A team led by Jason Shepherd at the University of Utah has identified the protein responsible for loading toxic tau into tiny ...
University of Queensland researchers have developed a drug that activates a hard-to-target immune receptor—a breakthrough ...
Scientists have uncovered how a newly discovered gene, NEK1, in which mutations have been linked to ALS cases, disrupts the function of the motor neuron and causes it to degenerate and die. The viral ...
Our bodies’ nerve cells are important for transmitting electrical and chemical information between different parts of the brain and between the brain and other parts of the nervous system. One of the ...
An increase in high-fat, high-fructose foods in people's diets has contributed to a dramatic increase in type 2 diabetes. This, in turn, has led to an increase in peripheral neuropathy—nerve damage, ...