Research Highlights
Treatment helps symptoms for some SPG11 HSP
Posted - June 2012 in Research Highlights
Improvement in walking
New gene interacts with Spastin
Posted - in Research Highlights
Implicated in cell structural abnormalities
Questions raised about Botox
Posted - December 2011 in Research Highlights
muscle loss and weakness with long term use
Link between reflexes and spasticity questioned
Posted - in Research Highlights
Over-active reflexes and calf muscle spasticity
KIF5 study relevant to SPG10 HSP
Posted - in Research Highlights
Neuronal transport mechanism identified
Dementia in some SPG4 HSPers
Posted - September 2011 in Research Highlights
Linked with Alzheimer’s gene
Rare HSP linked to Huntington’s disease
Posted - in Research Highlights
Both detected in one family over generations
Link between HSP & Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Posted - in Research Highlights
SPG10 and CMT2 may be from same gene mutation
SPG18 complicated HSP described
Posted - in Research Highlights
List of affected cellular functions expanding
SPG4 mutations studied
Posted - in Research Highlights
Process for regulating Spastin levels defined
Stem cell research progress report, May 2011
Posted - June 2011 in Research Highlights
Research project on target
