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=Introduction=

During a football game, you have to be fast and be ready to move wherever the ball is going. Your neurons allow you to be alert and fast. Your neurons are cells that help you type on a computer or answer a phone call. There different types of neurons that can keep you alert, fast and focused. A disease like ALS can slow you down for your neurons and weaken your muscles.

toc =What are the Structures of Neurons?=

The structure of neurons helps it do its job the first is an axon this carries impulses away from a cell's body another one is a dendrite this carries impulses toward the neuron’s cell body.The last structure is axon tips that is an axon that can have more than one tip so the impulse has more than one other cell.

=What are the Types of Neurons?=

The different types of neurons are motor neurons they send impulses to a muscle or gland and the muscle or gland reacts in response another neuron type is an interneuron is a neuron that carries nerve impulses from one neuron to another.The last type of neuron is sensory neuron pick-up stimuli from internal or external environment and convert each stimulus into a nerve impulse.

=What is ALS?=

Als is a disease that impacts your nervous system and weakens muscles. ALS causes your motor neurons in the brain and the spinal cord to shrink and disappear if they get smaller your muscles doesn't get anymore signals making it become smaller and weaker making you become paralyzed The symptoms of ALS is problem with coordination(Walking) or Muscle Spasms(when you have no control over your arm) and overactive reflexes(you get scared if somebody walks by you) It is very rare and less than 20,000 people get it. Plus the disease cannot be cured. According to [|KidsHealth.org,] approx.(1-5)years to live while having ALS. It is very rare for kids to get this disease and adults between (40-70)years of age get it. =media type="youtube" key="1X4AfIh-gaA" width="243" height="140"= =Conclusion= =References= = =