{"doi":"10.1111/jvim.17033","title":"Evaluation of neurofilament light chain as a biomarker in dogs with structural and idiopathic epilepsy","abstract":"BACKGROUND: Neurofilament light chain (NfL) is a frequently used biomarker in humans for both diagnostic and therapeutic monitoring purposes in various neurologic diseases. HYPOTHESIS/OBJECTIVES: It was hypothesized that dogs with diagnosed structural epilepsy (SE) would have a significantly higher serum NfL concentrations compared to dogs with idiopathic epilepsy (IE). The secondary hypothesis was that dogs would have a significantly higher serum NfL concentrations when measured within 7 days after a seizure compared to being seizure-free for at least 30 days. ANIMALS: Fifty client-owned dogs presented to the neurology service for evaluation of seizures were enrolled. Fourteen dogs had SE and 36 dogs had IE. METHODS: Prospective cohort study performed on 52 serum samples obtained for NfL concentration measurement using single molecule array technology. RESULTS: The median serum concentration of NfL in dogs with SE was significantly higher (109 pg/mL; range, 11.4-741.3 pg/mL) than in dogs with IE (17.7 pg/mL; range, 5.8-188 pg/mL; Wilcoxon rank sum test, P = .001). No significant relationship was found between serum NfL concentration and time of sampling in relation to the most recent seizure in dogs with IE. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: Serum NfL may serve as an adjunctive biomarker for the differentiation of SE and IE.","journal":"Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine","year":2024,"id":463820,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":5,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.9683,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2024-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":857785,"name":"Richard L. Shinn","orcid":"0000-0003-4308-4374","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":279129,"name":"John H. Rossmeisl","orcid":"0000-0003-1655-7076","position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":957663,"name":"Rell L. Parker","orcid":"0000-0002-4538-1818","position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1259296,"name":"Kayla M. Fowler","orcid":"0000-0003-1680-556X","position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":19,"raw_metadata":null,"created_at":"2026-07-19T02:04:33.257852Z","pmid":"38509606","pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}