Publications

 

Our Most Recent Publications 

1. Rawat R, Brooker SM, Naylor GE, Cherchi M, Opal P  Clinical Reasoning: A 57-Year-Old Man With Chronic Gait Unsteadiness and Diminished Lower Extremity Sensation.  Neurology  2025 Jun 24;104(12):e213713. pii:e213713
2. Elder C, Kerestes R, Opal P, Marchese M, Devinsky O  The cerebellum in epilepsy.  Epilepsia  2025 Jun;66(6):1773-1792. doi:10.1111/epi.18316
3. Peppel L, Lai RY, Rummey C, Opal P, Schmahmann JD, Gomez CM, Paulson H, Zesiewicz TA, Perlman S, Wilmot G  et al.  Suicidal Ideation in Spinocerebellar Ataxia.  J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci  2025 May 12;:appineuropsych20250006. doi:10.1176/appi.neuropsych.20250006
4. Burt AL, L'Italien G, Perlman SL, Rosenthal LS, Kuo SH, Ashizawa T, Zesiewicz T, Dietiker C, Opal P, Duquette A  et al.  Spinocerebellar Ataxia Progression Measured with the Patient-Reported Outcome Measure of Ataxia.  Mov Disord  2025 May;40(5):917-927. doi:10.1002/mds.30158
5. Paumier JM, Zewe J, Panja C, Pergande MR, Venkatesan M, Israeli E, Prasad S, Snider N, Savas JN, Opal P  Neurofilament accumulation disrupts autophagy in giant axonal neuropathy.  JCI Insight  2025 Mar 10;10(5). pii:e177999
6. Opal P, Swanson GT  Bridging the gap: insights into sensorimotor deficits in NMDA receptor antibody encephalitis.  J Clin Invest  2025 Mar 03;135(5). pii:e188251
7. Phillips CL, Faridounnia M, Battaglia RA, Evangelista BA, Cohen TJ, Opal P, Bouldin TW, Armao D, Snider NT  Gigaxonin, mutated in Giant Axonal Neuropathy, interacts with TDP-43 and other RNA binding proteins.  bioRxiv  2024 Sep 05;. pii:2024.09.03.611033
8. Selvadurai LP, Perlman SL, Ashizawa T, Wilmot GR, Onyike CU, Rosenthal LS, Shakkottai VG, Paulson HL, Subramony SH, Bushara KO  et al.  The Cerebellar Cognitive Affective/Schmahmann Syndrome Scale in Spinocerebellar Ataxias.  Cerebellum  2024 Aug;23(4):1411-1425. doi:10.1007/s12311-023-01651-0
9. Sekerková G, Kilic S, Cheng YH, Fredrick N, Osmani A, Kim H, Opal P, Martina M  Phenotypical, genotypical and pathological characterization of the moonwalker mouse, a model of ataxia.  Neurobiol Dis  2024 Jun 01;195:106492. doi:10.1016/j.nbd.2024.106492
10. Santorelli FM, McLoughlin HS, Wolter JM, Galatolo D, Synofzik M, Mengel D, Opal P,   Standards of Fluid Biomarker Collection and Pre-analytical Processes in Humans and Mice: Recommendations by the Ataxia Global Initiative Working Group on Biomarkers.  Cerebellum  2024 Jun;23(3):881-886. doi:10.1007/s12311-023-01561-1