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Matthew C. Kiernan is affiliated with the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Australia. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a substantial focus on Neurology and related subfields. Key areas of their work encompass Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration
  • Muscle & Nerve
  • Abstracts

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Matthew C. Kiernan are:

  • Improving clinical trial outcomes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 2020, Nature Reviews Neurology
  • A proposal for new diagnostic criteria for ALS, 2020, Clinical Neurophysiology
  • TDP-43 proteinopathies: a new wave of neurodegenerative diseases, 2020, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • Emerging insights into the complex genetics and pathophysiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 2022, The Lancet Neurology
  • Consensus for experimental design in electromyography (CEDE) project: Amplitude normalization matrix, 2020, Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

The scientist regularly collaborates with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Steve Vucic
  • Parvathi Menon
  • William Huynh
  • Sicong Tu
  • Glenda M. Halliday

Best Publications

  • SeminarAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Matthew C Kiernan;Steve Vucic;Benjamin C Cheah;Martin R Turner

  • Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neurotoxicity: a critical analysis.

    Susanna B. Park;David Goldstein;Arun V. Krishnan;Cindy S-Y Lin

  • Clinical diagnosis and management of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Orla Hardiman;Leonard H. van den Berg;Matthew C. Kiernan

  • Genome-wide Analyses Identify KIF5A as a Novel ALS Gene.

    Aude Nicolas;Kevin P. Kenna;Alan E. Renton;Alan E. Renton;Nicola Ticozzi

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify new risk variants and the genetic architecture of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Wouter van Rheenen;Aleksey Shatunov;Annelot M. Dekker;Russell L. McLaughlin

  • Controversies and priorities in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Martin R Turner;Orla Hardiman;Michael Benatar;Benjamin R Brooks

  • A proposal for new diagnostic criteria for ALS

    Jeremy M. Shefner;Ammar Al-Chalabi;Mark R. Baker;Li-Ying Cui

  • Biomarkers in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Martin R Turner;Matthew C Kiernan;P Nigel Leigh;Kevin Talbot

  • Multiple measures of axonal excitability: A new approach in clinical testing

    Matthew C. Kiernan;David Burke;Kjeld V. Andersen;Hugh Bostock

  • Excitability of human axons

    D Burke;MC Kiernan;H Bostock

  • Cortical hyperexcitability may precede the onset of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Steve Vucic;Garth A. Nicholson;Matthew C. Kiernan

  • Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy: from pathology to phenotype

    Emily K. Mathey;Susanna B. Park;Susanna B. Park;Richard A C Hughes;John D. Pollard

  • Strength-duration properties of human peripheral nerve

    Ilona Mogyoros;Matthew C. Kiernan;David Burke

  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: moving towards a new classification system

    Ammar Al-Chalabi;Orla Hardiman;Matthew C Kiernan;Adriano Chiò

  • Guillain-Barré syndrome: an update.

    Steve Vucic;Matthew C. Kiernan;David R. Cornblath

  • The frontotemporal dementia-motor neuron disease continuum.

    James R Burrell;James R Burrell;Glenda M Halliday;Glenda M Halliday;Jillian J Kril;Lars M Ittner;Lars M Ittner

  • Motor Neuron dysfunction in frontotemporal dementia

    James R. Burrell;Matthew C. Kiernan;Steve Vucic;Steve Vucic;John R. Hodges

  • Novel threshold tracking techniques suggest that cortical hyperexcitability is an early feature of motor neuron disease

    Steve Vucic;Matthew C Kiernan

  • Riluzole, Neuroprotection and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

    B.C. Cheah;S. Vucic;A. V. Krishnan;M.C. Kiernan

  • Genome-Wide Analyses Identify KIF5A as a Novel ALS Gene

    Aude Nicolas;Kevin P. Kenna;Alan E. Renton;Nicola Ticozzi

Frequent Co-Authors

John R. Hodges
John R. Hodges University of Sydney
David Burke
David Burke University of Sydney
Glenda M. Halliday
Glenda M. Halliday University of Sydney
Olivier Piguet
Olivier Piguet University of Sydney
Hugh Bostock
Hugh Bostock University College London
David Goldstein
David Goldstein University of New South Wales
Michael Hornberger
Michael Hornberger University of East Anglia
Garth A. Nicholson
Garth A. Nicholson University of Sydney
Michael Friedlander
Michael Friedlander University of New South Wales
Martin R. Turner
Martin R. Turner University of Oxford

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