Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) comprises a heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders that are mainly characterised by progressive spasticity and weakness of the lower limbs. Recent ...

Researchers from the University of Seville and the Seville Institute of Biomedicine (IBiS), in collaboration with the University of Cambridge, have identified a new role for one of the genes related ...

Patients with spastic paraplegia type 15 develop movement disorders during adolescence that may ultimately require the use of a wheelchair. In the early stages of this rare hereditary disease the ...

Patients with spastic paraplegia type 15 develop movement disorders during adolescence that may ultimately require the use of a wheelchair. In the early stages of this rare hereditary disease, the ...

Familial pure dominant spastic paraplegia (SPG) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders, mainly characterised by spasticity of the lower limbs. Gait ...

(Philadelphia, PA) – 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.

Phoebe Tesoriere, from Cardiff, was told she had Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia despite initially being misdiagnosed with countless conditions, including anxiety ...

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 ...

MATTOON (JG-TC) -- The Spastic Paralysis Research Foundation board chairman is scheduled to give a presentation during the Mattoon Kiwanis Club meeting on Wednesday. The Mattoon club reported that ...