Three patients with transient cerebellar dysfunction following head injury are described. Acute cerebellar signs, such as ataxia, nystagmus, and dysarthria, occurred just after trauma and resolved gradually, disappearing in every patient. Cerebrospinal fluid and computed tomography examinations were normal but magnetic resonance imaging and single photon emission computed tomography revealed ce...

BACKGROUND The most common neurologic manifestation of gluten sensitivity is ataxia, which accounts for up to 40% of idiopathic sporadic ataxia. Timing of diagnosis of gluten ataxia is vital as it is one of the very few treatable causes of sporadic ataxia and causes irreversible loss of Purkinje cells. Antigliadin antibody (AGA) of the IgG type is the best marker for neurological manifestations...

A patient with acute onset "classic" cerebellar ataxia of the right arm without clinically detectable deep sensory loss is reported, in relation to an acute posterior parietal infarct. Wild back and forth swaying of the arm, giving away, or worsening by suppression of vision were not seen. The lesion involved area 5, parts of area 7, the angular gyrus, the middle and posterior parieto-occipital...

Background: Many epidemiological studies report that alcoholics overwhelmingly smoke tobacco and vice versa, which suggests a possible functional interaction between ethanol and nicotine. Although nicotine– ethanol interaction is well documented within the central nervous system, the mechanism is not well understood. Therefore, it is important from a public health standpoint to understand the m...

INTRODUCTION Seasonal ataxia is a clinical syndrome of acute cerebellar ataxia which follows ingestion of roasted larvae of Anaphe venata Butler, an alternative protein source consumed in western Nigeria. It was first reported in the 1950s in western Nigeria when it caused a wave of epidemics. This is the first case report of this condition in the literature since 1993. CASE REPORT We present...

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We report a case of unilateral tonic pupil in spinocerebellar ataxia without brainstem atrophy in a 42year-old man. On neurological examination, he showed cerebellar symptoms and unilateral tonic pupil. Deep tendon reflexes were normal except for brisk patellar tendon reflexes. Brain MRI demonstrated cerebellar atrophy only. There was neither orthostatic hypotension nor bowel and bladder failur...

Objective—Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6) is an autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia (ADCA) of which the mutation causing the disease has recently been characterised as an expanded CAG trinucleotide repeat in the gene coding for the á1A-subunit of the voltage dependent calcium channel. The aim was to further characterise the SCA6 phenotype Methods—The SCA6 mutation was investigated in 69 G...