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Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System

MedGen UID:: 155945
•Concept ID:: C0751870
•: Disease or Syndrome

Synonyms:

Degenerative Disease, Nervous System, Hereditary; Degenerative Hereditary Diseases, Nervous System; Degenerative Hereditary Disorders, Nervous System; Disease, Hereditary Neurodegenerative; Disease, Neurodegenerative Hereditary; Diseases, Hereditary Neurodegenerative; Diseases, Neurodegenerative Hereditary; Hereditary Degenerative Disorders, Nervous System; Hereditary Disease, Neurodegenerative; Hereditary Diseases, Neurodegenerative; Hereditary Neurodegenerative Disease; Hereditary Neurodegenerative Diseases; Hereditary-Degenerative Disorders, Nervous System; Nervous System Degenerative Hereditary Diseases; Nervous System Diseases, Degenerative, Hereditary; Nervous System Hereditary Degenerative Diseases; Neurodegenerative Disease, Hereditary; Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hereditary; Neurodegenerative Hereditary Disease; Neurodegenerative Hereditary Diseases

Definition

Inherited disorders characterized by progressive atrophy and dysfunction of anatomically or physiologically related neurologic systems. [from MeSH]

Term Hierarchy

GTR
MeSH

CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVHeredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System

Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
- Pathological process
  - Disease
    - Disorder by Site
      - Disorder of nervous system
        Degenerative Disease of Nervous System, Unspecified
        Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System
        Alexander disease
        Alexander disease type I
        Alexander disease type II
        Batten-Turner congenital myopathy
        Congenital myotonia, autosomal dominant form
        Congenital myotonia, autosomal recessive form
        Chorea-acanthocytosis
        Cockayne syndrome
        Cockayne syndrome type 1
        Cockayne syndrome type 2
        Cockayne syndrome type 3
        COFS syndrome
        Familial amyloid polyneuropathy
        Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome
        Hereditary Central Nervous System Demyelinating Diseases
        Adrenoleukodystrophy
        Adrenomyeloneuropathy
        Cerebral Adrenoleukodystrophy
        X-linked cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy
        Galactosylceramide beta-galactosidase deficiency
        Adult Krabbe disease
        Infantile Krabbe disease
        Late-infantile/juvenile Krabbe disease
        Metachromatic leukodystrophy
        Metachromatic leukodystrophy, adult type
        Metachromatic leukodystrophy, juvenile type
        Metachromatic leukodystrophy, late infantile form
        Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease
        Null syndrome
        Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease in female carriers
        Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease, classic form
        Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease, connatal form
        Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease, transitional form
        Spongy degeneration of central nervous system
        Mild Canavan disease
        Severe Canavan disease
        Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy
        Hereditary optic atrophy
        Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy
        Congenital insensitivity to pain with hyperhidrosis
        X-linked hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy with hearing loss
        Huntington disease
        Juvenile Huntington disease
        Westphal disease
        Kennedy disease
        Lafora disease
        Epilepsy, progressive myoclonic, 2b
        Myoclonic epilepsy of Lafora 1
        Myotonic dystrophy
        Myotonic dystrophy type 2
        Steinert myotonic dystrophy syndrome
        Adult-onset Steinert myotonic dystrophy
        Childhood-onset Steinert myotonic dystrophy
        Congenital-onset Steinert myotonic dystrophy
        Juvenile-onset Steinert myotonic dystrophy
        Late-onset Steinert myotonic dystrophy
        Neurofibromatosis
        Aggravated Neurofibromatosis
        Neurofibroma by anatomical location
        Cardiac neurofibroma
        Gastric neurofibroma
        Paraspinal neurofibroma
        Renal neurofibroma
        Spinal neurofibroma
        Subcutaneous neurofibroma
        Tongue neurofibroma
        Neurofibromatosis, type IV, of Riccardi
        Plexiform neurofibroma
        Unresectable Plexiform Neurofibroma
        Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
        Adult neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
        Ceroid lipofuscinosis, neuronal, 4 (Kufs type)
        Ceroid lipofuscinosis, neuronal, 6A
        Ceroid lipofuscinosis, neuronal, 6B (Kufs type)
        Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis 1
        Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis 10
        Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis 11
        Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis 13
        Congenital neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
        Infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
        Progressive myoclonic epilepsy type 3
        Juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
        Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis 2
        Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis 3
        Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis 8
        Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis 9
        Late-infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
        Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis 5
        Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis 7
        Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis 8 northern epilepsy variant
        Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis Type 4B
        Parkinsonism due to ATP13A2 deficiency
        Pigmentary pallidal degeneration
        Atypical pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration
        Classic pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration
        Spinal Muscular Atrophy of Childhood
        spinocerebellar disease
        Early onset cerebellar ataxia with myoclonus
        Torsion dystonia
        Tourette syndrome
        Tuberous sclerosis syndrome
        Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease type 1 with tuberous sclerosis
        Tuberous sclerosis 1
        Tuberous sclerosis 2
        Unverricht-Lundborg syndrome
        Wilson disease
        X-linked intellectual disability
        Classical Lissencephalies and Subcortical Band Heterotopias

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Clinical practice guideline for the management of paediatric Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.

