In an aging society, one of the most important and urgent tasks of scientific research is to counteract the decline in motor function and muscle weakness that accompanies the aging process. A research ...

Equally important as the amount of muscle is "muscle recruitment capacity." Muscles can only move when they receive signals ...

Patients with spinal cord injuries are cut off from the world. The communication network between the brain and body is severed, paralyzing the limbs and causing internal organs to lose function. They ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, attacks nerve cells known as motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord, gradually leading to paralysis. The loss of function of an important gene, C9orf72, may ...

It is tempting to understand muscle's role in the body as a simple mechanical motor. But the truth is much more complex: our ...

Scientists have traced connectivity between neurons to identify how the brain communicates with the spinal cord. A new brain map visualizes the connections between the brain and spinal cord at the ...

Myokines are hormones that communicate via the bloodstream with various organs, such as the brain, adipose tissue, liver, ...

The substantia nigra is a motor nucleus located in the basal ganglia of the midbrain. This brain structure contributes to the body's cognitive and motor functions by sending signals to initiate or ...

Sarcopenia, the progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass, strength, and function, is a hallmark of aging that affects ...