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	JewishEncyclopedia.com - NERVOUS DISEASES:
		Locomotor ataxia is one of the most important organic nervous diseases, and is usually attributed to syphilis.
		Minor found that among his patients the proportion of locomotor ataxia to the total number of cases was: among Christians, 2.9 per cent; among Jews, 0.8 per cent—i.e.
		In general it may be summarized that the Jews suffer chiefly from the functional nervous diseases, particularly from hysteria and neurasthenia, and that the organic nervous degenerations, such as locomotor ataxia, progressive paralysis of the insane (
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=193&letter=N (1679 words)

	Dorlands Medical Dictionary
		congenital ataxia of lambs, with cerebral demyelination, sometimes proceeding to paralysis, blindness, and death; the cause is thought to be a copper deficiency.
		It is attended by ataxia, speech impairment, lateral curvature of the spinal column, and peculiar swaying and irregular movements, with paralysis of the muscles, especially of the lower extremities, and a high-arched foot.
		a.-telangiectasia an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by cerebellar ataxia and nystagmus, oculocutaneous telangiectasia, variable degrees of humoral and cellular immunodeficiency, recurrent bacterial infections of the respiratory tract from sinuses to lungs, and an increased incidence of lymphoreticular malignancies.
	www.mercksource.com /pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspzQzpgzEzzSzppdocszSzuszSzcommonzSzdorlandszSzdorlandzSzdmd_a_69zPzhtm (1629 words)

	Howstuffworks "Ataxia: A Profile of a Muscular Condition"
		Ataxia is a condition characterized by muscular incoordination, producing irregular and inaccurate movements of the body.
		One of the most common causes of ataxia is a stroke in the brainstem (the portion of the brain that controls the most basic body functions, such as breathing and circulation) or cerebellum (the portion of the brain responsible for fine control of muscle movements).
		Ataxia occurs in one case in ten of cerebral palsy, which is a movement disorder caused by damage to the brain or nerve pathways before or around the time of birth.
	health.howstuffworks.com /define-ataxia.htm (483 words)

	Midbrain Ataxia: An Introduction to the Mesencephalic Locomotor Region and the Pedunculopontine Nucleus -- Hathout and ...
		Midbrain Ataxia: An Introduction to the Mesencephalic Locomotor Region and the Pedunculopontine Nucleus -- Hathout and Bhidayasiri 184 (3): 953 -- American Journal of Roentgenology
		Midbrain Ataxia: An Introduction to the Mesencephalic Locomotor Region and the Pedunculopontine Nucleus
		Although gait ataxia is usually associated with cerebellar
	www.ajronline.org /cgi/content/abstract/184/3/953 (235 words)

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		Most often, ataxia is caused by loss of function in the part of the brain which serves as the "coordination center", which is the cerebellum.
		If ataxia is due to a stroke, a low vitamin level, or exposure to a toxic drug or chemical, then treatment would include treatment of the stroke, vitamin therapy, or avoiding the toxic drug or chemical.
		While the treatment and prognosis of ataxia due to other causes such as stroke or tumor depends primarily on the treatment of the underlying cause, for the hereditary and idiopathic ataxias, little is understood of the underlying cause and no definitive treatment is available.
	pages.infinit.net /macmike/internaf/archives/Ataxia.txt (839 words)

	LOCOMOTOR ATAXIA Symptoms, Cure, Cause, Treatment, Homeopathy for LOCOMOTOR ATAXIA
		This remedy, perhaps, presents more symptoms of a typical case of locomotor ataxia than any other, yet, according to Hughes, it is rarely homoeopathic thereto, as it rather causes a paralysis.
		It produces an imperfect co-ordination of muscles in the first place, and we have symptoms like these; unable to stand in the dark or with the eyes closed; legs weak and calves feel bruised; there is loss of the pupillary reflexes, and perhaps incontinence of urine.
		Cases of poisoning by ergot have proved that changes in the spinal cord, wonderfully similar to those found in locomotor ataxia, are produced by the remedy, and also that the symptoms of the two conditions bear a strong similarity.
	www.hpathy.com /diseases/locomotor-ataxia-symptoms-treatment-cure.asp (1202 words)

