By Scientia Professor Matthew Colm Kiernan

Journal articles

Noto YI; Simon N; Shibuya K; Matamala JM; Dharmadasa T; Kiernan MC, 2017, 'Dynamic muscle ultrasound identifies upper motor neuron involvement in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis', Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 18, pp. 404 - 410, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21678421.2017.1286355

Huynh W; Kiernan MC, 2017, 'A man with MS asking about medicinal cannabis', Medicine Today, 18, pp. 56 - 59

Kandula T; Farrar MA; Kiernan MC; Krishnan AV; Goldstein D; Horvath L; Grimison P; Boyle F; Baron-Hay S; Park SB, 2017, 'Neurophysiological and clinical outcomes in chemotherapy-induced neuropathy in cancer', Clinical Neurophysiology, 128, pp. 1166 - 1175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2017.04.009

Menon P; Geevasinga N; van den Bos M; Yiannikas C; Kiernan MC; Vucic S, 2017, 'Cortical hyperexcitability and disease spread in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis', European Journal of Neurology, 24, pp. 816 - 824, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ene.13295

Garg N; Park SB; Vucic S; Yiannikas C; Spies J; Howells J; Huynh W; Matamala JM; Krishnan AV; Pollard JD; Cornblath DR; Reilly MM; Kiernan MC, 2017, 'Differentiating lower motor neuron syndromes', Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 88, pp. 474 - 483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2016-313526

Kiernan MC, 2017, 'Some do not like it hot', Journal of Physiology, 595, pp. 3251 - 3252, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/JP274183

Huynh W; Kwai N; Arnold R; Krishnan AV; Lin CSY; Vucic S; Kiernan MC, 2017, 'The effect of diabetes on cortical function in stroke: Implications for poststroke plasticity', Diabetes, 66, pp. 1661 - 1670, http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/db16-0961

Shibuya K; Simon NG; Geevasinga N; Menon P; Howells J; Park SB; Huynh W; Noto YI; Vucic S; Kiernan MC, 2017, 'The evolution of motor cortical dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis', Clinical Neurophysiology, 128, pp. 1075 - 1082, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2017.03.004

Dharmadasa T; Henderson RD; Talman PS; Al Macdonell R; Mathers S; Schultz DW; Needham M; Zoing M; Vucic S; Kiernan MC, 2017, 'Motor neurone disease: Progress and challenges', Medical Journal of Australia, 206, pp. 357 - 362, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/MJA16.01063

Simon NG; Lagopoulos J; Paling S; Pfluger C; Park SB; Howells J; Gallagher T; Kliot M; Henderson RD; Vucic S; Kiernan MC, 2017, 'Peripheral nerve diffusion tensor imaging as a measure of disease progression in ALS', Journal of Neurology, 264, pp. 882 - 890, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00415-017-8443-x

Kiernan MC, 2017, 'Transforming the management of stroke', Medical Journal of Australia, 206, pp. 342 - 343, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja17.00028

Bodea LG; Evans HT; Van der Jeugd A; Ittner LM; Delerue F; Kril J; Halliday G; Hodges J; Kiernan MC; Götz J, 2017, 'Accelerated aging exacerbates a pre-existing pathology in a tau transgenic mouse model', Aging Cell, 16, pp. 377 - 386, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acel.12565

Matamala JM; Dharmadasa T; Kiernan MC, 2017, 'Prognostic factors in C9orf72 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis', Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 88, pp. 281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2016-314685

McLaughlin RL; Schijven D; Van Rheenen W; Van Eijk KR; O'Brien M; Kahn RS; Ophoff RA; Goris A; Bradley DG; Al-Chalabi A; Van Den Berg LH; Luykx JJ; Hardiman O; Veldink JH; Shatunov A; Dekker AM; Diekstra FP; Pulit SL; Van Der Spek RAA; Van Doormaal PTC; Sproviero W; Jones AR; Nicholson GA; Rowe DB; Pamphlett R; Kiernan MC; Bauer D; Kahlke T; Williams K; Eftimov F; Fogh I; Ticozzi N; Lin K; Millecamps S; Salachas F; Meininger V; Carvalho MD; Pinto S; Mora JS; Rojas-Garcyá 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; Petri S; Abdulla S; Drepper C; Sendtner M; Meyer T; Wiedau-Pazos M; Lomen-Hoerth C; Deerlin VMV; Trojanowski JQ; Elman L; McCluskey L; Basak N; Meitinger T; Lichtner P; Blagojevic-Radivojkov M; Andres CR; Maurel C; Bensimon G; Landwehrmeyer B; Brice A; Payan CAM; Saker-Delye S; Durr A; Wood N; Tittmann L; Lieb W; Franke A; Rietschel M; Cichon S; Nothen MM; Amouyel P; Tzourio C; Dartigues JF; Uitterlinden AG; Rivadeneira F; Estrada K; Hofman A; Curtis C; Derkooi AJV; De Visser M; Weber M; Shaw CE; Smith BN; Pansarasa O; Cereda C; Bo RD; Comi GP; D'Alfonso S, 2017, 'Genetic correlation between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and schizophrenia', Nature Communications, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14774

