Transcutaneous electrical stimulation of the neck muscles and hemineglect rehabilitation.

abstract：PURPOSE:Understanding the neural mechanisms of stroke recovery is of paramount importance for neurorehabilitation. METHODS:For this purpose, we analyzed several TMS and EEG variables and their association with motor recovery. Thirty-five subjects with chronic stroke were recruited. The neurophysiological examination i...

journal_title：Restorative neurology and neuroscience

authors： Simis M,Doruk D,Imamura M,Anghinah R,Morales-Quezada L,Fregni F,Battistella LR

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Bacopa monnieri (L.) WETTST. is extensively used in traditional Indian medicine as a nerve tonic. The neuropharmacological properties of bacopaside I, an important component from B. monnieri, have not been studied so far. The present study investigated the effects and possible mechanisms of bacopaside I in a ra...

journal_title：Restorative neurology and neuroscience

authors： Liu X,Yue R,Zhang J,Shan L,Wang R,Zhang W

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Glutamate transporters are responsible for removing glutamate from the extracellular space and have the potential to protect neurons from excitotoxicity. In the present study, the effects of ceftriaxone and (2R, 4R)-APDC (APDC) on the protein expression of GLAST and GLT-1, the rate of glutamate uptake, and neur...

journal_title：Restorative neurology and neuroscience

authors： Beller JA,Gurkoff GG,Berman RF,Lyeth BG

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The present work compared the behavioral outcomes of ACCS therapy delivered either intravenously (i.v.) or intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.) after penetrating ballistic-like brain injury (PBBI). Histological markers for neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration were employed to investigate the potential therapeu...

journal_title：Restorative neurology and neuroscience

authors： Deng-Bryant Y,Readnower RD,Leung LY,Cunningham TL,Shear DA,Tortella FC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The response of astroglial cells in the hippocampus to long-term portacaval anastomosis (PCA), an experimental model of hepatic encephalopathy, was studied in adult male rats and compared with controls. Six months after PCA, the rat hippocampi were processed for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP). GFAP-immunoposit...

journal_title：Restorative neurology and neuroscience

authors： Suarez I,Bodega G,Fernandez B

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The effectiveness of embryonic stem cell (eSC) therapy has been explored in many models of neurological disease and several research groups have shown that eSC treatment leads to improved outcomes in pre-clinical models of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Though functional recovery occurs, few surviving eSCs appea...

journal_title：Restorative neurology and neuroscience

authors： Peruzzaro ST,Gallagher J,Dunkerson J,Fluharty S,Mudd D,Hoane MR,Smith JS

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The interest in human conscious awareness has increasingly propelled the study of neglect, the most striking occurrence of an acquired lack of conscious experience of space. Neglect syndromes commonly arise after unilateral brain damage that spares primary sensory areas nonetheless leading to a lack of consciou...

journal_title：Restorative neurology and neuroscience

authors： Brozzoli C,Demattè ML,Pavani F,Frassinetti F,Farnè A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Ischemic stroke is associated with a variety pathophysiological changes affecting both glial and neuronal brain tissue. These changes are mirrored in the release of specific proteins into peripheral blood. Neurone-specific enolase (NSE), protein S100B and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) are those protein...

journal_title：Restorative neurology and neuroscience

authors： Herrmann M,Ehrenreich H

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinal and cortical lesions are completely different events that trigger visual cortical plasticity. We therefore compared the cortical effects of homonymous lesions of the central retina with effects of cortical lesions. All in vivo experiments were performed in anaesthetized, adult cats. Retinal lesions were made w...

journal_title：Restorative neurology and neuroscience

authors： Eysel UT,Schweigart G,Mittmann T,Eyding D,Qu Y,Vandesande F,Orban G,Arckens L

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Axonotmesis of the left sciatic nerve was performed on adult male Wistar rats. T1 values of the crushed nerve samples were determined with proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Denervation changes of the dependent hind plantar flexor muscles were assessed with proton magnetic resonance imaging of their cross-section...

