Chase and his colleagues investigated what happens in the brain that causes performance to plummet, and published their findings in Neuron on 12 September. Choking under pressure is not unique to ...

According to the study published in peer-reviewed journal Advanced Materials, the experiments showed the implant – which suppresses the expression of genes that restrict neuron growth ...

Motor neuron disease usually refers to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, but it can also refer to other kind of neurodegenerative disease that affect the motor neurons, such as progressive primary ...

Motor neurone disease (MND) is a group of diseases with multiple causes, rather than a single disease with a single target. This is likely to have major implications for potential MND therapies. We ...

Regular and strenuous exercise increases the risk of motor neurone disease in people who are genetically vulnerable, say scientists. The team at the University of Sheffield said nobody should stop ...

An Australian TV star wrote a message sharing news of her own death, following a lengthy battle with motor neurone disease (MND). Fiona MacDonald, well-known for hosting game show It’s A ...

Together, Dr. Pappas explained, these findings suggest torsinA controls where NPCs are ultimately placed during a critical period early in neuron development—a step that appears key to healthy ...

Corrie builder Paul Foreman has died in heart breaking scenes, marking the end of the soap's powerful Motor Neurone Disease storyline. The character was diagnosed with the neurodegenerative ...

Receptor in the skin detects a stimulus (the change in temperature). Sensory neuron sends electrical impulses to a relay neuron, which is located in the spinal cord of the CNS. Relay neurons ...

Fresh concerns have been raised over the safety of contact sports after experts uncovered evidence that young rugby players ...

Sam Hayden-Harler helped soap bosses and actor Peter Ash shape the traumatic storyline which will see Paul take his last breaths after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) 17 months ago.