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Showing 1 to 20 of 45 for “"motor impairment"”.
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A Development of A Test of Motor Impairment
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Voxel-Based Lesion Symptom Mapping as a Predictor of Motor Impairment after Stroke
… analysis was utilized to predict degree of motor impairment based on lesion location. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) was used to collect T1 weighted structural images of lesions in 11 participants who suffered primarily left hemisphere damage due to stroke. Assessments from the Lower …
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Using Smartphone Applications to Support Cognition in Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease: A Pilot Treatment Study
Cognitive impairment from Parkinson’s disease can limit performance in daily activities, reduce participation in social/leisure activities, and increase caregiver burden. A 5-week treatment program was developed to train the use of smartphone applications to support cognitive functioning in …
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Effect of cannabinoids on pain-stimulated and pain-depressed behavior in rats
… (i.e. true analgesia) or by false positive motor impairment. This dissertation addresses this weakness by complementing cannabinoid effects in conventional assays of pain-stimulated behavior with their effects in novel assays of pain-depressed behavior. Pain-depressed behaviors are defined …
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Characterization of a Drosophila model of Huntington's disease
… and cortex, leading to personality changes, motor impairment, and dementia. To date, the molecular mechanisms that underlie the neurodegenerative process remain to be defined. Development of transgenic Drosophila HD models may facilitate dissection of molecular and cellular pathways that lead …
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College students with a disability attempting science, engineering, or mathematics studies: Fourteen case studies
… (SEM) programs who have a vision/hearing/motor impairment were interviewed to investigate: (1) What might explain why proportionately fewer students with disabilities pursue SEM than others? (2) In light of those factors, why and how do these exceptional ""survivors"" pursue collegiate SEM …
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Tendon reflex protocol for exploring the mechanisms associated with whole body vibration
… a group of non-progressive, but often changing, motor impairment syndromes arising in the early stages of human development. The aim of this project was to design a protocol and related instruments to assess the tendon reflex in response to WBV. Both a press pedal used for measuring the force …
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The Influence of Aging and Parkinson’s Disease on Neural Oscillations Associated with Memory Consolidation
… changes in cortical sleep oscillations preceding motor impairment in a LRRK2 mouse model of Parkinson’s disease (PD), and explore herein putative links between age-related changes in neural oscillations and the predilection towards neurodegeneration.
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Force Dynamics of the Rat Lateral Gastrocnemius Muscle after Undergoing Sensory Protection
… procedure, involving the reinnervation of a motor-denervated muscle with a sensory nerve, has shown promise in preserving muscle function and structure. This thesis investigates the impact of sensory protection on the force dynamics and muscle architecture of the lateral gastrocnemius muscle …
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Robust dynamic symbol recognition : the ClockSketch classifier
… test has a high likelihood of cognitive or motor impairment. As a result, mistakes such as crossed-out numerals, messiness, missing components, and noise will be common in drawings, and a well-designed classifier must be capable of handling and correcting for various types of error. I …
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Examining the Links Among Motor Symptoms in Hyperfunctional Voice Disorders, Auditory Discrimination, and Auditory-Motor Function
… Recent evidence suggests impaired auditory-motor function may be a factor in the development or evolution of hyperfunctional voice disorders (HVDs), the most common category. The series of studies outlined in this dissertation form a program of research that focused on further describing the …
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Kehityksellisen koordinaatiohäiriön yhteys pikkuaivojen osien tilavuuteen aikuisuudessa – prospektiivinen seurantatutkimus
… kehityksen häiriö, joka ilmenee haasteina motoriikassa, koordinaatiossa ja tasapainossa. Etiologiaa häiriön taustalla ei vielä täysin tunneta. Kehityksellisen koordinaatiohäiriön yhteyttä aivojen tilavuuteen on tutkittu vähän, eivätkä tulokset systemaattisesti toistu, joten …
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Role of N6-Methyladenosine (m6A) epitranscriptomic mechanisms in manganese-induced astrocyte inflammation
… neurological signs and symptoms, predominantly motor impairment but can also elicit neuropsychiatric effects. The motor impairment is resulting from neuronal dysfunction and inflammation within the extrapyramidal motor circuitry of basal ganglia. Although these observations are known, it remains …
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Dopamine and reward : effects of dopamine antagonist drugs on operant and consummatory behaviours
… Herrnstein matching law was used to dissociate motoric from motivational drug-induced performance changes. The effects of neuroleptic drugs were compatible with, at low doses, a reduction in reinforcer efficacy, and at higher doses, an additional motor impairment However, the Herrnstein matching …
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Development of a Novel Intervention Guided by Neuromuscular Control Principles for Upper Extremity Neurorehabilitation after Stroke
Stroke survivors often face upper extremity motor impairments that include abnormal intermuscular coordination, which negatively affects individualized joint control. This lack of individualized coordination is one of the fundamental motor control problems that explain voluntary movement impairment …
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Darifenacina versus Estimulação Elétrica Transcutânea Parasacral para Tratamento da Síndrome da Bexiga Hiperativa Neurogênica em Individuos Infectados pelo HTLV-1
… and in 59% of infected individuals without motor impairment. Anticholinergic medications are widely used to treat OAB symptoms, but the frequency of adverse events such as constipation, dry mouth, visual and mental disturbances, and even urinary retention should not be overlooked. Dry …
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Predicting closed head injury status with the Dean-Woodcock Sensory Motor Battery
… examine the utility of the Dean-Woodcock Sensory Motor Battery (DWSMB) as a diagnostic tool for identifying individuals with and without closed-head injury, comparing the predictive power of a two- and three-factor representation (DWSMB; Dean & Woodcock, 2003). The current study's major research …
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Investigating Diffusion Tensor Imaging Correlates of Cognitive Impairment In Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus and Alzheimer'S Disease
… pathophysiological changes leading to cognitive impairment also led to the ventriculomegaly, as may occur in AD, versus whether the hydrocephalus itself is driving cognitive and motor impairment, i.e. iNPH. The <strong>goal</strong> of this thesis project is to investigate the relationship …
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Cognition in action C-i-A: Rethinking gesture in neuro-atypical young people: A conceptual framework for embodied, embedded, extended and enacted intentionality
… of young people with severe speech and motor impairment, due to cerebral palsy (SSMI-CP). CP is described as: a range of non-progressive syndromes of posture and motor impairment. The aetiology is thought to result from damage to the developing central nervous system during gestation or …
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Lis1 and Ndel1 Regulate Dynein-Mediated Organelle Transport In Adult Neurons
… by decreased brain folding, cognitive and motor impairment, and progressively worsening seizures. From earlier studies it is clear that Lis1 regulates key events in mitosis and migration of neurons during embryonic brain development (1). Lis1 and its binding partner, Ndel1, both bind to the …
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