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
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Medical research
Exercise provides clue to deadly ataxia
When Dr. John Fryer and Dr. Huda Zoghbi prescribed mild exercise for mice with a neurodegenerative disorder called spinocerebellar ataxia 1 (SCA1), they did not know what to expect.
Nov 3, 2011
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Genetics
Team finds gene critical for development of brain motor center
(Medical Xpress)—In a report published today in Nature Communications, an Ottawa-led team of researchers describe the role of a specific gene, called Snf2h, in the development of the cerebellum. Snf2h is required for the ...
Jun 21, 2014
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Genetics
New study reveals hidden genetic anomaly behind common late-onset cerebellar ataxia
Researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, McGill University and other institutions have found that a well-concealed genetic variation in the gene FGF14, called a DNA tandem repeat expansion, causes ...
Dec 14, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Exercise may offer 'profound' benefits for Friedreich's ataxia, research suggests
Atop exercise researcher at the University of Virginia School of Medicine is urging clinical trials of exercise in patients with Friedreich's ataxia after finding that physical activity has a "profound" protective effect ...
Jun 16, 2020
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Neuroscience
A little less protein may be the answer in neurodegenerative disorders
In some neurodegenerative diseases, and specifically in a devastating inherited condition called spinocerebellar ataxia 1 (SCA1), the answer may not be an "all-or-nothing," said a collaboration of researchers from Baylor ...
May 29, 2013
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Genetics
Researchers identify new circadian clock component
Northwestern University scientists have shown a gene involved in neurodegenerative disease also plays a critical role in the proper function of the circadian clock.
May 16, 2013
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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
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study illustrates links between DNA repair and a rare neurodegenerative disease
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have pieced together genetic and molecular changes that lead to a rare progressive neurodegenerative condition called ataxia with oculomotor apraxia 2.
Jan 20, 2022
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Neuroscience
Smoking cessation drug improves walking function in patients with spinocerebellar ataxia type 3
A nicotinic drug approved for smoking cessation significantly improved the walking ability of patients suffering from an inherited form of ataxia, reports a new clinical study led by University of South Florida researchers.
Feb 22, 2012
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