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foundation, coming up. >> the charlryios brain series is about the most exciting scientific journally of our time. understanding the brain. the series is made possible by a grant from the siemens foundation. their mission is to advance the fron tears of research in the basic sciences and mathematics. funding for charlie rose was provided by the following: . >> from our captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: tonight we continue our exploration of the magnificent brain with a look at amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mo...

. >> from our captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: tonight we continue our exploration of the magnificent brain with a look at amyotrophic lateral sclerosis more commonly known as als and spinal muscular atrophy or sma. both of these are defined by the loss of spinal motor neurons. sma generally strikes at birth or very early in life whereas als usually occurs at middle age or later. sma is an inherited disease and results in mutations in a beginning el single gene. currently there is no cure for either als or s...

charlie rose brain series 2 underwritten by the siemens foundation, coming up. >> the charlryios brain series is about the most exciting scientific journally of our time. understanding the brain. the series is made possible by a grant from the siemens foundation. their mission is to advance the fron tears of research in the basic sciences and mathematics. funding for charlie rose was provided by the following: . >> from our captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: tonight we continue our exploration of the magnifice...

behavior than the motor neuron. this is the output element of the nervous system. this is responsible for all of our actions. >> rose: episode 10 of the charlie rose brain series 2 underwritten by the siemens foundation, coming up. >> the charlryios brain series is about the most exciting scientific journally of our time. understanding the brain. the series is made possible by a grant from the siemens foundation. their mission is to advance the fron tears of research in the basic sciences and mathematics. funding for charlie rose was provided by the following: . >> from our captionin...

>> rose: welcome to our program, tonight a special edition of the charlie rose brain series year two. in our 10th episode we consider a amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and spinal muscular atrophy. >> we're going to have today amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and spinal muscular atrophy, two diseases that affect motor neurons. and this is a continuation of a theme we've had for the last several programs. we will consider disorders that affect the motor system. now if you are going to affect any cell type, and really have an impact it's hard to think of one that is more critical for our beh...