Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) is a degenerative disorder of myelin, a complex fatty neural tissue that insulates many nerves of the central and peripheral nervous systems.
However if it's caused by degenerative disease, then symptoms appear more gradually, and it's treated with anti-inflammatory medications and corticosteroids.
And following the Mediterranean diet is associated with better memory, lower risk of neurodegenerative conditions, and improved cognitive function all around.
This category of injury doesn't cause noticable symptoms right away, but can lead to severe degenerative brain diseases over time if it happens repeatedly.
Many of these variants are also implicated in other types of neurodegenerative conditions, which indicates they're likely doing something similar in each case.
These mutations result in degenerative changes in the cerebellum and often in the spinal cord which causes progressive problems with coordination and balance known as ataxia.