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Update on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
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Humberto Foyaca Sibat
Walter Sisulu University
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Lourdes de Fátima Ibañez-Valdés
Walter Susulu University
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1. Introductory Chapter: Introduction to Update in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Review of this Condition in Sportsmen
By Humberto Foyaca-Sibat and Lourdes de Fátima Ibañez-Valdés
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2. PET Imaging in ALS
By Bart Swinnen, Koen Van Laere and Philip Van Damme
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3. Motor Cortex Hyperexcitability, Neuroplasticity, and Degeneration in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
By Ilya S. Bakulin, Alexander V. Chervyakov, Natalia A. Suponeva, Maria N. Zakharova and Michael A. Piradov
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4. SOD1, from Bench to Bed: New Role for the Oldest Protein Implicated in ALS
By Diamanti Luca, Zucchi Elisabetta, Pansarasa Orietta, Ceroni Mauro and Cereda Crisitna
1,5785. Role of Cysteine Residue of Mutant Cu, Zn‐Superoxide Dismutase (SOD1) in the Pathogenesis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
By Seiichi Nagano and Toshiyuki Araki
1,3846. Influence of Repeats in the Protein Chain on its Aggregation Capacity for ALS-Associated Proteins
By Oxana V. Galzitskaya
1,3467. MicroRNAs in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
By Maria Teresa Gonzalez Garza
1,4181
8. Tiny microRNAs Fine-Tune Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Regulation
By Utpal Bhadra, Anisha Pal, Jagamohan Chhatai and Manika Pal Bhadra
1,8559. Selective Vulnerability of Neuronal Subtypes in ALS: A Fertile Ground for the Identification of Therapeutic Targets
By Cylia Rochat, Nathalie Bernard-Marissal and Bernard L. Schneider
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10. Neuronal Intermediate Filaments in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
By Philippe Codron, Julien Cassereau, Joël Eyer and Franck Letournel
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11. Trophic Factors in the Therapeutic Challenge Against ALS: Current Research Directions
By Anna Sobuś and Bogusław Machaliński
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12. Molecular Taxonomy: Use of Transcriptional Profiles to Identify Different ALS Subtypes
By Giovanna Morello, Francesca Luisa Conforti, Antonio Gianmaria Spampinato and Sebastiano Cavallaro
1,30213. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Role of the Canonical Wnt/Beta- Catenin Pathway and PPAR Gamma
By Yves Lecarpentier and Alexandre Vallée
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9 Crossref Citations
14 Web of Science Citations
13 Dimensions Citations
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