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  1. Diaphragmatic CMAP amplitude from phrenic nerve stimulation predicts functional decline in ALS

    Article • Journal of Neurology, April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Swash, Bruno Miranda

  2. Hypothesis: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and environmental pollutants

    Article • Muscle & Nerve, March 2020, Wiley

    Michael Swash

  3. Occasional essay: Upper motor neuron syndrome in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, February 2020, BMJ

    Michael Swash, Michael Swash

  4. Immobility and F‐waves: Impact on lower motor neuron excitability

    Article • Muscle & Nerve, February 2020, Wiley

    Michael Swash

  5. Chitinases, neuroinflammation and biomarkers in ALS

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, January 2020, BMJ

    Michael Swash

  6. Cervical muscle weakness is a marker of respiratory dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, November 2019, BMJ

    Michael Swash

  7. Testing electrolyte supplementation for muscle cramp

    Article • Muscle & Nerve, September 2019, Wiley

    Michael Swash

  8. Face-making: task-specific facial tensions and grimacing in musicians

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, August 2019, BMJ

    Michael Swash, Michael Swash

  9. Clinical trials in the ALS syndrome: it is time for change

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, July 2019, BMJ

    Michael Swash, Michael Swash

  10. Professor Henry Urich 1916–2015: A London neuropathologist and his Polish heritage

    Article • Journal of Medical Biography, March 2019, SAGE Publications

    Michael Swash

  11. Vascular endothelial growth factor and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: The interplay with exercise and noninvasive ventilation

    Article • Muscle & Nerve, March 2014, Wiley

    Michael Swash

  12. Sensitivity of MUP parameters in detecting change in early ALS

    Article • Clinical Neurophysiology, January 2014, Elsevier

    Michael Swash

  13. Origin of Fasciculations in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Benign Fasciculation Syndrome

    Article • JAMA Neurology, October 2013, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Michael Swash

  14. Does surgery accelerate progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, August 2013, BMJ

    Michael Swash

  15. Controversies and priorities in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Article • The Lancet Neurology, March 2013, Elsevier

    Michael Swash

  16. Fasciculation potentials and earliest changes in motor unit physiology in ALS

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, February 2013, BMJ

    Michael Swash

  17. Awaji Criteria for the Diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

    Article • Archives of Neurology, November 2012, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Michael Swash

  18. Motor unit firing in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other upper and lower motor neurone disorders

    Article • Clinical Neurophysiology, November 2012, Elsevier

    Michael Swash

  19. How does ALS spread between neurones in the CNS?

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, October 2012, BMJ

    Michael Swash

  20. Primary lateral sclerosis: Predicting functional outcome

    Article • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, September 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Michael Swash

  21. Why are upper motor neuron signs difficult to elicit in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?: Figure 1

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, April 2012, BMJ

    Michael Swash

  22. Fasciculation potentials: Still mysterious

    Article • Clinical Neurophysiology, February 2012, Elsevier

    Michael Swash

  23. Patrikios syndrome in two patients with treatable flail-leg weakness

    Article • Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, February 2012, Elsevier

    Michael Swash

  24. Respiratory exercise in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Article • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, January 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Michael Swash

  25. Love lies bleeding--those who are left behind salute you

    Article • Neurology, November 2011, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Michael Swash

  26. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Article • Current Opinion in Neurology, October 2011, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Michael Swash

  27. Muscle ultrasound detects fasciculations and facilitates diagnosis in ALS

    Article • Neurology, September 2011, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Michael Swash

  28. Survey of non-invasive ventilation use in ALS in Britain

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, September 2011, BMJ

    Michael Swash

  29. The Awaji criteria for diagnosis of ALS

    Article • Muscle & Nerve, August 2011, Wiley

    Michael Swash

  30. Nitric oxide and muscle weakness

    Article • Neurology, March 2011, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Michael Swash

  31. Does the motor cortex influence denervation in ALS? EMG studies of muscles with both contralateral and bilateral corticospinal innervation

    Article • Clinical Neurophysiology, March 2011, Elsevier

    Michael Swash

  32. Meetings at the RSM

    Article • Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, October 2010, SAGE Publications

    Michael Swash

  33. Sacrocolpopexy may cause difficult defecation by inhibiting the external opening out mechanism

    Article • International Urogynecology Journal, October 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Swash

  34. The onset of ALS?

    Article • Clinical Neurophysiology, October 2010, Elsevier

    Michael Swash

  35. Fasciculation-cramp syndrome preceding anterior horn cell disease: an intermediate syndrome?

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, June 2010, BMJ

    Michael Swash

  36. Lockhart Clarke's contribution to the description of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Article • Brain, June 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Michael Swash

  37. Internet facilitated management improves home ventilation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, June 2010, BMJ

    Michael Swash

  38. Coping with motor neuron disease: how do people adapt to the devastating reality?

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, June 2010, BMJ

    Michael Swash

  39. Lithium time-to-event trial in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis stops early for futility

    Article • The Lancet Neurology, May 2010, Elsevier

    Michael Swash

  40. CSF markers in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Has the time come?

    Article • Neurology, March 2010, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Michael Swash

  41. Association of paraspinal and diaphragm denervation in ALS

    Article • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, January 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Michael Swash

  42. Apraxia contributes to the motor deficit in Parkinson’s Disease and Multiple System Atrophy

    Article • European Journal of Neurology, December 2009, Wiley

    Michael Swash

  43. Peer review and ‘openness’

    Article • Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, December 2009, SAGE Publications

    Michael Swash

  44. What Is Really New in Progressive Muscle Atrophy?

    Article • Archives of Neurology, November 2009, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Michael Swash

