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

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Investigator & Co-Director of the Neurotherapeutics IWI, Lundquist Institute (Formerly "LA BioMed"); Assistant Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Department of Neurology Ataxia ...

A man in the 40s presented with acute vertigo and occipital headache. He was diagnosed with right posterior inferior ...

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Biohaven's troriluzole candidate for spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) has been turned down by the FDA, causing shares in the company to lose more than 40% of their value in pre-market trading. The news is ...

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The cerebellum is part of the hindbrain that is located below the temporal and occipital lobes of the cerebral cortex. It consists of a thin, densely folded cerebellar cortex surrounding the deep ...