The muscle transmembrane protein Vangl2 helps organize the development and maintenance of connections between muscles and motor neurons, a study concludes. A skeletal muscle isn’t much use without a ...
Our bodies’ nerve cells are important for transmitting electrical and chemical information between different parts of the brain and between the brain and other parts of the nervous system. One of the ...
ALS is the most common form of Motor Neurone Disease (MND) in adults. An early hallmark of ALS is the breakdown of neuromuscular junctions – the connection between the end of a motor nerve and a ...
What if a technology could reanimate parts of the body that have lost their connection to the brain—like a bladder that can ...
A research team has found that specific immune cells can connect with muscle fibers in a lightning-fast, neuron-like way to promote healing. These cells deliver quick pulses of calcium, triggering ...
Johnathan Cooper-Knock receives funding from TargetALS, the ALS Association, the MND Association and the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine. Pamela J. Shaw has received funding from The Motor ...
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New blood test can spot deadly motor neurone disease with 100 per cent accuracy - would you take it?
The test was developed by researchers at the US-based not-for-profit Brain Chemistry Labs, who analysed 788 blood samples – roughly half from patients with the disease and half from people without it.
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