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 ...

Ataxia is a form of movement disorder. There is loss of balance and physical co-ordination leading to difficulty in walking normally. The Cerebellum of the brain is normally responsible for ...

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 ...

Researchers from Goethe-Universität and collaborators investigated novel molecular biomarker candidates for spinocerebellar ataxia type 2, a progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused by a CAG ...