Variants in DCTN1, encoding a protein dynactin-1, can be associated with various neurodegenerative syndromes such as Perry syndrome, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, distal hereditary motor neuropathy type VIIB, and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) [28,29,30]. This evidence concerns the gene DCTN1 and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.