Pestronk Lab

Alan Pestronk, MD

Research interests: Neuromuscular disorders

Clinical interests: Clinical neurology, neuromuscular disease, neuroimmunology, glycolipids, proteoglycans, aging and the nervous system, history of neurology, myopathy, neuropathy, weakness, myasthenia, muscle, nerve, numbness, sensory loss, pain, fatigue, muscular dystrophy, neuro muscular.

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Principal investigator

Alan Pestronk, MD

Alan Pestronk, MD

Professor of Neurology
Adult, Neuromuscular Medicine
Director, Neuromuscular Clinical Laboratory


  Pestronk lab

 
Top areas of adult care: myopathy, neuropathy, myasthenia gravis

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Recent publications

  • Biallelic variants in COQ7 cause distal hereditary motor neuropathy with upper motor neuron signs
    Biallelic variants in COQ7 cause distal hereditary motor neuropathy with upper motor neuron signsRebelo, A. P., Tomaselli, P. J., Medina, J., Wang, Y., Dohrn, M. F., Nyvltova, E., Danzi, M. C., Garrett, M., Smith, S. E., Pestronk, A., Li, C., Ruiz, A., Jacobs, E., Feely, S. M. E., França, M. C., Gomes, M. V., Santos, D. F., Kumar, S., Lombard, D. B., Saporta, M., & 6 othersHekimi, S., Barrientos, A., Weihl, C., Shy, M. E., Marques, W. & Zuchner, S., Oct 1 2023, In: Brain. 146, 10, p. 4191-4199 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Expanding the muscle imaging spectrum in dysferlinopathy: description of an outlier population from the classical MRI pattern
    Expanding the muscle imaging spectrum in dysferlinopathy: description of an outlier population from the classical MRI patternLlansó, L., Moore, U., Bolano-Diaz, C., James, M., Blamire, A. M., Carlier, P. G., Rufibach, L., Gordish-Dressman, H., Boyle, G., Hilsden, H., Day, J. W., Jones, K. J., Bharucha-Goebel, D. X., Salort-Campana, E., Pestronk, A., Walter, M. C., Paradas, C., Stojkovic, T., Mori-Yoshimura, M., Bravver, E., & 4 othersPegoraro, E., Mendell, J. R., Straub, V. & Díaz-Manera, J., Apr 2023, In: Neuromuscular Disorders. 33, 4, p. 349-357 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Schwann cells and myelin in human peripheral nerve: Major protein components vary with age, axon size and pathology
    Schwann cells and myelin in human peripheral nerve: Major protein components vary with age, axon size and pathologyPestronk, A., Schmidt, R. E., Bucelli, R. & Sim, J., Apr 2023, In: Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 49, 2, e12898.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Myostatin and follistatin as monitoring and prognostic biomarkers in dysferlinopathy
    Myostatin and follistatin as monitoring and prognostic biomarkers in dysferlinopathyThe Jain COS Consortium, Feb 2023, In: Neuromuscular Disorders. 33, 2, p. 199-207 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Sarcoidosis, granulomas and myopathy syndromes: A clinical-pathology review
    Sarcoidosis, granulomas and myopathy syndromes: A clinical-pathology reviewGarret, M. & Pestronk, A., Dec 15 2022, In: Journal of Neuroimmunology. 373, 577975.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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