Lou Gehrig’s disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, might damage muscle-controlling nerve cells in the brain earlier in the disease process than previously known, according to research from the Cedars-Sinai Medicine Institute. The findings could shift researchers’ attention from the spinal cord to the brain’s motor cortex as the disease’s initial point of dysfunction. In the current study, the team showed the … Continue reading New point of origin identified for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).