Review of various intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring techniques [PDF]
IONM is use to monitoring nervous tissues (including brain, spinal cord, cranial nerves and peripheral nerves) in real-time during surgeries, alert neurological injuries and corrective measures and prevent disability.
Ali, Liaquat+2 more
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Halcyornis toliapicus (aves: Lower Eocene, England) indicates advanced neuromorphology in Mesozoic Neornithes [PDF]
Our recent X-ray micro computer-tomographic (μCT) investigations of Prophaethon shrubsolei and Odontopteryx toliapica from the Lower Eocene London Clay Formation of England revealed the avian brain to have been essentially modern in form by 55 Ma, but ...
Allison P. A.+11 more
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Trigeminal neuralgia: new classification and diagnostic grading for practice and research [PDF]
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is an exemplary condition of neuropathic facial pain. However, formally classifying TN as neuropathic pain based on the grading system of the International Association for the Study of Pain is complicated by the requirement of ...
CRUCCU, Giorgio+8 more
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An autopsy study of a familial oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) with distal spread and neurogenic involvement [PDF]
An 81-year-old man from a family with a history of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) involving 6 members over 4 generations is described. The patient first noted drooping of his eyelids at the age of 65.
Aarli+49 more
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Analysis and methods of prevention of cranial nerves injury during carotid endarterectomy
Aim. CEAE is an effective method of ischemic stroke prevention. However, as any invasive treatment method, CEAE is associated with a risk of complications in the early and late postoperative periods.
A. V. Matyushkin, A. Kh. Mustafin
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Noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation alters neural response and physiological autonomic tone to noxious thermal challenge. [PDF]
The mechanisms by which noninvasive vagal nerve stimulation (nVNS) affect central and peripheral neural circuits that subserve pain and autonomic physiology are not clear, and thus remain an area of intense investigation.
Baker, Dewleen G+13 more
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Macroanatomic investigations on the innervation of the tongue in anatolian buffaloes [PDF]
The aim ol this study was to investigate the origines, courses and innervation areas of the cranial nerves, innervating the tongue in Anatolian Buffaloes, The lingual nerve terminated in the rostral two thirds of the tongue.
Vural Özdemir+2 more
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Background Vago-glossopharyngeal neuralgia (VGN) is a rare condition characterized by neuropathic pain in the areas innervated by the glossopharyngeal and vagus nerve.
Juan Armando Mejía, Luis Garcia Rairan
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Motor neuron pathfinding following rhombomere reversals in the chick embryo hindbrain [PDF]
Motor neurons are segmentally organised in the developing chick hindbrain, with groups of neurons occupying pairs of hindbrain segments or rhombomeres.
Guthrie, S, Lumsden, A
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Anterior Cervical Infection: Presentation and Incidence of an Uncommon Postoperative Complication. [PDF]
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective multi-institutional case series. OBJECTIVE: The anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) affords the surgeon the flexibility to treat a variety of cervical pathologies, with the majority being for degenerative and ...
Arnold, Paul M.+14 more
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