Research group from the University of Helsinki, Finland, has identified a new disease gene for early-onset axonal neuropathy and mild intellectual disability through an international research network, ...

Biomarkers are generally used as diagnostic and prognostic tools in clinical practice, but are not yet available for neuropathies. Studies now suggest that neural protein levels in serum and ...

Giant axonal neuropathy (GAN) is a rare, autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder, characterized by a spectrum of symptoms and a challenging prognosis. Now, a study published recently in the New ...

A physical dimension of a cell is seldom its Achilles' heel. Yet for the neurons that are affected in most kinds of peripheral neuropathy, it is the length of their axons that best accounts for their ...

Researchers have developed an innovative, experimental gene transfer-based treatment for children with giant axonal neuropathy (GAN). This extremely rare genetic disorder causes children to gradually ...

Researchers from the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have shown for the first time that a gene usually linked to giant axonal neuropathy, a rare and severe neurological condition, also ...

In a recent study of 33 families with the inherited disorder axonal neuropathy with neuromyotonia, researchers identified eight loss-of-function mutations in the HINT1 gene, which encodes histidine ...

Peripheral neuropathy is a more common manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) than has been previously appreciated, and often is a small-fiber neuropathy affecting the dorsal root ganglia ...

Thirty-three patients with liver cirrhosis were investigated clinically and electrophysiologically. Nerve-conduction abnormalities were present in 24 (73%) patients compared with 71% reported in a ...