Nerves and Muscles

Myotonic dystrophy or DM is a genetic disorder (resulting from abnormal genes) causing problems with muscles (mostly weakness), and many...

It is an acquired condition of muscle weakness triggered by a bacterial toxin, the botulism toxin produced by Clostridium species....

Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is one of the best-understood autoimmune diseases affecting human beings. In literal terms, the term myasthenia means...

It is an autoimmune disease causing muscle weakness, and failure of autonomic nervous system. It is somewhat similar to Myasthenia...

It is a condition resulting from malfunction of the ulnar nerve. (more…)

It is a condition resulting from radial nerve injury. (more…)

This is a condition when a nerve, the median nerve, is injured within the wrist. The name “carpal tunnel” is...

It is a disease of motor neurons in the spinal cord, the lower motor neurons, resulting in progressive muscle weakness....

Also called motor neuropathy with multifocal conduction blocks, this is a distinct type of neuropathy affecting motor nerves. (more…)

This is a condition of nerves leading to generalize weakness developing in days to weeks usually after a bacterial or...