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ALS – Motor Neuron Disease: Mechanism and Development of New Therapies

ALS – Motor Neuron Disease: Mechanism and Development of New Therapies

DOI:
10.3791/245-v

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15:48 min

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July 29, 2007

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1Department of Neurology,Johns Hopkins University

Chapters

  • 00:03Introduction
  • 00:43What is Motor Neuron Disease?
  • 01:32Pathology and mechanism of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
  • 03:13Is there a cure for ALS?
  • 04:39Major advances in the ALS research
  • 06:37ALS disease progression as a mutli-factorial process
  • 08:34Development of new therapies against ALS
  • 09:56Challenges for ALS research
  • 11:29What prevents rapid transition from basic science findings to devel
  • 13:32Perspectives for ALS therapy development

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Jeffrey D. Rothstein speaks about the pathology and mechanisms underlying amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS, advances in ALS research, and current strategies towards the development of therapies.

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