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Experiment #00000008

What does muscle twitching in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis feel like compared to other neurological disorders or normal spasms?

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis _gates_from_amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis Fasciculation _gates_to_fasciculation _gates_from_fasciculation Motor Neuron Disease _gates_from_motor_neuron_disease Awareness _gates_to_awareness Comorbidity
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Experiment #00000007

Simply put, we still don’t know why neurons are dying in ALS, and why motor neurons die while other types of neurons don’t. Even for genetic forms c9orf72 familial ALS, why is it that the mutation is in every cell but the motor neurons are dying ie have increased susceptibility?

Axonal Transport _gates_from_axonal_transport Motor Neuron Disease _gates_to_motor_neuron_disease C9orf72 Repeat Expansion _gates_from_c9orf72_repeat_expansion Dipeptide Repeats _gates_to_dipeptide_repeats _gates_from_dipeptide_repeats VAPB protein, human
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