Despite the critical importance of the cerebellum in brain functions, the scientific community still lacks effective treatments for most cerebellar ataxias. This book provides a link between the pathogenesis and therapies of cerebellar ataxias while also providing a comprehensive assessment of the preclinical and clinical trials dedicated to cerebellar ataxias over the past 20 years of progress. This is the first book fully dedicated to the trials and therapies of these disorders. It is a truly authoritative and comprehensive reference and comes at a time of major advances in genetic tools and neuroimaging assessments. The coverage begins by laying a foundation of the basic science of the cerebellum and ataxias, proceeds to discuss biomarkers and the tools of trials, offers guidelines on conducting trials, and then explores the full range of therapeutics and their trials, including gene therapy and cell transplantation. The authors are top experts on cerebellar research and the contributing authors have all made seminal contributions in the field.

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Bing-wen Soong, MD, Ph.D. is Professor in Neurology and Genetics (board-certified neurologist and geneticist, certified clinical trial investigator), Taipei Medical University and National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Faculty of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China) Mario Manto, MD, PhD, is the Head of the Department of Neurology at CHU-Charleroi in Belgium. He is also a Professeur de Neuroanatomie et Sémiologie Neurologique, Service des Neurosciences, at UMons, Mons, Belgium. Alexis Brice, MD, Ph.D., is the Executive Director at the Paris Brain Institute in the ICM, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Sorbonne Université in France. Stefan-M. Pulst, M.D., Dr. med, is a Professor and Chair in the Department of Neurology, at the University of Utah.