Neuroscience
Double discovery reveals insights behind brain degeneration
Research discoveries revealing the genetic causes of neurological degeneration could be a key to slowing the progression of devastating diseases.
Aug 13, 2018
0
38
News tagged with ataxia
Medical research
New study reveals reversibility of genetic nervous system disease
In children and adults with Friedrich's ataxia, an inherited disease that causes damage to the nervous system, a loss of coordination typically progresses to muscle weakness and can involve vision, diabetes, and other problems ...
Dec 20, 2017
0
10
Medical research
Early intervention may hold key to treatment of Friedreich's ataxia
Current treatments may be administered too late to target Friedreich's ataxia effectively. New research using a slow-onset frataxin knock-in/knockout mouse model showed significantly reduced levels of mitochondrial biosynthesis ...
Nov 8, 2017
0
0
Neuroscience
Scientists probe function of cerebellar interneurons with new technique
The cerebellum is an area of brain at the back of your head involved in movement. Its neuronal circuitry is relatively simple compared to other areas, but scientists still have a lot left to learn regarding its role in motor ...
Jul 12, 2017
0
25
Genetics
Neurodegenerative disease mechanism and potential drug identified
Two new studies of progressive, neurodegenerative diseases linked to defects in cells' mitochondria offer hope for developing a new biomarker for research and diagnostics, and a drug for treating such diseases, report researchers ...
Jun 6, 2017
0
1
Neuroscience
Scientists use advanced technology to better understand ataxia
According to a recent study published in JAMA Neurology, Northwestern Medicine scientists have examined more than a century of data of the genetic makeup of ataxias, a neurodegenerative disorder, to better understand the ...
Nov 8, 2016
0
0
Neuroscience
Study concludes insurers should provide better coverage for cutting-edge genetic test
UCLA researchers have found that a state-of-the-art molecular genetic test greatly improves the speed and accuracy with which they can diagnose neurogenetic disorders in children and adults. The discovery could lead directly ...
Apr 6, 2016
0
4
Neuroscience
Molecular mechanism responsible for a neurodegenerative disease discovered
Scientists from Bern have discovered a mechanism which is responsible for the degeneration of Purkinje cells in the cerebellum in a neurodegenerative disease called Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1. The results of their study ...
Jan 7, 2016
0
1305
Neuroscience
Responses to treatment, outcomes of autoimmune cerebellar ataxia
While autoimmune cerebellar ataxia (a loss of muscle coordination) can lead to severe disability with some patients becoming wheelchair-bound, there are factors that may help to predict better immunotherapy response and neurological ...
Sep 28, 2015
0
8
Oncology & Cancer
Protein in metabolic reprogramming restrains senescent cells from becoming cancerous
In recent years, research has shown that cancerous cells have a different metabolism—essential chemical and nutritional changes needed for supporting the unlimited growth observed in cancer—than normal cells. Now, scientists ...
Apr 30, 2015
0
8
