dysarthria/atrophy

Spinocerebellar ataxia 3 (SCA3) is a rare form of inherited neurodegenerative disease involving progressive degeneration of spinocerebellar tract. SCA3 is characterised by increasingly worsening cerebellar function leading to gait abnormalities and poor coordination, dysarthria, and abnormal eye

Neurodegenerative cerebellar ataxias represent a heterogeneous group of disabling disorders in which progressive ataxia of gait, limb dysmetria, oculomotor deficits, dysarthria and kinetic tremor are the prominent clinical manifestations. Both the hereditary and sporadic forms usually present in

This study will investigate the role of the cerebellum in speech, building upon prior work in understanding cerebellar function in reaching and walking. Neuroimaging and lesion studies have provided strong evidence that the cerebellum is an integral part of the speech production network, though its

ALS clinical presentation and pathophysiology Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a group of rapidly progressive fatal neurological diseases involving the brain and spinal cord. Clinical presentation is phenotypically heterogeneous and depends on the type of onset. The pathophysiology mechanisms

Neurologic disorders that affect the liver transplantation candidates when they are on the waitlist not only significantly affect preoperative morbidity and even mortality but also present important predictive factors for post-op neurologic manifestations. Attentive neurological evaluation before

Given the clinical similarity between PD and MSA-P in early disease stages and the severity of the prognosis of MSA-P, it would be very useful to have objective tools to assist in the differential diagnosis between both disorders. Since dysarthria is a common early symptom in both diseases and of

Treat-NASPP is a prospective controlled intervention study. The main aim of this study is to prospectively compare patients with ischemic stroke (IS) who are diagnosed and treated prehospitally in the MSU (intervention), with those who receive conventional pre- and inhospital diagnostics and

Tremor is defined as rhythmic and oscillating involuntary movements of a body part. Action tremor occurs when a body part is activated, and is clinically most frequently seen in Essential (idiopathic) Tremor (ET), with an overall prevalence of 0.9 %, and of 4.6 % in people over 65 years. But it can

Neurodegenerative cerebellar ataxias represent a heterogeneous group of disabling disorders in which progressive ataxia of gait, limb dysmetria, oculomotor deficits, dysarthria and kinetic tremor are the prominent clinical manifestations. Both the hereditary and sporadic forms usually present in

This study is a prospective, self-control, phase I trial, which will be performed in Department of Neurosurgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital (Beijing, China). Six patients with severe Alzheimer's disease will be included in this study and receive continuous bilateral deep brain stimulation of the

Four subjects with a probable MSA-C diagnosis will be recruited for this study. A probable MSA-C diagnosis will be based on the following criteria: - Autonomic failure involving urinary incontinence (inability to control the release of urine form the bladder, with erectile dysfunction in males) or

Participants will be recruited from the Neurology clinic at the University of Florida. The single evaluation will occur in the PIs research laboratory at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Apraxia of Speech (AOS) is a disorder of speech motor planning and/or programming that affects the production of speech, characterized by slow speaking rate, abnormal prosody and distorted sound substitutions, additions, repetitions and prolongations, sometimes accompanied by groping, and trial and