Yiu EM, Bray P, Baets J, Baker SK, Barisic N, de Valle K, Estilow T, Farrar MA, Finkel RS, Haberlová J, Kennedy RA, Moroni I, Nicholson GA, Ramchandren S, Reilly MM, Rose K, Shy ME, Siskind CE, Yum SW, Menezes MP, Ryan MM, Burns J
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2022 May;93(5):530-538. Epub 2022 Feb 9 doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2021-328483. PMID: 35140138

Updated International Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Diagnostic Criteria and Surveillance and Management Recommendations.

Northrup H, Aronow ME, Bebin EM, Bissler J, Darling TN, de Vries PJ, Frost MD, Fuchs Z, Gosnell ES, Gupta N, Jansen AC, Jóźwiak S, Kingswood JC, Knilans TK, McCormack FX, Pounders A, Roberds SL, Rodriguez-Buritica DF, Roth J, Sampson JR, Sparagana S, Thiele EA, Weiner HL, Wheless JW, Towbin AJ, Krueger DA; International Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Consensus Group
Pediatr Neurol 2021 Oct;123:50-66. Epub 2021 Jul 24 doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2021.07.011. PMID: 34399110

Friedreich's ataxia: clinical features, pathogenesis and management.

Cook A, Giunti P
Br Med Bull 2017 Dec 1;124(1):19-30. doi: 10.1093/bmb/ldx034. PMID: 29053830 Free PMC Article

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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Recessive ataxias.

Synofzik M, Németh AH
Handb Clin Neurol 2018;155:73-89. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-64189-2.00005-6. PMID: 29891078

Neurological disorders associated with DNA strand-break processing enzymes.

Jiang B, Glover JN, Weinfeld M
Mech Ageing Dev 2017 Jan;161(Pt A):130-140. Epub 2016 Jul 25 doi: 10.1016/j.mad.2016.07.009. PMID: 27470939 Free PMC Article

Clinical implications of neuropharmacogenetics.

Corvol JC, Devos D, Hulot JS, Lacomblez L
Rev Neurol (Paris) 2015 Jun-Jul;171(6-7):482-97. Epub 2015 May 23 doi: 10.1016/j.neurol.2015.04.003. PMID: 26008819

PLA2G6, encoding a phospholipase A2, is mutated in neurodegenerative disorders with high brain iron.

Morgan NV, Westaway SK, Morton JE, Gregory A, Gissen P, Sonek S, Cangul H, Coryell J, Canham N, Nardocci N, Zorzi G, Pasha S, Rodriguez D, Desguerre I, Mubaidin A, Bertini E, Trembath RC, Simonati A, Schanen C, Johnson CA, Levinson B, Woods CG, Wilmot B, Kramer P, Gitschier J, Maher ER, Hayflick SJ
Nat Genet 2006 Jul;38(7):752-4. Epub 2006 Jun 18 doi: 10.1038/ng1826. PMID: 16783378 Free PMC Article

Neurological channelopathies.

Graves TD, Hanna MG
Postgrad Med J 2005 Jan;81(951):20-32. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.2004.022012. PMID: 15640425 Free PMC Article

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Diagnosis

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease and Other Hereditary Neuropathies.

Klein CJ
Continuum (Minneap Minn) 2020 Oct;26(5):1224-1256. doi: 10.1212/CON.0000000000000927. PMID: 33003000

Recessive ataxias.

Synofzik M, Németh AH
Handb Clin Neurol 2018;155:73-89. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-64189-2.00005-6. PMID: 29891078

Clinical and imaging diagnosis for heredodegenerative diseases.

Boddaert N, Brunelle F, Desguerre I
Handb Clin Neurol 2013;111:63-78. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52891-9.00006-3. PMID: 23622151

Trinucleotide repeat disorders.

Orr HT, Zoghbi HY
Annu Rev Neurosci 2007;30:575-621. doi: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.29.051605.113042. PMID: 17417937

Neurological channelopathies.

Graves TD, Hanna MG
Postgrad Med J 2005 Jan;81(951):20-32. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.2004.022012. PMID: 15640425 Free PMC Article

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Therapy

Delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 by Novel Strategies for Gene Therapy.

Wang L, Zheng W, Liu S, Li B, Jiang X
Chembiochem 2019 Mar 1;20(5):634-643. Epub 2018 Dec 11 doi: 10.1002/cbic.201800629. PMID: 30393919

Rehabilitation for Individuals With Genetic Degenerative Ataxia: A Systematic Review.

