By using a small molecule to address the malfunction, which occurred in the mitochondria—the cell's major energy producers—the researchers showed that many neuron-to-neuron connections were ...

It will give researchers access to the resources and chemistry expertise on compounds that could offer viable mitochondrial therapies for neurodegenerative diseases including motor neuron disease (MND ...

the axon - the long part of the motor neuron cell that connects to the muscle - was shorter than in healthy cells. And the movement of the mitochondria, which travel up and down the axons ...