Normal and impaired control of functional movements in stroke: Role of neural interlimb coupling

While close cooperation of muscle activation between the two legs during gait has been known for several years, only during recent years has it become evident that the mechanism of "neural interlimb coupling" plays a major role in the control of a number of functional movements. Neural interlimb coupling is defined as a flexible, task-specific, physiologically meaningful linkage of limbs during complex movements. Experimentally, this mechanism can be demonstrated through the analysis of reflex responses.

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Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials (VEMPs) for Examining Vestibular Function and Dysfunction

Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs) allow one to evaluate function (and dysfunction) of the vestibular nervous system, using stimuli that are now more reliable than earlier similar versions of this exam. Stimuli that have been developed include air-conducted sound and bone-conducted vibration and are reproducible, with a short rise-time and short duration. Responses are recorded against a background of tonic muscle activity, and the muscles that are used nowadays are the sternocleidomastoid muscle (cervical VEMPs or cVEMPs) and the inferior oblique muscle (ocular VEMPs or oVEMPs) (Colebatch et al., 1994; Rosengren et al., 2005; Iwasaki et al., 2007; Todd et al., 2007; Rosengren et al., 2009; Zhang et al., 2011).

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Normal pressure hydrocephalus: Increase of utricular input in responders to spinal tap test

Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is characterized by the clinical triad of cognitive impairment, urinary incontinence and gait disturbance (Hebb et al., 2001, Relkin et al., 2005). Although this disease was first described nearly 50 years ago, (Adams et al., 1965) the pathophysiology is still under discussion. There is some evidence that increased cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pulse pressure (Lenfeldt et al., 2004) could lead to increased liquor diapedesis in the periventricular white matter following ventricular dilatation (Kristensen et al., 1996).

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The diagnostic accuracy of in Transthyretin Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy

Transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy (TTR-FAP) is a rare, adult-onset, hereditary disorder characterized by the primary extracellular deposition of amyloid fibrils in unmyelinated and small myelinated fibers, with later involvement of the large fibers (Said et al., 1984).

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New immunoassays for total, IgA and IgM antibodies against hepatitis E virus: Prevalence in Italian blood donors and patients with chronic liver or kidney diseases

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a zoonotic agent that causes acute hepatitis in humans with sporadic infections and outbreaks in developing countries worldwide. The global spread of HEV remains underestimated because of subclinical infections and lack of sensitive diagnostic assays.

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Publication date: March 2016
Source:International Journal of Psychophysiology, Volume 101





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Publication date: March 2016
Source:International Journal of Psychophysiology, Volume 101





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