The team conducted a spinal tap to analyze the patients' cerebral spinal fluid. What came back was a surprise—the patient had ...
Neuronal atrophy early in a mouse model of spinal cerebellar ataxia 1 may represent an adaptive mechanism that restores the density of potassium channels in Purkinje neurons, thus normalizing ...
Sagittal and axial MRI scans in patients with Friedreich ataxia show thinning of the cervical spinal cord, and might also show signal abnormalities in the posterior and lateral columns.