Atypical Parkinsonism, a collection of neurodegenerative diseases that share symptoms with Parkinson's Disease but have unique features, poses challenges for patients and healthcare providers. They ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 1 is a genetic condition in which the nerves that control movement, breathing, and swallowing become progressively weaker and smaller. SMA has five types with ...

Distal spinal muscular atrophy (DSMA) is a rare genetic disease that causes a loss of muscle movement. It affects muscles further away from the center of the body, such as the hands, feet, and legs.

Frontotemporal dementia patients with extrapyramidal symptoms have brainstem atrophy and reduced metabolism in certain areas of the brain significantly more often than patients without extrapyramidal ...

Spinal muscular atrophy affects all the body's muscles. For a long time, it was considered a disease caused solely by the loss of nerve cells in the spinal cord. Now, a research team at Leipzig ...