Motor neuron diseases (MNDs) are a group of neurological disorders that get worse (progress) over time. MNDs destroy motor neurons, which are the cells that control muscle activity for body functions ...

So, vagus motor neuron groups projecting to discrete pharyngeal arches are spatially overlapping—but what does this mean for the functional connectivity of this neural circuit? To test this, Kaneko ...

Motor Nerve Cell 'Factory' Findings May Elicit Treatments For Spinal Cord Injury, Disease Date: June 5, 2003 Source: Salk Institute Summary: Manufacturing motor nerve cells may someday be possible ...

Motor neuron disease is a rare, devastating illness in which nerve cells that carry brain signals to muscles gradually deteriorate. One form of it, Lou Gehrig’s disease or ALS (amyotrophic ...

Why some elite athletes face higher risk of developing motor neuron disease—and what we're doing about it by Johnathan Cooper-Knock, Pamela J. Shaw, The Conversation ...

Progressive bulbar palsy is a motor neuron disorder that involves the lower motor neurons. These neurons conduct messages from the brain stem and spinal cord to the brain. Initially, patients with ...

Motor neurons, shown with their axons (nerve fibers) labeled in green, are seen growing on a spinal cord organ-chip developed by Cedars-Sinai. Credit: Svendsen Lab.

Stable single-unit activity in motor circuits is involved in driving learned behavior. The small amount of drift in task-related neural activity could be due to concomitant slow drift in a behavior.