A research group has discovered that certain naturally occurring peptides in the body can trigger contractions in the vas ...

Besides charting the nature of space and time and penning the bestseller "A Brief History of Time," Stephen Hawking has ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that is marked by fasciculation, spasticity and progressive weakness of muscles ... by rapid motor neuron (MN ...

The scientists at the University of California, San Francisco, and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore injected an ...

Collectively, the data from in vitro and in vivo studies using FUS, TDP-43, and C9orf72 models demonstrate that hUPF1 holds significant potential for treating the majority of patients with ALS and ...

Researchers have created a library of genetically engineered fruit flies linked to individual neurons in the nerve cord to characterise the circuits controlling wing motion.

Scientists have developed a new test for a biomarker in brain tissue that could detect people who will go on to develop motor neuron disease (MND) before they show symptoms. The team, led by Dr ...

Axon guidance cues direct nerves in the heart during development, disease and regeneration. These cues determine cardiac innervation patterning by regulating the balance between chemo-attraction and ...

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The Model Y is a right-sized electric SUV that delivers solid range, is backed up by the Supercharger network, and it qualifies for the federal EV tax credit, keeping the Long Range Dual-Motor ...

Therefore, our lab uses iPSCs developed for SBMA and ALS8 to dissect the contributions of motor neurons, astrocytes and skeletal muscles for motor neuron diseases ... Cells as a Model System for ...

Motor neurons project from the central nervous system to innervate muscle cells to either directly or indirectly control their activity. Contact between a motor neuron and muscle cell is usually ...