Patients with neurodegenerative ataxia that are treated with cerebello-spinal transcranial direct current simulation (tDCS) have significant improvements in gait, upper limb coordination, quality of ...

Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the FXN gene and characterized by cardiomyopathy, gait ataxia and sensory loss, with cardiac complications the main ...

Background: A 76-year-old man presented with an 8-year history of balance problems and a 2-year history of short-term memory loss. He had also been experiencing long-term problems with impotence and ...

A clinical trial conducted by Prof. Alexandra Durr's team (Sorbonne University.AP-HP) at the Paris Brain Institute and the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital AP-HP shows that despite the hopes raised in ...

A Methodist Health doctor is battling Ataxia. She was diagnosed when she was just 21, but her symptoms remained dormant for 20 years. "It's scary, even though you know it's going to happen. It's still ...

Friedreich’s ataxia is a genetic condition that affects the nervous system. It’s caused by a change in a gene responsible for regulating energy production within cells. This change means that the ...