Milne SC, Corben LA, Georgiou-Karistianis N, Delatycki MB, Yiu EM
Neurorehabil Neural Repair 2017 Jul;31(7):609-622. Epub 2017 Jun 9 doi: 10.1177/1545968317712469. PMID: 28595509

Antisense oligonucleotide therapeutics for inherited neurodegenerative diseases.

Southwell AL, Skotte NH, Bennett CF, Hayden MR
Trends Mol Med 2012 Nov;18(11):634-43. Epub 2012 Sep 28 doi: 10.1016/j.molmed.2012.09.001. PMID: 23026741

Modeling human trinucleotide repeat diseases in Drosophila.

Yu Z, Bonini NM
Int Rev Neurobiol 2011;99:191-212. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-387003-2.00008-2. PMID: 21906541

In situ stem cell therapy: novel targets, familiar challenges.

Agrawal S, Schaffer DV
Trends Biotechnol 2005 Feb;23(2):78-83. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2004.12.004. PMID: 15661344

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Prognosis

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease and Other Hereditary Neuropathies.

Klein CJ
Continuum (Minneap Minn) 2020 Oct;26(5):1224-1256. doi: 10.1212/CON.0000000000000927. PMID: 33003000

Clinical implications of neuropharmacogenetics.

Corvol JC, Devos D, Hulot JS, Lacomblez L
Rev Neurol (Paris) 2015 Jun-Jul;171(6-7):482-97. Epub 2015 May 23 doi: 10.1016/j.neurol.2015.04.003. PMID: 26008819

Dysregulation of protein synthesis and disease.

Le Quesne JP, Spriggs KA, Bushell M, Willis AE
J Pathol 2010 Jan;220(2):140-51. doi: 10.1002/path.2627. PMID: 19827082

Polyalanine expansions in human.

Amiel J, Trochet D, Clément-Ziza M, Munnich A, Lyonnet S
Hum Mol Genet 2004 Oct 1;13 Spec No 2:R235-43. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddh251. PMID: 15358730

Differential diagnosis of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and related neuropathies.

Pareyson D
Neurol Sci 2004 Jun;25(2):72-82. doi: 10.1007/s10072-004-0233-4. PMID: 15221625

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Clinical prediction guides

What the Gut Tells the Brain-Is There a Link between Microbiota and Huntington's Disease?

Wronka D, Karlik A, Misiorek JO, Przybyl L
Int J Mol Sci 2023 Feb 24;24(5) doi: 10.3390/ijms24054477. PMID: 36901907 Free PMC Article

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease and Other Hereditary Neuropathies.

Klein CJ
Continuum (Minneap Minn) 2020 Oct;26(5):1224-1256. doi: 10.1212/CON.0000000000000927. PMID: 33003000

Clinical implications of neuropharmacogenetics.

Corvol JC, Devos D, Hulot JS, Lacomblez L
Rev Neurol (Paris) 2015 Jun-Jul;171(6-7):482-97. Epub 2015 May 23 doi: 10.1016/j.neurol.2015.04.003. PMID: 26008819

CAG repeat disorder models and human neuropathology: similarities and differences.

Yamada M, Sato T, Tsuji S, Takahashi H
Acta Neuropathol 2008 Jan;115(1):71-86. Epub 2007 Sep 5 doi: 10.1007/s00401-007-0287-5. PMID: 17786457

Polyalanine expansions in human.

Amiel J, Trochet D, Clément-Ziza M, Munnich A, Lyonnet S
Hum Mol Genet 2004 Oct 1;13 Spec No 2:R235-43. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddh251. PMID: 15358730

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Recent systematic reviews

Deep Brain Stimulation for GNAO1-Associated Dystonia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Decraene B, Smeets S, Remans D, Ortibus E, Vandenberghe W, Nuttin B, Theys T, De Vloo P
Neuromodulation 2024 Apr;27(3):440-446. Epub 2023 Nov 24 doi: 10.1016/j.neurom.2023.10.187. PMID: 37999699

Rehabilitation for Individuals With Genetic Degenerative Ataxia: A Systematic Review.

Milne SC, Corben LA, Georgiou-Karistianis N, Delatycki MB, Yiu EM
Neurorehabil Neural Repair 2017 Jul;31(7):609-622. Epub 2017 Jun 9 doi: 10.1177/1545968317712469. PMID: 28595509

A Systematic Review of the Huntington Disease-Like 2 Phenotype.

Anderson DG, Walker RH, Connor M, Carr J, Margolis RL, Krause A
J Huntingtons Dis 2017;6(1):37-46. doi: 10.3233/JHD-160232. PMID: 28339400

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Definition

Term Hierarchy

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Diagnosis

Therapy

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Clinical prediction guides

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