Spinal muscular atrophy affects the development of the nervous system more profoundly than was previously thought, a new ...

Scientists have traced connectivity between neurons to identify how the brain communicates with the spinal cord. A new brain map visualizes the connections between the brain and spinal cord at the ...

A new study from Sweden links long-term air pollution exposure to higher risk of motor neurone disease and faster progression ...

Researchers have developed a gene therapy that significantly slowed motor function loss in preclinical models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), offering new hope for treating the devastating ...

Can the brain keep working when its architecture changes? Researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) have discovered ...

Eleven years after the Ice Bucket Challenge brought ALS into the public spotlight, the neurodegenerative disease is once again drawing scientific attention—this time through the lens of CRISPR and ...

Scientists traced connectivity between neurons to identify how the brain communicates with the spinal cord to control motor function. Signals relayed to motor neurons from the brain enable muscle ...