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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.
They include multiple system atrophy (MSA), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), and corticobasal degeneration (CBD). Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), may or may not be part of the PD spectrum, but it is increasingly recognized as the second-most common type of neurodegenerative dementia after Alzheimer's disease.
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.
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 .
This is a list of major and frequently observed neurological disorders (e.g., Alzheimer's disease), symptoms (e.g., back pain), signs (e.g., aphasia) and syndromes (e.g., Aicardi syndrome). There is disagreement over the definitions and criteria used to delineate various disorders and whether some of these conditions should be classified as ...
Wendy Williams and Bruce Willis have the same progressive brain disorder. ... Because his symptoms began with difficulty speaking, Bruce Willis was classified as having a type of FTD called ...
For Florin, there’s no doubt what’s going on: He thinks Biden has a Parkinson’s variant called progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). He noted that singer Linda Ronstadt has the same ...