Spectrum of Visual Dysfunction Detected by a Novel Testing Protocol Within a Special School Eye Care Service by Mohammud Musleh, Alison Green, Aleks Mankowska, Catherine Viner, Rachel Pilling

“…Acuity testing alone does not demonstrate the atypical visual function of a child with special needs. Using techniques which require minimal cognitive, speech or motor function, a range of visual functions can be elicited during in-school testing. …”
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Neurorehabilitation in dystonia care: key questions of who benefits, what modalities, and when to intervene by Hikaru Kamo, Hikaru Kamo, Koichi Nagaki, Koichi Nagaki, Alison R. Kraus, Lisa Warren, Aparna Wagle Shukla

“…Although there is high risk of bias, neuroplasticity-based strategies like motor and sensorimotor training appear to be promising for TSD. …”
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Network spreading and local biological vulnerability in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by Asa Farahani, Justine Y. Hansen, Vincent Bazinet, Golia Shafiei, D. Louis Collins, Mahsa Dadar, Sanjay Kalra, Alain Dagher, Bratislav Misic

“…Disease epicenters are located in motor cortex. Epicenter probability maps show transcriptomic enrichment for biological processes involved in mitochondrial function as well as support cells, including endothelial cells and pericytes. …”
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Deletion of the huntingtin polyglutamine stretch enhances neuronal autophagy and longevity in mice. by Shuqiu Zheng, Erin B D Clabough, Sovan Sarkar, Marie Futter, David C Rubinsztein, Scott O Zeitlin

“…DeltaQ-htt's effect on autophagy most likely represents a gain-of-function, as overexpression of full-length wild-type htt in vitro does not increase autophagosome synthesis. …”
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Development of Postural Muscles and Their Innervation by J. IJkema-Paassen, A. Gramsbergen

“…Control of posture is a prerequisite for efficient motor performance. Posture depends on muscles capable of enduring contractions, whereas movements often require quick, forceful muscle actions. …”
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Loss of neuropeptidergic regulation of cholinergic transmission induces homeostatic compensation in muscle cells to preserve synaptic strength. by Jiajie Shao, Jana F Liewald, Wagner Steuer Costa, Christiane Ruse, Jens Gruber, Mohammad S Djamshedzad, Wulf Gebhardt, Alexander Gottschalk

“…Chemical synaptic transmission at the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) is regulated by electrical activity of the motor circuit, but may also be affected by neuromodulation. …”
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Human Pluripotent Stem Cell‐Derived Skeletal Muscle Organoid Model of Aging‐Induced Sarcopenia by Seongjun Park, Min‐Kyoung Shin, Dong Seok Jeong, Xin Yi Yeo, Yeo Jin Kim, Junaid Muhammad, Minju Kim, Seongeun Gu, Jeoung Eun Lee, Yunjin Park, Su Bin Lim, Ji Young Mun, Sangyong Jung, Dong Ryul Lee, Junghyun Jo

“…Methods The 3D hSkMOs were generated from hPSC and exhibited structurally and functionally mature muscle fibres and spinal‐derived neurons including motor neurons and interneurons. …”
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Invasive laser acupuncture targeting muscle: a novel approach to protect dopaminergic neurons and reduce neuroinflammation in a brain of Parkinson’s disease model by Halin Jeon, Ju-Young Oh, Sora Ahn, Mijung Yeom, In Jin Ha, Hong-Seok Son, Seong-Eun Park, Juhan Park, Eugene Huh, In-Yeop Baek, Min-Ho Nam, Changsu Na, Myung Sook Oh, Hi-Joon Park

“…Muscle metabolomic analysis showed distinct group clustering and significant changes in metabolites like glucose and galactose, correlating with improved motor functions. …”
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IMPACT OF THE STATE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE AN EXPOSITORY ANALYSIS OF ROAD, ELECTRICITY AND HEALTH by NWANNE JOSEPH CHINEDUM

“…Our methods of data collection was documentary which enabled us to use secondary sources of data like the documentary materials.The study was predicated on the structural functional analysis or structural functionalism as a theoretical framework. …”
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Hand Dynamics in Healthy Individuals and Spinal Cord Injury Patients During Real and Virtual Box and Block Test by Verónica Gracia-Ibáñez, Ana de los Reyes-Guzmán, Margarita Vergara, Néstor J. Jarque-Bou, Joaquín-Luis Sancho-Bru

“…Virtual reality (VR) is a promising tool in spinal cord injury (SCI) rehabilitation, particularly through virtual adaptations of functional tests like the Box and Block test (BBT). …”
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Fine-Tuned Machine Learning Classifiers for Diagnosing Parkinson’s Disease Using Vocal Characteristics: A Comparative Analysis by Mehmet Meral, Ferdi Ozbilgin, Fatih Durmus

