In a small town in the French Alps, a lot of people started to get the neurodegenerative disease ALS. Could the culprit be mushrooms?

Cane toads will eat just about anything, including each other! And researchers have reported a different way to help those with ALS continue to communicate their needs after losing the ability to move and speak.

SciShow News explains the science behind ALS, the disease that has inspired millions to take the Ice Bucket Challenge. Learn what ALS is, what we do and don’t know about it, and watch SSN hosts take the challenge themselves!

Hundreds of friends from her hometown community of New Canaan, CT came out to hear Ann Depuy's son Nick and his band perform, which included a song dedicated to his mother's fight against ALS.



Ann was a vital...

Hundreds of friends from her hometown community of New Canaan, CT came out to hear Ann Depuy's son Nick and his band perform, which included a song dedicated to his mother's fight against ALS.



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Pupil outcome: I can use the perfect and present tenses, along with ‘wenn’ and ‘als’, to compare past and present routines and activities. Key learning points: - German [ch] can be soft or hard. The sound [ei] is pronounced like ‘frei’....

In this video I explain how to use the conjunctions with two parts in German. This includes: entweder... oder, weder... noch, sowohl... als auch, nicht nur... sondern auch, zwar... aber, it's true... but, and je... desto.

ALS, or Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a rare disorder that involves the death of neurons that control voluntary muscles. Descriptions of the disease date back to the early 19th century. French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot was...

This brief video tutorial discusses the parts of the brainstem including primary internal and external features as well as functions.

Former NFL players are three times more likely to develop neurodegenerative diseases than the general population, a new study suggests. The study, published in the medical journal Neurology, surveyed nearly 3,500 retired football players...

This tutorial covers the basics of spinal cord white matter.

In this video, we explore the basic biochemical mechanism of neuronal death in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS.

In this video, we explore the basic clinical presentation of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS. In the next video, we will take a look at the specific biochemical mechanism that kills neurons in ALS.

The history and science behind ALS; Lou Gehrig's Disease.

In this video, we explore the grading on the Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS), so that you understand how to grade a patient's spasticity.

In this video, we explore the mechanisms of spasticity and baclofen, the major drug used in the treatment of spasticity. Also be sure to check out my video on the Modified Ashworth Scale!

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In this video, we explore the mechanisms of spasticity and baclofen, the major drug used in the treatment of spasticity. Also be sure to check out my video on the Modified Ashworth Scale!