In some cases, an inability to balance is referred to as a symptom known as ataxia. But ataxia can also be its own condition ...

The autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxias are a group of little known and often neglected diseases that are best understood by following a practical, multidisciplinary approach that focuses on ...

Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered the underlying cause of a type of ataxia, hereditary disorders characterized by poor balance, loss of ...

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 ...

Monthly infusions of an investigational product that encapsulates dexamethasone sodium phosphate into autologous erythrocytes (EryDex) appeared safe but did not significantly improve neurological ...

Question #1 Dr. John, My wife of 44 years recently has been diagnosed with cerebellar ataxia. This is a rare neurological disorder that effects the motor system. Have you ever heard of it? Most people ...

A Methodist Health doctor is battling Ataxia. She was diagnosed when she was just 21, but her symptoms remained dormant for 20 years. "It's scary, even though you know it's going to happen. It's still ...

ANN ARBOR -- An abnormality discovered by University of Michigan researchers in mice with Spinocerebellar Ataxia type 3 could represent a target for therapy. In a paper published this week in the ...

(L-R): Pelham musician and family man John Parnell is an ataxia sufferer (Tamika Moore/[email protected]); Dr. Harrison Walker, a neurologist at The University of Alabama at Birmingham, diagnosed Parnell ...

New research has shed light on the origins of spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 (SCA7) and demonstrates effective new therapeutic pathways for SCA7 and the more than 40 other types of spinocerebellar ...