A large multimodal imaging study reveals that neuroinflammation in the brainstem of SCA3 mutation carriers appears years before ataxia onset, enabling a new four-stage biomarker model of the disease.

A year-long Dutch study shows the PROM-Ataxia questionnaire validly captures disease burden in spinocerebellar ataxia, even ...

Difficulty balancing or an inability to do so can be caused by any number of factors. Head injuries, migraines, alcohol use, ear infections and medications can all affect your musculoskeletal system ...

Friedreich’s ataxia is a progressive neuromuscular disease that causes uncoordinated movement, muscle weakness, balance problems, impaired speech, and frequently, heart abnormalities. Most treatments ...

Thank you for your hard work today! Today, I would like to talk about what "autonomic ataxia" is.In my support work, I very ...

Friedreich’s ataxia is a genetic condition that affects the nervous system. It’s caused by a change in a gene responsible for regulating energy production within cells. This change means that the ...

AJMC ®: What is your background in treating Friedreich ataxia (FA) in clinical practice and in clinical trials? KUO: I am the director of Columbia University’s ataxia center and have extensive ...

Patients with neurodegenerative ataxia that are treated with cerebello-spinal transcranial direct current simulation (tDCS) have significant improvements in gait, upper limb coordination, quality of ...

The beloved 'Science Guy' says many of his family members suffer from a rare neurological disorder that their ancestors had in colonial times Beloved "Science Guy" Bill Nye is sharing his family's ...