The Ocular Side-Effects of Vigabatrin
... Visual field assessment is much more difficult in children than in adults and estimates of VAVFC are accordingly scarcer. Such estimates have varied significantly between studies. A review by Lawden calculated the overall prevalence of VAVFC amongst the studies of paediatric patients to be 29%, slig ...
... Visual field assessment is much more difficult in children than in adults and estimates of VAVFC are accordingly scarcer. Such estimates have varied significantly between studies. A review by Lawden calculated the overall prevalence of VAVFC amongst the studies of paediatric patients to be 29%, slig ...
ICP management - Boston Medical Center
... Severe brain injury, defined as a Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) < 8, and the subsequent elevation in ICP are challenging problems in the management of critically ill patients. 1 Nearly 1.6 million head injuries occur every year in the United States, many of which can lead to an elevation in ICP.2 However ...
... Severe brain injury, defined as a Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) < 8, and the subsequent elevation in ICP are challenging problems in the management of critically ill patients. 1 Nearly 1.6 million head injuries occur every year in the United States, many of which can lead to an elevation in ICP.2 However ...
new insights into the functions of the superior temporal cortex
... received a lesion at one location only. In all other animals in which Watson et al.2 made STS lesions, ablation was added to pre-existing brain lesions (of inferior parietal cortex in two cases, and of frontal cortex and corpus callosum in the third). One of these monkeys (the one with frontal and c ...
... received a lesion at one location only. In all other animals in which Watson et al.2 made STS lesions, ablation was added to pre-existing brain lesions (of inferior parietal cortex in two cases, and of frontal cortex and corpus callosum in the third). One of these monkeys (the one with frontal and c ...
292(1):94-106
... anteroposterior markers krox20 and pax2a, and the dorsoventral patterning markers shh and zic1. No abnormalities are obvious, although we cannot exclude subtle perturbations (data not shown). All 13 early mutants appear to have brain ventricles of reduced size, as assayed by brightfield microscopy. ...
... anteroposterior markers krox20 and pax2a, and the dorsoventral patterning markers shh and zic1. No abnormalities are obvious, although we cannot exclude subtle perturbations (data not shown). All 13 early mutants appear to have brain ventricles of reduced size, as assayed by brightfield microscopy. ...
15-CEREBRUM
... part of the paracentral lobule. • It corresponds to Brodmann’s area 4 . • Body is represented upside down. • Size of the functional area is directly proportional to the skilled movement, not to the size of the muscle. • It is here that actions are conceived and initiated. • The principal subcortical ...
... part of the paracentral lobule. • It corresponds to Brodmann’s area 4 . • Body is represented upside down. • Size of the functional area is directly proportional to the skilled movement, not to the size of the muscle. • It is here that actions are conceived and initiated. • The principal subcortical ...
Somatosensory Cortical Activity in Relation to Arm Posture
... postures. Unit discharge was related to parameters defining the posture of the arm by multiple linear regression techniques. 2. Two monkeys were trained to grasp a manipulandum presented at locations distributed throughout their workspace. The discharge of single units in SI was recorded for 3 s whi ...
... postures. Unit discharge was related to parameters defining the posture of the arm by multiple linear regression techniques. 2. Two monkeys were trained to grasp a manipulandum presented at locations distributed throughout their workspace. The discharge of single units in SI was recorded for 3 s whi ...
Index of compounds with data indicating they either cross or do not
... consider drugs that have been used to treat metastatic brain tumor and are being considered for this purpose. Additional information from the literature is given. Not all cancer agents are included. ...
... consider drugs that have been used to treat metastatic brain tumor and are being considered for this purpose. Additional information from the literature is given. Not all cancer agents are included. ...
Module 22: Hypnosis and Meditation
... hemisphere color areas when they were told they were seeing color. Activity decreased in the left and right hemisphere color areas when they were told to see gray rectangles regardless of what color they were. Only the right hemisphere color areas were activated in people not hypnotized. This shows ...
