Advances of cognitive impairment in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis / 中华神经科杂志

ABSTRACT

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by motor deficits. In recent years, cognitive impairment in ALS has been widely concerned, and the concept of ALS-frontotemporal dementia spectrum has been commonly recognized and well-established. With the development of neuropsychology, neuroimaging, neurophysiology, neuropathology and neurogenetics, advances have been made in the diagnosis and pathophysiological mechanism of cognitive impairment in ALS. The most recent advances of cognitive impairment in ALS were reviewed.