Nerve Cells In Spinal Cord Responsible For Inhibiting Motor Neurons Are Lost In Early Stages Of ALS, Study Finds

ALS News Today (6/28, Wexler) reported, “In amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), nerve cells in the spinal cord responsible for inhibiting motor neurons are lost in the early stages of the disease, before the motor neurons themselves, according to a new study done in a genetic mouse model of ALS.” In the study, published in Science Advances, “researchers also found that excitatory motor neurons are lost in later disease stages and are linked to a faster progression of neurodegeneration.”