Abstract

Patients with episodic ataxia type 2 (EA2) display attacks of severe incoordination and dystonia that can be triggered by stress. In a recent study, Snell, Vitenzon, Tara, and colleagues found a mechanistic pathway by which norepinephrine (NE) alters cerebellar Purkinje output to trigger attacks in a mouse model of EA2 and identified a pharmacological intervention that effectively reduces them.

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