Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Neurodegenerative Motor Neuron Disease With Ocular Involvement

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Neurodegenerative Motor Neuron Disease With Ocular Involvement

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease that causes degeneration of the lower and upper motor neurons and is the most prevalent motor neuron disease. This disease is characterized by muscle weakness, stiffness, and hyperreflexia. Patients survive for a short period from th...

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Main Authors: Pilar Rojas, Ana I. Ramírez, José A. Fernández-Albarral, Inés López-Cuenca, Elena Salobrar-García, Manuel Cadena, Lorena Elvira-Hurtado, Juan J. Salazar, Rosa de Hoz, José M. Ramírez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
Subjects:
ALS
motor neuron
neurodegenerative diseases
retina
optic nerve
eye
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2020.566858/full

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