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Battle against the body's own nerves: How Motor Neurone Disease alters lives
"This group includes diseases such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Progressive Bulbar Palsy ... affect the upper motor neurons, lower motor neurons, or both. Inherited Motor Neuron Diseases ...
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Postural instability and lower extremity dysfunction in upper motor neuron-dominant amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Background: Upper motor neuron-dominant ALS (UMND ALS) is recognized to have early onset and good prognosis, but may have a rapid decline in motor function due to gait instability in the early stage.
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UP team creates VR games as rehab aid for dementia, cerebral palsy
Experts from the University of the Philippines (UP) have created immersive virtual reality (VR) games not as a pastime for ...
Frontiers17d
Profiling morphologic MRI features of motor neuron disease caused by TARDBP mutations
Motor neuron disease (MND) refers to a group of adult-onset neurodegenerative conditions leading to the degeneration of upper and/or lower motor neurons. MND clinically manifests as a progressive loss ...
BMJ27d
Transcranial magnetic stimulation and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: pathophysiological insights
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 ...
verywellhealth22d
Types of Neurons and Their Function
Pain is an example of an important sensory neuron. When you feel pain from a ... These neurons coordinate muscle activity. Motor neurons can be subdivided into lower motor neurons and upper motor ...
BMJ27d
Identifying who will benefit from non-invasive ventilation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neurone disease in a clinical cohort
Patients were categorised into four clinical phenotypes (ALS, flail arm, flail leg and primary lateral sclerosis) according to site of presenting symptom and the pattern of upper versus lower motor ...
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Laryngeal response patterns influence the efficacy of mechanical assisted cough in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Laryngeal movements were assessed from video files. ALS type and characteristics of upper and lower motor neuron symptoms were determined. Results At the supraglottic level, all patients with ALS and ...
verywellhealth9d
Hyporeflexia Causes and How to Regain Muscle Reflex
Hyporeflexia is caused by the disruption of nerve impulses from lower motor neurons. There are never cell regulation motions that travel from the spinal cord to muscles. (Upper motor neurons ...
MIT Technology Review7d
Motor neuron diseases took their voices. AI is bringing them back.
AI-generated voice clones are bringing back the voices of people with MND, allowing some to communicate, connect, and even ...
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Cumbrian artist opens up on motor neurone disease diagnosis
A DAD-of-three recently diagnosed with motor neurone disease is calling for more ... The 56-year-old has been diagnosed with Progressive Bulbar Palsy – a rarer type of MND which affects the ...