Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a neurodegenerative disease with multiple debilitating symptoms. One of them is sleep disorders; however, owing to limited research, little is known about why only ...

Background Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder of unknown etiology, manifesting as combination of parkinsonism, cerebellar syndrome and dysautonomia.

Currently no disease-modifying or neuroprotective treatments exist for MSA, nor are there effective medications to treat the cerebellar ataxia in MSA-C or the parkinsonian features in MSA-P. Physical ...

(Cerebellar means “of the cerebellum” and is the sister word to cerebral, which means “of the cerebrum.") In his review, Fyfe highlights two recent studies which have identified distinctive patterns ...

Spinal muscular atrophy is a rare genetic disease of the nerve cells in the spinal cord that can appear as early as infancy. The disease leads to a progressive loss of muscle strength. Those affected ...