Neurodegenerative Disorders

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When some people hear of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), they think of the unfortunate passing of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawki..

Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that gradually affects the nervous system and an individual’s overall movement. The ag..

Approximately one in 10,000 live births have a case of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) (Lunn & Wang, 2020). Unfortunately, despite being the..

You notice your mother has been having harder time controlling her movements than usual. She has been more irritable and forgetful than us..

Imagine you have been diagnosed with a disease, and you are told that there is no cure. There are treatments available to help with your s..

Multiple Sclerosis, more commonly known as MS, is a disease in which the body’s immune system attacks the central nervous system. The cent..

When someone says “daycare”, what is the image that pops into your head? Primary colors abound the alphabet on the walls, and the smell of..

In my elementary school cafeteria, there was a poster right at the front of the lunch line. It was a “Got Milk” poster. When I went to mid..

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the fourth leading cause of death and the fifth leading cause of disability in the United States (Wilson, 2001..

Imagine what it would be like to start to losing the mosaic of memories that makes you who you are. Imagine what it would be like to wake..