journal_title：Restorative neurology and neuroscience

authors： Ribarič S,Jarh O,Sepe A,Demsar F

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Many studies have investigated the roles of neurotrophic factors in nerve regeneration by examining either anatomical recovery (regenerated axon count) or functional recovery as measured by sensory and motor behavior. This longitudinal study examined the effects of NGF and NT3 on functional and anatomical recov...

journal_title：Restorative neurology and neuroscience

authors： Young C,Miller E,Nicklous DM,Hoffman JR

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Neuroplastic alterations of cortical excitability and activity represent the likely neurophysiological foundation of learning and memory formation. Beyond their induction, alterations of these processes by subsequent modification of cortical activity, termed metaplasticity, came into the focus of...

journal_title：Restorative neurology and neuroscience

authors： Thirugnanasambandam N,Sparing R,Dafotakis M,Meister IG,Paulus W,Nitsche MA,Fink GR

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animals with unilateral neurotoxic lesions in the striatum exhibit a stereotypical biased rotational behavior in response to dopamine agonists. We recently argued that the rotational test may be subject to sensitization effects of the drug. Accordingly, we proposed the drug-free elevated body swing test (EBST) as an a...

journal_title：Restorative neurology and neuroscience

authors： Borlongan CV,Cahill DW,Sanberg PR

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PURPOSE: Until recently, there has been a limited amount of research comparing functional and anatomical recovery following nerve injury. Previous studies emphasizing anatomical recovery (such as axonal number) have shown that testosterone promotes regeneration in crushed and transected nerves. The purpose of this stu...

journal_title：Restorative neurology and neuroscience

authors： Swallow RK,Leiser MR,Fink BE,Sauer C,Nicklous DM,Hoffman JR

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Aging is believed to affect epigenetic marking of brain DNA with 5-methylcytosine (5mC) and possibly via the 5mC to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) conversion by TET (ten-eleven translocation) enzymes. We investigated the impact of aging on hippocampal DNA 5-hydroxymethylation including in the sequence of aging-...

journal_title：Restorative neurology and neuroscience

authors： Chen H,Dzitoyeva S,Manev H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the effect and underlying mechanism of Aceglutamide on motor dysfunction in rats after cerebral ischemia-reperfusion. METHODS:Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to 2 h transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO). Aceglutamide or vehicle was intraperitoneally given to rats at 24 ...

journal_title：Restorative neurology and neuroscience

authors： Zhang R,Yang N,Ji C,Zheng J,Liang Z,Hou CY,Liu YY,Zuo PP

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Injury of the nervous system initiates a cascade of signal transduction including a rise in extracellular glutamate which leads to subsequent secondary neuronal loss. Excitotoxicity is known to play a crucial role in cell death spinal cord trauma. Gangliosides, particularly monosialogangliosides (GM1), are protective ...

journal_title：Restorative neurology and neuroscience

authors： Vorwerk CK,Bonheur J,Kreutz MR,Dreyer EB,Laev H

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After stroke, the learned non-use of a paretic arm is a major obstacle to the improvement of hand function. OBJECTIVE:We examined whether patients with a central paresis could profit from applying the self-regulation strategy of making if-then plans that specify situational triggers to using the paretic arm...

journal_title：Restorative neurology and neuroscience

authors： Marquardt MK,Cohen AL,Gollwitzer PM,Gilbert SJ,Dettmers C

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Exogenously applied BDNF has been shown to rescue rat retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) from axotomy-induced apoptotic death, presumably via activation of its high affinity receptor TrkB. Since both TrkB and BDNF are endogenously expressed in RGCs, auto- or para-crine neurotrophic loops in the retina may be involve...

journal_title：Restorative neurology and neuroscience

authors： Hirsch S,Labes M,Bähr M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:There is considerable variability in the extent and nature of the glial response to injury and neurodegeneration. Transplantation of fetal cortical tissue onto the brain of neonatal host rats or mice results in region-specific changes dependent on where the fetal tissue is placed. These changes include chronic ...