Farrar MA; Park SB; Vucic S; Carey KA; Turner BJ; Gillingwater TH; Swoboda KJ; Kiernan MC, 2017, 'Emerging therapies and challenges in spinal muscular atrophy', Annals of Neurology, 81, pp. 355 - 368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ana.24864

Shibuya K; Park SB; Howells J; Huynh W; Noto YI; Shahrizaila N; Matamala JM; Vucic S; Kiernan MC, 2017, 'Laterality of motor cortical function measured by transcranial magnetic stimulation threshold tracking', Muscle and Nerve, 55, pp. 424 - 427, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mus.25372

Ahmed RM; Irish M; van Eersel J; Ittner A; Ke YD; Volkerling A; van der Hoven J; Tanaka K; Karl T; Kassiou M; Kril JJ; Piguet O; Götz J; Kiernan MC; Halliday GM; Hodges JR; Ittner LM, 2017, 'Mouse models of frontotemporal dementia: A comparison of phenotypes with clinical symptomatology', Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 74, pp. 126 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.01.004

Van Den Bos MAJ; Geevasinga N; Menon P; Burke D; Kiernan MC; Vucic S, 2017, 'Physiological processes influencing motor-evoked potential duration with voluntary contraction', Journal of Neurophysiology, 117, pp. 1156 - 1162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00832.2016

Meininger V; Genge A; van den Berg LH; Robberecht W; Ludolph A; Chio A; Kim SH; Leigh PN; Kiernan MC; Shefner JM; Desnuelle C; Morrison KE; Petri S; Boswell D; Temple J; Mohindra R; Davies M; Bullman J; Rees P; Lavrov A, 2017, 'Safety and efficacy of ozanezumab in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial', The Lancet Neurology, 16, pp. 208 - 216, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(16)30399-4

Matamala JM; Kiernan MC, 2017, 'Natural history and the dawning of a new era for familial ALS', Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 88, pp. 95 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2016-313898

Park SB; Kiernan MC; Vucic S, 2017, 'Axonal Excitability in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Axonal Excitability in ALS', Neurotherapeutics, 14, pp. 78 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13311-016-0492-9

Ahmed RM; Landin-Romero R; Collet TH; Van Der Klaauw AA; Devenney E; Henning E; Kiernan MC; Piguet O; Farooqi IS; Hodges JR, 2017, 'Energy expenditure in frontotemporal dementia: A behavioural and imaging study', Brain, 140, pp. 171 - 183, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/brain/aww263

Pickering H; Murray J; Lin CSY; Cormack C; Martin A; Kiernan MC; Krishnan AV, 2017, 'Fampridine treatment and walking distance in multiple sclerosis: A randomised controlled trial', Clinical Neurophysiology, 128, pp. 93 - 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2016.10.088

Borire AA; Arnold R; Pussell BA; Kwai NC; Visser LH; Padua L; Simon NG; Kiernan MC; Krishnan AV, 2017, 'Haemodialysis alters peripheral nerve morphology in end-stage kidney disease', Clinical Neurophysiology, 128, pp. 281 - 286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2016.09.010

Ahmed RM; Highton-Williamson E; Caga J; Thornton N; Ramsey E; Zoing M; Kim WS; Halliday GM; Piguet O; Hodges JR; Farooqi IS; Kiernan MC, 2017, 'Lipid Metabolism and Survival Across the Frontotemporal Dementia-Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Spectrum: Relationships to Eating Behavior and Cognition', Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 61, pp. 773 - 783, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-170660

Kukreja JEB; Kiernan M; Schempp B; Siebert A; Hontar A; Nelson B; Dolan J; Noyes K; Dozier A; Ghazi A; Rashid HH; Wu G; Messing EM, 2017, 'Quality Improvement in Cystectomy Care with Enhanced Recovery (QUICCER) study', BJU INTERNATIONAL, 119, pp. 38 - 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bju.13521

Shahrizaila N; Noto Y; Simon NG; Huynh W; Shibuya K; Matamala JM; Dharmadasa T; Devenney E; Kennerson ML; Nicholson GA; Kiernan MC, 2017, 'Quantitative muscle ultrasound as a biomarker in Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy', Clinical Neurophysiology, 128, pp. 227 - 232, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2016.11.010

Rich JD; Gosev I; Patel CB; Joseph S; Katz JN; Eckman PM; Lee S; Sundareswaran K; Kilic A; Bethea B; Soleimani B; Lima B; Uriel N; Kiernan M, 2017, 'The incidence, risk factors, and outcomes associated with late right-sided heart failure in patients supported with an axial-flow left ventricular assist device', JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION, 36, pp. 50 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2016.08.010

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

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