By Scientia Professor Matthew Colm Kiernan

Journal articles

Devenney EM; Landin-Romero R; Irish M; Hornberger M; Mioshi E; Halliday GM; Kiernan MC; Hodges JR, 2017, 'The neural correlates and clinical characteristics of psychosis in the frontotemporal dementia continuum and the C9orf72 expansion', NeuroImage: Clinical, 13, pp. 439 - 445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2016.11.028

Vucic S; Kiernan MC, 2017, 'Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the Assessment of Neurodegenerative Disease', Neurotherapeutics, 14, pp. 91 - 106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13311-016-0487-6

Borire AA; Visser LH; Padua L; Colebatch JG; Huynh W; Simon NG; Kiernan MC; Krishnan AV, 2017, 'Utility of maximum perfusion intensity as an ultrasonographic marker of intraneural blood flow', Muscle and Nerve, 55, pp. 77 - 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mus.25200

Burke D; Howells J; Kiernan MC, 2017, 'Sensory and motor axons are different: implications for neurological disease', Annals of Clinical Neurophysiology, 19, pp. 3 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.14253/acn.2017.19.1.3

Geevasinga N; Menon P; Ng K; Van Den Bos M; Byth K; Kiernan MC; Vucic S, 2016, 'Riluzole exerts transient modulating effects on cortical and axonal hyperexcitability in ALS', Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 17, pp. 580 - 588, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21678421.2016.1188961

Farrar MA; Vucic S; Nicholson G; Kiernan MC, 2016, 'Motor cortical dysfunction develops in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3', Clinical Neurophysiology, 127, pp. 3418 - 3424, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2016.09.005

Hsieh S; Irish M; Foxe D; Caga J; Devenney E; Ahmed R; Hodges JR; Piguet O; Kiernan MC, 2016, 'My memories are important to me: Changes in autobiographical memory in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis', Neuropsychology, 30, pp. 920 - 930, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/neu0000291

Ahmed RM; Devenney EM; Irish M; Ittner A; Naismith S; Ittner LM; Rohrer JD; Halliday GM; Eisen A; Hodges JR; Kiernan MC, 2016, 'Neuronal network disintegration: Common pathways linking neurodegenerative diseases', Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 87, pp. 1234 - 1241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2014-308350

Geevasinga N; Menon P; Özdinler PH; Kiernan MC; Vucic S, 2016, 'Pathophysiological and diagnostic implications of cortical dysfunction in ALS', Nature Reviews Neurology, 12, pp. 651 - 661, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrneurol.2016.140

Noto YI; Shibuya K; Vucic S; Kiernan MC, 2016, 'Novel therapies in development that inhibit motor neuron hyperexcitability in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis', Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 16, pp. 1147 - 1154, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14737175.2016.1197774

Al-Chalabi A; Hardiman O; Kiernan MC; Chiò A; Rix-Brooks B; van den Berg LH, 2016, 'Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: moving towards a new classification system', The Lancet Neurology, 15, pp. 1182 - 1194, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(16)30199-5

Dyer WB; Tan JCG; Day T; Kiers L; Kiernan MC; Yiannikas C; Reddel S; Ng K; Mondy P; Dennington PM; Dean MM; Trist HM; dos Remedios C; Hogarth PM; Vucic S; Irving DO, 2016, 'Immunomodulation of inflammatory leukocyte markers during intravenous immunoglobulin treatment associated with clinical efficacy in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy', Brain and Behavior, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/brb3.516

Kiernan MC, 2016, 'The babinski sign', Practical Neurology, 16, pp. 419 - 420, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/practneurol-2016-001417