... hemisphere color areas when they were told they were seeing color. Activity decreased in the left and right hemisphere color areas when they were told to see gray rectangles regardless of what color they were. Only the right hemisphere color areas were activated in people not hypnotized. This shows ...
Neurologic Prognosis in Cardiac Arrest Patients Treated
... prevent shivering is also frequently given with a nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent such as vecuronium. After 24 hours from the time of induction of hypothermia, controlled rewarming takes place over the next 8 to 12 hours. Paralytic agents, followed by sedatives and analgesics, are taper ...
... prevent shivering is also frequently given with a nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent such as vecuronium. After 24 hours from the time of induction of hypothermia, controlled rewarming takes place over the next 8 to 12 hours. Paralytic agents, followed by sedatives and analgesics, are taper ...
- Wiley Online Library
... each visual shift was randomized between 0.5 and 2 s in intervals of 0.5 s so that the subjects could not anticipate when a shift in fixation was to occur. In each cued block of change in eye position, 22 visual step stimuli were presented during which the position of the fixation cross on the screen ...
... each visual shift was randomized between 0.5 and 2 s in intervals of 0.5 s so that the subjects could not anticipate when a shift in fixation was to occur. In each cued block of change in eye position, 22 visual step stimuli were presented during which the position of the fixation cross on the screen ...
Cortical thickness and surface area relate to specific
... Materials and methods Patients and controls Patients diagnosed with RRMS according to the revised McDonald Criteria 10 in the period from January 2009 to October 2012 at Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Norway, were considered for ...
... Materials and methods Patients and controls Patients diagnosed with RRMS according to the revised McDonald Criteria 10 in the period from January 2009 to October 2012 at Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Norway, were considered for ...
The Brain, Consciousness, and the Afterlife
... brain became very distant from every other, making it difficult for information to travel from one place to another."[71] Their results suggest that consciousness does not "live" in a particular place in our brain but rather "arises from the mode in which billions of neurons communicate with one ano ...
... brain became very distant from every other, making it difficult for information to travel from one place to another."[71] Their results suggest that consciousness does not "live" in a particular place in our brain but rather "arises from the mode in which billions of neurons communicate with one ano ...
Epley Maneuver in Vertigo
... (Auagnostou et al,. 2013). The results of the study indicate that the Epley maneuver is an effective therapy to implement in order to treat BPPV. Strengths and opportunities of this study were that the Epley maneuver is an effective option to use when treating BPPV and that it is just as effective a ...
... (Auagnostou et al,. 2013). The results of the study indicate that the Epley maneuver is an effective therapy to implement in order to treat BPPV. Strengths and opportunities of this study were that the Epley maneuver is an effective option to use when treating BPPV and that it is just as effective a ...
Anomalous Prefrontal-Subcortical Activation in
... Statistical analysis was performed for individual and group data using the general linear model and the theory of gaussian random fields as implemented in the SPM99 program.40 Activation foci were superimposed on high-resolution T1-weighted images, and their locations were interpreted using the Tala ...
... Statistical analysis was performed for individual and group data using the general linear model and the theory of gaussian random fields as implemented in the SPM99 program.40 Activation foci were superimposed on high-resolution T1-weighted images, and their locations were interpreted using the Tala ...
Horizontal Gaze Palsy
... Vertical eye movements were normal Gaze evoked nystagmus was present on looking to the left, with slow phases toward the midline The patient developed a fascicular sixth nerve palsy ...
... Vertical eye movements were normal Gaze evoked nystagmus was present on looking to the left, with slow phases toward the midline The patient developed a fascicular sixth nerve palsy ...
Action recognition in the premotor cortex
... The visual stimuli most effective in triggering mirror neurons were actions in which the experimenter's hand or mouth interacted with objects. The responses evoked by these stimuli were highly consistent and did not habituate. The presentation of common visual objects, including interesting stimuli ...
... The visual stimuli most effective in triggering mirror neurons were actions in which the experimenter's hand or mouth interacted with objects. The responses evoked by these stimuli were highly consistent and did not habituate. The presentation of common visual objects, including interesting stimuli ...
