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... Several decades of animal research on the SC have provided a great body of knowledge about the contribution of this subcortical brain structure to the control of eye movements and to the orienting of attention [2,9–18]. The superficial layers of the SC have been found to process visual information t ...
... Several decades of animal research on the SC have provided a great body of knowledge about the contribution of this subcortical brain structure to the control of eye movements and to the orienting of attention [2,9–18]. The superficial layers of the SC have been found to process visual information t ...
BMC Neuroscience
... The second analysis addressed this question by considering the relationship of the structural type of pairs of connected cortices. This analysis was motivated by our previous findings that cortical type is highly correlated with the laminar pattern of ipsilateral corticocortical connections [15]. St ...
... The second analysis addressed this question by considering the relationship of the structural type of pairs of connected cortices. This analysis was motivated by our previous findings that cortical type is highly correlated with the laminar pattern of ipsilateral corticocortical connections [15]. St ...
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... The creation of many different definitions of ‘Chronic Fatigue Syndrome’ is how a particular group of psychiatrists (and others with similar vested interests) have superficially ‘bridged the gap’ as it were between these unrelated patient groups so that they can fraudulently be discussed – to those ...
... The creation of many different definitions of ‘Chronic Fatigue Syndrome’ is how a particular group of psychiatrists (and others with similar vested interests) have superficially ‘bridged the gap’ as it were between these unrelated patient groups so that they can fraudulently be discussed – to those ...
Desensitization to Oxcarbazepine
... sociated with oxcarbazepine use between July 2009 and March 2016 at Samsung Medical Center. All of the participants had to discontinue oxcarbazepine despite presenting initially positive responses. Human leukocyte antigen genotyping was performed to detect the genetic predisposition to Stevens-Johns ...
... sociated with oxcarbazepine use between July 2009 and March 2016 at Samsung Medical Center. All of the participants had to discontinue oxcarbazepine despite presenting initially positive responses. Human leukocyte antigen genotyping was performed to detect the genetic predisposition to Stevens-Johns ...
Visual Cortex and Control Processes Stimuli in Opposite Visual
... of three letters presented for 200 ms either unilaterally or bilaterally. Unilateral displays resulted in greater contralateral occipital activations than bilateral displays. This was taken as direct evidence that inter-hemispheric sensory competition can arise between stimuli in opposite visual hem ...
... of three letters presented for 200 ms either unilaterally or bilaterally. Unilateral displays resulted in greater contralateral occipital activations than bilateral displays. This was taken as direct evidence that inter-hemispheric sensory competition can arise between stimuli in opposite visual hem ...
Somatosensory processes subserving perception and action
... of different parts of the body with respect to one another. It allows characterisation and localisation of touch, stroking, and pain, and it is important for all motor action involving the body and limbs. Furthermore, tactile exploration informs us about the characteristics of external objects, resu ...
... of different parts of the body with respect to one another. It allows characterisation and localisation of touch, stroking, and pain, and it is important for all motor action involving the body and limbs. Furthermore, tactile exploration informs us about the characteristics of external objects, resu ...
An investigation of brain processes supporting meditation
... 98). In this sense, the state Patanjali describes as ‘‘concentration’’ does not differ from the state that Lutz et al. (2008, p. 164) refers to as ‘‘the ‘effortless’ sustaining of an awareness without explicit selection’’, and in both cases this is synonymous with ‘‘meditation’’. It may thus be argu ...
... 98). In this sense, the state Patanjali describes as ‘‘concentration’’ does not differ from the state that Lutz et al. (2008, p. 164) refers to as ‘‘the ‘effortless’ sustaining of an awareness without explicit selection’’, and in both cases this is synonymous with ‘‘meditation’’. It may thus be argu ...
Cerebral Palsy: an Analysis of Hip Pathology and Possible Treatments
... countries (DeLuca 1996), and is also the most common cause of severe physical disability in childhood (Koman et al. 2004). Cerebral Palsy is an umbrella term used to describe a number of conditions that are caused by brain damage during fetal development or shortly after birth, and that are characte ...
... countries (DeLuca 1996), and is also the most common cause of severe physical disability in childhood (Koman et al. 2004). Cerebral Palsy is an umbrella term used to describe a number of conditions that are caused by brain damage during fetal development or shortly after birth, and that are characte ...
Traumatic brain injury in contact sports - OpenBU
... 2010). In the United States there is roughly 3.2 to 5.3 million living in disability from TBI (Selassie et al., 2008). Direct medical costs such as medical expenses and indirect costs such as lost wages of TBI totaled an estimated $76.5 billion in 2000 (Corso et al., 2006). It is important to note t ...
