MNDs are neurological disorders that destroy motor neurons, the cells that control skeletal muscle activity such as walking, breathing, speaking, and swallowing.

Motor neurons can be subdivided into lower motor neurons and upper motor neurons located in the ... Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Motor neuron diseases. Zavvarian MM, Hong J, ...

A combination of upper and lower motor neuron dysfunction comprises the clinical ALS phenotype. Although the ALS phenotype was first observed by Charcot over 100 years ago, the site of ALS onset and ...

Contact between a motor neuron and muscle cell is usually via a specialized synapse called a neuromuscular junction.

In a case of thalamencephalic and mesencephalic injury secondary to electrical ... but it is still difficult to lift the upper eyelid with right and left eyelid levator muscles due to a lack of ...

Reflexes at the elbow, crook of the arm, wrists, and ankles may also be checked. Overactive reflexes are associated with upper motor neuron lesions, which are damaged areas of the neural pathway ...

The Medical Research Council Scale for Muscle Strength (MRC) for upper and lower limbs was performed. None of the patients had other motor neuron disease and/or systemic diseases with associated ...

Hogberg sustained an upper-body injury in Saturday's game versus the Hurricanes, Andrew Gross of Newsday reports. Head coach Patrick Roy described the injury as something that got progressively ...

In the last couple of weeks before the 4 Nations Face-Off, injuries are starting to pile up for star players across the league. Among them are Minnesota Wild forward Kirill Kaprizov and Dallas ...