Ataxia is the defect in normal movements like walking, speaking, eating swallowing etc. It is caused most commonly by damage to the brain stem or cerebellum that regulates movements. There are over 50 ...

Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1) primarily affects the brainstem, spinocerebellar tracts and cerebellar Purkinje cells. Patients with SCA1 develop progressive ataxia of limb and gait, as well as ...

Patients with autoimmune cerebellar ataxia have better treatment responses and outcomes if they have the nonparaneoplastic form of the condition and are seropositive for neural plasma membrane protein ...

Spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 (SCA7) is an autosomal-dominant, late-onset, slowly progressive disorder, primarily characterized by gradual loss of motor coordination, resulting from dysfunction and ...

A clinical trial conducted by Prof. Alexandra Durr's team (Sorbonne University.AP-HP) at the Paris Brain Institute and the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital AP-HP shows that despite the hopes raised in ...

Worldwide, only a handful of patients are known to suffer from episodic ataxia type 6, a neurological disease that causes transient loss of muscle control. The cause lies in a mutation that changes a ...

Neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease result from the loss of specific types of neurons due to abnormal accumulation of mutant proteins. Although specific brain regions ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Back to Healio Riluzole did not improve clinical or ...

WOODBRIDGE, Conn., February 06, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cure Rare Disease (CRD) announced it has been awarded a $5.69 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. The trial will evaluate VO659, an antisense ...

A specialist nurse to support patients with the neurological condition ataxia has started work in the South West. It is a ...