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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, attacks nerve cells known as motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord, gradually leading to paralysis. The loss of function of an important gene, C9orf72 ...

It may be time to rethink certain genetic mutations associated with two devastating neurodegenerative disorders—amyotrophic ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) involves a complex interaction between genetic susceptibility and environmental insults. In this Review, Paez-Colasante and colleagues discuss various disease ...

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New advances in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology may make speech for those who've lost the ability to do easier than ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known as ALS, is a neurodegenerative disorder which affects motor neurons. These are the neuronal cells responsible for muscle innervation, whose degenerations leads ...