The sport's links to the disease are unproven but it has left a traumatic legacy in affecting so many high-profile players ...

A newly identified disorder, MINA syndrome, results from a mutation in the NAMPT protein that deprives motor neurons of ...

Introduction Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic neurodegenerative condition that affects approximately 10 million people worldwide. As the second most common neurodegenerative disease, its ...

In the development of Parkinson's disease, it may not be a good idea to turn the amp to 11. High-volume noise exposure ...

About 20% of people with migraines experience a visual aura, or temporary changes in vision. These can show up as shimmering ...

Brains don't have seat belts. When rapid acceleration or deceleration of the brain inside the skull occurs with a blow to the ...

Noise as loud as 85 to 100 decibels over time led to irreversible motor defects and loss of dopamine neurons in a mouse model ...

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurological disorder causing motor neuron death, leading to muscle ...

An international research team, led by Shinghua Ding at the University of Missouri, has identified a previously unknown ...

Paul and Ashlee Higginbotham knew what was and wasn't normal for their kids. As the parents of six, they had seen a lot of illnesses and tantrums. But they were baffled by the behavior of their ...

Actor Isabelle Tate, 23, died after recently making her television debut on "9-1-1: Nashville." Tate had a rare form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a progressive neuromuscular disorder. CMT is a ...

Modifications that help certain genetic information travel to specific parts of nerve cells can ease motor symptoms and help normalize communication between nerves and muscles in a mouse model of ...