Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers have deciphered a key part of the regulatory code that governs how motor neurons in the spinal cord connect to specific target muscles in the limbs.

Scientists have devised a method for coaxing mouse embryonic stem cells into forming a highly specific motor neuron subtype. The research, published by Cell Press in the Sept. 3 issue of the ...

Functional motor neuron subtypes generated from embryonic stem cells Date: September 4, 2010 Source: Cell Press Summary: Scientists have devised a method for coaxing mouse embryonic stem cells ...

We transplanted GRPs around cervical spinal cord respiratory motor neuron pools, the principal cells whose dysfunction precipitates death in ALS. GRPs survived in diseased tissue, ...

Scientists have devised a method for coaxing mouse embryonic stem cells into forming a highly specific motor neuron subtype. The research, published by Cell Press in the September 3rd issue of the ...

It's a discreet activation pattern of relevant motor-neuron pools." While the Swiss team proved the concept by restoring some mobility to the monkeys, Chen cautions that this research is just the ...

ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, is the most common type of motor neuron disease. WebMD explains the other types and how they can affect your muscles.

Scientists Crack Code For Motor Neuron Wiring Date: November 7, 2005 ... but were expressed in highly precise patterns that corresponded to anatomically-defined motor neuron pools,” said Jessell ...