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...replicate the kind of intellectual acumen that went into her quick sayings,” added Sollors, who also teaches in the department of African and African American studies. “She was just a powerhouse.” Johnson passed away on Thursday in her home from cerebellar ataxia, according to her brother Bruce Pollack-Johnson. She was 61. Eight years ago, the acclaimed literary critic and translator had been diagnosed with the rare degenerative condition with effects similar to multiple sclerosis that made it difficult for her to speak and walk. But Johnson—who taught...
...genetic counseling" will help mankind. Kenneth Swier, 39, is among those who can see some possible benefits-though not for himself. A tall, rawboned man who yearns to work, Swier has spent eight years in depressing idleness in Colton, S. Dak. (pop. 601). He suffers from spinal cerebellar degeneration, a hereditary nerve disease that will probably kill him before his 45th birthday. But it now appears that a remarkable piece of genetic sleuthing may save many of Swier's relatives from sharing his fate -and provide a technique for controlling other hereditary diseases as well...
...generations, members of Ken Swier's family have discovered in their mid-20s that they were doomed by a lethal legacy. Spinal cerebellar degeneration attacks the central nervous system, first affecting balance and coordination, then impairing speech and finally breathing. The process lasts about 15 years, usually ending in death with pneumonia. The best doctors can do is to prolong the victim's life. They cannot even diagnose the disease before it appears-generally at an age when the patient has already had children. The disease can be passed on only by those actively afflicted; half of their...
...removed the blood, irrigated out bits of destroyed brain tissue, explored the occipital lobe and the right cerebellar hemisphere. The cerebellum was bruised and damaged all along one side. There were more bone and bullet fragments in it. The draining of the blood and the opening of the skull relieved the pressure in his head, and a third of the way through the operation he started to breathe on his own again, but we kept the respirator going...
...brain, controls motor coordination. The occipital lobe, that part of the cerebrum directly above and extending past the rear of the cerebellum, affects vision. Other lobes of the cerebrum house seats of personality, intellect, speech, memory and sensory-motor activity. The midbrain area, directly beneath the juncture of the cerebellar hemispheres, is related to eye reflexes and both eye and body movements. It also serves as a pathway for nerve tracts running to and from the cerebellum and other parts of the brain. A bit lower and most vital is the brain stem, the "old brain," which man has shared...
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