Van Rheenen W; Shatunov A; Dekker AM; McLaughlin RL; Diekstra FP; Pulit SL; Van Der Spek RAA; Võsa U; De Jong S; Robinson MR; Yang J; Fogh I; Van Doormaal PTC; Tazelaar GHP; Koppers M; Blokhuis AM; Sproviero W; Jones AR; Kenna KP; Van Eijk KR; Harschnitz O; Schellevis RD; Brands WJ; Medic J; Menelaou A; Vajda A; Ticozzi N; Lin K; Rogelj B; Vrabec K; Ravnik-Glava M; Koritnik B; Zidar J; Leonardis L; Grošelj LD; Millecamps S; Salachas F; Meininger V; De Carvalho M; Pinto S; Mora JS; Rojas-García R; Polak M; Chandran S; Colville S; Swingler R; Morrison KE; Shaw PJ; Hardy J; Orrell RW; Pittman A; Sidle K; Fratta P; Malaspina A; Topp S; Petri S; Abdulla S; Drepper C; Sendtner M; Meyer T; Ophoff RA; Staats KA; Wiedau-Pazos M; Lomen-Hoerth C; Van Deerlin VM; Trojanowski JQ; Elman L; McCluskey L; Basak AN; Tunca C; Hamzeiy H; Parman Y; Meitinger T; Lichtner P; Radivojkov-Blagojevic M; Andres CR; Maurel C; Bensimon G; Landwehrmeyer B; Brice A; Payan CAM; Saker-Delye S; Dürr A; Wood NW; Tittmann L; Lieb W; Franke A; Rietschel M; Cichon S; Nöthen MM; Amouyel P; Tzourio C; Dartigues JF; Uitterlinden AG; Rivadeneira F; Estrada K; Hofman A; Curtis C; Blauw HM; Van Der Kooi AJ, 2016, 'Genome-wide association analyses identify new risk variants and the genetic architecture of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis', Nature Genetics, 48, pp. 1043 - 1048, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ng.3622

Burrell JR; Halliday GM; Kril JJ; Ittner LM; Götz J; Kiernan MC; Hodges JR, 2016, 'The frontotemporal dementia-motor neuron disease continuum', The Lancet, 388, pp. 919 - 931, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00737-6

Menon P; Geevasinga N; Yiannikas C; Kiernan MC; Vucic S, 2016, 'Cortical contributions to the flail leg syndrome: Pathophysiological insights', Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 17, pp. 389 - 396, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/21678421.2016.1145232

Geevasinga N; Menon P; Scherman DB; Simon N; Yiannikas C; Henderson RD; Kiernan MC; Vucic S, 2016, 'Diagnostic criteria in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis', Neurology, 87, pp. 684 - 690, http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000002988

Shibuya K; Park SB; Geevasinga N; Menon P; Howells J; Simon NG; Huynh W; Noto YI; Götz J; Kril JJ; Ittner LM; Hodges J; Halliday G; Vucic S; Kiernan MC, 2016, 'Motor cortical function determines prognosis in sporadic ALS', Neurology, 87, pp. 513 - 520, http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000002912

Ahmed RM; Caga J; Devenney E; Hsieh S; Bartley L; Highton-Williamson E; Ramsey E; Zoing M; Halliday GM; Piguet O; Hodges JR; Kiernan MC, 2016, 'Cognition and eating behavior in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: effect on survival', Journal of Neurology, 263, pp. 1593 - 1603, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00415-016-8168-2

Halliday GM; Kiernan MC; Kril JJ; Mito R; Masuda-Suzukake M; Hasegawa M; McCann H; Bartley L; Dobson-Stone C; Kwok JBJ; Hornberger M; Hodges JR; Tan RH, 2016, 'TDP-43 in the hypoglossal nucleus identifies amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia', Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 366, pp. 197 - 201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2016.05.005

Huynh W; Simon NG; Grosskreutz J; Turner MR; Vucic S; Kiernan MC, 2016, 'Assessment of the upper motor neuron in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis', Clinical Neurophysiology, 127, pp. 2643 - 2660, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2016.04.025

Geevasinga N; Loy CT; Menon P; de Carvalho M; Swash M; Schrooten M; Van Damme P; Gawel M; Sonoo M; Higashihara M; Noto YI; Kuwabara S; Kiernan MC; Macaskill P; Vucic S, 2016, 'Awaji criteria improves the diagnostic sensitivity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A systematic review using individual patient data', Clinical Neurophysiology, 127, pp. 2684 - 2691, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2016.04.005

