Researchers at VIB and KU Leuven have identified a molecular process that allows motor neurons to maintain protein production, a process that fails in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The study, ...

Study unveils mechanisms driving axonal accumulation of TDP-43 and associated nerve damage in ALS by Ingrid Fadelli, Medical Xpress edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes The ...

A physical dimension of a cell is seldom its Achilles' heel. Yet for the neurons that are affected in most kinds of peripheral neuropathy, it is the length of their axons that best accounts for their ...

Axonal regeneration in the adult central nervous system is extremely limited after injury. As a consequence, there is typically little functional recovery after spinal cord injury, traumatic brain ...

Absolutely. The electrophysiologic characteristics of neuronopathies and axonopathies depend on how long the condition has been present. In the acute states, there is moderate-to-severe denervation, ...

For years neurobiologist Frank Bradke has been fascinated by neurons, particularly why their ability to grow axons initially goes away after they become adult cells. “We want to understand how neurons ...

What is an Diffuse Axonal Injury? A diffuse axonal injury is an injury in which the wires which connect the cells in the brain, get damaged. If you rapidly accelerate and then decelerate the head, the ...