If this area of the brain were injured, the clinical signs would be representative of more than a pure
Purkinje cell degeneration.
Because of this, an MRI may not be able to diagnose CA in dogs who are young, whose disease process is not longstanding, or whose clinical signs (and therefore the amount of
Purkinje cell degeneration) are mild.
A protein — protein interaction network for human inherited ataxias and disorders of
Purkinje cell degeneration
Not exact matches
The
degeneration of the
Purkinje cells (with the secondary changes that occur due to this
degeneration) confirms the pathological diagnosis.