Ataxia

Congratulations to Dr. Subramony on the publication of CCG•CGG interruptions in high-penetrance SCA8 families increase RAN translation and protein toxicity, which appears in the October issue of EMBO Molecular Medicine. Abstract Spinocerebellar ataxia type 8 (SCA8), a dominantly inherited neurodegenerative disorder caused by a CTG•CAG expansion, is unusual because most…

Congratulations Dr. Nikolaus McFarland on the publication of “Robust α-synuclein pathology in select brainstem neuronal populations is a potential instigator of multiple system atrophy.”  This article was published in the May issue of Acta Neuropathologica Communications.   Abstract Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is an insidious middle age-onset neurodegenerative…