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

People sometimes asked Tiffany Fransen if she was drunk. She wishes more people had heard of her rare disorder.

Now 63, Jean Walsh is still here — still gardening, still writing, and still pushing legislation through Congress if it means ...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — A 62-year-old man was killed, and a mother and little girl were injured by three dogs in Katy on Monday, authorities said. The man was walking his usual route on the Mason Creek ...

For the first time, a team of researchers at the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH), has ...

Scientists from Mass General Brigham and the Broad Institute have been studying more effective ways of treating people living with Friedreich’s ataxia (FA). People with this rare and progressive ...

Could an anomaly in the developing brain explain motor difficulties occurring decades later in people with rare movement disorders? These are the genetics being investigated by researchers at ...

Home-based high-intensity aerobic training was associated with greater improvement in cerebellar ataxia symptoms, fitness, and fatigue compared with guidelines-recommended balance training in a ...

Cerebellum (Latin: "little brain") in orange. Cerebellar means "relating to the cerebellum." Source: 3dMediSphere / Shutterstock Since the 1970s, I've been intrigued by the cerebellum's role in peak ...

Because the cerebellum is responsible for muscle coordination and balance, people suffering from ataxia typically have difficulty maintaining their balance when standing or walking. As a result, such ...

The FDA requires more evidence of efficacy for vatiquinone, a 15-lipoxygenase inhibitor, before approval for Friedreich ataxia treatment. Vatiquinone showed improvement in bulbar and upright stability ...