- Muscle cells, also known as myocytes, are specialized cells designed for contraction and force production. Skeletal Muscle Cells: These cells are long, cylindrical, and have a striated (or striped) ...

The MScanFit method assessed changes in motor unit configuration in adult patients undergoing treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). In recent years, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) diagnosis and ...

Do motor neurons that die during ALS go out quietly, or with their synapses blazing? In the March 27 eLife, researchers led by Marin Manuel of Université Paris Descartes suggest the former, at least ...

According to the researchers, the findings are paving the way toward precision medicine and may have broader use in tracking treatment response in adult-onset motor neuropathy in the future. A recent ...