Multiple studies suggest that the number of motor neurons in the spinal cord declines with aging, starting as early as 35 ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive muscle wasting and limb ...

An international research team led by a University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine investigator has revealed ultra-detailed ...

An international research team has mapped the millisecond-by-millisecond process by which nerve signals activate muscles, uncovering a previously unseen “primed” intermediate step.

“Like riding a bike” is shorthand for the remarkable way that our bodies remember how to move. Most of the time when we talk ...

Drawing correlations between sport and neurological conditions was once considered controversial, but multiple studies have ...

The NHS has issued a crucial message following Lewis Moody's 'incredibly hard' motor neurone disease (MND) diagnosis. The former England rugby captain described the news as a 'huge shock' during an ...

Former England rugby captain and 2003 World Cup winner, Lewis Moody, has revealed he has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND). The 47-year-old forward won multiple titles as a flanker with ...

Summary: A new study overturns the traditional view that the brain solely directs male sexual behavior while the spinal cord executes ejaculation. Researchers identified Galanin-expressing spinal ...

Late-stage biopharma Scholar Rock (SRRK) is approaching a pivotal catalyst: the FDA decision on apitegromab, its investigational muscle-targeted therapy for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). A verdict is ...