Long-term exposure to sulfur dioxide, an air pollutant generated by the burning of fossil fuels, increases the risk of ALS, a ...

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

In the beginning, not even Hynek Wichterle's postdoc thought his idea to slow the progression of amyotrophic lateral ...

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 ...

Intakes of vitamin C and carotenoids and risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Pooled results from 5 cohort studies. Annals of Neurology, 2012; DOI: 10.1002/ana.23820 ...

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 (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that causes the gradual loss of motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis, and ...

Raffaella Uccelli, Alessandra Binazzi, Pierluigi Altavista, Stefano Belli, Pietro Comba, Marina Mastrantonio, Nicola Vanacore, Geographic distribution of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis through motor ...