The cardiomyopathy in Friedreich's ataxia - New biomarker for staging cardiac involvement.

Weidemann F, Liu D, Hu K, Florescu C, Niemann M, Herrmann S, Kramer B, Klebe S, Doppler K, Üçeyler N, Ritter CO, Ertl G, Störk S.

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Sep 1;194:50-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.05.074.

Clonal expansion of secondary mitochondrial DNA deletions associated with spinocerebellar ataxia type 28.

Gorman GS, Pfeffer G, Griffin H, Blakely EL, Kurzawa-Akanbi M, Gabriel J, Sitarz K, Roberts M, Schoser B, Pyle A, Schaefer AM, McFarland R, Turnbull DM, Horvath R, Chinnery PF, Taylor RW.

JAMA Neurol. 2015 Jan;72(1):106-11. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2014.1753.

SPG7 mutations are a common cause of undiagnosed ataxia.

[No authors listed]

Neurology. 2015 May 5;84(18):1911. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001628. No abstract available.

Small fiber neuropathy in a woman with fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS).

Chanson JB, Boehm N, Samama B, Echaniz-Laguna A, Anheim M.

J Neurol. 2015 Jan;262(1):226-7. doi: 10.1007/s00415-014-7597-z. No abstract available.

Low-dose Methylphenidate Monotherapy for Features of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Secondary to Hereditary Cerebellar Ataxia.

Hu LY, Lin YL, Chang HS, Lu T, Lin WS.

CNS Neurosci Ther. 2015 Aug;21(8):672-3. doi: 10.1111/cns.12403. No abstract available.

Visual scanning area is abnormally enlarged in hereditary pure cerebellar ataxia.

Matsuda S, Matsumoto H, Furubayashi T, Fukuda H, Hanajima R, Tsuji S, Ugawa Y, Terao Y.

Cerebellum. 2015 Apr;14(2):63-71. doi: 10.1007/s12311-014-0600-5.

Presenile onset of spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 presenting with conspicuous psychiatric symptoms and widespread anti-expanded polyglutamine antibody- and fused in sarcoma antibody-immunopositive pathology.

Iwasaki Y, Mori K, Ito M, Mimuro M, Yoshida M.

Psychogeriatrics. 2015 Sep;15(3):212-7. doi: 10.1111/psyg.12122.

A 7.5-Mb duplication at chromosome 11q21-11q22.3 is associated with a novel spastic ataxia syndrome.

Johnson JO, Stevanin G, van de Leemput J, Hernandez DG, Arepalli S, Forlani S, Zonozi R, Gibbs JR, Brice A, Durr A, Singleton AB.

Mov Disord. 2015 Feb;30(2):262-6. doi: 10.1002/mds.26059.

Characteristics of Handwriting of People With Cerebellar Ataxia: Three-Dimensional Movement Analysis of the Pen Tip, Finger, and Wrist.

Fujisawa Y, Okajima Y.

Phys Ther. 2015 Nov;95(11):1547-58. doi: 10.2522/ptj.20140118.

Change in the cortical complexity of spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 appears earlier than clinical symptoms.

Wang TY, Jao CW, Soong BW, Wu HM, Shyu KK, Wang PS, Wu YT.

PLoS One. 2015 Apr 21;10(4):e0118828. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118828.

Diffusion tensor imaging and tract-based spatial statistics analysis in Friedreich's ataxia patients.

Vieira Karuta SC, Raskin S, de Carvalho Neto A, Gasparetto EL, Doring T, Teive HA.

Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2015 May;21(5):504-8. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2015.02.021.

Exome sequencing & homozygosity mapping for identification of genetic aetiology for spastic ataxia in a consanguineous family.

Dalal A, Bhowmik AD, Agarwal D, Phadke SR.

Indian J Med Res. 2015 Aug;142(2):220-4. doi: 10.4103/0971-5916.164262. No abstract available.

Comparison of major lymphocyte subpopulations and recent thymic emigrants in patients with ataxia telangiectasia and age-matched healthy groups.

Celiksoy MH, Topal E, Yıldıran A.

Allergol Immunopathol (Madr). 2015 Sep-Oct;43(5):477-81. doi: 10.1016/j.aller.2014.06.007.

Sensorimotor processing for balance in spinocerebellar ataxia type 6.

Bunn LM, Marsden JF, Voyce DC, Giunti P, Day BL.

Mov Disord. 2015 Aug;30(9):1259-66. doi: 10.1002/mds.26227.

From Mice to Men: TRPC3 in Cerebellar Ataxia.

Becker EB.

Cerebellum. 2015 Mar 14. [Epub ahead of print]