Makoto Urushitani, Hitoshi Warita, Naoki Atsuta, Yuishin Izumi, Osamu Kano, Toshio Shimizu, Yuki Nakayama, Yugo Narita, Hiroyuki Nodera, Takuji Fujita, Koichi Mizoguchi, Mitsuya Morita, Masashi Aoki
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an adult-onset intractable motor neuron disease characterized by selective degeneration of cortical neurons in the frontotemporal lobe and motor neurons in the brainstem and spinal cord. Impairment of these neural networks causes progressive muscle atrophy and weakness that spreads throughout the body, resulting in life-threatening bulbar palsy and respiratory muscle paralysis. However, no therapeutic strategy has yet been established to halt ALS progression. Although evidence for clinical practice in ALS remains insufficient, novel research findings have steadily accumulated in recent years...
March 23, 2024: Rinshō Shinkeigaku, Clinical Neurology