In the current issue of JNNP, Watanabe and colleagues published a genome-wide association study (GWAS) in ALS to explore the effects of genetic variants in the disease course of sporadic ALS patients. ALS is an incurable neurodegenerative disease that affects the motor neurons in the cortex, brainstem, and spinal cord, typically resulting in death […]
Month: July 2016
Neuronal autoantibodies as a new enemy in temporal lobe epilepsy
In the current issue of JNNP, Vanli-Yavuz and colleagues published the largest systematic screening study of neuronal autoantibodies in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis (MTLE-HS). Of relevance to the study, epilepsy is a prevalent neurological disorder affecting over 50 million people worldwide. Despite all the advances in this field, it is estimated […]