	Books about Ataxia - WrongDiagnosis.com
		Ataxia-telangiectasia: Genetics, neuropathology, and immunology of a degenerative disease of childhood : proceedings of a conference held in Solvang, California,...
		On congenital ataxia in a cat (Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen te Amsterdam, Afdeeling Natuurkunde.
		A description of the brains and spinal cords of two brothers dead of hereditary ataxia: Cases XVIII and XX of the series in the family described by Dr....
	www.wrongdiagnosis.com /a/ataxia/books.htm (1111 words)

	Bioline International Official Site (site up-dated regularly)
		Sensory ataxia in the upper extremities is manifested as constant wandering of the outstretched upper limbs when the patient closes his eyes (pseudo-athetoid movements).
		Patients with sensory ataxia have a "stomping" gait because they use the sensation of impact of the foot hitting the ground to guide their walk rather than touch or proprioception.
		Ataxia that is present with eyes open is suggestive of cerebellar aetiology.
	www.bioline.org.br /request?jp03045 (2359 words)

	Friedreich’s ataxia – yesterday, today and tomorrow Chakravarty A Neurol India
		Friedreich's ataxia is an autosomal recessive disease with a prevalence of between 1 and 2 per 100,000, characterized by symptoms and signs including progressive ataxia, absent tendon reflexes in the legs, distal impairment of position and sense of vibration, Babinski reflexes, and dysarthria.
		The clinical spectrum of FA was greatly broadened by the screening of patients with ataxia for mutations in the frataxin gene.
		Atypical Friedreich ataxia caused by compound heterozygosity for a novel missense mutation and the GAA triplet-repeat expansion.
	www.neurologyindia.com /article.asp?issn=0028-3886;year=2003;volume=51;issue=2;spage=176;epage=182;aulast=Chakravarty (5616 words)

	History Channel Search Results
		Bell’s palsy is a common facial paralysis, generally temporary and produced by such conditions as neuritis or infection.
		Locomotor ataxia is a paralytic condition caused by infestation of the spinal cord and brain with microorganisms that cause syphilis.
		Alcoholic paralysis is caused by degeneration of nerve cells, in the spinal cord or, less often, in the brain, which have been deprived of essential nutrients.
	www.historychannel.com /encyclopedia/article.jsp?link=FWNE.fw..pa017000.a (369 words)

	Nervous_Diseases_Harry Benjamin_ND_Part2.
		Mercury and arsenic are the most deadly enemies to nerve tissue that there are ; locomotor ataxia is only one of the diseases which follow in the wake of the use of large quantities of these drugs over prolonged periods in the orthodox treatment for syphilis.
		It may be brought on by the orthodox treatment for syphilis (see the remarks on Locomotor Ataxia in the present section), by metallic poisoning of an occupational nature, by very prolonged and excessive nerve strain, by injury, by suppressive treatment of former acute diseases, etc., etc.
		The treatment given for Locomotor Ataxia in the present section can be carried out with advantage by the sufferer from progressive muscular atrophy, whilst massage is also a very helpful additional measure indeed, and can be strongly recommended.
	www.herbdatanz.com /nervous_diseases_harry_benjamin_nd_part2_.htm (3880 words)

	Pharmacological Characterization of Locomotor Sensitization Induced by Chronic Phencyclidine Administration -- Phillips ...
		Adams B and Moghaddam B (1998) Corticolimbic dopamine neurotransmission is temporally dissociated from the cognitive and locomotor effects of phencyclidine.
		Hanania T, Hillman GR and Johnson KM (1999) Augmentation of locomotor activity by chronic phencyclidine is associated with an increase in striatal NMDA receptor function and an upregulation of the NR1 subunit.
		Vezina P and Stewart J (1989) The effect of dopamine receptor blockade on the development of sensitization to the locomotor activating effects of amphetamine and morphine.
	jpet.aspetjournals.org /cgi/content/full/296/3/905 (5493 words)

	Syphilis: Chapter XIV
		Locomotor ataxia is said to be due to "syphilis" and to this alone.
		Locomotor ataxia is due to "syphilis" and "syphilis" is due to a germ, so the scientific laboratory trained men give no attention to such insignificant things as those named above.
		The early signs of locomotor ataxia are shooting pains in the lower half of the back, severe backaches, various urinary disturbances, and deficiencies of vision.
	www.soilandhealth.org /02/0201hyglibcat/020134syphilis/020134syphilis-ch14.htm (5407 words)

	eMedicine - Friedreich Ataxia : Article Excerpt by: Jasvinder Chawla, MD (Site not responding. Last check: )
		FA was the earliest of the inherited ataxias to be distinguished from other locomotor ataxias and is the most common of the autosomal recessive ataxias.
		The cerebellar ataxia is explained by loss of the lateral and ventral spinocerebellar tracts and involvement of the Clarke column, dentate nucleus, superior vermis, and dentatorubral pathways.
		It is the most common autosomal recessive ataxia, accounting for approximately 50% of all cases of hereditary ataxia.
	www.emedicine.com /neuro/byname/friedreich-ataxia.htm (633 words)

