Scientists say their new insights into how a key brain protein works could help resolve a long-standing question in molecular ...

The National Institutes of Health longstanding "payline" has helped everyone see the connection between the scientific peer review process and NIH grant funding decisions. What will the latest NIH ...

Biohaven's troriluzole candidate for spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) has been turned down by the FDA, causing shares in the company to lose more than 40% of their value in pre-market trading. The news is ...

A specialist nurse to support patients with the neurological condition ataxia has started work in the South West. It is a rare disorder that mainly affects balance and co-ordination. Charity Ataxia UK ...

After getting a green light from the European Commission, Biogen’s Skyclarys is the first approved medicine for the inherited neurological disease Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) in the EU. Skyclarys ...

Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) affects cancer survivors, impacting quality of life. Podiatry care can help manage symptoms and complications.

A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science. By Aatish Bhatia, Amy Fan, Jonah Smith and Irena Hwang In the past decade, the National Institutes of Health ...

The registry is a contact list of individuals with cerebellar ataxia who are willing to be contacted for participation in research studies and clinical trials. When signing up, you will fill out some ...

Acquired cerebellar ataxia has been described with hypothyroidism, and is typically reversible by thyroid hormone replacement therapy. The cerebellar dysfunction has been attributed to metabolic and ...

The hereditary ataxias comprise a very large spectrum of genetically determined neurodegenerative disorders with progressive ataxia as the prominent symptom. In order to measure the severity of ...