"Often when we refer to cerebellar ataxia," she adds, "we are referring to a collection of diseases that slowly get worse over time." This form of ataxia "can have many causes including cancer, ...

Ataxia is a condition caused by damage in cerebellum, a part of the brain, that leads to poor muscle control affecting movement. In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Aniruddha More, consultant ...

In 18% of patients (n=35/197), stroke caused limb ataxia. To the surprise of the researchers, less than half (46%) of these patients' stroke lesions intersected the cerebellum or cerebellar peduncles.

Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1) is an inherited, fatal neurodegenerative disease caused by an abnormal expansion of glutamine (Q) encoding CAG repeats in the gene Ataxin-1 (ATXN1). Patients with ...

However, these lesions localized to a brain network, connected to the cerebellum. Ataxia is a neurological condition characterized by difficulty in coordinating voluntary movements.

Ataxia usually results from damage to the cerebellum, causing poor muscle control. Many things can cause it, including genetics, stroke, MS, alcohol use and more.

Patients with small fiber neuropathy and cerebellar ataxia were more likely to have anti-gliadin antibodies when a lower test ...

However, the researchers reported that lesions causing acute limb ataxia were connected to a common network centered on the intermediate zone cerebellum and cerebellar peduncles (lesion ...

Whereas the ataxia and cerebellar cell loss are completely genetically penetrant, only 35% of mutant mice develop ocular opacity as a result of corneal lesions.

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A neurological condition that starts in the cerebellum and causes trouble with coordinating movement, Ataxia manifests with physical symptoms, the beloved “Science Guy” explains.

According to Smith, patients with cerebellar ataxia often face societal obstacles as a result of their inability to establish longer-term muscle memory.