Scientists in Spain have developed an upper limb exoskeleton device and accompanying video game-based program to boost the effects of…
Lindsey Shapiro, PhD
Lindsey earned her PhD in neuroscience from Emory University in Atlanta, where she studied novel therapeutic strategies for treatment-resistant forms of epilepsy. She was awarded a fellowship from the American Epilepsy Society in 2019 for this research. Lindsey also previously worked as a postdoctoral researcher, studying the role of inflammation in epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease.
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Articles by Lindsey Shapiro, PhD
A team of U.S. researchers has identified cellular mechanisms that might lead to the loss of nerve cell projections in…
The case of a man with clinical signs of muscular dystrophy who was ultimately diagnosed with adult-onset spinal…
Women with neuromuscular diseases in Denmark reported significant challenges in urinating outside of their own homes, leading to avoidance of…
Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based algorithm to help predict the presence of scoliosis in spinal muscular…
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Researchers have designed a way to help therapies like Spinraza (nusinersen) — approved for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)…
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More than half of the children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 1 who received disease-modifying therapies (DMTs)…
Researchers described what they believe to be the oldest asymptomatic person with genetically confirmed spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) to…