PARIS — High-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is safe and effective in managing ataxia in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), new research ...

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 ...

Patient 1, a 49-year-old man with titubation, dizziness, and loss of balance from the age of 34 years, had deteriorating speech and handwriting. Cerebellar signs included moderate gait ataxia, ...

Neurologic abnormalities affecting gait occur early in several types of non-Alzheimer's dementias, but their value in predicting the development of dementia is uncertain. We analyzed the relation ...

While autoimmune cerebellar ataxia (a loss of muscle coordination) can lead to severe disability with some patients becoming wheelchair-bound, there are factors that may help to predict better ...

Early warning signs of ataxia: Unstable gait and poor balance: Ataxics typically have an unsteady, staggering gait, making it difficult to walk. Loss of coordination (dysmetria): Difficulty with ...

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 ...

Cancer is a multifactorial disease that manifests in several different ways depending on its point of origin. Often, the symptoms offer strong clues as to which organ is diseased. In some cases, ...

At least one in 100 horses at some point in its life will lose the ability to control its gait as a result of developing the neurological disorder ataxia. Once found to be ataxic, the horse is often ...