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- Multiple system atrophy - cerebellar subtype (MSA-C) is a rare disease that causes areas deep in the brain, just above the spinal cord, to shrink (atrophy). MSA-C used to be known as olivopontocerebellar ...
- Optic nerve atrophy is damage to the optic nerve. The optic nerve carries images of what the eye sees to the ... There are many causes of optic atrophy. The most common is poor blood ... The problem most often affects older adults. The optic ...
- Muscle atrophy is the wasting (thinning) or loss of muscle tissue. ... There are three types of muscle atrophy: physiologic, pathologic, and neurogenic. Physiologic atrophy is caused by not using the muscles enough . This type of atrophy can often be reversed ...
- Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a group of disorders of the motor neurons (motor cells). These disorders are passed down through ... life. The disorder leads to muscle weakness and atrophy.
- Vaginal atrophy is caused by a drop in estrogen levels. This most often occurs during menopause. In normal conditions, ... its lining is ridged and lubricated. In vaginal atrophy, the vagina wall shrinks, and its lining becomes ...
- Muscular atrophy is the decrease in size and wasting of muscle tissue. Muscles that lose their nerve supply can atrophy and simply waste away.
- Multiple system atrophy- parkinsonian type (MSA-P) is a rare condition that causes symptoms similar to Parkinson disease . However, people with ...
- ... in the legs Loss of muscle control and atrophy (shrinking of the muscles) in the foot or ...
- ... just above the spinal cord, to shrink ( olivopontocerebellar atrophy ) Disease of the nerve cells in the brain ...
- Choroidal dystrophies are eye disorders that involve a layer of blood vessels called the choroid . These vessels are between the sclera ( ...
