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Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a late-onset neurodegenerative disease involving the gradual deterioration and death of specific volumes of the brain. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The condition leads to symptoms including loss of balance , slowing of movement , difficulty moving the eyes , and cognitive impairment . [ 1 ]
PSP has been all over the news—here's what to know about it.
Parkinson-plus syndromes are usually more rapidly progressive and less likely to respond to antiparkinsonian medication than PD. [10] [11] However, the additional features of the diseases may respond to medications not used in PD. [citation needed] Current therapy for Parkinson-plus syndromes is centered around a multidisciplinary treatment of ...
progressive supranuclear palsy, Parkinson's disease The procerus sign ( vertical wrinkling of the forehead ) is a medical sign consisting of vertical forehead wrinkling around the bridge of the nose and the glabella .
A hallmark sign of one of those disorders, progressive supranuclear palsy, is difficulty with looking down or other eye movements. How is FTD diagnosed? To diagnose FTD disorders, a neurologist ...
Diseases such as progressive supranuclear palsy, Huntington's chorea and Parkinson's disease are different in many features from the other cortical dementias like Alzheimer's disease. Yet these patients present clinically with mild forgetfulness and slowed thought process along with abnormal movements and problems with motility.
According to the court documents, Heekin had progressive supranuclear palsy, which the Mayo Clinic describes as an uncommon brain disorder that causes serious problems with walking, balance and ...
Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a type of tauopathy, but the cause is not yet discovered. For PSP unusual phosphorylation for tau protein causes vital protein filaments in the nerve cells to destruct, a phenomenon called "neurofibrillary" degeneration.