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Relapsing Depression in Paramedian Thalamic Infarctions

Behavioural Neurology, 1992
Depression has recently been associated with lesions in the CNS, particularly with large infarctions in the cerebral hemispheres. We report a patient in whom two episodes of acute depression were related to relapsing paramedian thalamic infarctions ...
R. W. Baumgartner, T. Landis, M. Regard
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Rehabilitación de las actividades de la vida diaria en pacientes con apraxia del vestir.

Cuadernos de Neuropsicología, 2017
Las praxias pueden abarcar diversas actividades motoras complejas. Clásicamente, se describe a las apraxias como la desorganización de la secuencia de los movimientos requeridos para un acto (encender un cigarrillo, abrir una puerta, etc.), lo que se ...
María Florencia Durand, Lucas G. Gago Galvagno, Angel M. Elgier   +2 more
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Why We Need to Study Assisted Methods to Teach Typing to Nonspeaking Autistic People

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT At least one third of autistic people have limited or no speech. Most nonspeaking autistic people are never provided alternatives that would enable the full range of expression that speech allows, significantly limiting their access to educational, social, and employment opportunities.
Vikram K. Jaswal, Barry M. Prizant, Morgan D. Barense, Kristie Patten, Gary Stobbe   +4 more
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Severity and Co-occurrence of Oral and Verbal Apraxias in Left Brain Damaged Adults

Journal of Rehabilitation, 2012
Objective: Oral and verbal apraxias represent motor programming deficits of nonverbal and verbal movements respectively. Studying their properties may shed light on speech motor control processes.
Fariba Yadegari, Mojtaba A'zimian, Mehdi Rahgozar, Akbar Biglarian   +3 more
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A Core Head, Neck, and Neuroanatomy Syllabus for Physical Therapy Student Education

Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Head, neck, and neuroanatomy are essential components of physical therapy education due to their broad clinical applications. Detailed syllabi exist for medical students, yet none have been developed for physical therapy. This study aimed to produce an International Federation of Associations of Anatomists core head, neck, and neuroanatomy ...
Stephanie J. Woodley, Brooke Willoughby, Alexandra L. Webb, Natasha A. M. S. Flack, Laura Y. Whitburn   +4 more
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Epilepsy Phenotypic Spectrum of NUS1‐Related Disorder: A Case Series

Annals of the Child Neurology Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Epilepsy with myoclonic and atonic seizures (EMAtS), also known as Doose syndrome, accounts for 1%–2% of childhood epilepsies, and various genes have been implicated in causing this epilepsy syndrome. NUS1 encodes for Nogo‐B receptor (NgBR), which stabilizes the dehydrodolichyl‐diphosphate synthase complex in the endoplasmic ...
Saumel Ahmadi, Natalie Fulton, Michael Morrissey, Rebekah Landre, Stuart Tomko, Fumihiko Urano, Réjean M Guerriero   +6 more
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Dissociating object directed and non-object directed action in the human mirror system; implications for theories of motor simulation. [PDF]

, 2012
Mirror neurons are single cells found in macaque premotor and parietal cortices that are active during action execution and observation. In non-human primates, mirror neurons have only been found in relation to object-directed movements or communicative ...
Agnew, ZK, Leech, R, Wise, RJ
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Apraxia da fala adquirida e desenvolvimental: semelhanças e diferenças Acquired and developmental apraxia of speech: similarities and differences

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia, 2008
A apraxia da fala é um distúrbio de comunicação em que ocorre uma incapacidade na programação dos movimentos musculares, necessários para a produção e seqüência de fonemas.
Thaís Nobre Uchôa Souza, Luzia Miscow da Cruz Payão   +1 more
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Movement Disorders in Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Several movement disorders (MD) have been reported to occur in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). No extensive review has addressed the whole spectrum of MD in NMOSD. Objective This article aims to review MD in NMOSD, describing its prevalence and features.
Luciana A.F. Bringel, Pedro L.G.S.B. Lima, Pedro V.F. Rodrigues, Francisco L.H.B. Cavalcante, Amanda R. Pinheiro, Fabricia M.S. Saraiva, Cynthia P. Rodrigues, Paulo V.S. Gonçalves, Leonardo J.R.A. Melo, Antônio E. Camelo‐Filho, Avelino M. Dutra‐Junior, Samuel R.O. Veras, Fernanda M.M. Carvalho, Flávia P.S. Rolim, Gabriela J. Martins, José A.C. D'Almeida, Pedro Braga‐Neto, Milena S. Pitombeira, Paulo R. Nobrega   +18 more
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Reflexões sobre o papel da escrita como ferramenta diagnóstica e reintegrativa de sujeitos com problemas cognitivos e a formação linguística dos profissionais da área: para uma legítima inclusão

Texto Livre: Linguagem e Tecnologia, 2014
RESUMO: Nesta reflexão, discute-se o papel da escrita no diagnóstico diferencial de afasias motoras e apraxias, bem como o seu uso como recurso de preservação/resgate da subjetividade de indivíduos com comprometimentos cognitivos diversos.
Margareth de Souza Freitas Thomopoulos
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