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A 74-year-old man gradually developed muscular weakness in the upper extremities, followed by dyspnea and dysarthria over a 6-month period. He was admitted to our facility and diagnosed as having amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) based on clinical and neurophysiological findings. Two months later,
Alpha-Synuclein is a major component of Lewy bodies, neuronal inclusions diagnostic for Parkinson's disease (PD). While an Ala53Thr mutation in alpha-synuclein can cause PD in humans, in mice the wildtype residue at position 53 is threonine, indicating that mice are either too short-lived to develop
Post-polio syndrome (PPS) develops in approximately 30% of polio survivors several decades after the acute attack of paralytic poliomyelitis. Some of these patients develop post-poliomyelitis muscular atrophy (PPMA) which is characterized by a slowly progressive muscle weakness. Due to its