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Lessons Learned From a Delayed‐Start Trial of Modafinil for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Freezing of gait (FOG) in people with Parkinson's disease (PwPD) is debilitating and has limited treatments. Modafinil modulates beta/gamma band activity in the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN), like PPN deep brain stimulation. We therefore tested the hypothesis that Modafinil would improve FOG in PwPD.
Tuhin Virmani, Lakshmi Pillai, Reid D. Landes, Aliyah Glover, Shannon Doerhoff, Jennifer Kleiner, Mitesh Lotia, Rohit Dhall, Edgar Garcia‐Rill   +8 more
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Zebrafish as a Model System for Brugada Syndrome

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine
Brugada syndrome (BrS) is an inheritable cardiac arrhythmogenic disease, associated with an increased risk of sudden cardiac death. It is most common in males around the age of 40 and the prevalence is higher in Asia than in Europe and the United States.
Leonie Verkerk, Arie O. Verkerk, Ronald Wilders   +2 more
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Segmentation of brain magnetic resonance images based on multi-atlas likelihood fusion: testing using data with a broad range of anatomical and photometric profiles

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2015
We propose a hierarchical pipeline for skull-stripping and segmentation of anatomical structures of interest from T1-weighted images of the human brain. The pipeline is constructed based on a two-level Bayesian parameter estimation algorithm called multi-
Xiaoying eTang, Deana eCrocetti, Kwame eKutten, Can eCeritoglu, Marilyn S Albert, Marilyn S Albert, Susumu eMori, Susumu eMori, Susumu eMori, Stewart H Mostofsky, Stewart H Mostofsky, Stewart H Mostofsky, Michael I Miller, Michael I Miller   +13 more
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Application of NASTRAN for stress analysis of left ventricle of the heart [PDF]

, 1975
Knowing the stress and strain distributions in the left ventricular wall of the heart is a prerequisite for the determination of the muscle elasticity and contractility in the process of assessing the functional status of the heart.
Pao, Y. C., Ritman, E. L., Wang, H. C.
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Automatic Segmentation and Disease Classification Using Cardiac Cine MR Images

, 2017
Segmentation of the heart in cardiac cine MR is clinically used to quantify cardiac function. We propose a fully automatic method for segmentation and disease classification using cardiac cine MR images.
Isgum, Ivana, Leiner, Tim, Viergever, Max A., Wolterink, Jelmer M.   +3 more
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Inhibition of Connexin43 hemichannels impairs spatial short-term memory without affecting spatial working memory [PDF]

, 2016
Astrocytes are active players in higher brain function as they can release gliotransmitters, which are essential for synaptic plasticity. Various mechanisms have been proposed for gliotransmission, including vesicular mechanisms as well as non-vesicular ...
Albertini, Giulia, De Bundel, Dimitri, Leybaert, Luc, Smolders, Ilse J., Vinken, Mathieu, Walrave, Laura   +5 more
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Life‐Threatening Bradycardia in Anti‐NMDA‐Receptor Encephalitis and a Novel Use for Permanent Pacing

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric anti‐NMDA receptor encephalitis (pNMDARE) is an autoantibody‐mediated disorder that can cause severe autonomic dysfunction, including symptomatic bradycardia and asystole. Dysautonomia can last for years, making it very challenging to manage.
Sarah Tucker, Abhijit Das, Andres Jimenez, Areeba Basit, Yike Jiang, Emily A. Smitherman, Heather Van Mater, Taylor Howard, Alexander J. Sandweiss, Kristen S. Fisher   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A coupled mitral valve -- left ventricle model with fluid-structure interaction

, 2017
Understanding the interaction between the valves and walls of the heart is important in assessing and subsequently treating heart dysfunction. With advancements in cardiac imaging, nonlinear mechanics and computational techniques, it is now possible to ...
Brown, André EX, Ch'ng, Quee-Lim, Currie, Michael, Grundy, Laura J, Hokanson, Jim, Javer, Avelino, Kerr, Rex, Lee, Chee Wai, Li, Chris, Li, Kezhi, Schafer, William R, Yemini, Eviatar   +11 more
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An Out‐of‐Place Etiology: Recognizing FMR1 Premutation in the Memory Clinic

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The FMR1 gene premutation (55–200 CGG repeats) is usually associated with a wide range of symptoms and phenotypes within the Fragile X‐tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS), but may also manifest as predominant or isolated cognitive decline. We describe three male patients referred for progressive cognitive impairment and behavioral changes. Standard
Guido Greco, Caterina Motta, Enrica Marchionni, Maria Rosaria D'Apice, Carlangelo Carrese, Giuseppe Novelli, Alessandro Martorana, Chiara Giuseppina Bonomi   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estimation Of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Using Mitral Annular Displacement Derived By Speckle Tracking Echocardiography In Patients With Different Heart Diseases

مجله كليه طب الكندي, 2015
Background: Speckle tracking echocardiography (STE)-derived mitral annular displacement (MAD) utilizes the speckle tracking technique to measure strain vectors, which provides accurate estimates of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF).Objectives ...
.Mohammed Ameen Kadhim, .Amal N. AL- Marayati, Ghazi F. Haji   +2 more
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