Motor neuron disease (MND) is a devastating condition that causes progressive muscle weakness by damaging the motor neurons, the nerve cells that connect the brain to muscles. These neurons allow us ...

A motor unit refers to a motor neuron, the nerve cell that controls muscular activity, and the muscle fibers that it controls. Whenever a motor unit is active, the motor neuron releases acetylcholine ...

Multi-channel intramuscular EMG (iEMG) provides information on motor neuron behavior, muscle fiber (MF) innervation geometry and, recently, has been proposed as a means to establish a human-machine ...

They happen when the muscle’s motor neuron—or messaging system responsible for moving a particular group of muscle fibers—randomly fires.

Exercise Causes Muscles to Release Myokines, Speeding Neuron Growth November 12, 2024 ...

MIT scientists find that motor neuron growth increased significantly over 5 days in response to biochemical (left) and mechanical (right) signals related to exercise. The green ball represents ...

Neuromuscular diseases affect the communication between the output layer of the nervous system, a type of nerve cell called motor neuron, and muscle. Such conditions, for example Motor Neuron ...

ALS is the most common form of Motor Neuron Disease (MND) in adults. An early hallmark of ALS is the breakdown of neuromuscular junctions—the connection between the end of a motor nerve and a ...

Scientists have detailed how a combination of grafted replacement motor neurons and optical nerve stimulation—using light to activate neurons—can improve muscle function in a highly aggressive ...