Arnold R; Pussell BA; Kiernan MC; Krishnan AV, 2016, 'Comparative study to evaluate the effects of peritoneal and hemodialysis on peripheral nerve function', Muscle and Nerve, 54, pp. 58 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mus.25016

Huynh W; Pickering H; Howells J; Murray J; Cormack C; Lin CSY; Vucic S; Kiernan MC; Krishnan AV, 2016, 'Effect of fampridine on axonal excitability in multiple sclerosis', Clinical Neurophysiology, 127, pp. 2636 - 2642, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2016.04.010

Barnett MH; Mathey E; Kiernan MC; Pollard JD, 2016, 'Axonal damage in central and peripheral nervous system inflammatory demyelinating diseases: Common and divergent pathways of tissue damage', Current Opinion in Neurology, 29, pp. 213 - 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/WCO.0000000000000334

Hornberger M; Kiernan MC, 2016, 'Emergence of an imaging biomarker for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Is the end point near?', Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 87, pp. 569, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2015-312882

Shibuya K; Park SB; Geevasinga N; Huynh W; Simon NG; Menon P; Howells J; Vucic S; Kiernan MC, 2016, 'Threshold tracking transcranial magnetic stimulation: Effects of age and gender on motor cortical function', Clinical Neurophysiology, 127, pp. 2355 - 2361, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2016.03.009

Devine MS; Ballard E; Orourke P; Kiernan MC; McCombe PA; Henderson RD, 2016, 'Targeted assessment of lower motor neuron burden is associated with survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis', Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 17, pp. 184 - 190, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/21678421.2015.1125502

Murray L; Butow PN; White K; Kiernan MC; D'Abrew N; Herz H, 2016, 'Advance care planning in motor neuron disease: A qualitative study of caregiver perspectives', Palliative Medicine, 30, pp. 471 - 478, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0269216315613902

Caga J; Turner MR; Hsieh S; Ahmed RM; Devenney E; Ramsey E; Zoing MC; Mioshi E; Kiernan MC, 2016, 'Apathy is associated with poor prognosis in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis', European Journal of Neurology, 23, pp. 891 - 897, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ene.12959

De Silva D; Hsieh S; Caga J; Leslie FVC; Kiernan MC; Hodges JR; Mioshi E; Burrell JR, 2016, 'Motor function and behaviour across the ALS-FTD spectrum', Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 133, pp. 367 - 372, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ane.12471

Kiernan MS; Katz JN, 2016, 'Operating in the Dark When Is Surgery Necessary for Left Ventricular Assist Device Hemolysis?', CIRCULATION-HEART FAILURE, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.116.003141

Kamminga J; Leslie FVC; Hsieh S; Caga J; Mioshi E; Hornberger M; Ballard KJ; Kiernan MC; Hodges JR; Burrell JR, 2016, 'Syntactic comprehension deficits across the FTD-ALS continuum', Neurobiology of Aging, 41, pp. 11 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2016.02.002

Bae JS; Ferguson M; Tan R; Mioshi E; Simon N; Burrell J; Vucic S; Hodges JR; Kiernan MC; Hornberger M, 2016, 'Dissociation of structural and functional integrities of the motor system in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia', Journal of Clinical Neurology (Korea), 12, pp. 209 - 217, http://dx.doi.org/10.3988/jcn.2016.12.2.209

Simon NG; Lagopoulos J; Gallagher T; Kliot M; Kiernan MC, 2016, 'Peripheral nerve diffusion tensor imaging is reliable and reproducible', Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 43, pp. 962 - 969, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmri.25056

Ahmed RM; Irish M; Henning E; Dermody N; Bartley L; Kiernan MC; Piguet O; Farooqi S; Hodges JR, 2016, 'Assessment of eating behavior disturbance and associated neural networks in frontotemporal dementia', JAMA Neurology, 73, pp. 282 - 290, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.4478

