Book Description
This book encompasses basic and clinical reports on thecerebellum and its primary atrophic disorders, the cerebellardegenerations. Rapid progress has been made in understanding theorganization and function of the cerebellum at the neuronal, synapticand molecular level. Of particular importance has been theidentification of the chemical transmitters utilized by the cerebellarcellular systems. More than any other brain region the cerebellumutilizes amino acids as its main excitatory and inhibitoryneurotransmitters. Excitatory amino acid transmitters, in addition toserving neuronal communication, may also mediate trophic and toxiceffects and, as such, they may play a role in neurodegenerativeprocesses. This volume will be useful to clinicians who care for patients withcerebellar disorders as well as to the basic and the clinicalinvestigators whose work concerns the cerebellum. Knowledge ofadvances occurring in basic sciences will help the clinicalinvestigator to develop new approaches and therapeutic strategies forthese presently intractable human disorders. Also the basicinvestigator will benefit from the study of human disorders byidentifying new research leads provided by these intractable -- yetfascinating -- afflictions. ... Read more

Book Description
A Self Help (non-fiction) Book, that chrnologically outlines the process of her diagnoises, symptomatic progression of the disease through young adulthood.

The author also recommend several exercises to strengthen one's muscles, flexibility and to enhance an over all healthy well being. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (3)

Very Help and easy to read
This book is about the author's story regarding her Ataxia disease.I become very knowledgable about this disease when my doctor tells me I have it.I find a lot of similiar things happened to me the author described in this book.Also, there are a lot of helpful tips and suggestion near the end of this book to help me cope with this disease.And it is quite comforting to know how other people deals with it.

A Balancing Act-Living with Spinal Cerebellar Ataxia
It was comforting to read about the trials that another individual has had to deal with over the course of the years since being diagnosed. I too am affilicted with this dis-ease, several other neuro-diseases as well as being a disabled Veteran. I have kept journals but have not shared them with anyone other than close family members. Ms. Hamilton has helped me to take a step, so to speak, toward getting my experiences out in the open. Thank you Ms Hamilton for your courage and determination. I empathize with you on so many levels.

Very good inspirational book
Pat does a very good job in describing her life and how it was to live with a debilitating disease such as Ataxia.In it, she also describes how she went about applying for social security and the barriers she had toovercome--a very good book for those facing challenges or diseases (notjust Ataxia) and how to overcome them.It is also a good book for anyonewishing to understand what a person with a disability has to go through tosucceed in life--a very good book ... Read more