Article
Novel Imaging Phenotype in Spinal Cerebellar Ataxia Type 8: Symmetrical White Matter Changes without Cerebellar Atrophy.
Cerebellum (London, England) - 9 May 2026
Fang Yongkang, Lu Yuanbing, Zhu Suiqiang, Chen Weiwei, Huang Shanshan
Abstract excerpt
Spinal Cerebellar Ataxia Type 8 (SCA8) is a rare autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive cerebellar dysfunction. It is caused by pathogenic expansions of a CTG/CAG trinucleotide repeat sequence within the ATXN8OS/ATXN8 gene locus on chromosome 13q21. Although cerebellar atrophy is widely recognized as a cardinal neuroimaging feature of SCA8, the phenotypic spectrum remains...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
