ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, is the most common type of motor neuron disease. WebMD explains the other types and how they can affect your muscles.

The researchers observed that mice lacking Miro1 during the embryonic stage had motor neuron defects that prevented them from taking a single breath once born. After examining the mice, Nguyen, Shaw ...

More information: Shuhui Sun et al, CHIT1-positive microglia drive motor neuron aging in the primate spinal cord, Nature (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06783-1 Journal information: Nature ...