In such cases, an inability to balance is a symptom known as ataxia. But ataxia can also be its own condition or disease. As a stand-alone condition, "ataxia is a degenerative disease of the ...

Ataxia is the loss of muscle control in your arms and legs. Ataxia may cause you to lose your balance and walk with an unsteady gait. You may feel dizzy, clumsy, or unable to coordinate and ...

Ataxia is a lack of muscle coordination that may affect a person’s speech, eye movements, and ability to swallow, walk, and pick up objects. It can happen due to certain health conditions ...

Friedreich’s ataxia is a rare genetic disease that causes difficulty walking, a loss of sensation in the arms and legs, and impaired speech. It’s also known as spinocerebellar degeneration.

Her work has previously appeared in Billboard and Reader's Digest. Ataxia may not be as well known as other degenerative conditions, but as Bill Nye says, “If you’re in my family, you hear abo ...

16. Bill Nye the Science Guy is temporarily rebranding. For now, he’s “Bill Nye the Ataxia Advocate Guy,” as he aims to bring awareness to a neurological disease that has affected his family ...

Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) is a neurodegenerative disorder affecting the cerebellum, a part of the brain responsible for coordinating movement. Symptoms include difficulties with balance ...

“And also trying to unravel a little bit of the cellular mechanisms that were at play here.” To model ataxia, the team selectively silenced Purkinje cells in mice, which caused ataxia-like motor ...

Arising from: Pulst SM (2007) Ataxia rating scales in the balance. Nat Clin Pract Neurol 3: 119 doi:10.1038/ncpneuro0446 Subramony SH (2007) SARA—a new clinical ...