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Degenerative Nerve Diseases
Also called: Neurodegenerative diseases
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
- Alzheimer's disease
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Friedreich's ataxia
- Huntington's disease
- Lewy body disease
- Parkinson's disease
- Spinal muscular atrophy
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)
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Motor Neuron Diseases
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Motor Neuron Diseases(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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Motor Neuron Diseases
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Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Electromyography (EMG)(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Specialized Nerve Tests: EMG, NCV and SSEP(North American Spine Society)
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Specific Conditions
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Alpers' Disease(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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Batten Disease(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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Batten Disease(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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Cerebro-Oculo-Facio-Skeletal Syndrome(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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Corticobasal Degeneration(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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Kuru(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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Leigh's Disease(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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Monomelic Amyotrophy(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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Multiple System Atrophy(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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Multiple System Atrophy(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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Multiple System Atrophy with Orthostatic Hypotension (Shy-Drager Syndrome)(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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Opsoclonus Myoclonus(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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Prion Diseases(National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
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Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Prion Diseases)(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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Alpers' Disease
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Videos
- Nerve conduction - Encyclopedia
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Clinical Trials
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Ataxia(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Neurodegenerative Diseases(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Prion Diseases(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Ataxia
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Genetics
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Genetics Home Reference: Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Andermann syndrome(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Arts syndrome(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Ataxia neuropathy spectrum(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere syndrome(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Familial encephalopathy with neuroserpin inclusion bodies(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Fatty acid hydroxylase-associated neurodegeneration(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: GM2-gangliosidosis, AB variant(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type IE(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type II(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type V(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Infantile-onset ascending hereditary spastic paralysis(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Juvenile Batten disease(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Juvenile primary lateral sclerosis(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Marinesco-Sjögren syndrome(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Multiple system atrophy(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Neuromyelitis optica(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Polycystic lipomembranous osteodysplasia with sclerosing leukoencephalopathy(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Progressive external ophthalmoplegia(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Sandhoff disease(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome
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Journal Articles
References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
- Article: Auditory analysis of xeroderma pigmentosum 1971-2012: hearing function, sun sensitivity...
- Article: Inflammation and white matter degeneration persist for years after a...
- Article: Neuroinflammation and the dynamic lesion in traumatic brain injury.
- Degenerative Nerve Diseases -- see more articles
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Directories
- Find a Neurosurgeon(Congress of Neurological Surgeons)
- Find a Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician(American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
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Organizations
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National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
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National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
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Children
- EMG (Electromyography) (For Parents)(Nemours Foundation)
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Patient Handouts
- Multiple system atrophy
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- Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
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