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Decline in daily running distance presages disease onset in a mouse model of ALS.
Neuromolecular medicine - 1 Jan 2009
Bruestle Daniel A, Cutler Roy G, Telljohann Richard S, Mattson Mark P
Abstract excerpt
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is characterized by progressive degeneration of lower motor neurons resulting in paralysis and death. Epidemiological and clinical findings suggest that a decline in athletic performance may presage the clinical onset of ALS, but this possibility has not been tested in an animal model. By placing running wheels in each mouse's cage to measure their exercise activity, we show...
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