Reading Time: 3 minutesMention the word Epidemiology and instantly my mind conjures up the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) in America being swarmed by zombies or men in
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Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat are fasciculations? When motor neurones in the spinal cord become damaged this makes them electrically unstable, meaning they spontaneously discharge electrical impulses that cause
Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring the early stages of MND it is proposed that motor neurones are more susceptible to an imbalance of oxygen within the cells, known as
Reading Time: 2 minutesDeposits of the protein TDP-43 are found within the motor neurones in the majority of cases of MND, and are considered a pathological hallmark of
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat is the MND Register? The MND Register is a major five year project that aims to collect and store information about every person living
Reading Time: 4 minutesJanine Kirby is a Non-Clinical Reader in Neurogenetics and is celebrating 20 years in motor neurone disease (MND) research this month. Here she tells us
Reading Time: 2 minutesKaren Pearce, the MND Association’s Director of Care, blogs about presenting the Association’s wheelchair project at the Allied Professionals Forum, which happened prior to the
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe MND Association’s Director of Care (South), Karen Pearce, gives her thoughts on one of the clinical sessions on the first day of the Symposium.