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What does ALS mean and when was it first identified?

French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot introduced the name “amyotrophic lateral sclerosis” in 1869.1 “Amyotrophic” comes from Greek: “a” means no, “myo” refers to muscle, and “trophic” means nourishment.

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    • “Lateral” refers to the areas in the spinal cord where portions of the nerve cells that signal and control the muscles are located. As this area degenerates, it leads to sclerosis, the medical term for scarring or hardening.

    ALS was not new when Charcot identified it.

    The first written record of ALS-like symptoms comes from the Scottish physician Charles Bell in 1824. Until then, although patients probably experienced the symptoms of ALS, the disease itself was unknown.2 Charcot ultimately identified more neurological diseases than any other clinician to date and is widely considered the founder of modern neurology.3

    What may seem surprising is