Natalia Szejko

University of Calgary

Natalia Szejko, MD, Ph.D., ScD, is a clinical and research fellow in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Canada. She is also an assistant professor in the Department of Bioethics at the Medical University of Warsaw, Poland. She has completed her residency in the Department of Neurology at the Medical University of Warsaw. She also finished her Ph.D. in 2018 at the University of Warsaw and her ScD in 2020 at the Medical University of Warsaw. In 2020–2021 she held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Neurology, Yale University, USA. She has complemented her education with a variety of clinical and research fellowships in Germany, Spain, Austria, and the USA. Her main areas of interest are movement disorders such as tics and neuroimmunology. She is secretary of the European Society for the Study of Tourette’s Syndrome and co-author of the new European guidelines issued by this society, as well as an author of more than 50 publications and book chapters, mainly dedicated to movement disorders.

Natalia Szejko

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Motor neuron diseases (MNDs) are a group of progressive neurodegenerative disorders associated with the degradation of the upper (UMN) or lower motor neurons (LMN) or both. They encompass amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), spinobulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA), hereditary spastic paraparesis (HSP), and others. MND patients present with a wide variety of clinical symptoms, including muscular weakness, atrophy, and corticospinal tract signs in diverse combinations. Over recent years, considerable collaborative efforts have been made to unravel the underlying pathophysiology of MNDs and find novel therapeutic interventions. With this book, we aim to provide both professionals and the general public with an outline of the latest scientific advances regarding the genetics, pathophysiology, diagnostics, and treatment options for MNDs. Researchers from different parts of the world have contributed to this volume in order to create a comprehensive multidisciplinary overview of the topics.

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