Abstract: Muscle fasciculations, resulting from the spontaneous activation of motor neurons, may be associated with neurological disorders, and are often assessed with intramuscular electromyography ...

Doctors identify these movements as 'fasciculations', because they occur when individual nerve fibers, which control small muscle groups activate independently to produce brief muscle contractions.

The case report details the remarkable recovery of a 56-year-old American woman from Illinois diagnosed with progressive ALS, whose condition rapidly deteriorated despite being treated with ...

3 Department of Neuroscience, Academic Neurology Unit, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK Correspondence to Dr C J McDermott, Department of Neuroscience, Academic Neurology Unit, E Floor, Medical ...

SHANGHAI, Oct. 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Shanghai Zhimeng Biopharma Inc. ( "Zhimeng") announced that its self-developed new-generation potassium channel opener CB03-154 for the treatment of amyotrophic ...

The clinical distinction between myopathic and neurogenic disorders of the motor unit is often difficult, since both lesions appear as flaccid, areflexic paralyses, often with variable muscular ...

The objective of this study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound and electromyography for the detection of fasciculation in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and to compare ...

A 66-year-old man reported an eight-year history of progressive ataxia and one-year of weakness, fasciculation and muscle atrophy (Figure 1). Examination disclosed hypermetric saccades, diffuse ...

Holly Turner's doctors initially thought her tremors were due to stress, but they were symptoms of ALS Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared in Billboard ...

Introduction: Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disorder caused by autoantibodies that target the neuromuscular junction, leading to muscle weakness and fatigability. Diagnosis is based on ...

While sitting still at your desk or watching TV, you sense a feeling of muscular discomfort in your arm or leg. It’s not quite a charley horse, but you can see your skin pulsating involuntarily, as if ...