The Neuropathology of Manganese
... causes PD but rather argues that manganese-induced parkinsonism and PD are distinct and separate disease entities. ...
... causes PD but rather argues that manganese-induced parkinsonism and PD are distinct and separate disease entities. ...
MRI-based high-dimensional hippocampal mapping in
... Subject selection Subjects were identified retrospectively from consecutive cases from the epilepsy surgery series at Saint Louis University over the period from 1997 to 2002, as outlined in our Institutional Review Board protocol. Retrospective review of cases during this time yielded 43 cases of t ...
... Subject selection Subjects were identified retrospectively from consecutive cases from the epilepsy surgery series at Saint Louis University over the period from 1997 to 2002, as outlined in our Institutional Review Board protocol. Retrospective review of cases during this time yielded 43 cases of t ...
lewy_body_dementia
... actress Estelle Getty, who had previously been diagnosed with both Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases before her true condition was discovered. Fellow Golden Girls cast members noted, years earlier, Getty had severe trouble remembering her lines during the filming of the show. ...
... actress Estelle Getty, who had previously been diagnosed with both Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases before her true condition was discovered. Fellow Golden Girls cast members noted, years earlier, Getty had severe trouble remembering her lines during the filming of the show. ...
MRI Ordering Guide - Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
... the suggestion “To reduce the potential for gadolinium accumulation, health care professionals should consider limiting GBCA use to clinical circumstances in which the additional information provided by the contrast is necessary. Health care professionals are also urged to reassess the necessity of ...
... the suggestion “To reduce the potential for gadolinium accumulation, health care professionals should consider limiting GBCA use to clinical circumstances in which the additional information provided by the contrast is necessary. Health care professionals are also urged to reassess the necessity of ...
Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Legal Diganosis of Antisocial
... the lawyers, defendant, judge, and jury, would be able to base life-changing decisions on without any doubt as to their choices. Currently, however, scientists have not been able to determine with any degree of certainty what neural abnormalities in the brain, if a specific abnormalities is at fault ...
... the lawyers, defendant, judge, and jury, would be able to base life-changing decisions on without any doubt as to their choices. Currently, however, scientists have not been able to determine with any degree of certainty what neural abnormalities in the brain, if a specific abnormalities is at fault ...
Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
... versus multifocal abnormalities at the time of clinical presentation differs 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 ...
... versus multifocal abnormalities at the time of clinical presentation differs 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 ...
Lesions of the corpus callosum: MRI findings and
... It is a rare AIDS-related demyelinising disease of the brainresulting fromopportunisticinfection with the JC virus. It only causes disease in immunocompromised conditions. MRI shows multifocal and asymmetric lesions that may coalesce into large lesions. They may occur anywhere although injuries pred ...
... It is a rare AIDS-related demyelinising disease of the brainresulting fromopportunisticinfection with the JC virus. It only causes disease in immunocompromised conditions. MRI shows multifocal and asymmetric lesions that may coalesce into large lesions. They may occur anywhere although injuries pred ...
Word
... M.E. is primarily neurological, but because the brain controls all vital bodily functions virtually every bodily system can be affected by M.E. Again, although M.E. is primarily neurological it is also known that the vascular and cardiac dysfunctions seen in M.E. are also the cause of many of the sy ...
... M.E. is primarily neurological, but because the brain controls all vital bodily functions virtually every bodily system can be affected by M.E. Again, although M.E. is primarily neurological it is also known that the vascular and cardiac dysfunctions seen in M.E. are also the cause of many of the sy ...
BOZZA ERICKSON - Associazione di Psicoterapia Cognitiva
... my grandmother and saw that she had died in the meantime. Several days later I still feel very guilty at not staying with her and not having held her hand while she passed away. ...
... my grandmother and saw that she had died in the meantime. Several days later I still feel very guilty at not staying with her and not having held her hand while she passed away. ...
Does vestibular damage cause cognitive dysfunction in humans?
... studies demonstrated that there are several pathways from the vestibular nucleus to areas of the limbic system and neocortex concerned with learning and memory (see [4,20,59,67] for reviews). Considerable interest focussed on the hippocampus, due to its recognised role in spatial information process ...