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... values in the range 0.5 to 0.8. However, if WM is compromised, MD will be higher and FA lower indicating reduced restriction of water molecule diffusion by cellular structures. These biomarkers are quantitative and can be compared across groups and individuals to look at differences in WM structure. ...
... values in the range 0.5 to 0.8. However, if WM is compromised, MD will be higher and FA lower indicating reduced restriction of water molecule diffusion by cellular structures. These biomarkers are quantitative and can be compared across groups and individuals to look at differences in WM structure. ...
Mate pair sequencing for the detection of chromosomal aberrations
... insert sizes14. For this technique, genomic DNA is fragmented into preset fragment lengths ...
... insert sizes14. For this technique, genomic DNA is fragmented into preset fragment lengths ...
The Impact of Prehospital Endotracheal Intubation on
... They also stratified patients by ISS and GCS score but were unable to identify a subgroup with improved outcomes after prehospital ETI. Eckstein et al. compared 93 patients undergoing prehospital ETI with 403 patients undergoing BVM in the field followed by intubation on arrival at the trauma center ...
... They also stratified patients by ISS and GCS score but were unable to identify a subgroup with improved outcomes after prehospital ETI. Eckstein et al. compared 93 patients undergoing prehospital ETI with 403 patients undergoing BVM in the field followed by intubation on arrival at the trauma center ...
Psychology
... themselves to receptor sites on the dendrites of the next neuron. If there are enough neurotransmitters the neuron will fire an impulse and so on. There are three main types of neurons (or nerve cells) in the human nervous system which all have a similar structure. ...
... themselves to receptor sites on the dendrites of the next neuron. If there are enough neurotransmitters the neuron will fire an impulse and so on. There are three main types of neurons (or nerve cells) in the human nervous system which all have a similar structure. ...
Predominant Cerebellar Volume Loss as a Neuroradiologic Feature
... been modified from an adult classification system— ie, the modified adult criteria (6). We previously studied the clinical course and outcome of 113 patients with mitochondrial disease diagnosed by using these modified criteria (7), representing one of the largest published series concerning the ped ...
... been modified from an adult classification system— ie, the modified adult criteria (6). We previously studied the clinical course and outcome of 113 patients with mitochondrial disease diagnosed by using these modified criteria (7), representing one of the largest published series concerning the ped ...
Unit 1 SPPA 342
... The term "ischemia" refers to a lack of blood-borne oxygen. Ischemic strokes are more common than hemorrhagic strokes and may be caused by stenosis, thrombosis, or thrombo-emboli. Stenosis is a general term that means "narrowing." In this case, it refers to the narrowing of an artery due to the buil ...
... The term "ischemia" refers to a lack of blood-borne oxygen. Ischemic strokes are more common than hemorrhagic strokes and may be caused by stenosis, thrombosis, or thrombo-emboli. Stenosis is a general term that means "narrowing." In this case, it refers to the narrowing of an artery due to the buil ...
seizures in children - King George`s Medical University
... Has revolutionised the management of epilepsy Indications: focal features on exam, EEG Features of ICT Intractable However, now indicated in every case with unknown cause Not necessary in febrile/absence/BETS/ JME etc. Western studies - 30% abnormal (30-50% of focal) -only 3% treatable Indian stud ...
... Has revolutionised the management of epilepsy Indications: focal features on exam, EEG Features of ICT Intractable However, now indicated in every case with unknown cause Not necessary in febrile/absence/BETS/ JME etc. Western studies - 30% abnormal (30-50% of focal) -only 3% treatable Indian stud ...
Review of "Evolution of the Brain: Creation of the Self" by John Eccles
... involved here is beyond the physical realm: it's an activity of pure mind, not an activity to be identified with any brain process. Since (as is the norm in this volume) no argument is given for this view, readers are left to ponder whether there is anything to recommend it. ...
... involved here is beyond the physical realm: it's an activity of pure mind, not an activity to be identified with any brain process. Since (as is the norm in this volume) no argument is given for this view, readers are left to ponder whether there is anything to recommend it. ...