% IMPORTANT: The following is UTF-8 encoded. This means that in the presence % of non-ASCII characters, it will not work with BibTeX 0.99 or older. % Instead, you should use an up-to-date BibTeX implementation like “bibtex8” or % “biber”. @ARTICLE{Ludolph:277423, author = {Ludolph, Albert and Klose, Veronika and Dreyhaupt, Jens and Del Tredici, Kelly and Braak, Heiko}, title = {{T}he deltoid muscle and the pattern of paresis in {ALS}.}, journal = {Journal of neurology}, volume = {272}, number = {3}, issn = {0367-004X}, address = {[Darmstadt]}, publisher = {Steinkopff}, reportid = {DZNE-2025-00406}, pages = {253}, year = {2025}, abstract = {There is neuroanatomical and clinical evidence that the corticospinal tract governs the patterns of pareses in sporadic ALS. These patterns are mirrored by phylogenetically young monosynaptic corticomotor neuronal connections. It is well known that, clinically, dysfunction of the deltoid muscle contributes considerably to the early disability of the ALS patient. In this study, we prospectively compared the degree of pareses of the deltoid muscle with the triceps and biceps brachii in N = 71 patients (426 muscles). We could show that the extent of involvement of the deltoid muscle early in the disease process resembles that of the biceps rather than the triceps brachii. This pattern is consistent with functional data of the corticospinal monosynaptic connectivity of all three muscles.}, keywords = {Humans / Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: physiopathology / Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: complications / Deltoid Muscle: physiopathology / Deltoid Muscle: pathology / Male / Female / Middle Aged / Aged / Paresis: etiology / Paresis: physiopathology / Adult / Prospective Studies / Muscle, Skeletal: physiopathology / Pyramidal Tracts: physiopathology / Pyramidal Tracts: pathology / Electromyography / Aged, 80 and over / Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Other) / Biceps (Other) / Corticomotorneuronal (Other) / Deltoid (Other) / Monosynpatic (Other) / Pattern of paresis (Other)}, cin = {Clinical Study Center (Ulm) / AG Zhan}, ddc = {610}, cid = {I:(DE-2719)5000077 / I:(DE-2719)1910005}, pnm = {354 - Disease Prevention and Healthy Aging (POF4-354)}, pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-354}, typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16}, pubmed = {pmid:40047927}, pmc = {pmc:PMC11885358}, doi = {10.1007/s00415-025-12949-w}, url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/277423}, }