Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia

  • Peter Hedera, M.D.

    Paraplegia-causing proteins pair up

    Peter Hedera, M.D. Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP), a group of progressive neurodegenerative disorders that impairs the ability to walk, can be caused by mutations in more than 40 different genes. Despite this genetic heterogeneity, the pathologic features – degeneration of long axons in the spinal cord – are relatively uniform,… Read More

    Feb 4, 2011