Specifically, in Alzheimer's disease (AD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson's disease (PD) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), an excessive amount of NO, mostly produced by inducible NO synthase (iNOS), reacts with superoxide to form peroxynitrite, driving oxidative/nitrosative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and aberrant protein modifications. The gene discussed is NOS2; the disease is frontotemporal dementia.