Corticobasal degeneration

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In corticobasal degeneration, areas of your brain (including the cerebral cortex and basal ganglia) shrink and your nerve cells degenerate and die over time.

Corticobasal degeneration: is a progressive nerve cell loss in multiple areas of the brain; ...

Corticobasal degeneration
Diffuse Lewy body disease
Multiple system atrophy
Progressive supranuclear palsy ...

Corticobasal degeneration (CBD): CBD is a neurologic movement disorder that becomes worse over time. Certain parts of the brain are damaged and loss their ability to function, leading to the symptoms seen in affected people.

Some people with corticobasal degeneration experience alien hand syndrome, in which they can't control movement in one hand. Or they lose the ability to carry out purposeful movements, such as getting dressed or combing hair.

Corticobasal Degeneration
Costello syndrome
Cot Death
Cowden disease
Cowden syndrome see Cowden disease
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Multiple systems atrophy, corticobasal degeneration, vascular pseudo-parkinsonism and progressive supranuclear palsy may all appear similar to Parkinson's disease.

"Neuropathologic overlap of progressive supranuclear palsy, Pick's disease, and corticobasal degeneration." Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, 55:1; 53-67 (January 1996).
Hof, P, Bouras, C, Perl, D, and Morrison, J.

In contrast, people with Parkinson disease-like symptoms caused by other diseases, (such as progressive supranuclear palsy, multiple system atrophy, corticobasal degeneration, or dementia with Lewy bodies) typically do not improve with medication.

Vascular pseudo-parkinsonism
Progressive supranuclear palsy
Corticobasal degeneration
Multiple systems atrophy
Essential tremor (ET)
Side effects of certain drugs ...

Ataxia with oculomotor apraxia
Aprataxin (APTX)
Senataxin (SETX)
Gerstmann Syndrome
Corticobasal Degeneration ...

Alzheimer's Disease
Parkinson's Disease
Vascular Dementia
Pick's Disease
Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD)
Supranuclear Palsy
Corticobasal Degeneration ...

These are called Parkinson's-plus syndromes. They have a worse prognosis than Parkinson's disease. Examples include progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration, and multiple system atrophy.

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Corticobasal Degeneration
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Corticobasal Degeneration
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See also: Symptom, Palsy, Stroke, Atrophy, Parkinson