New research provides a potential brain-based explanation for social touch aversion in some forms of autism. A study published in Nature Communications finds that in a mouse model of Fragile X ...

Rats exhibit significant recovery of locomotor function following incomplete spinal cord injuries, albeit with altered gait expression and reduced speed and stepping frequency. These changes likely ...

You feel your body slowly shutting down—but your mind remains sharp, painfully aware of what’s happening. This is the everyday reality of people living with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) in Kenya.

A research team led by Prof. Li Ping, Sin Wai Kin Foundation Professor in Humanities and Technology, Dean of the PolyU Faculty of Humanities and Associate Director of the PolyU-Hangzhou Technology and ...

Movement is a complex process governed by a network of neuronal circuits spread across multiple regions of the nervous system ...

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.

Drugs that "switch on" vitamin A in the body may also help stave off conditions such as motor neuron disease (MND).

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Key points During rhythmic behavior, the brain creates internalized rhythms that sync to the beat if listening to music. New research identifies the brain networks involved in sensory-motor ...

New research sheds light on how sensory and motor representations of internalized rhythms involve overlapping upstream and downstream flows of information in the cerebellum and basal ganglia.

ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, is the most common type of motor neuron disease. WebMD explains the other types and how they can affect your muscles.