Neurological disorders of gait, balance and posture are both debilitating and common. Adequate recognition of these so-called disorders of axial mobility is important as they can offer useful clues to ...

A novel stimulator device to treat gait deficits in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients with mild to moderate symptoms earned a nod from the FDA Friday. The device, known as the Portable Neuromodulation ...

A 21 year-old woman presented with slowly progressive gait and limb ataxia, scanning speech and nystagmus since early childhood. Spinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA): Axial CT scans. Note the severe atrophy ...

The largest clinical case series to date of recreational users of nitrous oxide, popularly known as laughing gas, has found a predominance of young men of Asian ethnicity among those with neurological ...

Ataxia-telangiectasia is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by a defect in the ATM gene mapped to chromosome 11q22.3. The ATM gene product is involved in the detection of damaged DNA and plays a ...

Home-based high-intensity aerobic training was associated with greater improvement in cerebellar ataxia symptoms, fitness, and fatigue compared with guidelines-recommended balance training in a ...

What is causing this 55-year-old woman to have distorted speech and balance problems when walking, and why have her symptoms worsened progressively since they came on 14 years ago? Those are the ...

Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) is a degenerative disease caused by atrophy to the cerebellum, the part of the brain responsible for coordination of movement. Clinical features of spinocerebellar ataxia ...