The CCAS-scale in hereditary ataxias: helpful on the group level, particularly in SCA3, but limited in individual patients

A Thieme, J Faber, P Sulzer, K Reetz, I Dogan… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background A brief bedside test has recently been introduced by Hoche et al.(Brain, 2018)
to screen for the Cerebellar Cognitive Affective Syndrome (CCAS) in patients with cerebellar …

The cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome scale reveals early neuropsychological deficits in SCA3 patients

RP Maas, S Killaars, BPC van de Warrenburg… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background The cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome scale (CCAS-S) was recently
developed to detect specific neuropsychological deficits in patients with cerebellar diseases …

A neurological examination score for the assessment of spinocerebellar ataxia 3 (SCA3)

C Kieling, CRM Rieder, ACF Silva… - European journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) are characterized by a heterogeneous set of clinical
manifestations. Our aims were to assess the neurological features of SCA3, and to describe …

Validation of a German version of the Cerebellar Cognitive Affective/Schmahmann Syndrome Scale: preliminary version and study protocol

A Thieme, S Roeske, J Faber, P Sulzer… - … research and practice, 2020 - Springer
Background Traditionally, cerebellar disorders including ataxias have been associated with
deficits in motor control and motor learning. Since the 1980's growing evidence has …

Reply: reference values for the cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome scale: age and education matter

JD Schmahmann, MG Vangel, F Hoche, X Guell… - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We thank Thieme et al.(2020a) for their letter, and we appreciated the opportunity to
participate in the translation of the Cerebellar Cognitive Affective Syndrome …

Cognitive decline is closely associated with ataxia severity in spinocerebellar ataxia type 2: a validation study of the Schmahmann Syndrome Scale

R Rodríguez-Labrada, A Batista-Izquierdo… - The Cerebellum, 2022 - Springer
The cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome scale (CCAS-S) was designed to detect specific
cognitive dysfunctions in cerebellar patients but is scarcely validated in spinocerebellar …

The Cerebellar Cognitive Affective/Schmahmann Syndrome Scale in Spinocerebellar Ataxias

LP Selvadurai, SL Perlman, T Ashizawa, GR Wilmot… - The Cerebellum, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Cerebellar Cognitive Affective/Schmahmann Syndrome (CCAS) manifests as
impaired executive control, linguistic processing, visual spatial function, and affect …

Analysis of the SCAI CAG repeat in a large number of families with dominant ataxia: Clinical and molecular correlations

O Dubourg, A Dürr, G Cancel… - Annals of Neurology …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Autosomal dominantly inherited ataxias are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous
group of neurodegenerative disorders. The gene involved in one subtype, spinocerebellar …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical cerebellar neuroscience: cognitive functioning in spinocerebellar ataxias: an update and future directions

LP Selvadurai, JD Schmahmann, IH Harding - Current Opinion in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Cognitive impairment in SCAs is well-established, but not universal in all
patients.•The CCAS Scale is the current standard for identifying cognitive impairments in …

Calculating predictive values for the large repeat alleles at the SCA8 locus in patients with ataxia

V Juvonen, V Kairisto, M Hietala… - Journal of medical …, 2002 - jmg.bmj.com
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The number of combined CTA/CTG repeats in the expanded
alleles of the hereditary cases were 97, 118, 119, 121, 125, 128, 128, 151, 151, 196, 199 …