‘And so he started seeing fewer and fewer people. They allowed his faculties to atrophy. But I think, like knives, they have to be sharpened. They get sharpened by rubbing them up against stee ...

Background: Dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused by expanded CAG repeats in the ATN1 gene, characterized by cerebellar ataxia, seizures, ...

External eye movements were preserved, and no nystagmus was observed. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reveals global atrophy, predominantly affecting the cerebellar vermis, with three lesions ...

Purpose: X-linked infantile spinal-muscular atrophy (XL-SMA) is a rare disorder, which presents with the clinical characteristics of hypotonia, areflexia, and multiple congenital contractures ...

Please enter a valid email address. Typically, GA lesions initially appear in the perifoveal region. As they grow, they can involve the fovea, affecting central vision and potentially leading to ...

Geographic atrophy (GA) is accountable for approximately 5 million to 8 million cases of AMD worldwide. The global prevalence of GA is estimated at 0.44%. In the United States, about 1 million ...

I first suspected artificial intelligence was eating my brain while writing an email about my son’s basketball coach. I wanted to complain to the local rec center—in French—that the coach ...

After six months of twice-weekly resistance training, participants showed memory improvements and protection against brain atrophy in regions linked to Alzheimer’s disease. MRI scans revealed ...

Using sleep studies and brain imaging data from 270 participants, researchers found that poor sleep architecture was linked to brain atrophy over time—particularly in the inferior parietal region, an ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a disorder affecting the motor neurons—nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement. These cells are located in the spinal cord. Because the muscles cannot ...