The motor cortex and amyotrophic lateral
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Andrew Eisen; Markus Weber
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Article
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2001
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract On theoretical grounds, abnormalities of the motor cortex in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) could lead to anterograde (“dying‐forward”) transneuronal degeneration of the anterior horn cells as suggested by Charcot. Conversely, retrograde (“dying‐back”) degeneration of