Jelena Scekic-Zahirovic, Cristina Benetton, Aurore Brunet, XiaoQian Ye, Evgeny Logunov, Vincent Douchamps, Salim Megat, Virginie Andry, Vanessa Wing Yin Kan, Geoffrey Stuart-Lopez, Johan Gilet, Simon J Guillot, Sylvie Dirrig-Grosch, Charlotte Gorin, Margaux Trombini, Stéphane Dieterle, Jérôme Sinniger, Mathieu Fischer, Frédérique René, Zeynep Gunes, Pascal Kessler, Luc Dupuis, Pierre-François Pradat, Yannick Goumon, Romain Goutagny, Véronique Marchand-Pauvert, Sabine Liebscher, Caroline Rouaux
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease, characterized by the death of upper (UMN) and lower motor neurons (LMN) in the motor cortex, brainstem, and spinal cord. Despite decades of research, ALS remains incurable, challenging to diagnose, and of extremely rapid progression. A unifying feature of sporadic and familial forms of ALS is cortical hyperexcitability, which precedes symptom onset, negatively correlates with survival, and is sufficient to trigger neurodegeneration in rodents...
March 13, 2024: Science Translational Medicine