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There's no doubt that exercise does a body good. Regular activity not only strengthens muscles but can bolster our bones, blood vessels, and immune system. Now, MIT engineers have found that exercise ...

Exercise can have benefits at the level of neurons, through chemical and mechanical effects, researchers find. The discovery could inform exercise-related therapies for repairing damaged and ...

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Duke researchers study an approach that may help millions manage diabetic neuropathy and chemotherapy-induced nerve pain.

In 1921, Otto Loewi woke from a dream with the idea for an experiment that proved nerves communicate using chemicals, not just electricity. By showing that stimulating one frog’s heart released a ...

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A mutation in the TDP-43 protein reduces the viability of motor neurons without triggering protein clumps, researchers found.

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A runner who thought he’d trapped a nerve during a 5k discovered his ‘injury’ was actually an early symptom of Motor Neurone Disease – after he was diagnosed aged just 24. Jozsef Forrest, 26, felt his ...