Motor neurons are cells in your brain and spinal cord that help you walk, talk, and eat. Learn how damage to these cells could affect your movement and what your doctor can do to treat it.

Each muscle can have tens or hundreds of encapsulated sensory receptors, and these "sensors" are called muscle spindles. Spindles differ from other sensory receptors as they also receive nerve ...

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 ...

Cell Press. (2009, August 14). Mighty Mice: Treatment Targeted To Muscle Improves Motor Neuron Disease. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2009 / 08 ...

Two genes, SMN1 and SMN2, are involved in production of survival motor neuron protein. SMN1 does most of the work to produce the full-length protein and is vital to motor neuron survival and function.

Progressive bulbar palsy is a motor neuron disorder that involves the lower motor neurons. The first symptoms of progressive bulbar palsy are muscle weakness that affects speech and swallowing. It can ...

Motor neurone disease is a rare condition that mainly affects people in their 60s and 70s, but it can affect adults of all ages. It's caused by a problem with cells in the brain and nerves called ...