Cerebellar Disorders

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Summary

When you play the piano or hit a tennis ball you are activating the cerebellum. The cerebellum is the area of the brain that controls coordination and balance. Problems with the cerebellum include

• Cancer
• Genetic disorders
• Ataxias - failure of muscle control in the arms and legs that result in movement disorders
• Degeneration - disorders caused by brain cells decreasing in size or wasting away

Treatment of cerebellar disorders depends on the cause. In some cases, there is no cure but treatment may help with symptoms.

NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

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• Ataxias and Cerebellar or Spinocerebellar Degeneration (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) Also in Spanish

Diagnosis and Tests

• Computed Tomography (CT) -- Head (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America) Also in Spanish
• Electromyography (EMG) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) -- Head (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America) Also in Spanish
• Neurological Diagnostic Tests and Procedures (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) Also in Spanish

Specifics

• Cerebellar Degeneration (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) Also in Spanish
• Cerebellar Hypoplasia (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
• Dandy-Walker Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) Also in Spanish
• Dyssynergia Cerebellaris Myoclonica (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
• Joubert Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
• Machado-Joseph Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
• Machado-Joseph Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) Also in Spanish
• Miller Fisher Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
• Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
• Paraneoplastic Syndromes (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

Genetics

• Genetics Home Reference: ataxia with oculomotor apraxia (National Library of Medicine)
• Genetics Home Reference: ataxia-pancytopenia syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
• Genetics Home Reference: autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia type 1 (National Library of Medicine)
• Genetics Home Reference: episodic ataxia (National Library of Medicine)
• Genetics Home Reference: Gordon Holmes syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
• Genetics Home Reference: infantile-onset spinocerebellar ataxia (National Library of Medicine)
• Genetics Home Reference: Joubert syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
• Genetics Home Reference: myoclonic epilepsy myopathy sensory ataxia (National Library of Medicine)
• Genetics Home Reference: neuropathy, ataxia, and retinitis pigmentosa (National Library of Medicine)
• Genetics Home Reference: pontocerebellar hypoplasia (National Library of Medicine)
• Genetics Home Reference: spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (National Library of Medicine)
• Genetics Home Reference: spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (National Library of Medicine)
• Genetics Home Reference: spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (National Library of Medicine)
• Genetics Home Reference: spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (National Library of Medicine)
• Genetics Home Reference: VLDLR-associated cerebellar hypoplasia (National Library of Medicine)
• Genetics Home Reference: X-linked sideroblastic anemia and ataxia (National Library of Medicine)
• What is Ataxia (National Ataxia Foundation)

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Ataxia (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Cerebellar Diseases (National Institutes of Health)

Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

• Article: A case report on cystic meningioma in cerebellopontine angle and...
• Article: Prognostic value of transcranial facial nerve motor-evoked potentials in predicting...
• Article: Von Hippel-Lindau with early onset of hemangioblastoma and multiple drop-metastases...
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Find an Expert

• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Also in Spanish

Patient Handouts

• Acute cerebellar ataxia (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Olivopontocerebellar atrophy (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish