Mariann Weierich, Ph.D., is the James K. and Lois Merritt Mikawa Professor of Psychology and professor of integrative neuroscience at the University of Nevada, Reno. She teaches undergraduate abnormal ...

A new study by the University of Turku and Turku University Hospital in Finland investigated the origin of ataxia in the brain of patients with stroke. A significant number of the stroke lesions in ...

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A study investigated the origin of ataxia in the brain of patients with stroke. A significant number of the stroke lesions in the patients were located outside the cerebellum. A new study by the ...