TY - CHAP
T1 - Autophagy and motor neuron diseases
AU - Zhang, Xiaojie
AU - Yang, Kang
AU - Le, Weidong
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Motor neuron diseases (MND) are a group of fatal progressive neurodegenerative diseases, which selectively affect the motor system in the anterior horn of spinal cord, brainstem, cortex and pyramidal tract. Motor neurons could be divided into two groups, which are upper groups in the motor cortex and lower groups in the brain stem and spinal cord. Loss of lower motor neurons leads to muscle weakness, wasting and cramps. Loss of upper motor neurons leads to brisk reflexes and functional limits. There are several types of motor neuron disease: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), progressive bulbar palsy (PBP), progressive muscular atrophy (PMA), primary lateral sclerosis (PLS). Now, the studies of autophagy in MND focus on the type of ALS, so this chapter will summarize the alteration of autophagy in motor neurons, and how that knowledge contributes to our understanding of the pathogenesis of ALS.
AB - Motor neuron diseases (MND) are a group of fatal progressive neurodegenerative diseases, which selectively affect the motor system in the anterior horn of spinal cord, brainstem, cortex and pyramidal tract. Motor neurons could be divided into two groups, which are upper groups in the motor cortex and lower groups in the brain stem and spinal cord. Loss of lower motor neurons leads to muscle weakness, wasting and cramps. Loss of upper motor neurons leads to brisk reflexes and functional limits. There are several types of motor neuron disease: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), progressive bulbar palsy (PBP), progressive muscular atrophy (PMA), primary lateral sclerosis (PLS). Now, the studies of autophagy in MND focus on the type of ALS, so this chapter will summarize the alteration of autophagy in motor neurons, and how that knowledge contributes to our understanding of the pathogenesis of ALS.
KW - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
KW - C9orf72
KW - Lithium
KW - SOD1
KW - TDP-43
KW - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
KW - Spinal Cord
KW - Humans
KW - Motor Neuron Disease
KW - Motor Neurons
KW - Autophagy
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U2 - 10.1007/978-981-15-4272-5_3
DO - 10.1007/978-981-15-4272-5_3
M3 - Chapter
C2 - 32671738
AN - SCOPUS:85088158013
VL - 1207
T3 - Advances in experimental medicine and biology
SP - 53
EP - 74
BT - Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
PB - Springer
ER -