(ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease). A "system" disease of slow onset involving destruction of both upper and lower motor neurons.
Also known as Lou Gehrig's disease and motor neuron disease. It is a rapidly progressive and fatal disease of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and lower brain that control the voluntary muscles throughout the body. As these motor neurons die, the ability of the brain to control muscle movement is lost. There is a progressive loss of motor functions. Speech and swallowing are often affected. Intellect is not affected. It can occur in either sex, usually first detected in middle to late adulthood. In most cases, the cause is unknown and at the present time, there is no treatment or cure.
A fatal, neuromuscular disease that causes rapid deterioration of minor cells in the brain and spinal cord, ultimately leading to impairment of mobility, speech, and respiratory functions. It is more commonly known as Lou Gerhig's disease.
Disease with muscular weakness and atrophy due to degeneration of motor neurons of the spinal cord. Also called Lou Gehrig's disease, after the New York Yankees' baseball player who died from the disease.
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS; Lou Gehrig's Disease): "A progressive, degenerative neurological disease of unknown etiology that affects motor neurons or the brain and spinal cord resulting eventually in total loss of muscle function and death; often referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease." (p. 523, Lloyd, Fuller & Arvidson, 1998) Learn more about ALS at http://www.lougehrigsdisease.net/index.html Click "BACK" on your browser to return to the previous page.
(ALS), degenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, preventing them from sending impulses to the muscles. The muscles atrophy quickly, causing weakness, paralysis, and eventual death. About half of the inherited cases are caused by a gene mutation on chromosome 21. Lou GEHRIG died of the disease in 1941, bringing it national attention.1
a form of motorneuron disease in which there is both upper and lower motorneuron involvement
A progressive disease of unknown etiology involving the motor neurons of the brain and spinal cord.
A progressive neurological disease involving degeneration of the motor neurons of the spinal cord and cerebral cortex; also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. This neuron loss causes muscles to weaken and waste away, leading to paralysis.
thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs
a terminal, neurological disorder characterized by progressive degeneration of motor cells in the spinal cord and brain.
(ALS, motor neuron disease, Lou Gehrigs disease). A degenerative disorder affecting the motor neuron cells and the motor tracts in the brain and spinal cord.
ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease in the United States and Motor Neuron Disease and Charcot's disease in Europe) is a progressive disease that affects nerve cells found in the brain and spinal cord.
an inherited, fatal degenerative nerve disorder; also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
the most common of a group of disorders known as motor neurone diseases, in which the nerves in the brain that control the movement of muscles degenerate and muscle function is gradually lost; commonly called Lou Gehrig's disease
Relationship to MSG Intolerance"...There is a portion on the correlation of ALS with MSG..."
A progressive and fatal disorder affecting nerve cells that involves overactivation of glutamate receptors.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Als, sometimes called Lou Gehrig's disease, Maladie de Charcot or motor neurone disease) is a progressive, fatal neurodegenerative disease caused by the degeneration of motor neurons. ALS is marked by gradual degeneration of the nerve cells in the central nervous system that control voluntary muscle movement. The disorder causes muscle weakness and atrophy throughout the body.