... 2010). In the United States there is roughly 3.2 to 5.3 million living in disability from TBI (Selassie et al., 2008). Direct medical costs such as medical expenses and indirect costs such as lost wages of TBI totaled an estimated $76.5 billion in 2000 (Corso et al., 2006). It is important to note t ...
Mirror neurons in humans: Consisting or confounding
... performing an action. Therefore such new evidence calls for a re-assessment of this literature. Herein we pose the following question: has this body of research demonstrated without reasonable doubt that exactly the same human brain area is activated in both the execution and the observation of a si ...
... performing an action. Therefore such new evidence calls for a re-assessment of this literature. Herein we pose the following question: has this body of research demonstrated without reasonable doubt that exactly the same human brain area is activated in both the execution and the observation of a si ...
Cerebral Diffusion Tensor MR Tractography in Tuberous Sclerosis
... larger tuber volume was correlated with more severe DTI change of white matter tracts,16 studying the white matter therefore may be a reasonable way to assess the load of brain abnormality in tuberous sclerosis complex. However, in many studies measuring diffusion or DTI parameters of specific regio ...
... larger tuber volume was correlated with more severe DTI change of white matter tracts,16 studying the white matter therefore may be a reasonable way to assess the load of brain abnormality in tuberous sclerosis complex. However, in many studies measuring diffusion or DTI parameters of specific regio ...
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... d) cerebellum 8. If you have a problem remembering things that happened a year ago, doctors might check for damage to the ___________ area of the brain. a) hippocampus b) hypothalamus c) fornix d) amygdala ...
... d) cerebellum 8. If you have a problem remembering things that happened a year ago, doctors might check for damage to the ___________ area of the brain. a) hippocampus b) hypothalamus c) fornix d) amygdala ...
Congenital Atresia of the External Ear and Tinnitus: A New Syndrome
... Abstract: Congenital atresia of the external ears and severe tinnitus has been reported by two patients to be contralateral to the atretic ear. The use of the nuclear medicine imaging technique of single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) of brain has demonstrated hypoperfusion in brain are ...
... Abstract: Congenital atresia of the external ears and severe tinnitus has been reported by two patients to be contralateral to the atretic ear. The use of the nuclear medicine imaging technique of single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) of brain has demonstrated hypoperfusion in brain are ...
Vision for Prehension in the Medial Parietal Cortex - Gallettilab
... point: ipsiVF and contraVF, part of space ipsilateral and contralateral with respect to the reaching arm, respectively. Colors going toward the red indicate the highest number of trajectories occupying that part of the visual field (left and right are referred to the participant’s visual field). It is ...
... point: ipsiVF and contraVF, part of space ipsilateral and contralateral with respect to the reaching arm, respectively. Colors going toward the red indicate the highest number of trajectories occupying that part of the visual field (left and right are referred to the participant’s visual field). It is ...
Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
... among various authors. Some regard PML to have typically multifocal changes on MRI, even with unifocal clinical presentation. Others suggest that most patients present with a unifocal MRI scan and clinical unifocal syndrome simultaneously.31 Whichever is correct, a multifocal or unifocal PML clinica ...
... among various authors. Some regard PML to have typically multifocal changes on MRI, even with unifocal clinical presentation. Others suggest that most patients present with a unifocal MRI scan and clinical unifocal syndrome simultaneously.31 Whichever is correct, a multifocal or unifocal PML clinica ...
Ictal SPECT in patients with rapid eye movement
... tone inhibition during REM sleep (REM sleep without atonia). Among the symptomatic REM sleep behaviour disorder forms, narcolepsy has a high association with REM sleep behaviour disorder. This form is less violent than idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder although in videometric evaluation, movem ...
... tone inhibition during REM sleep (REM sleep without atonia). Among the symptomatic REM sleep behaviour disorder forms, narcolepsy has a high association with REM sleep behaviour disorder. This form is less violent than idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder although in videometric evaluation, movem ...
Validation of hippocampal volumes measured using a
... implement hundreds of recent algorithms, such as linear and nonlinear spatial normalization, surface base registration, intensity nonuniformity correction, segmentation, and skull stripping, although the users of FreeSurfer and IBASPM can perform automated hippocampal volumetry without knowing all o ...
... implement hundreds of recent algorithms, such as linear and nonlinear spatial normalization, surface base registration, intensity nonuniformity correction, segmentation, and skull stripping, although the users of FreeSurfer and IBASPM can perform automated hippocampal volumetry without knowing all o ...
