Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is an incurable neurological disorder affecting motor ...

Medications that promote repair of the myelin sheath that protects nerve cells may help limit damage due to MS, a trial ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), sometimes known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is an incurable neurological disease that ...

In ALS, the loss of certain proteins turns off a gene called UNC13A that needs to stay active for nerve cell communication, a ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand different types of nerve cell in the human brain according to the latest ...

Canadian scientists have discovered how to turn a simple blood sample into nerve cells — allowing them to run test on cells responsible for pain, numbness and other sensations for the first time.

When parts of the nervous system start to break down—or get broken—the consequences for human health can be staggering. Can ...

Earlier versions injected the cells at the site of the injury, but the Phase I/IIa trial will use 1-2 cm (0.4-0.8 inch) bridges built of millions of olfactory ensheathing nerve cells.

A UCL research team has found clues as to why some nerve cells die in dementia and not others, in a new study in fruit flies. The Alzheimer’s Research UK-funded study, published in Cell Reports, is ...

In an unprecedented discovery, scientists have discovered intact brain and nerve cells within the skeleton of a young man who died almost 2,000 years ago during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius ...

Nerve cells of blind mice retain their visual function Nerve cells in the retina were analysed using microelectrodes Date: November 26, 2024 Source: Vienna University of Technology Summary: Using ...

A study led by scientists at Case Western Reserve University used stem cells created from ALS patients to target a specific ...