Researchers at the University of Helsinki and the Folkhälsan Research Center, Finland, have identified the genetic cause of early-onset progressive cerebellar degeneration the Finnish Hound dog breed.

We report a case of paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD) associated with adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and anti-Yo antibodies in a male patient. The patient presented with progressive ataxia ...

Some health conditions can cause shaky hands, including Parkinson's, hyperthyroidism, anxiety disorder and type 1 diabetes.

Patient #25 presented with progressive gait and limb ataxia, mild distal symmetrical sensory loss, diminished deep tendon reflexes, weakness of the gluteal muscles, and bilateral extensor plantar ...

Alcoholic cerebellar degeneration may slowly evolve or have relatively sudden onset, as in this case. Movement disorders associated with alcoholic cerebellar degeneration include cerebellar ataxia, ...

A nourishing protein that promotes the growth of neurons and blood vessels appears to stop the progression of a genetic disease that causes degeneration of the cerebellum, according to new preclinical ...

In a model of degenerative brain diseases such as Huntington's chorea and spinal cord cerebellar degeneration that are caused by polyglutamine toxic protein, the research teams identified that ...

Henry M. Furneaux, Edward J. Dropcho, Denise Barbut, Yao-Tseng Chen, Marc K. Rosenblum, Lloyd J. Old, Jerome B. Posner Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ...

A subset of Finnish hound puppies need to be put down every year because they suffer from a degenerative brain disease that causes uncontrolled movement. Luckily, researchers have identified the gene ...