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Each muscle in the body receives electrical signals through motor neurons that will stimulate it to contract.

A group of viruses called enteroviruses can cause a variety of infectious illnesses that are usually mild with symptoms that may include fever, respiratory distress, flu-like muscle aches and rashes.

Normal cells have a “self-cleaning” process called autophagy that breaks down and clears out cellular waste, so the cell can function properly.

A biological marker, or “biomarker” for short, is a measurable indicator associated with a disease state that helps determine risk, severity and response to therapy.

Progression – or the steady worsening of disease and increase in disability – is a challenging reality faced by people affected by MS, and despite major advances in MS research, the mechanism of progression and the ways in which researchers and clinicians can track progression are still not fully understood.

The Canadian Open Parkinson Network, or C-OPN, is a national network that unites researchers, physicians and patients across Canada to study Parkinson’s disease (PD).

Neurological and psychiatric diseases and disorders affect more than half the population.

Maintaining the ability to prepare meals independently in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is of paramount importance to the individuals themselves and to their caregivers.

Mr. Hooshmandi’s research will examine the hypothesis that reduced phosphorylation of eIF2α excessively stimulates general translation in Fmr1 KO mice during brain development, contributing to the pathophysiology of Fragile X syndrome (FXS) and potentially of other forms of autism.

Research suggests that exercise can help improve brain health and decrease the risk of dementia, but there is variation in the benefit of different exercise interventions.