The scientist Stephen Hawking lived with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the most common type of motor neuron disease, ...

Scientists have developed a computer-based model that may explain how nerve cells become damaged in ALS, and how best to time ...

Think your cerebellum only coordinates fluid movements? New 2026 research reveals how your "little brain" also creates the ...

A research team has developed a way to produce a subset of highly specialised brain neurons that centrally degenerate in motor neuron disease and are damaged in spinal cord injury, laying foundations ...

Adopting some of the strategies behind successfully treating the childhood disease spinal muscular atrophy may enable development of therapies to curb the muscle decline that accompanies aging, new ...

The Nature Index 2024 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

Air pollution was associated with risk for developing motor neuron disease such as ALS and likely contributes to an accelerated disease course following a diagnosis for individuals in Sweden, ...

Greater long-term air pollution exposure was associated with a higher risk of motor neuron disease. Higher levels of ...

Long-term air pollution exposure is linked to higher risk, faster progression, and increased mortality in motor neuron ...

A recent large study conducted in Sweden has found that long-term exposure to elevated levels of air pollution may increase ...

A new study from Sweden links long-term air pollution exposure to higher risk of motor neurone disease and faster progression ...