	Ataxia
		The BC Ataxia Society is a non-profit registered Charity and Support Group for people afflicted with all forms of ataxia, as well as their family, friends and caregivers.
		There are many types of ataxia, the most common is Friedreich's ataxia.
		You can see that the list of conditions that the physician must think about as causes of ataxia is rather long; proper diagnosis may require a number of examinations, X-rays, and tests.
	www.geocities.com /bcataxia/ataxia.htm (817 words)

	Mercury, Hydrargyrum or Quicksilver
		The first and secondary stages of syphilis mark Nature's efforts to expel the syphilitic virus; the tertiary stage is due to the destructive effects of mercury, iodin, potassium, salvarsan (arsenic), etc., on the brain, spinal cord and other vital organs.
		On the other hand, we have in every case of locomotor ataxia, paralysis agitans or paresis, unraveled a history of some form of alterative treatment and usually found the corresponding signs of these poisons in the iris.
		Locomotor ataxia, paralysis agitans and paresis are man made.
	www.harvestfields.netfirms.com /HerbBooks/02/08/12.htm (5194 words)

	CDC - The Medical Kipling—Syphilis, Tabes Dorsalis, and Romberg's Test
		Lowndes gave a euphemistic explanation about causality of locomotor ataxia to Mulvaney by telling him that it came from being called "Love-o'-Women." Kipling seems aware of the association between sexual promiscuity, syphilis, and locomotor ataxia.
		In 1858, Guillaume Duchenne wrote an almost complete clinical description of tabes dorsalis, which he named progressive locomotor ataxia, and hinted at the possibility of syphilis as the cause.
		Unlike tuberculosis, which was very prevalent at that time, or other major epidemics that gripped the world, locomotor ataxia was not well-known enough to be made the center of a story.
	www.cdc.gov /NCIDOD/EID/vol10no6/03-1117.htm (2026 words)

	locomotor - OneLook Dictionary Search
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		locomotor : Technical and Popular Medical Terms [home, info]
		Phrases that include locomotor: locomotor ataxia, locomotor system
	www.onelook.com /?w=locomotor&ls=a (177 words)

	Spinal Cord - Neck and Back - Chapter 31 - REPERTORY OF HERING'S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. ...
		Ataxia, locomotor, early stages, especially when occurring from exposure to cold or from sexual excess :-
		Ataxia, locomotor, from excessive loss of fluids and semen :-
		Ataxia, locomotor, after sexual excesses or exposure to wet and cold :-
	www.homeoint.org /hering/spinalcord.htm (290 words)

	gangliosidosis GM1, type II
		A ganglioside storage disorder caused by a deficiency of enzymes B and C isoenzymes of beta-galactosidase with resulting accumulation of ganglioside MM1 in the brain and large amounts of keratosulfate-like mucopolysaccharide in the visceral organs.
		Locomotor ataxia, the initial symptoms with onset at about one year of life, is followed by strabismus, inability to control hand movements, slurred speech, muscle weakness of the extremities, rapidly progressive psychomotor deterioration, dullness of senses, lethargy, seizures, decerebrate rigidity, and terminal bronchopneumonia at the age of 3 to 10 years and rarely later.
		Behavior and performance: Locomotor ataxia, blindness, slurred speech, inability to control head movements, sensory dullness, and lethargy.
	medlineplus.nlm.nih.gov /mesh/jablonski/syndromes/syndrome310.html (192 words)

	ORPHANET - About rare diseases - About orphan drugs
		Enzymatic activity of the hexosaminidase A is either extremely low or totally absent in leucocytes and cultured in fibroblasts obtained by skin biopsy.
		In the juvenile form (type 2), onset is between ages 2 and 6 with locomotor ataxia, behavioural disorders, and progressive loss of intellectual capacities, leading to a state of decerebration and death at around the age of 15.
		The first is similar to atypical Friedreich disease, with spinocerebellar ataxia but no cardiac or osseous signs, such as scoliosis or flat feet.
	www.orpha.net /consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?Lng=GB&Expert=845 (425 words)