Ocular motor nerve palsies
... Abstract: Measurements of the dynamics of the eyes in ocular motor nerve palsies may aid diagnosis, characterize peripheral and central palsies, and reveal adaptive properties of the brain. Saccadic and vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) functions of patients with peripheral and central sixth, and periphe ...
... Abstract: Measurements of the dynamics of the eyes in ocular motor nerve palsies may aid diagnosis, characterize peripheral and central palsies, and reveal adaptive properties of the brain. Saccadic and vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) functions of patients with peripheral and central sixth, and periphe ...
Short frontal lobe connections of the human brain
... curvature between two steps exceeded a threshold of 45 . Digital Dejerine Maps were obtained by constraining tractography in non-contiguous brain slices of 2 mm (Axial, Sagittal, Coronal). Tractography was started from 10 seed points randomly placed inside each brain voxel and for each fibre orient ...
... curvature between two steps exceeded a threshold of 45 . Digital Dejerine Maps were obtained by constraining tractography in non-contiguous brain slices of 2 mm (Axial, Sagittal, Coronal). Tractography was started from 10 seed points randomly placed inside each brain voxel and for each fibre orient ...
Role of the Human Anterior Cingulate Cortex in the Control of
... particular the possibility of measuring changes in regional cerebral blood flow (r CBF) by means of positron emission tomography (PET) in human volunteers, have led to an increased interest in the role of the cingulate cortex (Fig. 1) in the control of human behavior. A number of interpretations hav ...
... particular the possibility of measuring changes in regional cerebral blood flow (r CBF) by means of positron emission tomography (PET) in human volunteers, have led to an increased interest in the role of the cingulate cortex (Fig. 1) in the control of human behavior. A number of interpretations hav ...
Processing Prosodic Boundaries in Natural and
... prefrontal cortex and an area within the right cerebellum. In the reverse comparison, stronger activation was observed in the gyrus of Heschl, bilaterally, and the left sylvian sulcus. However, the 2 types of sentence materials were used in 2 different tasks thus confounding stimulus type and task. ...
... prefrontal cortex and an area within the right cerebellum. In the reverse comparison, stronger activation was observed in the gyrus of Heschl, bilaterally, and the left sylvian sulcus. However, the 2 types of sentence materials were used in 2 different tasks thus confounding stimulus type and task. ...
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... Tinnitus is an auditory sensation characterized by the perception of sound or noise in the absence of any external sound source. Therefore it is also called an auditory phantom percept[1], similar to phantom pain [2,3], and it is present in 10 to 15% of the population [4,5]. Tinnitus can be extremel ...
... Tinnitus is an auditory sensation characterized by the perception of sound or noise in the absence of any external sound source. Therefore it is also called an auditory phantom percept[1], similar to phantom pain [2,3], and it is present in 10 to 15% of the population [4,5]. Tinnitus can be extremel ...
Feeling others` painful actions: The sensorimotor
... This action–pain observation paradigm allowed us to distinguish between three ways—not mutually exclusive—in which relevant somatosensory brain regions may support the action understanding task. First, they may simply be involved in coding sensory-tactile qualities of the objects. If this is the cas ...
... This action–pain observation paradigm allowed us to distinguish between three ways—not mutually exclusive—in which relevant somatosensory brain regions may support the action understanding task. First, they may simply be involved in coding sensory-tactile qualities of the objects. If this is the cas ...
Epilepsy intractable vs non intractable
... Epileptic seizures are one of the three commonest. Epilepsy is a group of related disorders characterized by a tendency for recurrent seizures. There are different types of epilepsy and seizures. Epilepsy drugs are. Epilepsy is defined as a brain disorder characterized by an enduring predisposition ...
... Epileptic seizures are one of the three commonest. Epilepsy is a group of related disorders characterized by a tendency for recurrent seizures. There are different types of epilepsy and seizures. Epilepsy drugs are. Epilepsy is defined as a brain disorder characterized by an enduring predisposition ...
Shamanism in Cross-Cultural Perspective
... (1951/1964), Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy, provided a ground-breaking synthesis of a body of ethnographic studies on shamanistic practices. A key implication of Eliade’s approach was that the concept of shamanism was cross-cultural, pointing out that these were not just Siberian and Eura ...
... (1951/1964), Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy, provided a ground-breaking synthesis of a body of ethnographic studies on shamanistic practices. A key implication of Eliade’s approach was that the concept of shamanism was cross-cultural, pointing out that these were not just Siberian and Eura ...