Use of common psychiatric medications (anxiolytics, hypnotics and sedatives, and antidepressants) is linked to a higher risk ...

Significantly younger onset of disease symptoms and a predominance of pure upper motor neuron signs at presentation characterised the long term survivors, but factors traditionally regarded as being ...

Prescribed use of anti-anxiety drugs, hypnotics and sedatives, or antidepressants was tied to a higher future risk of ...

cDepartment of Neurology, UMC Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands dBiostatistics & Research Support, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University ...

By studying cells from patients with motor neuron disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the team from the Francis Crick Institute and UCL Institute of Neurology revealed a ...

Background: This study aimed to identify independent risk factors associated with upper limb motor functional recovery in ischemic stroke patients 3 months post-stroke and to construct a predictive ...

At a young age, this transgenic mouse develops severe motor impairment and other ALS-related phenotypes. Notably, it develops robust neuronal loss in the spinal cord, denervation of neuromuscular ...

For Tan Shu Hua, it was the year that changed her life – when she was diagnosed with the very same disease. At 32, with two toddlers by her side, it started as a cramp in her right leg. Then, slowly, ...

Background: Motor Neuron Disease (MND) is a neurodegenerative disorder with low incidence (4–8 per 100,000), but high disability and mortality. This study analyzes MND burden in China, the U.S., and ...

Methods The authors retrospectively reviewed electronic health records of patients diagnosed with PLS referred to a specialised motor neuron disorders clinic from 2002 to 2024, analysed longitudinal ...