Widespread Structural and Functional Connectivity Changes in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Insights from Advanced Neuroimaging Research

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a severe neurodegenerative disease principally affecting motor neurons. Besides motor symptoms, a subset of patients develop cognitive disturbances or even frontotemporal dementia (FTD), indicating that ALS may also involve extramotor brain regions. Both neurop...

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Main Authors: Francesca Trojsi, Maria Rosaria Monsurrò, Fabrizio Esposito, Gioacchino Tedeschi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Neural Plasticity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/473538