DFG Research Center for the Molecular Physiology of the Brain View Institution's Website 1 article published in JoVE Medicine Clinical Testing and Spinal Cord Removal in a Mouse Model for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) René Günther1, Martin Suhr1, Jan C. Koch1, Mathias Bähr1,2, Paul Lingor1,2, Lars Tönges1 1Dept. of Neurology, University Medicine Göttingen, 2DFG Research Center for the Molecular Physiology of the Brain (CMPB), Göttingen, Germany A mouse model for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is examined clinically and behaviorally. As a prerequisite for an accompanying immunohistological analysis the preparation of the spinal cord is depicted in detail.