IBSP and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: An RNA expression study of BSP in Romagnola cattle enforced the hypothesis of a neurodegenerative disease of glycinergic and dopaminergic pathways and showed significant differences in the expression of genes, which are known from hyperekplexia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson's disease, and Huntington's disease in man (Pariset et al., 2013).