Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have described the neurodegeneration that occurs in the ...

Together, the scientists discovered that while Batten disease ravages nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, it also kills neurons that are part of the GI tract's enteric nervous system.

Eight-year-old Amelia Carroll, of Poynton, Cheshire, has Batten disease, which is incurable and causes seizures, visual impairment and mobility loss. Her brother, 11, who has the same condition ...

Also known as Batten disease, CLN2 is a progressive condition ... abnormal storage of proteins and lipids in neurons and other cells, preventing them from functioning normally.