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What neurological disorder characterized by muscle atrophy and progressive paralysis eventually leading to death?
sezures
What progressive neurological disorder is characterized by atrophy and eventual paralysis of all the muscles in the body?
Lou Gehrigs disease
What disease leads to progressive muscle atrophy?
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, leads to progressive muscle atrophy. It is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord, resulting in muscle weakness, loss of coordination, and eventual atrophy as the motor neurons degenerate and die. This progressive decline in muscle function can significantly impact daily activities and quality of life.
What are the inheritance patterns for SMA?
Inheritance pattern for most forms of SMA is autosomal recessive, meaning that both parents are carriers of the disorder, and the chance of having a child affected with the disorder is 25% with each pregnancy.
What is the nervous system that breakdown that is caused by an autosomal recessive allele?
One example of a nervous system breakdown caused by an autosomal recessive allele is spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). SMA is a genetic disorder that leads to the loss of motor neurons in the spinal cord, resulting in muscle weakness and atrophy. It is caused by mutations in the SMN1 gene on chromosome 5.
What kind of disease is spinal muscular atrophy?
Spinal muscular atrophy is an autosomal recessive disease. The severity of spinal muscular atrophy varies, and is the most common genetic cause of infant death.
How do damaged motor neurons affect muscles?
Often, a disorder of the motor neurons results in progressive muscle atrophy (shrinking and wasting) of some, if not all, the muscles of the body. Muscle twitching (fasciculation) is common among these disorders
What has the author Sven Brandt written?
Sven Brandt has written: 'Werdnig-Hoffmann's infantile progressive muscular atrophy' -- subject(s): Atrophy, Muscular, Diseases, In infancy and childhood, Infants, Muscular atrophy
What is genetic disease sra3?
SRA3, or "Syndromic Retinal Atrophy 3," is a genetic disorder characterized by progressive vision loss due to retinal degeneration. It is associated with mutations in specific genes that affect the structure and function of retinal cells. The condition is often inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern, meaning both copies of the gene in an individual must be mutated for the disease to manifest. Symptoms typically appear in childhood or adolescence and can lead to significant visual impairment over time.
Is Huntington's Disease a defect of the cerebellar cortex?
No. Huntington's Disease is a pathological process affecting subcortical structures, not the cerebellar cortex. It does cause generalized atrophy of the cerebral cortex, over time, however. It is a genetic disorder, autosomal dominant in its transmission process, and occurring on chromosome number 4.
What is progressive weakening and size reduction of muscle tissue which is usually the result of disease or disuse is called?
Atrophy is progressive weakening and size reduction of muscle tissue which is usually the result of disease or disuse.
What is SMA syndrome?
SMA = Spinal muscular atrophy. There are different types of SMA, all I believe are genetic and are autosomal recessive. They cause weakness and paralysis in the lower motor neurons.