  45. An error of self-diagnosis--but what was the real diagnosis?

    Article • Practical Neurology, September 2009, BMJ

    Michael Swash

  46. Stratifying disease stages with different progression rates determined by electrophysiological tests in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Article • Muscle & Nerve, August 2009, Wiley

    Michael Swash

  47. Late-onset axial myopathy with cores due to a novel heterozygous dominant mutation in the skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor (RYR1) gene

    Article • Neuromuscular Disorders, May 2009, Elsevier

    Michael Swash

  48. Predicting respiratory insufficiency in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: The role of phrenic nerve studies

    Article • Clinical Neurophysiology, May 2009, Elsevier

    Michael Swash

  49. Money and medicine: A problem that won't go away

    Article • Neurology, February 2009, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Michael Swash

  50. Sensitivity of electrophysiological tests for upper and lower motor neuron dysfunction in ALS: A six-month longitudinal study

    Article • Muscle & Nerve, January 2009, Wiley

    Michael Swash

  51. Awaji diagnostic algorithm increases sensitivity of El Escorial criteria for ALS diagnosis

    Article • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, January 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Michael Swash

  52. Motor unit changes in thoracic paraspinal muscles in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Article • Muscle & Nerve, January 2009, Wiley

    Michael Swash

  53. Paraspinal and limb motor neuron involvement within homologous spinal segments in ALS

    Article • Clinical Neurophysiology, July 2008, Elsevier

    Michael Swash

  54. The innervation of muscle and the neuron theory

    Article • Neuromuscular Disorders, May 2008, Elsevier

    Michael Swash

  55. Electrodiagnostic criteria for diagnosis of ALS

    Article • Clinical Neurophysiology, March 2008, Elsevier

    Michael Swash

  56. Learning from failed trials in ALS

    Article • The Lancet Neurology, December 2007, Elsevier

    Michael Swash

  57. Monomelic neurogenic syndromes: A prospective study

    Article • Journal of the Neurological Sciences, December 2007, Elsevier

    Michael Swash

  58. LIMB-KINETIC APRAXIA IN PARKINSON DISEASE

    Article • Neurology, August 2007, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Michael Swash

  59. And Lord Brain said ...

    Article • Practical Neurology, August 2007, BMJ

    Michael Swash

  60. Molecular mechanisms and phenotypic variation in RYR1-related congenital myopathies

    Article • Brain, August 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Michael Swash

  61. The phagocytic capacity of neurones

    Article • European Journal of Neuroscience, June 2007, Wiley

    Michael Swash

  62. Homozygous mutation inMYH7in myosin storage myopathy and cardiomyopathy

    Article • Neurology, March 2007, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Michael Swash

  63. Multifocal motor neuropathy: Is conduction block essential?

    Article • Neurology, August 2006, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Michael Swash

  64. Hughlings Jackson's clinical research: Evidence from contemporary documents

    Article • Neurology, August 2006, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Michael Swash

  65. Rectal Hyposensitivity

    Article • The American Journal of Gastroenterology, May 2006, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Michael Swash

  66. Can Selection of Rapidly Progressing Patients Shorten Clinical Trials in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis?

    Article • Archives of Neurology, April 2006, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Michael Swash

  67. What's in a name?: Lumping or splitting ALS, PLS, PMA, and the other motor neuron diseases

    Article • Neurology, March 2006, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Michael Swash

  68. European ALS Consortium (EALSC): Second annual Research Workshop, a summary report

    Article • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, June 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Michael Swash

  69. John Hughlings Jackson (1835–1911)

    Article • Journal of Neurology, June 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Swash

  70. Quantitating progression in ALS

    Article • Neurology, May 2005, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Michael Swash

  71. Neurophysiological measures in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Markers of progression in clinical trials

    Article • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, March 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Michael Swash

  72. New ideas for therapy in ALS

    Article • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, March 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Michael Swash

  73. Clinical trials in ALS: A review of the role of clinical and neurophysiological measurements

    Article • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, January 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Michael Swash

  74. The stem cell problem: Expectations and reality

    Article • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, January 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Michael Swash

  75. The Neurophysiological Index in ALS

    Article • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders, September 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Michael Swash

  76. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a consensus viewpoint on designing and implementing a clinical trial

    Article • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders, January 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Michael Swash

  77. Analysis of force profile during a maximum voluntary isometric contraction task

    Article • Muscle & Nerve, January 2004, Wiley

    Michael Swash

  78. Sarcoid polyneuropathy responsive to intravenous immunoglobulin

    Article • Muscle & Nerve, January 2004, Wiley

    Michael Swash

  79. Clinical and neurophysiological evaluation of progression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Article • Muscle & Nerve, October 2003, Wiley

    Michael Swash

  80. Motor responses evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation and peripheral nerve stimulation in the ulnar innervation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: the effect of upper and lower motor neuron lesion

    Article • Journal of the Neurological Sciences, June 2003, Elsevier

    Michael Swash

  81. Measures of Quality of Life: Summary

    Article • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders, September 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Michael Swash

  82. Use of the short form health survey (SF-36) in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: tests of data quality, score reliability, response rate and scaling assumptions

    Article • Journal of Neurology, February 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Swash

  83. Controversies about databases

    Article • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders, January 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Michael Swash

  84. F-Waves and the corticospinal lesion in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Article • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders, January 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Michael Swash

  85. Ethical standards for authors, and for the Journal of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and other motor neuron diseases

    Article • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders, January 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Michael Swash

  86. What does the neurologist expect from clinical neurophysiology?

    Article • Muscle & Nerve, January 2002, Wiley

    Michael Swash