Carmen Iris Albaladejo told Newsweek that her husband "feels the weight of his life being taken from him piece by piece" following his diagnosis.

A man with a severe speech disability is able to speak expressively and sing using a brain implant that translates his neural ...

What is motor neuron disease, and how does it affect the body? Simply put, it’s a group of rare neurological conditions that ...

According to the Irish Motor Neuron Disease Association, there are four main types of MND, each affecting people differently. ALS is the most common form, involving both upper and lower motor neurons.

If you have upper motor neuron lesions ... An EMG can check for problems with your lower motor neurons and help diagnose ALS and PLS. Nerve conduction study. Usually combined with EMG, this ...

Researchers at Keio University, Japan, led by Hideyuki Okano, PhD, now report a new method for culturing functional spinal lower motor ... mimicking ALS motor neuron responses.

This is the first study to pinpoint the role of AIS, a specialised region of motor neurons, in ALS pathology. ALS, also known as motor neurone disease, causes progressive degeneration of neurons in ...

As upper and lower motor neurons fail ... with devastating burden and quality of life (QOL) impact. Rapid motor neuron deterioration in ALS results in variable degrees of weakness, spasticity ...

Here's a look at some of the types of motor neuron diseases. ALS affects both your upper and lower motor neurons. With ALS, you gradually lose control over the muscles that help you walk ...

This is considered a “lower motor neuron” symptom. ALS has both lower motor neuron and upper motor neuron symptoms, such as muscle slowness and stiffness with poor coordination. Less commonly ...