If you have upper motor neuron lesions, you have damage to certain nerve cells that help you move. Medicines and therapy can help control symptoms like muscle spasms and help you walk and talk more ...

Former England rugby captain Lewis Moody has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND). The 47-year-old flanker, who won several titles throughout his 16-year career, discovered he had the ...

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, ...

One of the brain’s fundamental roles is to generate the correct body movements at the correct time. Understanding how the brain accomplishes this task, and how this process goes wrong in disease, has ...

A skeletal muscle isn’t much use without a signal telling it to move. In vertebrates, this signaling happens at the neuromus-cular junction (NMJ), a synaptic connection between motor neurons and ...

Standard MRI scans of a person's tongue could assist in the early detection and ongoing monitoring of motor neuron disease. Dr. Shaw said this could serve as an early indication of neurodegenerative ...

Analysis of stereotyped behavior patterns with recordings of single-neuron activity in the motor cortex and dorsolateral striatum reveal that neural circuit dynamics are highly stable at the level of ...

Niigata, Japan – our movements are controlled by multiple neural pathways that connect the brain and spinal cord. In particular, neurons in the cerebral cortex send commands to the motor neurons in ...

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

An MND sufferer who spoke like a ‘robot’ for years can now use her own voice – thanks to an old VHS clip of her changing her baby’s nappy. Sarah Ezekiel was left without a voice or use of her hands, ...