Difficulty balancing or an inability to do so can be caused by any number of factors. Head injuries, migraines, alcohol use, ear infections and medications can all affect your musculoskeletal system ...

Phase 3 trial results show levacetylleucine improves SARA scores in patients with the rare disorder ataxia-telangiectasia.

If approved, levacetylleucine could become the first therapy on the market for ataxia-telangiectasia.

A team led by Specially Appointed Associate Professor Tomohiko Ishihara and Professor Osamu Onodera at Niigata University, along with Professor Yoshitaka Nagai at Kindai University, conducted a ...

Worldwide, only a handful of patients are known to suffer from episodic ataxia type 6, a neurological disease that causes transient loss of muscle control. The cause lies in a mutation that changes a ...

The Department of Neurology at Niigata University and the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP) have identified pathogenic thresholds for the CAG repeat units (RU) of the CACNA1A gene ...

Friedreich’s ataxia is a chronic, progressive neurological condition that leads to impaired muscle coordination. This can affect balance and mobility as well as speech and heart health. Friedreich’s ...

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Ataxia Foundation (NAF) today announced the launch of The Science Guy: Back in the Lab for FA, a new educational campaign to raise awareness ...