Michael van Es

Associate Professor - medical

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mes3@umcutrecht.nl

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Clinical spectrum of motor neuron disease

Research aim

Motor neuron disease (MND) are a collection of disorder that primarily lead to progressive weakness and/or spasticity. The goal is better understand and treat the extensive clinical heterogeneity in MND.

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Bi-allelic intermediate ATXN2 repeat expansions are associated with slow progressing, leg-onset familial ALS Koen Cedric Demaegd, Wouter Koole, Joke JFA Van Vugt, Jan Willem Dankbaar, Jeroen Hendrikse, A. Nazlı Başak, Mamede De Carvalho, Philippe Corcia, Philippe Codron, Emilien Bernard, Claire Guissart, Philippe Couratier, Mónica Povedano Panades, Pieter A. Van Doorn, Bart P. Warrenburg, Johnathan Cooper-Knock, R. Jeroen Pasterkamp, Wouter Van Rheenen, Philip Van Damme, Leonard H. Van den Berg, Jan Herman Veldink, Michael A. Van Es, Patrick Vourc’h, Orla Hardiman, Russell McLaughin, Marc Gotkine, Yossef Lerner, Vivian Drory, Nicola Ticozzi, Vincenzo Silani, Teresa Salas, S. Jesus, Mora Pardina, Peter Andersen, Markus Weber, Ammar Al-Chalabi, Chris Shaw, Pamela J. Shaw, Karen E. Morrison, John E. Landers, Jonathan D. Glass, Clifton L. Dalgard
BMJ Neurology Open, 2026, vol. 8

The role of disease-associated short tandem repeats in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Joke J F A van Vugt, Ramona A J Zwamborn, Egor Dolzhenko, Michael A Eberle, Ben Weisburd, Erwin Bekema, Maarten Kooyman, Bi-Nan Wang, Erik-Jan Kamsteeg, Monique Losekoot, Frank Baas, Camilla Novy, Helle Høyer, Ruben P A van Eijk, Michael A van Es, Wouter van Rheenen, Ammar Al-Chalabi, Leonard H van den Berg, Jan H Veldink,
Brain communications, 2025, vol. 7

Patterns of altered in vivo brain metabolism in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and asymptomatic C9orf72 mutation carriers Henk Jan Westeneng, Abram D. Nitert, Kevin van Veenhuijzen, Carrie Wismans, Graziella Donatelli, Harold H.G. Tan, Wytse van Hoek, Michael A. van Es, Dennis W.J. Klomp, Alex A. Bhogal, Jan H. Veldink, Jannie P. Wijnen, Leonard H. van den Berg
EBioMedicine, 2025, vol. 121, p.1-18

A VAPB (P56S) mutation in a Dutch patient with familial motor neuron disease Sean W. Willemse, Koen C. Demaegd, Ruben P.A. Van Eijk, Philippe Van Damme, Elizabeth Harrington, Matthew B. Harms, Neil A. Shneider, Wouter Van Rheenen, Jan H. Veldink, Leonard H. Van Den Berg, Michael A. Van Es
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 2025, vol. 27, p.227-229

Primary Lateral Sclerosis Bálint S de Vries, Eva Maria Johanna de Boer, Frans Brugman, Philip Van Damme, Jan Herman Veldink, Michael A van Es, Leonard H van den Berg
Neurology, 2025, vol. 104

UNC13A Polymorphism Influences Survival in Patients with Frontotemporal Dementia Lianne M. Reus, Sean W. Willemse, Sterre C.M. de Boer, Julie De Houwer, Willem L. Hartog, Merel O. Mol, Jeroen G.J. van Rooij, Niccolo Tesi, Laura Donker Kaat, Marc Hulsman, Everard G.B. Vijverberg, Henne Holstege, Wouter van Rheenen, Jan H. Veldink, Leonard H. van den Berg, John C. van Swieten, H. Seelaar, Sven J. van der Lee, Michael A. van Es, Yolande A.L. Pijnenburg
Annals of Neurology, 2025, vol. 97, p.1062-1066