Hyperrelexic, overactive or spastic bladder or bowels occur with spinal cord injury at or above T12. The primary characteristic of this type of injury is increased organ spasms. The UMN bladder may ...

PMA was diagnosed on the basis of presence of pure lower motor neuron findings at the initial visit. Of the 91 patients originally diagnosed with PMA, 20 subsequently developed upper motor neuron ...

Motor neurone disease (MND ... ALS affects both the upper motor neurones that travel from the brain to the spinal cord and the lower motor neurones, which branch out to the various muscle groups ...

University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers targeting a group of hereditary neurodegenerative diseases have found success ...

Drugs that "switch on" vitamin A in the body may also help stave off conditions such as motor neuron disease (MND). The largest-ever trial of a psychological intervention for patients with motor ...

Motor neurone disease is a group of diseases that ... known as the "spastic paraplegias", where the malfunction is in the upper part of the spinal cord. Dr Emma Baple, also from the University ...

Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is a clinical condition of upper motor neuron lesion signs, that is confirmed with advanced imaging demonstrating compression of the spinal cord in the cervical ...

Regular and strenuous exercise increases the risk of motor neurone disease in people who are genetically vulnerable, say scientists. The team at the University of Sheffield said nobody should stop ...

Motor neurone disease was not on Kevin’s radar ... I’ve no complaints in that sense So far, the disease has affected Kevin’s upper motor functions. Having started in his left arm, it has ...

Professor Paul Chazot of Durham University, lead supervisor of the study, added: "I have been looking for a drug like Ellorarxine for over 30 years. "It addresses the '3Ns' which provides a ...