Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis — Kevin Talbot / Serious Science

Neurologist Kevin Talbot on the history of neurological research, genetics of ALS and the modern view on the origin and propagation of the motor neuron dysfunction. Read the full text on our website: http://serious-science.org/amyotrophi... 'The majority of patients do not have a family history of ALS. Only about 10% of our patients clearly have an inherited disorder, the other 90% have a more complex disorder. That means that there are numerous upstream biological events which, if they occur in the right order at the right time in the right place, can trigger a catastrophic neurodegenerative disorder ALS in which patients will rapidly lose function.' Kevin Talbot, Professor of Neurology, University of Oxford Neurodegenerative Diseases: http://serious-science.org/neurodegen... Causes of Aging: http://serious-science.org/causes-of-... Be the first to find out about our new videos and articles. Learn interesting facts about various topics and people. Discover the answers to the big questions. Be in the know. http://serious-science.org/ Follow us: We are on Patreon:   / seriousscience   Facebook —   / serious.science.org   Twitter —   / scienceserious   YouTube —    / seriousscience   Instagram —   / serious.science   Tumblr —   / serious-science   VK — https://vk.com/seriousscience