 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
"Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A degenerative disorder affecting upper MOTOR NEURONS in the brain and lower motor neurons in the brain stem and SPINAL CORD. Disease onset is usually after the age of 50 and the process is usually fatal within 3 to 6 years. Clinical manifestations include progressive weakness, atrophy, FASCICULATION, hyperreflexia, DYSARTHRIA, dysphagia, and eventual paralysis of respiratory function. Pathologic features include the replacement of motor neurons with fibrous ASTROCYTES and atrophy of anterior SPINAL NERVE ROOTS and corticospinal tracts. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1089-94)
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D000690
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.854.139 C10.574.562.250 C10.574.950.050 C10.668.467.250 C18.452.845.800.050
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| Concept/Terms |
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral
- Charcot Disease
- Motor Neuron Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Lou Gehrig Disease
- Lou Gehrig's Disease
- Lou-Gehrigs Disease
- Disease, Lou-Gehrigs
- ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)
- Gehrig's Disease
- Gehrig Disease
- Gehrigs Disease
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Guam Form- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Guam Form
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Parkinsonism-Dementia Complex of Guam
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Parkinsonism Dementia Complex of Guam
- Guam Form of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis-Parkinsonism-Dementia Complex 1
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Parkinsonism Dementia Complex 1
- Guam Disease
- Disease, Guam
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| 1987 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1989 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis" by people in Profiles.
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Steele JC, Wresch R, Hanlon SD, Keystone J, Ben-Shlomo Y. A unique retinal epitheliopathy is associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/Parkinsonism-Dementia complex of Guam. Mov Disord. 2015 Aug; 30(9):1271-5.
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Kong Q, Chang LC, Takahashi K, Liu Q, Schulte DA, Lai L, Ibabao B, Lin Y, Stouffer N, Das Mukhopadhyay C, Xing X, Seyb KI, Cuny GD, Glicksman MA, Lin CL. Small-molecule activator of glutamate transporter EAAT2 translation provides neuroprotection. J Clin Invest. 2014 Mar; 124(3):1255-67.
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Nowak RJ, Cuny GD, Choi S, Lansbury PT, Ray SS. Improving binding specificity of pharmacological chaperones that target mutant superoxide dismutase-1 linked to familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using computational methods. J Med Chem. 2010 Apr 08; 53(7):2709-18.
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Witgert M, Salamone AR, Strutt AM, Jawaid A, Massman PJ, Bradshaw M, Mosnik D, Appel SH, Schulz PE. Frontal-lobe mediated behavioral dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Eur J Neurol. 2010 Jan; 17(1):103-10.
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González-Fernández M, Daniels SK. Dysphagia in stroke and neurologic disease. Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am. 2008 Nov; 19(4):867-88, x.
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Massman PJ, Sims J, Cooke N, Haverkamp LJ, Appel V, Appel SH. Prevalence and correlates of neuropsychological deficits in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1996 Nov; 61(5):450-5.
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Ludolph AC, Elger CE, Böttger IW, Kuttig AG, Lottes G, Brune GG. N-isopropyl-p-123I-amphetamine single photon emission computer tomography in motor neuron disease. Eur Neurol. 1989; 29(5):255-60.
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Ludolph AC, Elger CE, Gössling JH, Brune GG. [Study of long spinal pathways in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Electrophysiologic and clinical findings]. Nervenarzt. 1987 Sep; 58(9):543-8.
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