Neuroscientists from Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have determined how a brain cell surface molecule shapes the way certain neurons behave. The research, published October 2 in Nature, reveals how a ...

Motor neuron diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP), share physical similarities but have been largely viewed as genetically distinct. However, ...

Greater long-term air pollution exposure was associated with a higher risk of motor neuron disease. Higher levels of particulate matter were tied to faster functional decline after diagnosis. Up to 90 ...

Footballer Ezekiel Otuoma and his wife Rachael Otuoma. Otuoma died after a long battle with Motor Neurone Disease (MND). [File, Standard] Former AFC Leopards winger Ezekiel Otuoma passed away at the ...

A substantial number of drugs found to alleviate symptoms of motor neuron diseases (MNDs) in animal models have failed in clinical trials. While the reasons for this are not clear, modeling with ...

AT MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM. OUR SERA CONGI IS LIVE IN CAMBRIDGE HEARING FROM ONE OF THE DOCTORS WHO TREATED HIM. SARA. ERICA. THE DOCTOR WITH MASS. GENERAL BRIGHAM IS GRATEFUL TO ERIC DANE FOR BEING SO ...

Scientists mapped human brain development in Down syndrome at a cellular level, discovering that stem cells "rush" to become ...

Researchers have unveiled two major neuroscience advances: Salk Institute scientists reduced seizures in Fragile X syndrome mice by suppressing a protein pathway in astrocytes, while separate teams in ...