The anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA) supplies the lateral inferior pontine tegmentum and middle cerebellar peduncle, vestibulocochlear nerve including the root entry zone, inner ear, and ...

Metabolic syndrome is a constellation of conditions that together increase the risk of type 2 diabetes, stroke, and cardiovascular problems, including heart attack. The features of metabolic syndrome ...

Background Despite considerable interest, the population-based frequency, clinical characteristics and natural history of cognitive impairment in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are not known.

In MSA-P, atrophy rates have been shown to be greatest in the pons, equal to 4.5 ± 3.2% per year, over 20 times that in healthy subjects and three times the rate of pontine atrophy in PSP. Atrophy ...

When the lateral collateral ligament is completely torn, a surgical procedure is typically recommended to either repair or reconstruct the ligament. When the ligament is torn at the location of the ...

An expansion of a hexanucleotide repeat in the C9ORF72 gene can cause ALS. Here, the authors develop a high-fidelity RNA-targeting CRISPR system to suppress the repeat RNA expressed from the ...

What is Cushing's syndrome? Cushing's syndrome is a hormonal disorder. It’s caused when you have high levels of the hormone cortisol over a long time. Cushing's syndrome is fairly rare. It most often ...

The cerebellum plays a major role in balance, motor control and sensorimotor integration, but also in cognition, language, and emotional regulation. Several neuropsychiatric disorders such as ...

Lateral band snapping syndrome can be a debilitating condition involving the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint of the fingers. Although rare, it is thought to occur due to disruption of the finger ...

Lack of pain Ischemic optic neuropathy, NMO-associated optic neuritis, LHON, Susac syndrome, various maculopathies Disc hemorrhages Ischemic optic neuropathy, inflammatory optic neuritis ...

DBS for the treatment of affective and related disorders, including depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, Tourette's syndrome, chronic pain and cluster headache, has so far been based mostly ...