The mutation causing
cerebellar degeneration (also known as cerebellar abiotrophy, cerebellar ataxia, cerebellar cortical degeneration, CA) has been identified in the laboratory of Dr. Natasha Olby at North Carolina State University.
Cerebellar degeneration was first reported in the Old English Sheepdog in the 1970s.
Cerebellar degeneration is typically an inherited disease often stemming from an infection the mother contracts while pregnant.
Like tumors,
cerebellar degeneration is difficult to detect without a diagnostic such as an MRI.
The underlying cause of this disease, the genetic basis of this disease as well as defining an appropriate approach to decreasing the incidence of this disease, commonly called
Cerebellar Degeneration or Cerebellar Abiotrophy (CA), is ongoing at a number of centers.
Other
Cerebellar degeneration conditions have been described over the years including one in Gordon Setters described by me in 1981.
In addition to the four required tests, OESCA recommends testing and reporting cardiac screening, BAER (hearing) testing, and DNA tests for Multiple Drug Sensitivity (MDR1 mutation), Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD), and
Cerebellar Degeneration.
This condition seems less severe and progresses more slowly than most other
Cerebellar Degenerations reported.
Not exact matches
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 7
Cerebellar Disease Requires the Coordinated Action of Mutant Ataxin - 7 in Neurons and Glia, and Displays Non-Cell-Autonomous Bergmann Glia
Degeneration.
Canine multiple system
degeneration (CMSD), is a progressive inherited autosomal recessive neurological movement disorder affecting Chinese Crested dogs, also called pure
cerebellar ataxia (PNA) in Kerry Blue Terrier dogs.
The frequency of the neonatal
cerebellar cortical
degeneration (NCCD) mutations in Beagles in the United Kingdom was measured and analyzed by the Kennel Club Genetics Center in 2013.
Spongy
Degeneration with
Cerebellar Ataxia, subtype 1 (SDCA1) is an early onset form of severe neurodegenerative disease observed in the Belgian Malinois.
It means that individuals with two copies of the SDCA1 mutation, inherited from both parents, are at the highest risk of developing this form of Spongy
Degeneration with
Cerebellar Ataxia.