Articles Tagged With: ataxia
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Acute Ataxia and Gait Disturbances in the Emergency Department
Ataxia and gait disturbances can signify a variety of conditions. The differential includes benign as well as life-threatening causes. An understanding of the pathophysiology and a thorough neurological exam are critical in making these distinctions.
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Neurodegenerative Ataxia: Improvement in Motor and Cognitive Outcomes with Cerebello-Spinal Stimulation
Concurrent cerebellar and spinal stimulation with a transcranial direct current stimulation device resulted in improvement of both motor and cognitive functions in patients with several different forms of neurodegenerative ataxia.
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MRI Investigation of Brain Abnormalities in Friedreich’s Ataxia
Friedreich’s ataxia (FRDA) is characterized by progressive weakness, sensory loss, ataxia, and dysarthria starting in childhood. The authors of this MRI-based study demonstrated that structural damage is limited to the spinal cord, red nucleus, and cerebellar peduncles in young FRDA patients, but progresses to widespread cerebral damage in adult FRDA patients.
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Direct DNA Sequencing of Dominant Cerebellar Ataxias
Current genetic testing techniques with DNA sequencing can diagnose the molecular-genetic causes for the majority of dominantly inherited cerebellar ataxias.
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Autoimmune Cerebellar Ataxia — Responses to Treatment
This study analyzed patients diagnosed with antibody-mediated paraneoplastic and non-paraneoplastic cerebellar ataxia, and treatment benefit was seen predominantly in the non-paraneoplastic group.