A team led by Jason Shepherd at the University of Utah has identified the protein responsible for loading toxic tau into tiny ...
University of Queensland researchers have developed a drug that activates a hard-to-target immune receptor—a breakthrough ...
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) received widespread attention in the summer of 2014 thanks to the Ice Bucket Challenge. Millions of people participated, drenching themselves in ice-cold water to ...
Scientists have uncovered how a newly discovered gene, NEK1, in which mutations have been linked to ALS cases, disrupts the function of the motor neuron and causes it to degenerate and die. The viral ...
There is at present no quick, reliable, and evidence-based way of evaluating the extent of nerve damage and need for surgical intervention after a patient experiences an acute injury. Researchers may ...
Title: Is a Response to Intraoperative Electrical Nerve Stimulation Associated with Recovery After Stretch Injury in the Rat Median Nerve? Authors: Paul J. Cagle, MD, Associate Professor of ...