The axolotl is renowned for its extensive ability to regenerate organs and body parts, including its spinal cord. Studies on ...

Searching for stability, the nanofibers bonded to amyloid-beta proteins, a key culprit implicated in Alzheimer’s disease. But ...

Scientists at Northwestern University have developed a new approach that directly combats the progression of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) ...

Neurons are excitable cells that receive and send signals that consist of a cell body ... Neurons can function as motor neurons, sensory neurons, or interneurons. Neuron connectivity can be ...

Picture: Terry Smith/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images Motor neurons are the nerve cells that send instructions ... can affect all movements of the body. When the muscles that control ...

If you have upper motor neuron lesions, you have damage to certain nerve cells that help you move ... and move your body. You have two types of motor neurons: Upper motor neurons are located ...

Your nervous system contains millions of nerve cells, called neurons ... from both inside and outside your body to your central nervous system Motor neurons, which pass instructions from your ...

Drugs that increase vitamin A in the body could help stave off deadly motor neurone disease (MND), promising ... which target cells that activate vitamin A, may be therapeutic for diseases that ...

Drugs that "switch on" vitamin A in the body may also help stave off conditions such as motor neuron disease (MND ... significantly reduced the number of cells that died off.

A test that spots signs of motor neurone disease before symptoms appear ... The tool, known as TDP-43 aptamer, is able to detect damaged cell proteins in brain tissue samples.

Motor neuron disease, also known as ALS, affects around 5,000 people in the UK and is caused by the accumulation of certain proteins in the brain that clump together, causing the cells to ...