Motor Neuron Diseases: A Journey from Spinal Muscular Atrophy to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

The Neurobiology of Disease Workshop is an annual educational event at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting.  The set of on-line lectures presented here shows the presentations from the 2006 workshop, which took place on October 13, 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. It was organized by Serge Przedborski, MD, PhD.

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