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·November 10, 2021·3 min read

New Recessive Neurodevelopmental Disorder Identified

Researchers have identified a new, rare neurodevelopmental disorder associated with a homozygous mutation in the PRDM13 gene. Features of the disorder included intellectual disabilities, ataxia with cerebellar hypoplasia, and delayed puberty with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism.

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·January 8, 2020·4 min read

Study uncovers largest US outbreak of neurologic disease to date

Study connects enterovirus A71, which causes Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease, to a large outbreak of neurological illness in the U.S in 2018. Symptoms of the virus include myoclonus, ataxia, weakness, and autonomic instability.

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·February 8, 2017·3 min read

Turning Off the Protein Tap: New Clues to Neurodegenerative Disease

Dysfunction of the Golgi apparatus is associated with axatia and developmental delays.

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·December 21, 2016·3 min read

New Genetic Disease That Results in Neurodegeneration Discovered

Researchers have identified a new neurodegenerative disease that is caused by a genetic mutation that disrupts DNA repair.

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·November 22, 2016·4 min read

Study Chronicles First Brain Bleed Tied To Energy Drinks

Researchers have presented the first known case of a patient experiencing hemorrhagic stroke following consumption of an energy drink.

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·November 1, 2016·4 min read

New iPS-Cell Model System Helps Develop Treatments for Spinocerebellar Ataxia

Researchers have succeeded in creating a new model system that can be used to develop drug therapies for genetic disorders like spinocerebellar ataxia type 6.

Image shows MRI scans, one of a healthy brain and one of a brain of a person with ataxia.

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·June 17, 2016·4 min read

Genetic Mutation Causes Ataxia in Humans and Dogs

A new study identifies a genetic mutation as an additional cause of cerebellar ataxia.

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·March 15, 2016·4 min read

Genetic Cause of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Identified

Researchers have discovered a new mutation responsible for spinocerebellar ataxia, an often fatal movement disorder.

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·September 18, 2015·4 min read

Coordinating Traffic Down the Neural Highway

Findings could open new avenues for designing drugs to treat ataxia, researchers report.

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·September 15, 2015·5 min read

Increasing Memory with a Flash of Light

Researchers have successfully created a new, light sensitive, plant-human hybrid protein that efficiently modulates calcium channels.

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·March 31, 2015·2 min read

Link Between ALS and Abnormal Immune Response Established

According to a new study, a protein implicated in some neurological diseases also plays an important role in how our bodies respond to viral infections.