ALS:

Pedram Parnianpour1, Matthew Harrison1, Michael Benatar1

  • 1From the Division of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (P.P.,H.B.); Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (P.P.,M.H.,S.K.); Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, USA (M.B.); Axe Neurosciences, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada., Québec, Canada (A.D.,N.D.); Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada (A.D.,N.D.); Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada (R.F.,L.K.); Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada (A.G.); Physical Sciences Platform, Sunnybrook Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada (S.J.G,L.Z.); Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Canada (S.J.G); Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (S.K.); Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (P.S.,A.W.); Division of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (S.K.).

概括

对T1加权MRI扫描的纹理分析显示,肌缩性侧面硬化症 (ALS) 患者的皮质脊髓管和体呈现渐进性退化. 这些变化与上部运动神经元功能障碍相关,为ALS进展提供了洞察力.