Glossary for Spinocerebellar Ataxia

• Ataxia: It is a neurological sign and symptom consisting of gross lack of co-ordination of muscle movements.
• Ataxia - hypogonadism - choroidal dystrophy: A very rare disorder characterized by spinocerebellar ataxia, eye abnormalities and a failure of the pituitary to stimulate gonadal development during puberty.
• Boucher-Neuhauser syndrome: A very rare disorder characterized by spinocerebellar ataxia, eye abnormalities and a failure of the pituitary to stimulate gonadal development during puberty.
• Choreoathetosis: Choreoathetosis is the occurrence of involuntary movements in a combination of chorea and athetosis.
• Dysarthria: Imperfect articulation of speech
• Hereditary ataxia: Ataxia may depend on hereditary disorders consisting of degeneration of the cerebellum and/or of the spine
• Hyporeflexia: A decreased reflex of the muscles
• Multiple Sclerosis: Autoimmune attack on spinal nerves causing diverse and varying neural problems.
• Optic atrophy: Dysfunction of the optic nerve which results in impaired vision. The disorder may be congenital or acquired. The rate and degree of atrophy is greatly variable depending on the cause.
• Speech symptoms: Problems with speech or voice.
• Spinocerebellar ataxia 4: An inherited disorder where degeneration of certain parts of the brain and spinal cord results in symptoms such as ataxia, sensory neuropathy and spastic paraplegia.
• Triplet Repeat Genetic Disorders: A disorder that is characterised by the repeat of a triplet sequence in the genetic sequence

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