Worldwide, only a handful of patients are known to suffer from episodic ataxia type 6, a neurological disease that causes transient loss of muscle control. The cause lies in a mutation that ...

Patients with ataxia lose control of their muscles, which can for example affect how they move or talk. An extremely rare form of this disease is episodic ataxia type 6 (EA6), in which patients ...

"Episodic Ataxia 1 (EA1) is a movement disorder caused by inherited mutations in the human KCNA1 gene, which encodes Kv1.1, a voltage-gated potassium channel essential for normal function of the ...

Episodic ataxia, characterised by periodic bouts of impaired coordination, imbalance and, in some cases, interictal ocular motor disturbances, is one such disorder.

“Episodic Ataxia 1 (EA1) is a movement disorder caused by inherited mutations in the human KCNA1 gene, which encodes Kv1.1, a voltage-gated potassium channel essential for normal function of the ...