Electroconvulsive therapy and its use in modern
... ECT is indicated in a wide range of disorders and is often ...
... ECT is indicated in a wide range of disorders and is often ...
Piriformis syndrome is a neuromuscular condition that remains
... Owing to a lack of clinical trials and a lack of consensus on diagnosis, treatment of piriformis syndrome largely utilizes conservative methods, such as stretching, manual techniques, injections, NSAIDs, muscle relaxants, ice and activity modifications. The mainstay of treatment is piriformis stretc ...
... Owing to a lack of clinical trials and a lack of consensus on diagnosis, treatment of piriformis syndrome largely utilizes conservative methods, such as stretching, manual techniques, injections, NSAIDs, muscle relaxants, ice and activity modifications. The mainstay of treatment is piriformis stretc ...
The treatment challenges of restless legs syndrome
... RLS is well documented and the heritability is 54–83 per cent. Concordance among monozygotic twins is 50–80 per cent with variable symptom expression.10 Secondary RLS, however, is related to an underlying health condition and can be aggravated by certain medications. At least 20 medical conditions ...
... RLS is well documented and the heritability is 54–83 per cent. Concordance among monozygotic twins is 50–80 per cent with variable symptom expression.10 Secondary RLS, however, is related to an underlying health condition and can be aggravated by certain medications. At least 20 medical conditions ...
Biopsychology, 7e (Pinel)
... Rationale: Students must have an accurate concept of the Purkinje effect in order to answer this question Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ...
... Rationale: Students must have an accurate concept of the Purkinje effect in order to answer this question Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ...
Guidelines for Long-Term Monitoring for Epilepsy
... simultaneous recording of EEG and clinical behavior over extended periods of time to evaluate patients with paroxysmal disturbances of cerebral function. LTME is used when it is important to correlate clinical behavior with EEG phenomena. EEG recordings of long duration may be useful in a variety of ...
... simultaneous recording of EEG and clinical behavior over extended periods of time to evaluate patients with paroxysmal disturbances of cerebral function. LTME is used when it is important to correlate clinical behavior with EEG phenomena. EEG recordings of long duration may be useful in a variety of ...
Classifications of reflexes
... so important that it is not surprising to be produced by several righting reflexes. Some of them arise from kinesthetic stimulation of the muscles and joints of the neck. As the head is turned, the trunk realigns itself, so as to remain in normal relationship to the head. Similarly, turning of the t ...
... so important that it is not surprising to be produced by several righting reflexes. Some of them arise from kinesthetic stimulation of the muscles and joints of the neck. As the head is turned, the trunk realigns itself, so as to remain in normal relationship to the head. Similarly, turning of the t ...
Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy
... pathologic iron deposition and brain degeneration) has also been described51 and shown to be related to clinical status52; 53 and prognosis 54 in MS. ...
... pathologic iron deposition and brain degeneration) has also been described51 and shown to be related to clinical status52; 53 and prognosis 54 in MS. ...
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... • As a result of the injury to these three main brain pathways the patient will present with three lesions: – The corticospinal lesion produces spastic paralysis on the same side of the body (the loss of moderation by the UMN). – The lesion to fasciculus gracilis or fasciculus cuneatus results in ip ...
... • As a result of the injury to these three main brain pathways the patient will present with three lesions: – The corticospinal lesion produces spastic paralysis on the same side of the body (the loss of moderation by the UMN). – The lesion to fasciculus gracilis or fasciculus cuneatus results in ip ...
Biological Cybernetics
... in many cases, particularly in prey capture activity. Another difficulty lies in the fact that the same firing rate may be elicited in a neuron either by a single object or by a combined stimulation originating from two or more objects; the neural system cannot discriminate between one or more stimu ...
... in many cases, particularly in prey capture activity. Another difficulty lies in the fact that the same firing rate may be elicited in a neuron either by a single object or by a combined stimulation originating from two or more objects; the neural system cannot discriminate between one or more stimu ...
Article
... complex RS cell are shown in Figure 3. In the absence of visual stimulation, this cell had a sigmoidal F-I curve with the steepest slope (i.e., highest gain) between 0.25 and 0.4 nA and saturation at 0.5 nA (Figure 3A, left). Drifting gratings of increasing contrast (for clarity, only 0%, 16%, and 6 ...
