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Richard W. Orrell

Researcher at University College London

Publications -  165
Citations -  14196

Richard W. Orrell is an academic researcher from University College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis & Population. The author has an hindex of 54, co-authored 159 publications receiving 12469 citations. Previous affiliations of Richard W. Orrell include Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust & Charing Cross Hospital.

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A hexanucleotide repeat expansion in C9ORF72 is the cause of chromosome 9p21-linked ALS-FTD

Alan E. Renton, +85 more
- 20 Oct 2011 - 
TL;DR: The chromosome 9p21 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-frontotemporal dementia (ALS-FTD) locus contains one of the last major unidentified autosomal-dominant genes underlying these common neurodegenerative diseases, and a large hexanucleotide repeat expansion in the first intron of C9ORF72 is shown.
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Frequency of the C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia: a cross-sectional study

Elisa Majounie, +71 more
- 01 Apr 2012 - 
TL;DR: A common Mendelian genetic lesion in C9orf72 is implicated in many cases of sporadic and familial ALS and FTD, suggesting a one-off expansion occurring about 1500 years ago.
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Genome-wide association analyses identify new risk variants and the genetic architecture of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Wouter van Rheenen, +187 more
- 01 Sep 2016 - 
TL;DR: Evidence of ALS being a complex genetic trait with a polygenic architecture is established and the SNP-based heritability is estimated at 8.5%, with a distinct and important role for low-frequency variants (frequency 1–10%).
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Genome-wide Analyses Identify KIF5A as a Novel ALS Gene.

Aude Nicolas, +435 more
- 21 Mar 2018 - 
TL;DR: Interestingly, mutations predominantly in the N-terminal motor domain of KIF5A are causative for two neurodegenerative diseases: hereditary spastic paraplegia and Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2.
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Expression of IGF-I splice variants in young and old human skeletal muscle after high resistance exercise.

TL;DR: The data in young subjects indicate that the MGF and IGF‐IEa isoforms are differentially regulated in human skeletal muscle, and an attenuated MGF response to high resistance exercise in the older subjects is indicative of age‐related desensitivity to mechanical loading.