Despite its unpleasantness, pain has a critically important purpose, designed to protect the body rather than harm it.

Researchers have discovered a new type of neuron that plays a fundamental role in recognition memory -- how the brain registers the difference between new and familiar objects and forms long-term ...

An Ayrshire man helped tee off £30,000 of vital funds for Motor Neurone Disease Scotland thanks to a charity golf day. And 56 ...

A trial that will test a noninvasive device called MyoRegulator as a treatment for ALS was cleared to start enrolling ...

Motor neuron disease (MND), often referred to by the name of one of its varieties, ALS, is a degenerative condition that ...