Sudden paralysis in a kitten should always be a red light moment; trauma,
cerebellar disorders, spinal issues, poisoning among other causes may lead to sudden paralysis.
The team hopes that the results will lead to a greater understanding of a range of
cerebellar disorders.
Clinical signs are typical of
a cerebellar disorder and include tremors, ataxia, and hypermetria.
Not exact matches
There are also some controlled trials associating wheat gluten with various
disorders of the brain, including schizophrenia, autism and
cerebellar ataxia (45, 46, 47).
Compared to the brains of people without bipolar
disorder, the researchers found that the MRI signal was elevated in the cerebral white matter and the
cerebellar region of patients affected by bipolar
disorder.
The same neurons are destroyed in people with the
disorder cerebellar ataxia, which causes unsteadiness and loss of coordination.
To ensure that the DV responses in the controls were consistent with prior findings, we performed a secondary analysis on the effects of MP on the
cerebellar DV in an independent cohort of controls, which showed a 12 % reduction, and in a sample of adults with attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD), which also showed an 11 % reduction (for controls of the current cohort, the
cerebellar DV decrease was 13 ± 11 %).
Eyeblink conditioning anomalies in bipolar
disorder suggest
cerebellar dysfunction.
Because there are no exclusive tests to diagnose
cerebellar abiotrophy, the veterinarian will most likely perform various tests to rule out other conditions that have similar symptoms such as
cerebellar hypoplasia and other central nervous system
disorders.
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 resulting kittens are likely to be born with
cerebellar hypoplasia, a
disorder of the brain, and therefore be uncoordinated in their movement and suffer from head tremors.
This is a progressive movement
disorder that begins with
cerebellar ataxia between 10 and 14 weeks of age.
Cerebellar abiotrophy is shown to be an autosomal recessive genetic
disorder in the Old English Sheepdog breed.
See GENETICS: Inherited Neurological
Disorders for the following
disorders: Ataxia (Cerebella Abiotrophy) Canine Neuronal Lipofuscinosis (CCL & NCL)
Cerebellar Hypoplasia Congenital Myasthenia Gravis Deafness Degenerative Myelopathy (DM) Epilepsy - Hydrocephalus - Intervertebral Disk Disease Myasthenia Gravis Myopathy (X-Linked Muscular Dystrophy) Spina Bifida
Meadow has been diagnosed with a brain
disorder called
cerebellar ataxia.
The possibility of a
cerebellar growth
disorder also deserves scrutiny.