... studies demonstrated that there are several pathways from the vestibular nucleus to areas of the limbic system and neocortex concerned with learning and memory (see [4,20,59,67] for reviews). Considerable interest focussed on the hippocampus, due to its recognised role in spatial information process ...
Regulation of Ocular Growth in Wild
... In a letter to Robert Hook, Sir Isaac Newton stated “If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants”. There have been many giants in my professional life that I would like to acknowledge. Foremost, I would like to thank Dr. Andy Fischer for everything he has done in hel ...
... In a letter to Robert Hook, Sir Isaac Newton stated “If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants”. There have been many giants in my professional life that I would like to acknowledge. Foremost, I would like to thank Dr. Andy Fischer for everything he has done in hel ...
Inborn errors affecting vitamin B metabolism
... EEG abnormality with a ‘burst suppression’ pattern is observed [23]. However, most patients will be receiving antiepileptic drug therapy before the EEG is performed, which makes interpretation difficult [24]. There may be structural brain abnormalities, such as hypoplasia of the posterior part of th ...
... EEG abnormality with a ‘burst suppression’ pattern is observed [23]. However, most patients will be receiving antiepileptic drug therapy before the EEG is performed, which makes interpretation difficult [24]. There may be structural brain abnormalities, such as hypoplasia of the posterior part of th ...
Evaluating the Patient With Suspected Radiculopathy
... In the lumbar spine, the attachment and shape of the posterior longitudinal ligament predisposes the nucleus pulposis to herniation in a posterolateral direction where it is the weakest. The dorsal root ganglion (DRG) lies in the intervertebral foramen and this anatomical arrangement poses major imp ...
... In the lumbar spine, the attachment and shape of the posterior longitudinal ligament predisposes the nucleus pulposis to herniation in a posterolateral direction where it is the weakest. The dorsal root ganglion (DRG) lies in the intervertebral foramen and this anatomical arrangement poses major imp ...
Stacy L. Pineles, M.D. Curriculum Vitae
... Conger D, Greenberg BM, Ellenberg JH, Frohman EM, Balcer LJ, Calabresi PA. “Monocular and binocular low-contrast visual acuity and optical coherence tomography in pediatric multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler Relat Disord 2013; 3(3):326-34. 39. Hendler K, Pineles SL, Yang D, Demer JL, Velez FG. “Adjustab ...
... Conger D, Greenberg BM, Ellenberg JH, Frohman EM, Balcer LJ, Calabresi PA. “Monocular and binocular low-contrast visual acuity and optical coherence tomography in pediatric multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler Relat Disord 2013; 3(3):326-34. 39. Hendler K, Pineles SL, Yang D, Demer JL, Velez FG. “Adjustab ...
A New Trend in Vascular Imaging: the Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL
... Arterial spin-labeling (ASL) is a non-contrast MR perfusion imaging technique that uses the magnetic labeling of arterial water. ASL is markedly improved at 3T because of higher signal to noise ratio and longer T1 of blood. To obtain ASL maps, two data sets are acquired: one without labeling, the co ...
... Arterial spin-labeling (ASL) is a non-contrast MR perfusion imaging technique that uses the magnetic labeling of arterial water. ASL is markedly improved at 3T because of higher signal to noise ratio and longer T1 of blood. To obtain ASL maps, two data sets are acquired: one without labeling, the co ...
Improvement of post-hypoxic action myoclonus with
... Imaging findings of brain CT and MRI in patients with PAM are usually unremarkable. MRI may occasionally show loss of grey-white matter distinction and selective neuronal injuries in the grey deep nuclei, but usually it is not specific of PAM 2, 5. In agreement with published data, in our patient br ...
... Imaging findings of brain CT and MRI in patients with PAM are usually unremarkable. MRI may occasionally show loss of grey-white matter distinction and selective neuronal injuries in the grey deep nuclei, but usually it is not specific of PAM 2, 5. In agreement with published data, in our patient br ...
Recent Advances in Compulsive Hoarding
... Hoarders also frequently have excessive emotional attachments to possessions and distorted beliefs about possessions’ importance [1], leading to excessive saving. The consequent clutter can cause significant social and occupational impairment [2,10]. In severe cases, it can produce health risks from ...
