Traditional Medicine Plant Extracts May Treat Ataxia

Traditional Medicine Plant Extracts May Treat Ataxia
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A new study finds that plant extracts used by indigenous people hold promise for the treatment of ataxia.

Extracts from plants used by the Kwakwaka’wakw First Nations peoples in their traditional botanical medicine practices rescue the function of ion channel proteins carrying mutations that cause human episodic ataxia, the researchers report.

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