Colud you provide information about olivopontl cerebral degeneration. Our friend is suffering from this disease and we would like to know more about it , partly so we know what to expect in the future
I certainly think that your mother needs to be assessed, not necesarily by means of an MRI at this stage but blood testing for degenerative disorders and MRI might ultimately be appropriate.
There is a wide reange of degenerative disorders which should be considered, but more importantly the possibility of non-progressive treatable disorders should be conisdered.
It would be a tragedy to miss something treatable like thyroid dsisease simply because eveyone presumed that this was degenerative in nature.
For this reason your first step needs to be a detailed history and physical examination by a neurologist, and subsequent testing based on the outcome of this assessment. It is too early in the process to start jumping at specific diagnostic tests without first having an expert look at the big picture.