Contributor: Gordon K. Klintworth
Spinocerebellar ataxia 6 is one a heterogenous group of autosomal dominant inherited neurogenerative diseases that are characterized by a cerebellar ataxia and a cerebellar degeneration. Spinocerebellar ataxia has been subdivided into sixteen types depending on the locus of the responsible gene. The gene responsibe for spinocerebellar ataxia 6  has been mapped to human chromosome 19 (19p13).