... complex RS cell are shown in Figure 3. In the absence of visual stimulation, this cell had a sigmoidal F-I curve with the steepest slope (i.e., highest gain) between 0.25 and 0.4 nA and saturation at 0.5 nA (Figure 3A, left). Drifting gratings of increasing contrast (for clarity, only 0%, 16%, and 6 ...
- Aston University
... pass-band) would pass only low spatial frequencies (i.e. those close to the origin) but would not care about their orientations. Such a filter is known as a low-pass isotropic filter and an example of how it transforms an image is shown in Figure 6a. (For now, you can ignore the small insets in the ...
... pass-band) would pass only low spatial frequencies (i.e. those close to the origin) but would not care about their orientations. Such a filter is known as a low-pass isotropic filter and an example of how it transforms an image is shown in Figure 6a. (For now, you can ignore the small insets in the ...
Association between low catecho-O-methyltransferase - HAL
... density of the dopamine transporter is much lower and dopamine elimination is mainly regulated by COMT. Accordingly, a recent study reported that the load of the low-activity M158 allele predicted enhanced prefrontal activity, especially in subjects with temperamental inflexibility [Drabant et al., ...
... density of the dopamine transporter is much lower and dopamine elimination is mainly regulated by COMT. Accordingly, a recent study reported that the load of the low-activity M158 allele predicted enhanced prefrontal activity, especially in subjects with temperamental inflexibility [Drabant et al., ...
Talsma, D., Senkowski, D., Soto-Faraco, S., Woldorff, M. G. (2010). The multifaceted interplay between attention and multisensory integration. Trends in cognitive sciences, 14(9), 400-410
... objects. Attentional orienting refers to the process responsible for moving the focus of attention from one location, feature or object, to another. Orienting can occur covertly, that is, in the absence of movements of the eyes or other sensory receptor surfaces (e.g. ears), as well as overtly, wher ...
... objects. Attentional orienting refers to the process responsible for moving the focus of attention from one location, feature or object, to another. Orienting can occur covertly, that is, in the absence of movements of the eyes or other sensory receptor surfaces (e.g. ears), as well as overtly, wher ...
Focal cortical dysplasia – review
... Figure 3. Focal cortical dysplasia type IIb of the left frontal cortex in a 9-year-old female. Transverse TSE T2WI (A) and transverse TSE IR T1WI (B). Sagittal TSE FLAIR T2WI (C). Coronal TSE IR T1WI (D), coronal TSE T2-WI (E) and coronal TSE FLAIR T2WI (F). Thickening of the left paramedian fronta ...
... Figure 3. Focal cortical dysplasia type IIb of the left frontal cortex in a 9-year-old female. Transverse TSE T2WI (A) and transverse TSE IR T1WI (B). Sagittal TSE FLAIR T2WI (C). Coronal TSE IR T1WI (D), coronal TSE T2-WI (E) and coronal TSE FLAIR T2WI (F). Thickening of the left paramedian fronta ...
obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome and genes
... Furthermore, habitual snoring, excessive daytime sleepiness, and snorting, gasping, or apnoeas were reported two or four times more frequently among the firstdegree relatives of patients with OSA than among control subjects.19 In another study a significant relationship was demonstrated between fami ...
... Furthermore, habitual snoring, excessive daytime sleepiness, and snorting, gasping, or apnoeas were reported two or four times more frequently among the firstdegree relatives of patients with OSA than among control subjects.19 In another study a significant relationship was demonstrated between fami ...
1 Chiari Malformation: A Literature Review Jessica Heithoff
... Patients with Chiari Malformation that do not experience symptoms are often not treated at all. Conservative treatments such as pain medications, massage therapy or activity reduction are usually suffice in individuals with mild symtoms.9 Patients with either no symptoms or mild symptoms are checked ...
... Patients with Chiari Malformation that do not experience symptoms are often not treated at all. Conservative treatments such as pain medications, massage therapy or activity reduction are usually suffice in individuals with mild symtoms.9 Patients with either no symptoms or mild symptoms are checked ...
1 Chiari Malformation: A Literature Review Jessica Heithoff
... Patients with Chiari Malformation that do not experience symptoms are often not treated at all. Conservative treatments such as pain medications, massage therapy or activity reduction are usually suffice in individuals with mild symtoms.9 Patients with either no symptoms or mild symptoms are checked ...
... Patients with Chiari Malformation that do not experience symptoms are often not treated at all. Conservative treatments such as pain medications, massage therapy or activity reduction are usually suffice in individuals with mild symtoms.9 Patients with either no symptoms or mild symptoms are checked ...
