Cerebellar Contributions to Adaptive Control of Saccades in Humans

The Journal of Neuroscience, October 14, 2009, 29(41):12930-12939; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3115-09.2009

Minnan Xu-Wilson,1 Haiyin Chen-Harris,1 David S. Zee,2 and Reza Shadmehr1

1Departments of Biomedical Engineering and 2Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205

Keywords: cerebellum, internal feedback correct, saccades, cerebellar damage, dysmetria.

Nutrition, Brain Aging, and Neurodegeneration

The Journal of Neuroscience, October 14, 2009, 29(41):12795-12801; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3520-09.2009

James Joseph,1 Greg Cole,2 Elizabeth Head,3 and Donald Ingram4

1USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, 2Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Centers, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Sepulveda, California 91343, 3University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, Lexington, Kentucky 40536, and 4Pennington Biomedical Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808



Unfortunately we all know what is the FA, and these tips are not enough, but they are interesting.

Long-Term Safety and Tolerability of Idebenone in Friedreich's Ataxia Patients (MICONOS Extension)

Official Title: A Phase III Open-Label, Single-Group, Extension Study to Obtain Long-Term Safety and Tolerability Data of Idebenone in the Treatment of Friedreich's Ataxia Patients.

This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified by Santhera Pharmaceuticals, October 2009
First Received: October 13, 2009

Sponsored by: Santhera Pharmaceuticals

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00993967

Stress ossidativo ed anomalie citoscheletriche nell’Atassia di Friedreich

Piemonte, Fiorella
Gaeta, Laura Maria
UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA "TOR VERGATA", FACOLTA' DI MEDICINA, DOTTORATO DI RICERCA IN BIOTECNOLOGIE MEDICHE E MEDICINA MOLECOLARE

Issue Date: 6-Aug-2009

Keywords: Atassia di Friedreich, glutatione, proteine glutationilate, citoscheletro, stress ossidativo, regolazione redox.

Link to full text: http://dspace.uniroma2.it/dspace/bitstream/2108/994/1/TESI+DI+DOTTORATO.pdf

A comparison of three measures of upper limb function in Friedreich ataxia.

J Neurol. 2009 Oct 13.
Corben LA, Tai G, Wilson C, Collins V, Churchyard AJ, Delatycki MB.
Bruce Lefroy Centre for Genetic Health Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Flemington Rd, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia.

Keywords: Friedreich Ataxia (FRDA), false negative results, upper limb function, the Nine Hole Peg Test (9HPT), Box and Blocks Test (BBT), Jebsen Taylor Hand Function Test (JTHFT),Friedreich Ataxia Functional Composite (FAFC) test, clinical studies, terapeutic trials, age at disease onset, disease duration, Friedreich Ataxia Rating Scale (FARS).