Monday, January 16, 2023

Neurobehavioral deficits of mice expressing a low level of G127V mutant frataxin

Daniel Fil, Robbie L. Conley, Aamir R. Zuberi, Cathleen M. Lutz, Terry Gemelli, Marek Napierala, Jill S. Napierala; Neurobiology of Disease, Volume 177, 2023, 105996, ISSN 0969-9961, doi:10.1016/j.nbd.2023.105996. 

 Results of these studies provide insight into the unique pathogenic mechanism of the FXN G130V mechanism and the tolerable limit of Fxn/FXN expression in vivo.

Quantitative Oculomotor Assessment in Hereditary Ataxia: Discriminatory Power, Correlation with Severity Measures, and Recommended Parameters for Specific Genotypes

Pilar Garces, Chrystalina A. Antoniades, Anna Sobanska, Norbert Kovacs, Sarah H. Ying, Anoopum S. Gupta, Susan Perlman, David J. Szmulewicz, Chiara Pane, Andrea H. Németh, Laura B. Jardim, Giulia Coarelli, Michaela Dankova, Andreas Traschütz & Alexander A. Tarnutzer; Cerebellum (2023). doi:10.1007/s12311-023-01514-8 

Recommendation of other paradigms was limited by the scarcity of cross-validating correlations, except saccadic intrusions (FRDA), pursuit eye movements (SCA17), and quantitative head-impulse testing (SCA3/6). This work aids in understanding the current knowledge of quantitative oculomotor parameters in hereditary ataxias, and identifies gaps for validation as potential trial outcome measures in specific ataxia genotypes.