[caption id="attachment_50445" align="aligncenter" width="2000"] (From left) Stephen S. Rich, PhD; P. Todd Stukenberg, PhD; Huda Y. Zoghbi, MD; and Sameer S. Bajikar, PhD[/caption] Neurodegenerative diseases are progressive conditions that involve the gradual damage, and ultimately death, of neurons (nerve cells) in the brain and nervous system that leads to a decline in both motor and cognitive function. These disorders affect people of all ages and includes both common (Alzheimer’s diseas...