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ALS is a progressive neurological disorder that attacks motor neurons, nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control muscles, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis, and eventually death.
Researchers identified higher levels of risk genes for ALS and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) The genes were especially prominent in Betz cells, a type of motor neuron, that express the marker THY1 .
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