Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disease that breaks down tissues in the nervous system (a neurodegenerative disease) of unknown cause that affects the nerves responsible for movement. It is also known as motor neuron disease and Lou Gehrig's...

Progressive loss of motor neurons from the anterior horn of the SPINAL CORD and, in the later stages of the disease, from the motor nuclei of the CRANIAL NERVES and CEREBRAL CORTEX. Degeneration of the spinal CORTICOSPINAL TRACTS (lateral sclerosis)...

Lou Gehrig’s disease is AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS. Lou Gehrig (1903–1941) was an American baseball player - first base for the New York Yankees in the American League. He set a record of 2130 consecutive games played, one not bettered...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS; pronounced ay-MY-eh-TRO-fik LA-ter-el skler-OH-sis) is a neurodegenerative disease. A neurodegenerative disease is one in which nerve cells are damaged or killed. In the case of ALS, the nerve cells that are damaged...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, sometimes called Lou Gehrig's Disease, or Maladie de Charcot) is a progressive, usually fatal, neurodegenerative disease caused by the degeneration of motor neurons, the nerve cells in the central nervous system that...

It was the eminent French neurologist Charcot who first described motor neuron disease (MND) in 1874 (Swash, 2000). Since his thorough and valid description, MND, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) as he termed it, remains an enigma (Mitsumoto, 1994). It is a degenerative...

Many people probably have heard the term "Lou Gehrig's disease" but may not know what type of disease it is. A veteran recently asked for more information: "Does Lou Gehrig's disease affect the spinal cord? And what is 'ALS'?" ALS stands for...

Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking says he wants to undertake a zero-gravity flight aboard an airplane this year as a precursor to a journey into space, a newspaper reported Monday."This year I'm planning a zero-gravity flight and to go into space in 2009," he was quoted as...

Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking says he wants to undertake a zero-gravity flight aboard an airplane this year as a precursor to a journey into space, a newspaper reported Monday."This year I'm planning a zero-gravity flight and to go into space in 2009," he was quoted as...

The disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, better known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.