For the WHO, the burden of brain disorders constitutes 35 to 38% of the total burden of all diseases (data based on DALYs: disability adjusted life years), compared to 12.7% for cancer and 11.8% ...

Disorders that affect the brain and nerves are called neurologic disorders, which include multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, and stroke. These disorders ...

Diseases of the nervous system refer to disorders that affect any part of the central nervous system (brain, spinal cord or cranial nerves) or peripheral nervous system. Large-scale analyses of ...

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Neurodegenerative diseases are a heterogeneous group of disorders that are characterized by the progressive degeneration of the structure and function of the central nervous system or peripheral ...

Eric Dane, known as "McSteamy" from Grey's Anatomy, has been diagnosed with ALS, a progressive neurological disorder. Despite ...

Our team aims to understand the way lipids modulate proteins and evaluate the functional consequences in nervous system diseases with an emphasis on temporal lobe epilepsy and regulation of chloride ...