"It's surprising that these neurons are so keyed to motor control," says Rockefeller University neuroscientist Christin Kosse. "We didn't expect that limiting physical jaw motion could act as a kind ...

One group of neurons promotes hunger while another induces satiety. How quickly one group gains the upper hand determines how likely you are to put down the bag of chips. Now, scientists have ...

They found that when mutated, Ascl1 became highly efficient in converting astroglia into functioning neurons, much more so than the form of the protein that is generated naturally by the body.

Progressive muscular atrophy (PMA) is a rare disease that affects lower motor neurons, brain cells that provide muscles and glands with the nerves needed to function correctly. People with this ...

South Africa got its third vehicle assembly plant in 1939, on the eve of World War II, when a company called National Motor Assembly set up shop in Alberton, producing everything from Austins to ...

On “Lost,” the chorus opens with the line “Lost in a way that don’t make sense,” and by the second time it hits it gives the visceral feeling of someone reaching for something that was ...

The XB-32 motor, part of X-Bow’s Bolt rocket family, is the largest Advanced Manufactured Solid Propellant (AMSP) motor ever flown. It utilizes the company’s patented advanced manufacturing ...

The Court of Appeal has upheld an appeal against Close Brothers, First Rand Bank and MotoNovo Finance ruling that motor dealers acting as credit brokers have a duty of loyalty to their customers. The ...