Areflexic, or flaccid, bladder and bowels occur when the spinal cord injury is low enough to damage the cauda equina and alpha motor neurons. It also occurs in all spinal ... Patients do not typically ...

Although a motor neuron pool innervating one muscle represents a tightly clustered cell body aggregate in a defined position in the spinal cord in wild types, corresponding cell bodies in Foxp1 ...

Until now, the details of neuron swelling in the spinal cord weren’t clear, says Bo Chen, a neuroscientist at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. “We didn’t know how long ...

In an ALS study, growth factor FGF4 reduced the activity of star-shaped cells called astrocytes but did not stop motor ...

A UNIGE team has discovered the genetic programs that allow motor neurons to retract from the spinal cord. This discovery ... and allow specific staining of neuron subtypes, the research team ...

Scientists have developed a new test for a biomarker in brain tissue that could detect people who will go on to develop motor neuron disease ... in the brain and spinal cord.

A reflex action follows this general sequence and does not involve the conscious part of the brain. This is why the response is so fast. Receptor in the skin detects a stimulus (the change in ...

Biohaven has surged driven by promising data from its troriluzole trials for spinocerebellar ataxia and ongoing OCD studies.

The purpose of cord cutting is to save a considerable amount of money each month. A "cord never" or "never-connected" is someone who never had such a subscription, while "cord shavers" are ...