In a study published in the journal Current Biology, Johns Hopkins researchers discovered that individual neurons in the ...

One in every 50,0000 people are affected by Friedreich ataxia, in which nerves in the spinal cord break down leading to a deficiency of sensory signals to the brain. The condition is caused by an ...

The Maharashtra government noted that high number of cases in certain areas appears to be linked to suspected water contamination and assured that the civic body is looking into the issue.

For example, in a patient with Friedreich’s ataxia, a sensory neuropathy may be the main presenting feature whereas in others it may be a cerebellar ataxia. Having identified 157 complex inherited ...

Several neuropsychiatric disorders such as attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), as well as neurological diseases such as spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 ...

Adult-onset genetic and metabolic diseases often present with clinical signs of spinal cord involvement, such as spasticity, weakness, sensory ataxia, impairment of vibration and position sensation, ...

The Schmitt family is grateful for the resources through A-T Children’s Project, as well as the love and care at St. Jude’s, ...

It clinically manifests as neurological deficits with varying degree of involvement of sensory, motor and autonomic modalities ... in patients presenting with neurological symptoms like ataxia, loss ...

Gluten neuropathy refers to damage that can occur to peripheral nerves in people with gluten sensitivity. Peripheral nerves are the nerves that travel from the spine and the brain to the other areas ...

Sensory processing disorder—also known as SPD or sensory integration disorder—is a term describing a collection of challenges that occur when the senses fail to respond properly to the outside ...