“…<b>Background/Objectives</b>: This paper is significant in highlighting the importance of early and precise diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease (PD) that affects both motor and non-motor functions to achieve better disease control and patient outcomes. …”
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Electrophysiological evaluation of the neuromuscular junction: a brief review by João Aris Kouyoumdjian, Eduardo de Paula Estephan

“…Needle electromyography may show myopathic motor unit action potentials and morphological instability (“jiggle”) due to impulse blocking. …”
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Blue Light Therapy Glasses in Parkinson’s Disease: Patients’ Experience by Katarzyna Smilowska, Daniel J. van Wamelen, Antonius M. C. Schoutens, Marjan J. Meinders, Bastiaan R. Bloem

“…Results. 74% of respondents reported subjective improvements in night-time sleep, daytime sleepiness, depressive symptoms, motor functioning, or a combination thereof. The median score for the System Usability Scale (SUS; 0–100 range, higher scores indicating better performance) was 70.0. …”
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Unusual Presentation of Legionella as an Acute Flaccid Quadriparesis in a Case of Guillain-Barre Syndrome by Sangram S Mangudkar, Sanket Genuji Shinde, Ponvijaya Muthuswamy, Varun Bhaskar Lingneni, Hemanjali Avuthu

“…A systemic examination revealed right eye ptosis, loss of power in the bilateral lower limbs, areflexia, and diminished sensory function. Further evaluation through nerve conduction studies showed findings suggestive of demyelinating axonal sensory-motor polyneuropathy involving all four limbs. …”
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Heavy metals in the diet: unraveling the molecular pathways linked to neurodegenerative disease risk by Patricia Guevara-Ramírez, Rafael Tamayo-Trujillo, Santiago Cadena-Ullauri, Viviana Ruiz-Pozo, Elius Paz-Cruz, Giuseppe Annunziata, Ludovica Verde, Evelyn Frias-Toral, Daniel Simancas-Racines, Ana Karina Zambrano

“…They constitute a group of neurological disorders with shared common features, including impaired cognition, behavior, memory, and motor functions. These conditions arise due to the gradual degeneration of neurons within the nervous system. …”
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Repurposing the memory-promoting meclofenoxate hydrochloride as a treatment for Parkinson’s disease through integrative multi-omics analysis by Huasong Zhang, Cong Fan, Ling Li, Feiyi Liu, Shaoying Li, Linyun Ma, Yuanhao Yang, David N. Cooper, Yuedong Yang, Ronggui Hu, Huiying Zhao

“…MH was validated to prevent neuronal death and synaptic damage, improve motor function, and reduce anhedonic and depressive-like behaviors of PD mice. …”
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A high-fidelity CRISPR-Cas13 system improves abnormalities associated with C9ORF72-linked ALS/FTD by Tristan X. McCallister, Colin K. W. Lim, Mayuri Singh, Sijia Zhang, Najah S. Ahsan, William M. Terpstra, Alisha Y. Xiong, M. Alejandra Zeballos C, Jackson E. Powell, Jenny Drnevich, Yifei Kang, Thomas Gaj

“…This high-fidelity system possessed improved transcriptome-wide specificity compared to its native form and mediated targeting in motor neuron-like cells derived from a patient with ALS. …”
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Skeletal muscle reprogramming enhances reinnervation after peripheral nerve injury by Pihu Mehrotra, James Jablonski, John Toftegaard, Yali Zhang, Shahryar Shahini, Jianmin Wang, Carey W. Hung, Reilly Ellis, Gabriella Kayal, Nika Rajabian, Song Liu, Kelly C. S. Roballo, Susan B. Udin, Stelios T. Andreadis, Kirkwood E. Personius

“…Indeed, NANOG mice show greater improvement in motor function as compared to wild-type (WT) animals, as evidenced by improved toe-spread reflex, EMG responses and isometric force production. …”
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ALS and Frontotemporal Dysfunction: A Review by Eugene Y. Achi, Stacy A. Rudnicki

“…Changes are consistent with frontotemporal dysfunction, and may range from mild abnormalities only recognized with formal neuropsychological testing, to profound frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Executive function, behavior, and language are the most likely areas to be involved. …”
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Human immunodeficiency virus accelerates brain aging and disrupts the trajectory of glymphatic clearance in aging brain by Benedictor Alexander Nguchu, Benedictor Alexander Nguchu, Jing Zhao, Yu Lu, Yifei Han, Han Jin, Xiaoxiao Wang, Hongjun Li, Peter Shaw

“…We further evaluated the association between accelerated brain aging trajectories and cognitive performance to explain impairments observed in motor and executive functions in people living with HIV. …”
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