To investigate the structural and functional relationships and the progression of muscle atrophy up to 20 years of spastic paraplegia. Clinical follow-up in Vienna, Austria; muscle biopsies analyzed ...

Our clinic, the Motor Neuron Disease/ALS Clinic, is sponsored by the Muscular Dystrophy Association and ALS Association and provides a multidisciplinary clinic serving the needs of individuals with a ...

REHABILITATION of the upper extremity in hemiplegie patients presents multiple problems. Superimposed musculoskeletal and neuromuscular complications may be obscured by the hemiplegia. Prompt ...

Scientists have identified the first compound that eliminates the ongoing degeneration of upper motor neurons that become diseased and are a key contributor to ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), a ...

For the first time, scientists have revealed a mechanism underlying the cellular degeneration of upper motor neurons, a small group of neurons in the brain recently shown to play a major role in ALS ...

When you take a walk, talk to a friend, or chew a piece of food, motor neurons are behind these movements. Just like other parts of your body, they can become damaged. You may have heard of ...

Northwestern University scientists have identified the first compound that eliminates the ongoing degeneration of upper motor neurons that become diseased and are a key contributor to ALS (amyotrophic ...

Scientists have revealed a mechanism underlying the cellular degeneration of the upper motor neurons that die in ALS, and developed a model system that will allow further research on the degeneration.