ReviewCureus2022
Riluzole and Edavarone: The Hope Against Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
Review in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- The neuroprotective role of riluzole in spinal cord injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2025Pooled it
- A Machine Learning Approach for Highlighting microRNAs as Biomarkers Linked to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Diagnosis and Progression.Biomolecules · 2023Pooled it
- Beneficial Effects of Putative Hydrogen Sulfide (HMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Structure and function of voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.6: Involvement in the pathological process of neural injury.Neural regeneration research · 2026Article
- Hyperoside protects against poly-GR-mediated neurodegeneration via regulation of mitochondrial fission and oxidative stress in C9orf72-associated ALS.Chinese medicine · 2026Article
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: The State of the Art on Treatments and the Therapeutic Role of the Intestinal Microbiome in Human Studies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Identification of key genes related to arginine metabolism in immunoglobulin A nephropathy through the combination of scRNA-seq and bulk RNA-seq data.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Perspectives in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Biomarkers, Omics, and Gene Therapy Informing Disease and Treatment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Neuroprotective Effect of Naturally Occurring Flavonoids.Central nervous system agents in medicinal chemistry · 2025Review
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in Long-COVID Scenario and the Therapeutic Potential of the Purinergic System in Neuromodulation.Brain sciences · 2024Review
- GM1 ganglioside exerts protective effects against glutamate-excitotoxicity via its oligosaccharide in wild-type and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis motor neurons.FEBS open bio · 2023Article
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is one of the most frequent motor neuron illnesses. Motor neuron illnesses are various disorders that include upper and lower motor neuron abnormalities. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis accounts for roughly 80% of motor neuron disorders. ALS is a fatal motor neuron disease that involves the loss of motor neurons in the spinal cord and brain, resulting in gliosis and muscle weakening and wasting in the upper, lower, and respiratory muscles, reducing life expectancy to 2-5 years from the onset of symptoms. Up until now, oral riluzole, a glutamatergic neurotransmitter inhibitor, has been used to manage ALS, the only drug for the management of ALS that has been approved by the United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In recent studies, edaravone has been used through intravenous mode to halt the progression of ALS. We conducted a systematic search on PubMed; we selected Google Scholar, PubMed, websites regarding ALS, WebMD, Researchgate, als.org, consultant360, and the relevant articles for the review. It shows us riluzole and edaravone's efficacy for managing A.L.S. and how it can increase the life span of the patients.
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