Motor Neuron Diseaseand the Ice Bucket Challenge

Otis Talman

The Nervous SystemIn the body the nervous system is made up of

The brain

The spinal cord

The nerves that control muscles in our face, arms, legs and the organs inside you

Motor Neurone Disease

• Motor Neurone disease affects a special group of nerve cells called anterior horn cells that sit in the spinal cord and control movement

Motor Neurone Disease

• That is why it is also called “Anterior Horn cell Disease”

• Another name for it is “Lou Gehrig’s Disease”

• He was a famous baseballer in the United States who developed weakness in his hands first

• When they looked at his batting average after he died they realised exactly when he started to show signs of the disease because his batting average went down suddenly

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MOTOR NEURON DISORDERS

There are three types of motor neurone disease

Motor Neurone Disease

• Motor Neurone Disease can cause weakness in arms, legs, speech, swallowing and breathing

• People with motor neurone disease are very brave

• We don’t know what causes Motor NeuroneDisease

• PEOPLE WITH MOTOR NEURON DISEASE

– NEED LOTS OF HELP TO ENJOY THEIR LIFE

– THEY ARE LOOKED AFTER BY

• NEUROLOGISTS

• NURSES

• COMMUNITY WORKERS

FINDING A WAY TO FIX MOTOR NEURON DISEASE

MONEY is needed FOR RESEARCHEvery bit counts!!!!!!!!!!!

THE ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE HELPS RAISE AWARENESS AND MONEY TO DO RESEARCH