Subthalamic Nucleus Neurons Are Synchronized to Primary Motor ...

The patient suffered from motor neuron disease, complicated by pneumonia and respiratory failure. She had been receiving support care in the Kwai Chung hospital's Lai King Building since last September. The hospital announced the "sentinel event" ...

Brad Drewett, executive chairman and president of the men's ATP Tour since 2012, died aged 54 today from motor neurone disease. "Brad was an incredibly warm human being and a dedicated family man," said Drewett's WTA counterpart Stacey Allaster. "He ...

Also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, the progressive, fatal condition, in which the motor neurons that control movement and breathing gradually cease to function, has no cure. Although researchers know of some mutations associated with inherited ...

Modern lifestyle is causing dementia and other brain diseases to strike at a younger age, with widespread use of computers, mobile phones and chemicals to blame, a new study has found. The latest research has found that the sharp rise of dementia ...

BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics (OTCQB: BCLI), a leading developer of adult stem cell technologies for neurodegenerative diseases, today provided an update on the company's current and upcoming clinical trial and scientific conference activities.

Rare diseases are often chronic and life-threatening, and have an impact on the lives of patients and their families. Most are also multisystem conditions, affecting different parts of the body. This often results in people with these conditions ...

In Parkinsons disease, the protein alpha-synuclein aggregates and accumulates within neurons. Specific areas of the brain become progressively affected as the disease develops and advances. The mechanism underlying this pathological progression is ...

Of the 10 biggest Western countries the USA had the worst increase in all neurological deaths, men up 66% and women 92% between 1979-2010. The UK was 4th highest, men up 32% and women 48%. In terms of numbers of deaths, in the UK, it was 4,500 and ...

Melatonin injections delayed symptom onset and reduced mortality in a mouse model of the neurodegenerative condition amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease, according to a new study by researchers at the University of ...