There are many different types of neurons, and they all have special functions in the brain, spinal cord, and muscles that ...

Using approaches that make brain tissue transparent and allow specific staining of neuron subtypes ... project into the spinal cord. Those that will form the future motor cortex remain there ...

Researchers at Keio University have begun using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) to treat and maybe even cure severe ...

1 Motor Neurons A motor neuron’s cell body is also often located either in the spinal cord or the brainstem with projections that interact with organs such as muscles and glands. Upper motor neurons ...

Hyperrelexic, overactive or spastic bladder or bowels occur with spinal cord injury at or above T12. The primary characteristic of this type of injury is increased organ spasms. The UMN bladder may ...

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 ...

Most adolescents and adults with SMA have normal sensory nerve function, even those with long-lasting disease, a study finds.

New study in @jclinicalinvest by @HopkinsMedicine researchers suggests experimental blood test can indicate spinal cord ...

Scientists have developed a new method that can grow motor neurons from skin cells, which may serve as a platform for ALS ...

Such neurons could be used to treat spinal cord injuries or diseases such as ... we're going directly from a somatic cell to a motor neuron." Galloway's research group and others have demonstrated ...

Converting one type of cell to another—for example, a skin cell to a neuron ... quantities of motor neurons, which could potentially be used to treat patients with spinal cord injuries or ...