Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, often debilitating autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS). This disease causes the immune system to mistakenly attack the protective ...

Scientists have identified the first compound that eliminates the ongoing degeneration of upper motor neurons that become diseased and are a key contributor to ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), a ...

Northwestern University scientists have identified the first compound that eliminates the ongoing degeneration of upper motor neurons that become diseased and are a key contributor to ALS (amyotrophic ...

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 ...

ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. ALS, also known as Lou Gherig’s disease, destroys the nerve ...

Stained motor cortex tissue from a donor with ALS (right) shows reduced amounts of the protein HLA-E (green) in the vasculature. HLA-E is thought to inhibit degradation of the Blood Brain Barrier by ...

The brain is indeed a target for treating ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered. This flips a long-standing belief that the disease starts in the spinal ...

Everything You Need to Know About Motor Neuron Diseases: By Anjali Srivastava What is motor neuron disease, and how does it affect the body? Simply put, it’s a group of rare neurological conditions ...

Primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) is a rare neurological disorder that affects the motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord, which control movement. It is a form of motor neuron disease (MND). PLS ...

New compound targets neurons that initiate voluntary movement After 60 days of treatment, diseased brain cells look like healthy cells More research needed before clinical trial can be initiated ...