Spinal muscular atrophy type 1 is a genetic disorder that typically appears within the first six months of life, causing severe muscle weakness and hypotonia. Babies with SMA often struggle to meet ...

35 Fasciculations are not specific to ALS, but unlike other diseases, they are typically diffuse and profuse, and may precede the development of muscle weakness and wasting. Indeed, the absence of ...

Spilling the beans: How much caffeine is too much? Leite MA, Orsini M, de Freitas MR, et al. Another perspective on fasciculations: when is it not caused by the classic form of amyotrophic lateral ...

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Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a disorder of declining language that is a frequent presentation of neurodegenerative diseases such as frontotemporal lobar degeneration. Three variants of PPA ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a fatal genetic disorder caused by mutations in the DMD gene. Here, the authors develop MyoAAV-UA, a compact utrophin activator, as a promising universal ...

After decades of classic cross-country skiing, I realized that the groomed track is too wide for me, and it got me thinking how difficult it is to find single solutions to help everybody with ALS. We ...

Propofol has become one of the most commonly used anesthetic agents because of its good sedative effects, rapid onset, and fast metabolism. However, its associated respiratory and circulatory ...

Correspondence to Dr Niraj Kumar Dipak, Department of Peds & Neonatology, Dr LH Hiranandani Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400076, India; neonatalsciences{at}rediffmail.com A full-term (40+2/7 weeks) ...