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General Terms

Last Updated: July 14th, 2008

General terms are available that encompass commonly used terms for patients newly diagnosed.

The following general terms are commonly used and often seen in ALS journals, articles, and ALS/MND related medical resources.


The following general terms and definitions may be of interest to you:


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  6. amino acid
  7. amitriptylene
  8. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  9. antibody
  10. antigen
  11. antioxidant
  12. assay
  13. atrophy
  14. autoimmune disease
  15. axon
  16. basal ganglia
  17. Bell's palsy
  18. benign ALS
  19. biochemistry
  20. bioinformatics
  21. blink rate
  22. blood brain barrier
  23. bradykinesia
  24. bradyphrenia
  25. bulbar ALS
  26. bulbar muscles
  27. central nervous system
  28. cerebellum
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  34. cerebrum
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  40. cortex
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  42. dendrite
  43. DNA
  44. dopamine
  45. dysarthria
  46. dyskinesia
  47. dystrophin
  48. embryonic stem cells
  49. enzyme
  50. epilepsy
  51. excitotoxic
  52. extensor muscle
  53. familial ALS
  54. Fibromyalgia
  55. flaccid muscles
  56. flexor muscle
  57. Food and Drug Administration
  58. formulation chemistry
  59. gene
  60. gene chip
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  62. glial derived neurotrophic factor
  63. glutamate
  64. glutamate toxicity
  65. gray matter
  66. growth factor
  67. immune
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  69. immunology
  70. immunosuppression
  71. incidence
  72. inflammatory disease
  73. Intravenous Immunoglobulin
  74. irradiate
  75. ligation
  76. limb onset
  77. Lithium ALS
  78. Lou Gehrig
  79. lower motor neuron
  80. lumbar puncture
  81. magnetic resonance imaging
  82. meningitis
  83. mitochondria
  84. mitochondrial dysfunction
  85. molecule
  86. monoamine oxidase
  87. motor neuron
  88. motor neuron disease
  89. motor neurone disease
  90. Multifocal Motor Neuropathy
  91. multiple sclerosis
  92. muscle
  93. muscle atrophy
  94. muscle weakness
  95. muscular dystrophy
  96. mutation
  97. nerves
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  99. neuroimmune
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  103. neuron
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  107. onset
  108. oxidative stress
  109. PALS
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  116. pluripotent stem cells
  117. polyunsaturated fats
  118. positron emission tomography scan
  119. primary lateral sclerosis
  120. progressive bulbar palsy
  121. progressive muscular atrophy
  122. protein
  123. Rilutek
  124. RNA
  125. serotonin
  126. SOD
  127. SOD assay
  128. somatostatin
  129. spinal cord
  130. spinal muscular atrophy
  131. stem cell transplant
  132. stem cells
  133. toxicity
  134. toxicology
  135. toxin
  136. transgenic
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  138. tremor
  139. upper motor neurons
  140. vaccine
  141. white matter

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