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Degenerative Nerve Diseases Update

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Genetics Home Reference: multiple system atrophy

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Genetics Home Reference: juvenile primary lateral sclerosis

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Genetics Home Reference: familial encephalopathy with neuroserpin inclusion bodies

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Genetics Home Reference: infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis

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Genetics Home Reference: juvenile Batten disease

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Genetics Home Reference: infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy

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Genetics Home Reference: infantile-onset spinocerebellar ataxia

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Genetics Home Reference: infantile-onset ascending hereditary spastic paralysis

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Genetics Home Reference: late-infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis

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Genetics Home Reference: hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type II

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Genetics Home Reference: hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type V

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Genetics Home Reference: pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration

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Genetics Home Reference: mitochondrial membrane protein-associated neurodegeneration

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Genetics Home Reference: prion disease

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Genetics Home Reference: hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type IE

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Genetics Home Reference: neuromyelitis optica

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Genetics Home Reference: fatty acid hydroxylase-associated neurodegeneration

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Genetics Home Reference: riboflavin transporter deficiency neuronopathy

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Genetics Home Reference: progressive external ophthalmoplegia

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Genetics Home Reference: polycystic lipomembranous osteodysplasia with sclerosing leukoencephalopathy

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Genetics Home Reference: autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay

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Genetics Home Reference: congenital neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis

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Genetics Home Reference: congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis

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Genetics Home Reference: ataxia with oculomotor apraxia

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Genetics Home Reference: alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase deficiency

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Genetics Home Reference: ataxia neuropathy spectrum

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MEDICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA

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The primary NIH organization for research on Degenerative Nerve Diseases is the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

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Summary

Degenerative nerve diseases affect many of your body's activities, such as balance, movement, talking, breathing, and heart function. Many of these diseases are genetic. Sometimes the cause is a medical condition such as alcoholism, a tumor, or a stroke. Other causes may include toxins, chemicals, and viruses. Sometimes the cause is not known.

Degenerative nerve diseases include

Degenerative nerve diseases can be serious or life-threatening. It depends on the type. Most of them have no cure. Treatments may help improve symptoms, relieve pain, and increase mobility.

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Motor Neuron Diseases (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)Available in Spanish
Motor Neuron Diseases (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary

Diagnosis and Tests

Electromyography (EMG) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Specialized Nerve Tests: EMG, NCV and SSEP (North American Spine Society)

Specifics

Alpers' Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
Batten Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
Batten Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)Available in Spanish
Cerebro-Oculo-Facio-Skeletal Syndrome (COFS) (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
Corticobasal Degeneration (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Kuru (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
Leigh's Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
Monomelic Amyotrophy (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
Multiple System Atrophy (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Multiple System Atrophy (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short SummaryAvailable in Spanish
Multiple System Atrophy with Orthostatic Hypotension (Shy-Drager Syndrome) (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
Opsoclonus Myoclonus (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
Prion Diseases (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short SummaryAvailable in Spanish
Striatonigral Degeneration (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Prion Diseases) (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
What Is Batten Disease (Batten Disease Support and Research Association)