More articles about: Neurodegenerative Disorder

Neurosurgeons at University of Michigan Health completed the first-in-human implantation of a Paradromics Inc., wireless brain-computer interface, or BCI, as part of a national clinical trial for patients with difficulty speaking.

Psychoactive substances can give immediate relief to people living with multiple sclerosis, but some come with adverse side effects. Research led by University of Michigan Health looks at the positive and negative impacts of using psychoactive substances to manage symptoms.

New machine learning models by Michigan Medicine may help diagnose amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, earlier on through a blood sample.

There are over 60 types of epilepsy, 30 kinds of seizures and four categories of complexity. Five families share their unique journeys with the condition.

A recent University of Michigan study in mice finds a specific protein inside of the nerves, called Sarm1, appears to be essential for nerve regeneration.

Since starting the ketogenic diet to treat Dravet syndrome, 16-year-old Armando hasn't had seizure clusters or hospital stays from his rare form of epilepsy.

Michigan Medicine researchers talk about changing the disease course of Dravet syndrome and families caring for the condition.

Inspired by her passion for education and helping people overcome obstacles, Elain Shafrin has made a planned gift to support U-M student scholarships and movement disorders research.

Living close to cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms — which are present nationwide but are more common in coastal and Great Lake states — heightens the rate of dying from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, a study suggests.

Teen has a severe form of epilepsy called Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, which involves multiple types of seizures and is one of the most challenging types to treat.

A family seeks answers for BPAN, a rare neurodegenerative disease, affecting their teen daughter.

Dravet syndrome and other developmental epileptic encephalopathies are rare but devastating conditions. Research from Michigan Medicine takes aim at variant in SCN1B, which causes an even more severe form of DEE.

Living in a disadvantaged community may decrease the length of time a person can survive with ALS by over 30%, a Michigan Medicine-led study finds.

More than three-quarters of older adults with dementia may be unaware of their diagnosis, a University of Michigan study finds. 

Six years after brain surgery for rare epilepsy Rasmussen’s encephalitis that caused rapid brain deterioration, high school senior is seizure free and planning to pursue nursing.