ALS+Etiology

Etiology: ALS is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease that attacks pathways in the brain and spinal cord, which causes atrophy and damage to muscles throughout the body. During fetal production while the spinal cord is developing, what is known anatomically as the posterior horn (figure 1) contains primarily sensory neurons that relay sensation to the brain from the body, while the anterior horn is primarily responsible for movement and contains motor neurons. Motor neurons are responsible for receiving messages from the brain and sending them out to the peripheral nervous system and are broken down further into ones that receive messages from the cerebral cortex and send them out to the spine are known as upper motor neurons, and those communicating the spine to the muscle, or lower motor neurons. ALS patients develop signs that characterize both upper and lower motor neuron disease. The cells being attacked Through neurons and the fire of these nerve cells we are able to move voluntary or involuntary muscles to move limbs, breath, or anything that requires muscle contraction. A person with ALS not only lose control of this function, but the neurons eventually cease all function and die. The progressive part of the disease points to the fact that later stages of the disease is marked by total paralysis.

Treatment ALS