journal_title：Restorative neurology and neuroscience

authors： Bates KA,Drummond ES,Cozens GS,Harvey AR

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The olfactory nerve differs from cranial nerves III-XII in that it contains a specialised type of glial cell, called 'olfactory ensheathing cell' (OEC), rather than Schwann cells. In addition, functional neurogenesis persists postnatally in the olfactory system, i.e. the primary olfactory pathway continuously rebuilds...

journal_title：Restorative neurology and neuroscience

authors： Ruitenberg MJ,Vukovic J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), electrical brain signals during motor imagery are utilized as commands connecting the brain to a computer. To use BCI in patients with stroke, unique brain signal changes should be characterized during motor imagery process. This study aimed to examine the trial-dependent mo...

journal_title：Restorative neurology and neuroscience

authors： Lee M,Park CH,Im CH,Kim JH,Kwon GH,Kim L,Chang WH,Kim YH

更新日期：2015-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Virtual reality (VR) has the potential to provide intensive, repetitive, and task-oriented training, and game-based therapy can enhance patients' motivation and enjoyment. OBJECTIVE:The objective of the present study was to develop a mobile game-based upper extremity VR program for patients who have experie...

journal_title：Restorative neurology and neuroscience

authors： Choi YH,Ku J,Lim H,Kim YH,Paik NJ

更新日期：2016-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Although neurotransmitter-based hypotheses still prevail current thinking about the mechanism of action of psychotropic drugs, recent insight into the pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders has unveiled a range of new therapeutic actions of the drugs used to treat those disorders. Especially antidepressants seem to ...

journal_title：Restorative neurology and neuroscience

authors： Paulzen M,Veselinovic T,Gründer G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of the study was to examine if improvements of stimulus detection performance in visual field tests after intensive visual training of the visual field border zone in patients with visual field defects are associated with changes in self-reported vision- and health-related quality of life (QoL). METHOD...

journal_title：Restorative neurology and neuroscience

authors： Gall C,Mueller I,Gudlin J,Lindig A,Schlueter D,Jobke S,Franke GH,Sabel BA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: Caspase-3 is known as a crucial effector for apoptotic cell death. Apoptosis has recently been recognized as an important cell death mechanism after spinal cord injury (SCI). This study attempts to define the effect of methylprednisolone (MP) on the activation of caspase-3 in the lesioned area following SCI. ...

journal_title：Restorative neurology and neuroscience

authors： Li X,Oudega M,Dancausse HA,Levi AD

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hearing loss is becoming a real social and health problem. Its prevalence in the elderly is an epidemic. The risk of developing hearing loss is also growing among younger people. If left untreated, hearing loss can perpetuate development of neurodegenerative diseases, including dementia. Despite recent advan...

journal_title：Restorative neurology and neuroscience

authors： Cieśla K,Wolak T,Lorens A,Heimler B,Skarżyński H,Amedi A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of gangliosides accelerates recovery of function after entorhinal cortex lesions on open field activity and learned spatial alternation tasks. In the present study, we examined whether GM1 ganglioside might enhance recovery from bilateral entorhinal cortex lesions on a differential reinforcement of low-...

journal_title：Restorative neurology and neuroscience

authors： Ramirez JJ,MacDonald K,Mañibo J,Payne J,Tuite C

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The brain can undergo self-repair and has the ability to compensate for functions lost after a stroke. The plasticity of the ischemic brain is influenced by several factors including aging and pharmacotherapy. Fluoxetine is an antidepressant which enhances serotonergic neurotransmission through selective inhibition of...

journal_title：Restorative neurology and neuroscience

authors： Sun Y,Sun X,Qu H,Zhao S,Xiao T,Zhao C

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The present study was aimed to investigate whether combination treatment with progesterone and rehabilitation training would be more effective than monotherapy after cerebral ischemia. METHODS:C57BL/6 mice were subjected to focal ischemia by photothrombosis and were treated with progesterone (2 mg/kg), rehabil...

journal_title：Restorative neurology and neuroscience

authors： Wang J,Feng X,Du Y,Wang L,Zhang S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00