Diseased Brain Cells Involved In ALS Motor Neuron Death

Dolly submitted, created time 1 year 8 months (www.medicalnewstoday.com)

"Two papers by Columbia and Harvard researchers report for the first time that astrocytes (the most abundant non-neuronal cells in the central nervous system), which carry a mutated gene known to cause some cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS/Lou Gehrig's disease), induce motor neuron death. This indicates that astrocytes may contribute to ALS by releasing a toxic factor that damages neurons

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