Currently no disease-modifying or neuroprotective treatments exist for MSA, nor are there effective medications to treat the cerebellar ataxia in MSA-C or the parkinsonian features in MSA-P. Physical ...

Successful End-of-Phase 2 meeting with FDA agreeing on key elements of the proposed Phase 3 design, including study population, dosing regimen, ...

Multiple system atrophy is a rare and fatal neurodegenerative disease, where insoluble inclusions of the protein alpha-synuclein appear in oligodendrocyte cells of the brain. The resulting ...

Pure autonomic failure may serve as a prodromal manifestation of Parkinson disease, Lewy body dementia, and multiple system atrophy.

Researchers from the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health have advanced understanding of the biological mechanisms underlying a rare neurological disease called Multiple System Atrophy ...

MELBOURNE, Australia and SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alterity Therapeutics (ASX: ATH, NASDAQ: ATHE) (“Alterity” or “the Company”), a biotechnology company dedicated to developing ...

Background Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder of unknown etiology, manifesting as combination of parkinsonism, cerebellar syndrome and dysautonomia.

Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a relentlessly progressive adult-onset synucleinopathy characterised by the intracytoplasmic accumulation of α-synuclein in oligodendrocytes, manifesting as glial ...

MELBOURNE, Australia and SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alterity Therapeutics (ASX: ATH, NASDAQ: ATHE) (“Alterity” or “the Company”), a biotechnology company dedicated to developing ...

Emrusolmin is expected to improve symptoms of MSA by targeting alpha synuclein oligomers. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to emrusolmin (TEV-56286) for the ...

In 2020, Ashley Harms, Ph.D., and University of Alabama at Birmingham colleagues published an Acta Neuropathologica study that used a mouse model to show that the alpha-synuclein pathology from ...