In other words, dogs with vestibular disease do not know up from down which negatively affects their ability to move appropriately. These dogs often experience dizziness, motion sickness, ataxia (a ...

Have you ever noticed your dog sliding into a funny-looking position with their hind legs stretched out behind her? This ...

Why, among all the animals on earth, do dogs hold such a special place for us? They’ve been our friends for thousands of years, serving as companions, sentries, warriors, ratters, hunters and ...

PEANUT - the French bulldog and IGGY - the Italian greyhound Photo by Carli Davidson Conversing with Canines Think Cat in the Hat for talking to dogs. If you want to start an argument among ...

From Pekingese to St. Bernard and greyhound, dogs come in such startling variety it's easy to forget they belong to the same species. The profusion of breeds today -- at least 150 -- reflects ...

Sep. 16, 2024 — A new study shows the mood-boosting benefits of Buckeye Paws, a therapy dog program that many health care workers say helps reduce emotional exhaustion and improve work ...

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 ...

Friedreich’s ataxia is a progressive neuromuscular disease that causes uncoordinated movement, muscle weakness, balance problems, impaired speech, and frequently, heart abnormalities.

Genetic analysis beyond the causative variants, and independent of the core clinical symptoms (pyramidal signs versus ataxia), might offer a more pertinent way to approach phenotypic variability.

The number of dog breeds worldwide isn't straightforward, so let’s put it this way: It’ll be a while before you run out of dogs to adore It’s complicated. It depends on who you ask and how ...

Prairie dogs live in underground burrows, extensive warrens of tunnels and chambers marked by many mounds of packed earth at their surface entrances. Burrows have defined nurseries, sleeping ...

Treatment success was measured as a change from baseline in the modified Friedreich’s Ataxia Rating Scale (mFARS) score. The mFARS is an assessment of neurological function and tests ...