News tagged with motor neuron disease
'Volume dial' neurone may aid spinal disease
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scottish researchers have discovered a new class of neuron that may lead to new therapies for spinal injury.
Nervous system may be culprit in deadly muscle disease
May 25, 2009 |
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Brain may win out over brawn as the primary cause of breathing problems in children with a severe form of muscular dystrophy known as Pompe disease.
Lipid droplets lead a Spartin existence
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Spartin, a protein linked to the neuronal disease Troyer syndrome, was thought to function in endocytosis. In the March 23, 2009 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology, Eastman et al. identify an unexpected role f ...
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2 signals -- from within and out of cell -- specify motor neuron differentiation
Jun 10, 2009 |
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Two signals - an external one from retinoic acid and an internal one from the transcription factor Neurogenin2 - cooperate to activate chromatin (the basic material of chromosomes) and help determine that certain nerve progenitor ...
Genetics of ALS progression
Jun 01, 2008 |
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An upcoming paper in the June 1 issue of G&D, from Drs. Hidenori Ichijo and Hideki Nishitoh (University of Tokyo) and colleagues, lends new and valuable insight into the genetics of ALS.
Toward an effective treatment for a major hereditary disease
Oct 13, 2008 |
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Scientists are reporting a key advance toward developing the first effective drug treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a genetic disease that involves motor neuron loss and occurs in 1 out of every 6,000 births. SMA ...
Motor neuron disease and toxic substances: Possible link?
Mar 20, 2008 |
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Motor neuron disease is a rare, devastating illness in which nerve cells that carry brain signals to muscles gradually deteriorate. One form of it, Lou Gehrig’s disease or ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), is familiar ...
Mighty mice: Treatment targeted to muscle improves motor neuron disease
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 12, 2009 |
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New research with transgenic mice reveals that a therapy directed at the muscle significantly improves disease symptoms of a genetic disorder characterized by destruction of the neurons that control movement. The study, published ...
Researchers identify a gene responsible for Lou Gehrig's disease
Mar 31, 2008 |
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A team of Canadian and French researchers has identified a novel gene responsible for a significant fraction of ALS (sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) cases. ALS is commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease, an incurable ...
Antioxidant controls spinal cord development
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Sep 18, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine have discovered how one antioxidant protein controls the activity of another protein, critical for the development of spinal cord neurons. The research, publishing this ...
Finding clues for nerve cell repair
Jun 03, 2008 |
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A new study at the Montreal Neurological Institute at McGill University identifies a key mechanism for the normal development of motor nerve cells (motor neurons) - cells that control muscles. This finding is crucial to understanding ...
Impaired transport in neurons triggers prion disease
Aug 21, 2009 |
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A new study shows that nervous system integrity and axonal properties may play a key role in prion diseases. The findings, from researchers at the Rudolf Virchow Center and the Institute of Virology of the University of Würzburg, ...
Mouse model of prion disease mimics diverse symptoms of human disorder
Nov 26, 2008 |
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A comprehensive mouse model of inherited prion disease exhibits cognitive, motor, and neurophysiological deficits that bear a striking resemblance to the symptoms experienced by patients with the human version of "mad cow ...
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