A large, multidisciplinary team led by researchers from Texas A&M University has made a potentially game-changing discovery ...

A recent large study conducted in Sweden has found that long-term exposure to elevated levels of air pollution may increase ...

The scientist Stephen Hawking lived with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the most common type of motor neuron disease, ...

Scientists have developed a computer-based model that may explain how nerve cells become damaged in ALS, and how best to time ...

QRL-101, an oral small molecule being developed by QurAlis, was safe and reduced nerve-cell overactivity in ALS patients in an early study.

By Vijay Kumar Malesu Even at relatively low pollution levels, chronic exposure to fine particles and nitrogen dioxide was ...

Researchers at VIB and KU Leuven have identified a molecular process that allows motor neurons to maintain protein production ...

Long-term air pollution exposure is linked to higher risk, faster progression, and increased mortality in motor neuron ...

A look at Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), focusing on motor neuron degeneration, sporadic versus familial ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Accelerometers showed a slower rate of decline vs. ALSFRS-R scores, with strong correlation in motor domains.

Scientists have long known that inherited neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's or motor neuron ...

Motor neurons are some of the largest cells in the human body. In particular, upper neurons—extending from the cerebral cortex to the brain stem or spinal cord—average 60μm in diameter. 3,4 These ...