1. Understand the basic molecular and cellular mechanisms of paralysis, focusing on inflammatory mechanisms that result in motor neuron injury and death.2. Understand specific mechanisms of paralysis in the motor neuron disorders spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) as well as the autoimmune paralyzing disorder transverse myelitis (TM).3. Learn about the role of stem cells in restoring function to paralyzed. From the Series:Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series