Spinal muscular atrophy is often likened to polio because the same spinal cord cells are attacked in each disease. (smafoundation.org)
Our audience will remember that the development of a technique for recording the electrical activity of spinal cord cells and neurons — the patch clamp technique — was such a valuable tool that it led to the award of a Nobel Prize a number of years ago. (kavlifoundation.org)
Strikingly, the researchers noticed the same signs of axonal demise in spinal cord cells obtained from human patients with ALS. (sciencedaily.com)