Neuron+-+HD

=__**Introduction**__= toc Imagine yourself sitting at your kitchen table, when all of a sudden you feel something crawling on you Neurons have a big effect on your body. Neurons are like your sensers, if you are touching something that is hot your neurons send that message to your brain so that you could react. There are three types of neurons. One of them is called motor neurons, they control movement. Your motor neurons can be effected by a disease that you probobly have heard of before, it is called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS. =__**What is a Neuron?**__= A neuron is a very important cell. A neuron is all five senses. A neuron is used for seeing, hearing, smelling, feeling, and tasting. A neuron recieves information on what is happening on the inside of your body and the outside of your body. Neurons then carry that information through your nervous system and into your brain. That information is in the form of an electrical message.

=__**What is the function of a Neuron?**__= =__**What are the different kinds of Neurons?**__=

There are three types of neurons. There are sensory neurons, interneurons, and motor neurons. They all do different things. Sensory neurons pick up stimuli (Messages from your senses) and turns it into an electrical message and sends it to the interneuron.

An interneuron carries the electrical message from one neuron to the other.

The last neuron is the motor neuron. The motor neuron sends a message to a muscle so it can move.

=__**How do Neurons work?**__= Neurons know what is happening on both the inside of your body and the outsde of your body. When you touch somthing like a burning stove, your neurons send that electrical message to your brain. Then what happens is your brain gets that message so that youy could react/respond to your hand burning. =__**How does ALS affect Neurons?**__= ​Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS affects your motor neurons. Your motor neurons controls your movement. That's not good. Some symptoms for ALS include twitching, cramping, stiffness of your muscle etc. There has not been a cure found for ALS but physical therapy is good for people who have ALS. =__**Conclusion**__= ​I think neurons are really important for us to have. I think that our neurons are sort of like security cameras, because they are sensing what is happening, wether your hand is burning or something is crawling up your arm.