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Preface; Familial Amyuotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; The Lesson We Can Learn from Familial ALS Patients Carrying a SOD1 Mutation; Interactions Between Excitotoxicity and Oxidative Stress in ALS: Clues for Pharmacotherapy; Mitochondrial Alterations in a Murine Model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Blood Oxidative Stress in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Excitability and Potentials of Human Fibres in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Model Investigations; Neuroinflammatory Insights into Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: On the Origin of the Degenerated Fibers in the White Matter of the Spinal Cord; Involvement of Neurotrophins and their Common Receptor p75NTR in the Pathology of ALS; The Use of Acoustic Speech Analysis and Dysarthria Profile Tests in Detecting Early Speech Disturbances in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Evaluation of Oesophageal Peristalsis in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients with Dysphagia (Early Report); Assessment of Deficient Motor Function of the Hand in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Satellite Potentials in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) -- a Simulation Study; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Investigation in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS); Molecular Genetic and Biochemical Studies of Russian Patients with Sporadic Motor Neuron Disease; Index.