Despite modern high-throughput sequencing, the genetic cause of most rare movement disorders remains unclear. A research team in Bochum and Tübingen has now solved one piece of the puzzle: The ...

Mutations in 3 genes (SPG4, SPG3, and SPG31) are implicated in one half of the autosomal dominant hereditary spastic paraplegias, which are part of the larger group of hereditary spastic diplegias ...

Despite modern high-throughput sequencing, the genetic cause of most rare movement disorders remains unclear. A research team ...

Mike Wolanin | The Republic Kyle Alumbaugh demonstrates how he uses his wheelchair ramp participate in 5k run, walk or roll to raise awareness for Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia and Primary Lateral ...

While it might have given our ancestors an evolutionary advantage, an "unstable" region on human chromosome 15 is also the source of a set of inherited neurological diseases. Researchers at ...

Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP) encompasses a heterogeneous group of genetic neurodegenerative disorders primarily characterised by progressive lower-limb spasticity and weakness. The condition ...

There is no cure for the rare disease Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP), but researchers from Drexel University’s College of Medicine and the UMass Chan Medical School have achieved ...

Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is the name given to a group of inherited neurological disorders characterized by progressive stiffness or tightness of the muscles (spasticity) in the lower limbs.

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Sitting in his wheelchair, junior at Catalina Foothills High School Ethan Bennett was pushed onstage by his partner Lily Rhodes. While he can move around, he can't walk or talk.

Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP), also known as familial spastic paraparesis, is a term used for a group of inherited diseases that affect the upper motor neurons traveling from the brain through ...