... Hoarders also frequently have excessive emotional attachments to possessions and distorted beliefs about possessions’ importance [1], leading to excessive saving. The consequent clutter can cause significant social and occupational impairment [2,10]. In severe cases, it can produce health risks from ...
Nerve Fiber Density Testing - 11/13
... discoloration, and hyper- or hypohidrosis may be present. Small fiber neuropathy occurs most often in patients with diabetic neuropathy but may also be found in patients with impaired glucose tolerance, severe hypertriglyceridemia, the metabolic syndrome, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection ...
... discoloration, and hyper- or hypohidrosis may be present. Small fiber neuropathy occurs most often in patients with diabetic neuropathy but may also be found in patients with impaired glucose tolerance, severe hypertriglyceridemia, the metabolic syndrome, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection ...
Evaluation of Shared-View Acquisition Using Repeated Echoes
... intense white matter foci. The second readings showed a statistically significant difference, although the difference may not be clinically significant. Possible explanations for the higher sensitivity demonstrated by the SHARE images include a more heavily T2-weighted first echo image in this seque ...
... intense white matter foci. The second readings showed a statistically significant difference, although the difference may not be clinically significant. Possible explanations for the higher sensitivity demonstrated by the SHARE images include a more heavily T2-weighted first echo image in this seque ...
Orientation Selectivity without Orientation Maps in Visual Cortex of a
... primary visual cortex (V1), neurons respond preferentially to bars of a particular orientation, and, in many mammals, these orientationselective cells are arranged in a semiregular, smoothly varying map across the cortical surface. Curiously, orientation maps have not been found in rodents or lagomo ...
... primary visual cortex (V1), neurons respond preferentially to bars of a particular orientation, and, in many mammals, these orientationselective cells are arranged in a semiregular, smoothly varying map across the cortical surface. Curiously, orientation maps have not been found in rodents or lagomo ...
pdf preprint - dimigen.de [new]
... to investigate whether the lexicality of a parafoveal word and its semantic relation to the foveal word influence the ERP while participants still fixate the foveal word. Baccino and Manunta have reported an effect of semantic relatedness before the saccade to the parafoveal word and as early as 110 ...
... to investigate whether the lexicality of a parafoveal word and its semantic relation to the foveal word influence the ERP while participants still fixate the foveal word. Baccino and Manunta have reported an effect of semantic relatedness before the saccade to the parafoveal word and as early as 110 ...
The condition
... Ataxia means ‘lack of order’ and is the name given to a group of neurological conditions affecting balance, speech, and coordination. There are many different types of ataxia and it can affect people of any age. ...
... Ataxia means ‘lack of order’ and is the name given to a group of neurological conditions affecting balance, speech, and coordination. There are many different types of ataxia and it can affect people of any age. ...
Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis
... Given that our patient had acute onset of cranial nerve III, IV, VI, VI and V2 involvement, cavernous sinus thrombosis is the most likely diagnosis. Let’s look at the menu of radiologic tests available for further evaluation. ...
... Given that our patient had acute onset of cranial nerve III, IV, VI, VI and V2 involvement, cavernous sinus thrombosis is the most likely diagnosis. Let’s look at the menu of radiologic tests available for further evaluation. ...
Excitatory Amino Acids and Seizures
... antagonists,55 NBQX is modestly effective in protecting against the expression of kindled seizures. 56,57 The noncompetitive non-NMDA antagonist GYKI5246658 has a similarly broad spectrum of anticonvulsant activity, as does NBQX..'i2-54,56 However, it seems to be somewhat more effective against cert ...
... antagonists,55 NBQX is modestly effective in protecting against the expression of kindled seizures. 56,57 The noncompetitive non-NMDA antagonist GYKI5246658 has a similarly broad spectrum of anticonvulsant activity, as does NBQX..'i2-54,56 However, it seems to be somewhat more effective against cert ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has
... Imaging (MRI) Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI). Functional imaging modalities include Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT), Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and functional MRI (fMRI). However, many of these modalities are still at the preliminary/research stage of development. Currentl ...
... Imaging (MRI) Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI). Functional imaging modalities include Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT), Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and functional MRI (fMRI). However, many of these modalities are still at the preliminary/research stage of development. Currentl ...