Neuronal clusterin expression is associated with cognitive protection in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

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"The Editors of Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology are committed to peer‐review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review. As such, this article was peer‐reviewed by independent, anonymous expert referees, and the authors (including CS) had no role in either the editorial decision or the handling of the paper. The authors thank (i) the MRC Edinburgh Brain Bank for supplying all post mortem brain material and the Scottish MND Register/CARE‐MND Consortium for all clinical and demographic data. (ii) The Scottish MND Clinical Specialist, team in discussing and obtaining consent from MND patients for inclusion in these resources. (iii) MND Scotland and the Sylvia Aitken Charitable Trust for funding SA and CS to help to establish the MND Tissue bank. (iv) the Motor Neurone Disease Association and the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association for funding the development and collection of ECAS data in the ALS patients and v) Steven Meldrum, Chris Crockford, Ratko Radakovic, Elaine Niven, Judy Newton, Gill Stott, and Jill Dunbar for their help with collection of the cognitive data. Funding: JMG is funded by a starter grant for clinical lecturers from the AMS (210JMG 3102 R45620), brain bank funding from the MRC (MR/L016400/1)."