A study found profound swallowing deficits in SMA type 1 babies, a disease feature of note as disease-modifying treatment ...

A previous study failed to detect GT1a in human cranial nerves, but GQ1b was abundant in human ocular motor nerves. Whether anti-GT1a IgG ... GQ1b was detected specifically in patients with the ...

Other variants within the GBS spectrum are the pure motor, pharyngeal-cervical-brachial (PCB), pure ataxic ... disabling or rapidly progressing (level of evidence: 4). Based on nerve conduction ...

AI-generated voice clones are bringing back the voices of people with MND, allowing some to communicate, connect, and even ...

A recent study in an animal model provides direct evidence for the role of the vagus nerve in gut microbiome-brain ...

The vagus nerve is so named because it “wanders” like a vagabond, sending out sensory fibers from your brainstem to your ...

Various diseases can be treated by stimulating the vagus nerve in the ear with electrical signals. However, this technique does not always work. A study has now shown: The electrical signals must ...

A new memo by NIH Acting Director Matthew Memoli, obtained by Forbes, clarifies what can and can’t be done with regard to clinical trials, purchasing, research publications and public ...

Messages or signals from nerve cells in the brain's upper motor neurons are typically transmitted to nerve cells in the brainstem and spinal cord (lower motor neurons), which then send signals to ...

Have you experienced pain or tingling in your hands or feet? Those are signs of possible neuropathy, “a general term for nerve dysfunction in your limbs,” says Eva Feldman, MD, PhD ...

In this syndrome, the nerves controlling muscle movement and those that carry pain, temperature, and touch sensations are affected leading to muscle weakness, loss of sensation in the legs and/or ...