Neurodegenerative diseases–is metabolic deficiency the root cause?

VR Muddapu, SAP Dharshini… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer, Parkinson, Huntington, and amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis, are a prominent class of neurological diseases currently without a cure …

PPARγ/PGC1α signaling as a potential therapeutic target for mitochondrial biogenesis in neurodegenerative disorders

S Jamwal, JK Blackburn, JD Elsworth - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2021 - Elsevier
Neurodegenerative diseases represent some of the most devastating neurological
disorders, characterized by progressive loss of the structure and function of neurons. Current …

[HTML][HTML] A cellular taxonomy of the adult human spinal cord

A Yadav, KJE Matson, L Li, I Hua, J Petrescu, K Kang… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
The mammalian spinal cord functions as a community of cell types for sensory processing,
autonomic control, and movement. While animal models have advanced our understanding …

Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of the adult mouse spinal cord reveals molecular diversity of autonomic and skeletal motor neurons

JA Blum, S Klemm, JL Shadrach, KA Guttenplan… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The spinal cord is a fascinating structure that is responsible for coordinating movement in
vertebrates. Spinal motor neurons control muscle activity by transmitting signals from the …

Mitochondrial bioenergetic deficits in C9orf72 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis motor neurons cause dysfunctional axonal homeostasis

AR Mehta, JM Gregory, O Dando, RN Carter… - Acta …, 2021 - Springer
Axonal dysfunction is a common phenotype in neurodegenerative disorders, including in
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), where the key pathological cell-type, the motor neuron …

Energy metabolism in ALS: an underappreciated opportunity?

T Vandoorne, K De Bock, L Van Den Bosch - Acta neuropathologica, 2018 - Springer
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a relentlessly progressive and fatal
neurodegenerative disorder that primarily affects motor neurons. Despite our increased …

Motor neuron susceptibility in ALS/FTD

AMG Ragagnin, S Shadfar, M Vidal… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by the
death of both upper and lower motor neurons (MNs) in the brain, brainstem and spinal cord …

[HTML][HTML] RNA dysregulation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Z Butti, SA Patten - Frontiers in genetics, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common adult-onset motor neuron disease
and is characterized by the degeneration of upper and lower motor neurons. It has become …

Physical exercise is a risk factor for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Convergent evidence from Mendelian randomisation, transcriptomics and risk genotypes

TH Julian, N Glascow, ADF Barry, T Moll, C Harvey… - …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a universally fatal neurodegenerative
disease. ALS is determined by gene-environment interactions and improved understanding …

Single nucleus RNA-sequencing defines unexpected diversity of cholinergic neuron types in the adult mouse spinal cord

MR Alkaslasi, ZE Piccus, S Hareendran… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
In vertebrates, motor control relies on cholinergic neurons in the spinal cord that have been
extensively studied over the past hundred years, yet the full heterogeneity of these neurons …