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  2. Motor neuron diseases - Wikipedia

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    Motor neuron disease can affect either upper motor neurons (UMNs) or lower motor neurons (LMNs). Motor neuron disease describes a collection of clinical disorders, characterized by progressive muscle weakness and the degeneration of the motor neuron on electrophysiological testing. The term "motor neuron disease" has varying meanings in ...

  3. ALS - Wikipedia

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    ALS is a motor neuron disease, which is a group of neurological disorders that selectively affect motor neurons, the cells that control voluntary muscles of the body. [3] Other motor neuron diseases include primary lateral sclerosis (PLS), progressive muscular atrophy (PMA), progressive bulbar palsy, pseudobulbar palsy, and monomelic amyotrophy ...

  4. List of people with motor neuron disease - Wikipedia

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    Public awareness of the disease gained prominence upon the diagnosis of baseball player Lou Gehrig, whose name would become an alternative title for the disease. Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, whose ALS was diagnosed in 1963, had the disease for 55 years, the longest recorded time one had the disease. He died at the age of 76 in 2018.

  5. Progressive bulbar palsy - Wikipedia

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    It belongs to a group of disorders known as motor neuron diseases. [1] PBP is a disease that attacks the nerves supplying the bulbar muscles. These disorders are characterized by the degeneration of motor neurons in the cerebral cortex , spinal cord , brain stem , and pyramidal tracts .

  6. Boy, 13, diagnosed with motor neurone disease - AOL

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    Motor neurone disease is an uncommon condition that mainly affects people in their 60s and 70s. Is there a cure or treatment for MND? Kyle was diagnosed with MND on 17 January - almost a year ...

  7. Progressive muscular atrophy - Wikipedia

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    To this day, terminology around these diseases remains confusing because in the United Kingdom motor neurone disease refers to both ALS specifically and to the spectrum of ALS, PMA, PLS, and PBP. In the United States the most common terms are ALS (both specifically for ALS and as a blanket term) or Lou Gehrig's disease. [citation needed]

  8. Category:Motor neuron diseases - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Motor neuron diseases" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. ALS; B.

  9. Category:People with motor neuron disease - Wikipedia

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    This category is for people who have been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neuron (or neurone) disease (MND) or Lou Gehrig's disease, and either are currently living or died of an unrelated cause.