An international research team, led by Shinghua Ding at the University of Missouri, has identified a previously unknown ...

Former England rugby captain Lewis Moody has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND). The 47-year-old flanker, who won several titles throughout his 16-year career, discovered he had the ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive muscle wasting and limb ...

ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a disorder that causes motor neuron degeneration in the lateral part of the spinal cord on both sides. It is an uncommon, rare condition, with an average of 5 ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a degenerative neurological disorder that involves the death of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. This, over time, leads to the brain losing its ability ...

Areflexic, or flaccid, bladder and bowels occur when the spinal cord injury is low enough to damage the cauda equina and alpha motor neurons. It also occurs in all spinal cord injury patients during ...

Standard MRI scans of a person's tongue could assist in the early detection and ongoing monitoring of motor neuron disease.

An infant with a fatal genetic disease has survived past the age of 2 with no signs of the condition, thanks to treatment started in the womb. A child was treated for a rare, potentially deadly ...