A devastating disease stole a mother’s ability to hold her children, speak clearly, or breathe with ease. Her courageous ...

Lower-limb biomechanics in motor neuron disease: a joint-level perspective of gait disruption, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, (1-11), ...

The Motor Neuron Disease/ALS Clinic at University of Utah Health provides customized treatment plans for patients with motor neuron diseases. ... Lower motor neurons are located in the brain stem and ...

Riku and Sobue told Alzforum they had observed one FTLD type A case with ALS, outside the current data set. They were unsure why lower motor neuron pathology was most severe in type B cases. TDP-43 ...

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 ...

Lower motor neurons have direct connections with the muscle, contracting muscle to execute movement. Thus, the lower motor neuron activity is in part controlled by the upper motor neurons.

How to manage an acute case of Bell’s palsy in a pregnant woman including the importance of prompt treatment and when ...

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 ...

If lower motor neuron signs alone are evident, the condition is called progressive spinal muscular atrophy. In primary lateral sclerosis, only upper motor neuron signs are seen.