Functioning brain cells need a functioning system for picking up the trash and sorting the recycling. But when lysosomes, the cellular sanitation machines responsible for those tasks, break down or ...

Genetic testing can help doctors diagnose some neurological disorders, such as Huntington’s disease. It can also provide insights into a person’s risk of future health conditions. Genetic testing ...

In a genetic association study, investigators integrated data from genome-wide association studies of various disorders with retinal transcriptomic data. Findings revealed that the polygenic risk of ...

A new systematic analysis shows more than half the people living in the U.S., 54%, are affected by a neurological disease or disorder. Disorders of the nervous system impacted more than 180 million of ...

Autoimmune neurological diseases are conditions where the immune system attacks nerve cells. Damage to neuronal cells can lead to a variety of neurologic and psychiatric symptoms. Autoimmune diseases ...

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is an inherited neurological disorder that affects 1 in 3,500 people worldwide. It is caused by mutations in the NF1 gene, which encodes neurofibromin, a protein ...

Globally, the number of people living with, or dying from, neurological conditions such as stroke, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, and meningitis has risen substantially over the past 30 ...

Most people experience headaches regularly and dismiss them as stress, dehydration, or simple tension. However, what feels like an ordinary headache could actually represent the early warning signs of ...

Lisa McHugh shared that she was diagnosed with a lesser known condition that affects the brain and nervous system. Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) means that the brain and body have trouble ...