Parkinson's disease (PD) is an age-related, progressive neurodegenerative disorder. The hallmark of PD pathogenesis is the ...

One of the most important functions of interneurons in the knee-jerk reflex is to mediate reciprocal inhibition. This process ensures that the contraction of the quadriceps muscle is accompanied by ...

While toe-walking can aid individuals with specific muscle or neurological conditions, scientific evidence indicates it's less efficient and potential ...

Oct 6 (Reuters) - Former England rugby captain Lewis Moody has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease, he said on Monday. Moody, a flanker who was on the team that won the World Cup in 2003 and ...

Agosta has received research support for the present manuscript from the Italian Ministry of Health (IMH), Italian Ministry of University and Reseach (IMUR), Fondazione Italiana di Ricerca per la SLA ...

Mark J. Acierno, DVM, MBA, DACVIM (SAIM), professor at Midwestern University College of Veterinary Medicine, offers a detailed run-through of the incontinence exam Approximately 20% of all spayed ...

The following is a summary of “Rate of change in upper and lower motor neuron burden is associated with survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,” published in the April 2025 issue of Journal of ...

Hyporeflexia is the reduction or absence of the body's normal reflexes. It is caused by the disruptions of signals from nerve cells of the spinal cord (called motor neurons) to skeletal muscles that ...

Background Cortical inexcitability, a less studied feature of upper motor neuron (UMN) dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), was identified in a large cross-sectional cohort of ALS ...