Huynh W; Vucic S; Krishnan AV; Lin CSY; Kiernan MC, 2016, 'Exploring the evolution of cortical excitability following acute stroke', Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 30, pp. 244 - 257, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1545968315593804

Grieve SM; Menon P; Korgaonkar MS; Gomes L; Foster S; Kiernan MC; Vucic S, 2016, 'Potential structural and functional biomarkers of upper motor neuron dysfunction in ALS', Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 17, pp. 85 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/21678421.2015.1074707

Tan RH; Kril JJ; McGinley C; Hassani M; Masuda-Suzukake M; Hasegawa M; Mito R; Kiernan MC; Halliday GM, 2016, 'Cerebellar neuronal loss in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cases with ATXN2 intermediate repeat expansions', Annals of Neurology, 79, pp. 295 - 305, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ana.24565

Shahrizaila N; Sobue G; Kuwabara S; Kim SH; Birks C; Fan DS; Bae JS; Hu CJ; Gourie-Devi M; Noto Y; Shibuya K; Goh KJ; Kaji R; Tsai CP; Cui L; Talman P; Henderson RD; Vucic S; Kiernan MC, 2016, 'Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and motor neuron syndromes in Asia', Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 87, pp. 821 - 830, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2015-312751

Kiernan MC, 2016, '35,000 Days on Earth', Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 87, pp. 1 - 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2015-312686

Garg N; Yuki N; Park SB; Barnett MH; Kiernan MC, 2016, 'Acute bulbar, neck and limb weakness with monospecific anti-GT1a antibody: A rare localized subtype of Guillain-Barré sydnrome', Muscle and Nerve, 53, pp. 143 - 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mus.24935

Ahmed RM; Irish M; Piguet O; Halliday GM; Ittner LM; Farooqi S; Hodges JR; Kiernan MC, 2016, 'Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia: distinct and overlapping changes in eating behaviour and metabolism', The Lancet Neurology, 15, pp. 332 - 342, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(15)00380-4

Hsieh S; Caga J; Leslie FVC; Shibata M; Daveson N; Foxe D; Ramsey E; Lillo P; Ahmed RM; Devenney E; Burrell JR; Hodges JR; Kiernan MC; Mioshi E, 2016, 'Cognitive and Behavioral Symptoms in ALSFTD', Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 29, pp. 3 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0891988715598232

Simon NG; Kiernan MC, 2016, 'Diaphragm ultrasound in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other neuromuscular disorders', Clinical Neurophysiology, 127, pp. 28 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2015.04.066

Talman P; Duong T; Vucic S; Mathers S; Venkatesh S; Henderson R; Rowe D; Schultz D; Edis R; Needham M; Macdonnell R; McCombe P; Birks C; Kiernan M, 2016, 'Identification and outcomes of clinical phenotypes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neuron disease: Australian National Motor Neuron Disease observational cohort', BMJ Open, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/BMJOPEN-2016-012054

Menezes MP; Farrar MA; Webster R; Antony J; O'Brien K; Ouvrier R; Kiernan MC; Burns J; Vucic S, 2016, 'Pathophysiology of motor dysfunction in a childhood motor neuron disease caused by mutations in the riboflavin transporter', Clinical Neurophysiology, 127, pp. 911 - 918, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2015.05.012

Dharmadasa T; Matamala JM; Kiernan MC, 2016, 'Treatment approaches in motor neurone disease', Current Opinion in Neurology, 29, pp. 581 - 591, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/WCO.0000000000000369

Garg N; Park SB; Pollard JD; Yiannikas C; Kiernan MC, 2016, '10. Neurophysiological profile of multifocal motor neuropathy', Clinical Neurophysiology, 127, pp. e13 - e13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2015.11.030

Geevasinga N; Menon P; Loy C; Yiannikas C; Simon NG; Kiernan MC; Vucic S, 2016, '11. Revisiting early diagnosis in ALS', Clinical Neurophysiology, 127, pp. e13 - e14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2015.11.031

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