Interrupting signals exchanged between tumors and the nervous system could become a critical pillar of cancer care ...

A team of researchers from the Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau) has published a study in the Journal of ...

About Evrysdi ® (risdiplam) Evrysdi is a survival motor neuron 2 (SMN2) pre-mRNA splicing modifier designed to treat SMA caused by mutations in chromosome 5q that lead to survival of motor neuron (SMN ...

A new electrical stimulation therapy for spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) has shown promise in reactivating motor neurons and ...

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 ...

To counteract neurodegeneration, we need two things – stop neuron death and restore function of surviving ... manifests in progressive death and functional decline of motor neurons -- nerve cells that ...

"To counteract neurodegeneration, we need two things -- stop neuron death and restore function of surviving ... manifests in progressive death and functional decline of motor neurons -- nerve cells ...

Fundraiser Sam Perkins, who raised thousands of pounds to fund research into motor neurone disease (MND), has died. The sportsman raised hundreds of thousands of pounds after being diagnosed with ...

Australia Objectives Motor Neurone Disease (MND) is fatal neurological disease. Hypermetabolism (increased resting energy expenditure (REE)) and loss of body weight occur in MND. We aimed to determine ...

Neurons are cells in the body that are responsible for transmitting electrical signals through the nervous system. Different types of neurons affect the ability to move, which begins as an impulse, or ...

Messenger RNA (mRNA) is a copy of DNA that leaves the cell nucleus for the ribosomes ... Trials are also now underway for gene silencing ASOs that could treat Parkinson’s and motor neurone disease.