The ALS centre is integrated in the department for neuro-muscular diseases in the La Timone Hospital, Reference centre for neuromuscular diseases and ALS since 2003. It is devoted to the care of ALS patients and motor neuron diseases with a highly specialized multidisciplinary team. We regularly offer the opportunities to patients to participate to clinical trials. The clinical team has acquired an expertise in electrophysiological research and in neuroimaging. The centre is managed by Pr Shahram Attarian and Dr Annie Verschueren.
| Reference centre for neuromuscular diseases and ALS of Marseille | |
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| Foundation year | 2003 |
| Director | Pr Shahram Attarian |
| Principal investigator | Dr Annie Verschueren |
| Contact information | |
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| Address | Centre de référence pour les maaldies neuromusculaires et la SLA |
| Contact | Dr Annie Verschueren |
| Phone | Secretary + 33 491386579 |
| annie.verschueren@ap-hm.fr | |
| Website | Visit the website |
Publications
- Region-specific impairment of the cervical spinal cord (SC) in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A pre liminary study using SC templates and quantitative MRI (diffusion tensor imaging/inhomogeneous magnetization transfer). Rasoanandrianina H, Grapperon AM, Taso M, Girard OM, Duhamel G, Guye M, Ranjeva JP, Attarian S, Verschueren A, Callot V. NMR Biomed. 2017 Dec;30(12).
- Global motor unit number index sum score for assessing the loss of lower motor neurons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Grimaldi S, Duprat L, Grapperon AM, Verschueren A, Delmont E, Attarian S. Muscle Nerve. 2017 Aug;56(2):202-206.
- Paraneoplastic subacute lower motor neuron syndrome associated with solid cancer. Verschueren A, Gallard J, Boucraut J, Honnorat J, Pouget J, Attarian S. J Neurol Sci. 2015 Nov 15;358(1-2):413-6.
- A mitochondrial origin for frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis through CHCHD10 involvement. Bannwarth S, Ait-El-Mkadem S, Chaussenot A, Genin EC, Lacas-Gervais S, Fragaki K, Berg-Alonso L, Kageyama Y, Serre V, Moore DG, Verschueren A, Rouzier C, Le Ber I, Augé G, Cochaud C, Lespinasse F, N’Guyen K, de Septenville A, Brice A,Yu-Wai-Man P, Sesaki H, Pouget J, Paquis-Flucklinger V. Brain. 2014 Aug;137(Pt 8):2329-45.
- Association between structural and functional corticospinal involvement in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis assessed by diffusion tensor MRI and triple stimulation technique. Grapperon AM, Verschueren A, Duclos Y, Confort-Gouny S, Soulier E, Loundou AD, Guye M, Cozzone PJ, Pouget J, Ranjeva JP, Attarian S. Muscle Nerve. 2014 Apr;49(4):551-7.
Restricted information
| Patient resources | |
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| Population based register | No |
| Clinic based register | Yes |
| Geographically matched controls | No |
Banks
There are no banks for this centre
| Research activities | |
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| Clinical management research | Yes |
| Neuro epidemiology | No |
| Neuro physiology | Yes |
| Neuro imaging | Yes |
| Neuro psychology | No |
| Neuro pathology | No |
| Genomics | No |
| Transcriptomics | No |
| Metabolomics | No |
Clinical Trials - Industry sponsored
There are no clinical trials for this centre
Clinical Trials - Investigator initiated
There are no clinical trials for this centre