ReviewBrain sciences2021
Utility of Transcranial Magnetic Simulation in Studying Upper Motor Neuron Dysfunction in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Navigated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (nTMS): From Functional Brain Mapping to Clinical Applications in Neurosurgery and Neurology.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- Rod-shaped microglia interact with neuronal dendrites to attenuate cortical excitability during TDP-43-related neurodegeneration.Immunity · 2025Article
- TDP-43 pathology is sufficient to drive axon initial segment plasticity and hyperexcitability of spinal motoneurones in vivo in the TDP43-ΔNLS model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.Acta neuropathologica communications · 2025Article
- Neuronal TDP-43 aggregation drives changes in microglial morphology prior to immunophenotype in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.Acta neuropathologica communications · 2025Article
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- How do we get from hyperexcitability to excitotoxicity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?Brain : a journal of neurology · 2024Review
- Neurofilament Light Chain Levels Interact with Neurodegenerative Patterns and Motor Neuron Dysfunction in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2024Article
- Regulation of cortical hyperexcitability in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: focusing on glial mechanisms.Molecular neurodegeneration · 2023Review
- Neuronal Hyperexcitability and Free Radical Toxicity in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Established and Future Targets.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is characterised by progressive dysfunction of the upper and lower motor neurons. The disease can evolve over time from focal limb or bulbar onset to involvement of other regions. There is some clinical heterogeneity in ALS with various phenotypes of the disease described, from primary lateral sclerosis, progressive muscular atrophy and flail arm/leg phenotypes. Whilst the majority of ALS patients are sporadic in nature, recent advances have highlighted genetic forms of the disease. Given the close relationship between ALS and frontotemporal dementia, the importance of cortical dysfunction has gained prominence. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a noninvasive neurophysiological tool to explore the function of the motor cortex and thereby cortical excitability. In this review, we highlight the utility of TMS and explore cortical excitability in ALS diagnosis, pathogenesis and insights gained from genetic and variant forms of the disease.
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