Book of abstracts
... show plasticity in visual cortex at different processing stages 3. Annekathrin Schacht: Modulation of visual sensory processing by associated valence – Evidence from event-related brain potentials 4. Matthias Wieser: Sensory facilitation of threatpredictive (social) cues – Evidence from steady-state ...
... show plasticity in visual cortex at different processing stages 3. Annekathrin Schacht: Modulation of visual sensory processing by associated valence – Evidence from event-related brain potentials 4. Matthias Wieser: Sensory facilitation of threatpredictive (social) cues – Evidence from steady-state ...
EEG changes associated with autistic spectrum disorders
... Canitano et al. 2005; Hughes & Melyn 2005). DeLong & Nohria (1994) obtained both complete neurological assessment (including karyotyping) and psychiatric family history from 40 children with ASD. Twenty patients had positive neurological or genetic findings, 18 of which had negative psychiatric fami ...
... Canitano et al. 2005; Hughes & Melyn 2005). DeLong & Nohria (1994) obtained both complete neurological assessment (including karyotyping) and psychiatric family history from 40 children with ASD. Twenty patients had positive neurological or genetic findings, 18 of which had negative psychiatric fami ...
post-polio syndrome slide kit
... I. Epidemiology, Natural History, Definition, Diagnosis of PPS Slide 1. Epidemiology of PPS Epidemiologic studies of post-polio syndrome (PPS) have provided widely varying estimates of the prevalence of PPS, depending on the criteria used to define the condition – muscle atrophy (encompassing the s ...
... I. Epidemiology, Natural History, Definition, Diagnosis of PPS Slide 1. Epidemiology of PPS Epidemiologic studies of post-polio syndrome (PPS) have provided widely varying estimates of the prevalence of PPS, depending on the criteria used to define the condition – muscle atrophy (encompassing the s ...
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... Note, some of the drugs listed are shown for off-label use. This page contains prescription brand drugs that are registered or registered trademarks of pharmaceutical manufacturers that are not affiliated with Caremark. ...
RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, KARNATAKA
... M. MRAZ1 et al, (2007) investigated that body balance in patients with systemic vertigo after rehabilitation exercise and found that the rehabilitation program resulted in a decrease of the range of sways, improved visuomotor coordination and thus also improved balance6. Hillier et al, (2007) studie ...
... M. MRAZ1 et al, (2007) investigated that body balance in patients with systemic vertigo after rehabilitation exercise and found that the rehabilitation program resulted in a decrease of the range of sways, improved visuomotor coordination and thus also improved balance6. Hillier et al, (2007) studie ...
a rare presentation of calvarial metastasis from follicular carcinoma
... Metastases to the skeletal system from thyroid carcinoma are a well-known event, constituting the second most common systemic site of involvement after lungs (1, 2, 9). The overall reported incidence of bone metastasis from thyroid carcinoma has ranged from less than 1% to more than 40% (2-4, 8, 9-1 ...
... Metastases to the skeletal system from thyroid carcinoma are a well-known event, constituting the second most common systemic site of involvement after lungs (1, 2, 9). The overall reported incidence of bone metastasis from thyroid carcinoma has ranged from less than 1% to more than 40% (2-4, 8, 9-1 ...
CHAPTER 19 Lesions of the Spine and Spinal Cord
... forward over the one below then slip back with extension of back. This retrolisthesis accentuates spinal stenosis. In conjunction with multiple root problems, these patients also experience curious symptom called lumbar claudication. When walking or standing for long time, they begin to develop pain ...
... forward over the one below then slip back with extension of back. This retrolisthesis accentuates spinal stenosis. In conjunction with multiple root problems, these patients also experience curious symptom called lumbar claudication. When walking or standing for long time, they begin to develop pain ...
Grammatical number agreement processing using the visual half
... Zaidel (1983b) reports results from two adult split brain patients suggesting that the isolated RH may process subject/verb grammatical number agreement when it is signaled lexically (using an auxiliary, such as “is” or “are”: the cat is eating/the cats are eating) but not when signaled morphologica ...
... Zaidel (1983b) reports results from two adult split brain patients suggesting that the isolated RH may process subject/verb grammatical number agreement when it is signaled lexically (using an auxiliary, such as “is” or “are”: the cat is eating/the cats are eating) but not when signaled morphologica ...