	LOCOMOTOR ATAXIA (Gr. ... - Online Information article about LOCOMOTOR ATAXIA (Gr. ...
		acceptance as a definite disease (1858), and he named it locomotor ataxia after its most striking symptom.
		" Locomotor ataxia," although it expresses a very characteristic feature of the disease,has this objection:it is a symptom which does not occur in the first (preataxic) See also:
		lead the patient to consult a physician, when this disease will be diagnosed, although the patient may not as yet have had locomotor ataxy.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /LOB_LUP/LOCOMOTOR_ATAXIA_Gr_a_priv_and_.html (1434 words)

	Romberg's test. Khasnis A, Gokula RM J Postgrad Med
		[1] Tabetic ataxia was first described in detail by Duchenne in 1858.
		Various explanations have been proposed to explain why lack of visual input aggravates the imbalance – Change in limb muscle tone with active movement of the eyeballs, distraction of the patient’s attention and suppression of visual spatial control when gaze is focused on a defined spot.
		During general examination, the patient must be examined for pallor (anemia), knuckle pigmentation (B12 deficiency), palpable thickened nerves (hereditary peripheral neuropathies), posture, hypo- and hyperpigmented patches on the skin, local examination of the spine (for scoliosis), presence of pes cavus (Friedrich’s ataxia), and external telltale signs of internal occult malignancy.
	www.jpgmonline.com /article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=2003;volume=49;issue=2;spage=169;epage=72;aulast=Khasnis (2286 words)

	Amazon.com: "locomotor ataxia": Key Phrase page
		In another case Hammond expected to find locomotor ataxia or posterior spinal sclerosis.
		By the finding of this same germ in the nervous system in locomotor ataxia and general paralysis of the insane, the last lingering doubt of their syphilitic character was dispelled.
		In senile dementia, gen- eral paralysis, locomotor ataxia, hemorrhage or softening of the brain or spinal cord,...
	amazon.com /phrase/locomotor-ataxia (362 words)

	Baylor Neurology Case of the Month
		In late untreated cases the inflammation spreads to the anterior roots and atrophy may then be seen in the distribution of the affected roots.
		The disease is sometimes called progressive locomotor ataxia.
		Ataxia or blindness may be incapacitating and an atonic bladder may lead to severe recurrent urinary tract infections.
	www.bcm.edu /neurol/challeng/pat1/summary.html (1559 words)

	eMedicine - Friedreich Ataxia : Article by Jasvinder Chawla, MD
		Onset of FA is early, with gait ataxia being the usual presenting symptom.
		The gait ataxia is both of a sensory and cerebellar type.
		The sensory ataxia resulting from a loss of joint position sense contributes to the wide-based stance and gait but a steppage gait also is present, characterized by uneven and irregular striking of the floor by the bottom of the feet.
	www.emedicine.com /neuro/topic139.htm (4806 words)

	Advanced Techniques for Assessment of Postural and Locomotor Ataxia, Spatial Orientation, and Gaze Stability
		This project's aims were to develop quantitative, parametric approaches for assessing gaze stability and spatial orientation during normal gait and when gait is perturbed.
		The development of an experimental paradigm that introduces a calibrated disturbance to the foot during the support phase of normal locomotion provides a means for the objective quantification of locomotor response dynamics that are known to be altered in astronauts upon return from exposure to microgravity but for which no current test exists.
		Returning astronauts whose orientation mechanism has been distorted and patients having vestibulopathies that may well affect their orientation mechanism are expected to have longer recovery trajectories than healthy normals.
	www.nsbri.org /Research/PreviousProjects/NeuroWall.html (1293 words)

	TILDEN VOL 2 CHAPTER 9
		Deafness is not uncommon as one of the early symptoms of this disease; yet it cannot be recognized as characteristic, for people who develop ataxia have in all probability been more or less troubled with catarrh all their lives, and the deafness may be wholly catarrhal.
		One of the early symptoms of locomotor ataxia is a retarded, or rather a hesitating or halting, expulsion of the urine, The desire to, urinate will be present, but the patient will experience difficulty in starting the stream.
		As stated under locomotor ataxia, excessive venery, plus toxin poisoning developed by putrefaction from imprudent eating--from a haphazard style of living--is quite enough to account for seventy to eighty per cent of the cases attributed to syphilitic infection.
	www.whale.to /a/tvol2ch9.html (15836 words)

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