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Nerve-muscle Communication Molecule May Be SBMA Therapeutic Target, Study Says
Increasing the levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) — a molecule involved in the communication between nerve cells and muscle — specifically in muscle delayed symptom onset and slowed disease progression in a mouse model of spinal and bulbar muscular...
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Muscles Controlling Eye Movements Not Affected by SMA, Study Finds
Adults with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) usually do not experience weakness or impairment of any sort in the muscles controlling their eye movements, a recent study reported. When such impairments are present, they should prompt physicians to re-evaluate their...

Challenges of Life as Teen, Young Adult With SMA Highlighted in Survey
Being an adolescent or young adult with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) presents unique challenges, according to a study based on viewpoints expressed by patients ages 12 to 25. “‘I have SMA, SMA doesn’t have me’: a qualitative snapshot into the...