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Altered Metabolic Homeostasis in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Mechanisms of Energy Imbalance and Contribution to Disease Progression

Overview of attention for article published in Neurodegenerative Diseases, July 2016
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
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Title
Altered Metabolic Homeostasis in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Mechanisms of Energy Imbalance and Contribution to Disease Progression
Published in
Neurodegenerative Diseases, July 2016
DOI 10.1159/000446502
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Authors

Zara A. Ioannides, Shyuan T. Ngo, Robert D. Henderson, Pamela A. McCombe, Frederik J. Steyn

Abstract

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease characterized by the death of motor neurones, which leads to paralysis and death in an average of 3 years following diagnosis. The cause of ALS is unknown, but there is substantial evidence that metabolic factors, including nutritional state and body weight, affect disease progression and survival. This review provides an overview of the characteristics of metabolic dysregulation in ALS focusing on mechanisms that lead to disrupted energy supply (at a whole-body and cellular level) and altered energy expenditure. We discuss how a decrease in energy supply occurs in parallel with an increase in energy demand and leads to a state of chronic energy deficit which has a negative impact on disease outcome in ALS. We conclude by presenting potential and tested strategies to compensate for, or correct this energy imbalance, and speculate on promising areas for further research.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Italy 1 2%
Unknown 43 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 16%
Student > Master 6 14%
Researcher 5 11%
Student > Bachelor 4 9%
Professor 4 9%
Other 5 11%
Unknown 13 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 10 23%
Neuroscience 5 11%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 7%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 5%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 5%
Other 6 14%
Unknown 16 36%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 September 2017.
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#2,674,105
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Outputs from Neurodegenerative Diseases
#38
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Outputs of similar age
#48,649
of 356,812 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Neurodegenerative Diseases
#1
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