A study reveals that motor control in the brain is modular and adaptable. Using optogenetics and imaging in mice, researchers ...

ALS, which is also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, is a rare neurological disease that affects motor neurons — the nerve cells ...

A new study compares three types of blood biomarkers: neurofilament light chain proteins, glial acidic proteins and phosphorylated tau 181.

Strength is in numbers and the same goes for fundraising which is why a charity has set up a scheme to encourage 1,000 people ...

Applications are now open for the International 3Rs Prize, an annual award which recognises research with the potential to ...

This valuable study characterises the activity of motor units from two of the three anatomical subdivisions ("heads") of the triceps muscle while mice walked on a treadmill at various speeds. Although ...

A recent study by the Hector Institute for Translational Brain Research (HITBR) at the Central Institute of Mental Health ...

It was October 2024, and my husband Andrew had just been diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) aged 51 – which affects ...

The computer integrates lab-grown neurons that develop on a silicon chip, enabling them to transmit and receive electrical ...

The discovery of ‘ovoid cells’ is transforming our understanding of memory and may pave the way for new treatments for ...

Look around, and you'll see it everywhere: the way trees form branches, the way cities divide into neighborhoods, the way the ...