Cedars-Sinai has created a lifelike model of the mysterious and fatal disease that could help identify a cause of the illness ...

Membrane for plasmalemmal expansion is generated through the secretory pathway, primarily in the neuron's perikaryon, and then transported as plasmalemmal precursor vesicles to the cell periphery ...

Scientists at the University of Western Australia and the Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science have ...

Like other cell bodies, a neuron’s soma contains a nucleus and specialized organelles. It’s enclosed by a membrane that both protects it and allows it to interact with its immediate ...

These polyphosphates perform numerous functions in cells: energy storage, formation of membrane channels, gene activity control, regulation of enzymes and stress response.

image: Antibodies surround a healthy motor neuron cell (left) and move to the outer cell membrane in ALS (right). view more Credit: University of Toronto ...

The Motor Neuron Disease/ALS Clinic at University of Utah Health provides customized treatment plans for patients with motor neuron diseases. ... (MNDs) are a group of neurological disorders that get ...

As nerve cells die when you have a motor neuron disease, electrical messages can't get from your brain to your muscles. Over time, your muscles waste away. You may hear a doctor or nurse call this ...

Motor neurons are nerve cells that send electrical output signals to the muscles, affecting the muscles’ ability to function. Motor neuron disease (MND) can appear at any age, but the symptoms ...