Neuroscientists have produced the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammalian brain to date using tissue from a part of a mouse’s cerebral cortex involved in vision, an achievement that ...

The data convincingly show that the transcription factor Sp1 regulates ephrin-mediated axon guidance in the spinal cord. Although the authors show that Sp1 and its co-activators p300 and CBP are ...

Footy legend Neale Daniher, who is bravely battling motor neurone disease, has been able to use his own voice for the first time in years, thanks to a new form of technology. The revered former ...

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A Whitley Bay mumdiagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease is facing a bill of over £30,000 to get the essential adaptations she needs for her home. Janine Turnbull, 44, was diagnosed with Motor ...

Her voice was calm and businesslike but I knew she was frightened. It was Motor Neurone Disease, commonly known as MND. Louise, who was in her mid 60s, had been a nurse, so she knew what was ahead ...

Yet, we typically lack the synaptic wiring diagrams for long-range connections ... auditory feedback and their correspondence with motor commands for song that it receives from mMAN and from HVC Av ...