http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Spinal muscular atrophy is a debilitating neuromuscular disease that in its most severe form is the leading genetic cause of infant death. By experimenting with an ALS drug in two very different animal models, researchers at Brown University and Boston Children's Hospital have identified a new potential mechanism for developing an SMA treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-approach-spinal-muscular-atrophy.html Neuroscience Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:00:04 EST news284745218 Doctors routinely track their patients' hand-eye coordination to monitor any neuromuscular deficits, particularly as patients age or when they are injured—but the tests they have been using to track this kind of information may be subjective and qualitative. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-technology-doctors-concussions-aging-neurological.html Medical research Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:59:41 EST news279457165