Wrist-based accelerometry may be a feasible method for continuous monitoring for individuals with motor neuron disease, according to data published in eBioMedicine.“Actigraphy, which leverages ...

Motor units, each of which consists of a single motor neuron and the muscle fibers it innervates, contribute to the total activation of each muscle through their recruitment and firing rate when ...

Some muscles are resistant to the loss of motor neurons seen in patients with spinal muscular atrophy, and new research has discovered that even in muscles that appeared resistant to SMA, subtle ...

When neurons were exposed to these muscle-generated signals, they grew four times farther than those without exposure. This discovery could pave the way for new therapies focused on nerve repair and ...

MIT scientists find that motor neuron growth increased significantly over 5 days in response to biochemical (left) and mechanical (right) signals related to exercise. The green ball represents ...

Learn about motor neuron diseases including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, how they're similar and different, and what symptoms they cause.

Drugs that "switch on" vitamin A in the body may also help stave off conditions such as motor neuron disease (MND).

A new breakthrough in bipartite matching algorithms, inspired by neuron and muscle fiber connections, improves efficiency in systems like ridesharing, enhancing user experience and preserving privacy.

The evidence on the link between cardiometabolic diseases (CMDs) and motor neuron diseases (MNDs) remains inconsistent. We aimed to determine whether there is an association of CMDs, namely, any ...

Within the muscle groups, individual muscle fibers exist, collectively called slow-twitch and fast-twitch, and these fibers are all organized into motor units.

During the training, we measured muscle strength, weight, and motor skills and compared them with the corresponding sedentary groups to define the disease onset. At the end of the eighth week, we ...