be …

TDP-43 and FUS in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia

IRA Mackenzie, R Rademakers… - The Lancet Neurology, 2010 - thelancet.com
Abnormal intracellular protein aggregates comprise a key characteristic in most
neurodegenerative diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and …

Clinical genetics of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: what do we really know?

PM Andersen, A Al-Chalabi - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2011 - nature.com
Hereditary amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) encompasses a group of genetic disorders
characterized by adult-onset loss of the lower and upper motor neuron systems, often with …