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It is located above the brain stem, posterior to the brain. Cerebellar degeneration is a condition in which cerebellar cells, otherwise known as neurons, become damaged and progressively weaken in the cerebellum. [1] There are two types of cerebellar degeneration; paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration, and alcoholic or nutritional cerebellar ...
Nystagmus. Nystagmus is a condition of involuntary (or voluntary, in some cases) [1] eye movement. [2] People can be born with it but more commonly acquire it in infancy or later in life. In many cases it may result in reduced or limited vision. [3] In normal eyesight, while the head rotates about an axis, distant visual images are sustained by ...
The CDC said 1.7% of adults ages 65 to 74 reported a dementia diagnosis, a rate that increased with age. For those ages 75 to 84, the reported dementia rate was 5.7%
Gerstmann–Sträussler–Scheinker syndrome. A person with inherited prion disease has cerebellar atrophy. This is quite typical of GSS. difficulty speaking, developing dementia, memory loss, vision loss. Gerstmann–Sträussler–Scheinker syndrome ( GSS) is an extremely rare, always fatal (due to it being caused by prions) neurodegenerative ...
Parinaud's syndrome is a constellation of neurological signs indicating injury to the dorsal midbrain. More specifically, compression of the vertical gaze center at the rostral interstitial nucleus of medial longitudinal fasciculus (riMLF). It is a group of abnormalities of eye movement and pupil dysfunction and is named for Henri Parinaud [ 6 ...
Myth #1: Your brain stops growing at a certain age. Scientists used to think that the brain stopped developing after adolescence. But we now know that your brain can change and develop at any age ...
Mild cognitive impairment ( MCI) is a neurocognitive disorder which involves cognitive impairments beyond those expected based on an individual's age and education but which are not significant enough to interfere with instrumental activities of daily living. [ 1] MCI may occur as a transitional stage between normal aging and dementia ...
Scientists found that participants with chronic anxiety were associated with a 2.8 times higher risk of having dementia, while those with new-onset anxiety had a 3.2 times increased risk ...