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Neurodegenerative Diseases

A Mind Odyssey

Related neuro-degenerative diseases, 

  1. Alzheimers, arkinsons 
  2. Motor Neurone Diseases.
  3. Closely related to Progressive Supranuclear Palsy 
  4. Multiple System Atrophy 
  5. Cortico Basal Degeneration.

 

PSP, is often mis-diagnosed, usually as PD or MSA, since in its early stages many of the symptoms of these three diseases can be remarkably similar; although clinically and pathologically they are distinct and different diseases.

In some cases definitive diagnosis is only possible in pathological brain tissue examination.