Severity of Spinal Cord Injury Influences Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Brain [PDF]
, 2016 Background: The purpose of this study was to determine whether DTI changes in the brain induced by a thoracic spinal cord injury are sensitive to varying severity of spinal contusion in rats. Methods: A control, mild, moderate, or severe contusion injury
Budde, Matthew D. +4 more
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The phytocannabinoid, Δ(9) -tetrahydrocannabivarin, can act through 5-HT1 A receptors to produce antipsychotic effects [PDF]
, 2015 Funded by: •GW Pharmaceuticals Acknowledgements: The authors wish to thank Mrs Lesley Stevenson for technical support and Dr John Raymond, Dr Keith Parker and Dr Ethan Russo for providing human 5-HT1A CHO cells.
Cascio, Maria Grazia +4 more
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Association of the mtDNA m.4171C>A/MT-ND1 mutation with both optic neuropathy and bilateral brainstem lesions [PDF]
, 2014 Background: An increasing number of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations, mainly in complex I genes, have been associated with variably overlapping phenotypes of Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON), mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with stroke ...
A Achilli +28 more
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Real-time imaging of the medullary circuitry involved in the generation of spontaneous muscle sympathetic nerve activity in awake human subjects [PDF]
, 2008 In order to understand the central neural processes involved in blood pressure regulation we recorded muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) via a tungsten microelectrode in the common peroneal nerve while performing functional Magnetic Resonance ...
Luke Henderson, Vaughan Macefield
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Brain Activity Mapping from MEG Data via a Hierarchical Bayesian Algorithm with Automatic Depth Weighting [PDF]
, 2018 A recently proposed iterated alternating sequential (IAS) MEG inverse solver algorithm, based on the coupling of a hierarchical Bayesian model with computationally efficient Krylov subspace linear solver, has been shown to perform well for both ...
Calvetti, Daniela +4 more
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Trigeminal nerve and pathologies in magnetic resonance imaging : a pictorial review [PDF]
, 2018 A variety of conditions may affect the trigeminal nerve. Magnetic resonance imaging is the modality of choice when trigeminal nerve pathology is suspected, and this modality plays an essential role in detecting causes. This review illustrates some of the
Akgoz, Ayca +5 more
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Decoding obesity in the brainstem
eLife, 2016 Neurons in the brainstem are the input for a neural circuit that integrates nutrient signals to control feeding behavior.
Jonathan Cedernaes, Joseph Bass
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Coma and brainstem death [PDF]
Medicine, 2012 The diagnosis and management of the patient in coma demands rigorous clinical assessment that encompasses a meticulous approach to history-taking and systemic and neurological examination. Following immediate resuscitation and acute management, the level of consciousness must be assessed and evidence of meningism, brainstem or lateralizing neurological
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A brainstem anosognosia of hemiparesis
Neurology International, 2009 A woman had anosognosia for hemiplegia as a manifestation of brainstem infarction. She had no mental or neuropsychological disturbances, and had involvement of the brainstem in the frontal/parietal-subcortical circuits to the right cerebral hemisphere.
Yutaka Uchida +2 more
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Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2008 Malformations of the brainstem in 138 patients identified aver a 10 year period are classified according to MRI findings and by embryological cause in a study at University of California at San Francisco, and University of Chicago, IL.
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