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How Can Neuroimaging Help Diagnose ALS?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU-wsH2do8Q In this video by Neurology Today learn more about neuroimaging. Individuals with mutations in the superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) gene develop brain white matter abnormalities before the onset of symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to a new imaging study that was presented at the 2014 AAN annual…

Former NFL Linebacker Tim Shaw Fights ALS with Purpose

In this STACK video, meet Tim Shaw. Calling his battle with ALS “an opportunity, not a tragedy,” former NFL linebacker Tim Shaw hopes to inspire people as he learns to adjust his own expectations in the face of a debilitating disease. Learn more about ALS here:…

Last Week’s Hot Topic on ALS

Last week’s hot topic on ALS was an article titled ALS Link to Veterans of Persian Gulf War Suggested Again in US Government Report, written by Magdalena Kegel. U.S. veterans who fought in the Persian Gulf War of 1990-91 appear to be…

ALS Association Announces Drug Development Contract Grant Program

The ALS Association has announced its new Translational Research Advancing Therapy for ALS (TREAT ALS) Drug Development Contract grant program, which will fund research for the development of new treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). According to a press release, the program will support research from early target identification…

Discussing Overactive Neurons and ALS

A recent paper from French researchers questions one of the primary ideas about what causes amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and proposes that overactive nervous system cells are not a primary cause of the neurodegenerative disease. The paper, titled “Is hyperexcitability really guilty in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?” appeared in…