Amsterdam, 21 July 2009 - In the July issue of Biomaterials, published by Elsevier, researchers from the University of Central Florida (UCF) report on the first lab-grown motor nerves that are ...

What Is Multifocal Motor Neuropathy? Multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) is a rare disease that causes slowly worsening muscle weakness, mainly in your hands, arms, and legs. It affects your body's ...

Come summer, we will once again marvel at the amazing athletic skills of Olympic athletes while in fact, the simple act of walking is no less remarkable. Just to prevent us from toppling over, the ...

A new study shows how ephrin proteins present in the developing limb control nerve targeting from the spinal cord to the muscles of the limb. A study from a team of researchers including Dr. Artur ...

Dr. Manas Nigam specializes in complex nerve repair, using stimulation techniques to restore function for patients who may not realize local options exist.

A drug candidate found to protect nerve cells damaged by motor neuron disease (MND), could offer new hope to people living ...

Our bodies’ nerve cells are important for transmitting electrical and chemical information between different parts of the brain and between the brain and other parts of the nervous system. One of the ...

The disease 5q-spinal muscular atrophy (5q-SMA) is one of the more common types of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) affecting around 1 in 10,000 individuals worldwide. Currently, tests are unable to ...

A new medicine, discovered by scientists, protects nerve cells damaged by motor neurone disease (MND), offering hope of ...

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, Vol. 170, No. 1021 (Jul. 9, 1968), pp. 401-421 (21 pages) The effects of digoxin at the frog neuromuscular junction were ...