Common neurodegenerative diseases include Alzheimer's disease and ... well-known cognitive and motor effects. In this Review, Mather describes how properties of neurons in the brain and periphery ...

Motor neuron disease (MND), often referred to by the name of one of its varieties, ALS, is a degenerative condition that ...

A local cyclist will be cycling and hiking across the country next week, covering over a thousand miles to raise awareness ...

Carney Institute for Brain Science, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States Here, we combined mouse genetics and in vitro axon guidance assays to revisit the functions of Netrin-DCC and ...

A mum paralysed with motor neurone disease has recorded a voice bank as her final independent act - so she can continue to shout and swear at her husband. Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to ...

A mother paralysed by motor neurone disease has recorded a voice bank in anticipation of potentially losing the ability to speak. Among the sentences and phrases logged by Anna Barrow are copious ...

A County Durham mum was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease at just 39. But Angie Bennett - and a team of intrepid friends - is still marking her 40th birthday with a flourish. She will be taking ...

When Michael Stone was hit by tightness in his left foot and sudden twitching in his early 20s, he blamed it on his waiter job. But the actual cause was an incurable, life-wrecking—and ...

A woman has published a children's book to help her cope with the loss of her husband who died from motor neurone disease (MND). Anita Newton, from Thornbury in South Gloucestershire, was inspired ...

Silverman, who invented NU-9. "We need to test it in humans before we know how effective it is in treating Alzheimer's disease. But how well upper motor neurons function in mice is similar to how ...

Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA; kch460{at}mail.harvard.edu Background Several non-motor features may individually contribute to identify prodromal Parkinson’s disease (PD), but ...