Altered perivascular fibroblast activity precedes ALS disease onset

…, A Domaniku, M De Schaepdryver, J De Vocht… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Apart from well-defined factors in neuronal cells 1 , only a few reports consider that the
variability of sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) progression can depend on less-…

Use of multimodal imaging and clinical biomarkers in presymptomatic carriers of C9orf72 repeat expansion

J De Vocht, J Blommaert, M Devrome… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance During a time with the potential for novel treatment strategies, early detection of
disease manifestations at an individual level in presymptomatic carriers of a hexanucleotide …

Suicidality among healthcare professionals during the first COVID19 wave

…, RC Kessler, P Mortier, G Vilagut, J De Vocht… - Journal of affective …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Prevalence estimates of suicidal thoughts and behaviours (STB) among
clinically active healthcare professionals during the first wave of COVID19 pandemic are non-…

TSPO versus P2X7 as a target for neuroinflammation: an in vitro and in vivo study

…, E Van Schoor, J De Vocht… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2020 - Soc Nuclear Med
Neuroinflammation is important in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The P2X7 receptor (P2X7R)
is a promising target for neuroinflammation. The objective of this study was to …

[HTML][HTML] Differences in Cerebral Glucose Metabolism in ALS Patients with and without C9orf72 and SOD1 Mutations

J De Vocht, D Van Weehaeghe, F Ombelet, P Masrori… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is characterized by progressive loss of upper and lower
motor neurons. In 10% of patients, the disorder runs in the family. Our aim was to study the …

Combined brain and spinal FDG PET allows differentiation between ALS and ALS mimics

…, M Devrome, G Schramm, J De Vocht… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder
with on average a 1-year delay between symptom onset and diagnosis. Studies have …

Moving toward multicenter therapeutic trials in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: feasibility of data pooling using different translocator protein PET radioligands

D Van Weehaeghe, S Babu, J De Vocht… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2020 - Soc Nuclear Med
Neuroinflammation has been implicated in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and can be
visualized using translocator protein (TSPO) radioligands. To become a reliable …

Multicenter validation of [18F]-FDG PET and support-vector machine discriminant analysis in automatically classifying patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis …

…, A Cistaro, SM Willekens, J De Vocht… - … Lateral Sclerosis and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Full article: Multicenter validation of [18F]-FDG PET and support-vector machine discriminant
analysis in automatically classifying patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis versus …

Prognostic relationship of neurofilaments, CHIT1, YKL-40 and MCP-1 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

…, M De Schaepdryver, MK Floeter, J De Vocht… - Journal of Neurology …, 2022 - jnnp.bmj.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterised by the
progressive loss of motor neurons in the brain, the brainstem and the spinal cord. 1 This results …

Derivation of norms for the Dutch version of the Edinburgh cognitive and behavioral ALS screen

…, LA Spreij, M Verhaegen, J De Vocht… - … Lateral Sclerosis and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The Edinburgh cognitive and behavioral ALS screen (ECAS) was developed
specifically to detect cognitive and behavioral changes in patients with amyotrophic lateral …