Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) which is also refered to by the public as Lou Gehrig's disease is a neurodegenerative disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. It is a form of motor neuron disease, which is rapidly progressive with degeneration of both upper and lower motor neurons. The implication of this is that there is associated complication leading to progressive weakness of muscle, atrophy and some other major voluntary muscular effects. This is because the attack is majorly on the nerve cells controlling the voluntary muscles.
The neurologic condition has been found to have both sporadic and inherited (familial) forms ( ...
