Please summarize the reasons that you are applying for this program‚ what you hope to gain by participating in SSRP‚ and how it fits into your future educational and career objectives. Please be sure to indicate general or specific areas of scientific research that you may want to pursue in our program and why those areas are of particular interest to you. For me‚ participating in SSRP would be both constructive and propitious for my undergraduate career. The program will help me progress those
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Due to the dopamine deficiency‚ PD patients have several different symptoms. Most report a gradual onset of aching‚ malaise‚ and fatigue; followed by evidence of a tremor in one or more than one extremity.11 Even with the large number of symptoms‚ no two people will experience the exact same symptoms of the disease.8 These symptoms are divided into two categories: motor and non-motor symptoms. Because PD affects the way the brain controls the movements of the body‚ the first symptoms usually
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What are the chances of recovery from traumatic brain injury? Wednesday‚ 13 July 2011 Answered by: Dr Rajas Deshpande M.D. (Medicine)‚ D.M. (Neurology) Fellowship in Multiple Sclerosis (UWO Canada) Fellowship in Movement Disorders (UWO Canada) Consultant Neurologist Q. My 41 years old relative had traumatic brain injury due to an accident last month. Since then he is in the vegetative state. MRI indicates acute infarction in bilateral superior cerebellum and diffuse axonal injury. His
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schizophrenia‚ Tourette’s‚ Alzheimer’s‚ and facial blindness have no known causes and the number of patients diagnosed with these illnesses is steadily increasing. Currently‚ Dr. Sacks is residing in New York where he is a professor of clinical neurology and psychiatry at Columbia University. Dr. Sacks has accomplished milestones in the field of medicine and is best known for his case studies of neurological disorders‚ in which he has written several books educating the world on the topic (Why the
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Central Pontine Myelinolysis in the setting of Slow Hyponatremia Correction Wu‚ Alex M.D.1‚ Chen‚ Hsiong M.D.2‚ Harvin‚ Lisa D.O.‚ M.S.3 1. Resident – Department of Medicine‚ Franklin Square Medical Center‚ MD 2. Neurology Hospitalist – Department of Neurology‚ Franklin Square Medical Center‚ MD 3. Resident – Department of Medicine‚ Franklin Square Medical Center‚ MD Introduction Central Pontine Myelinolysis is often a feared complication of overly aggressive correction of hyponatremia. As a result
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need to be replicated in larger studies before we can say that this type of treatment is safe and effective. Earlier trials had successfully tested the procedure on patients with advanced disease‚ after 12 years. Gunther Deushcl‚ Professor of Neurology at Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel‚ and lead investigator of the study for Germany‚ said: ‘These results signal a shift in the way patients with Parkinson’s disease can be treated. ’They prove that deep brain stimulation therapy can improve
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References: Labuguen‚ Ronald H. (2006). The initial evaluation of vertigo. American Family Physician. Jan.15‚ 73(2)‚ 244-251. Strupp‚ Michael. (2010). Challenges for neuro-otology. Frontiers in Neurology. 1:121. doi: 10.3389/fneur. 2010.00121 Sura‚ Daljit Singh‚ and Newell‚ Steven. (2010). Vertigo-diagnosis and management in the primary care. British Journal of Medical Practitioners. 3(4)‚ 351.
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Neurophysiology has been a subject of study since as early as 4‚000 B.C. In the early B.C. years‚ most studies were of different natural sedatives like alcohol and poppy plants. In 1700 B.C.‚ the Edwin Smith surgical papyrus was written. This papyrus was crucial in understanding how the ancient Egyptians understood the nervous system. This papyrus looked at different case studies about injuries to different parts of the body‚ most notably the head. Beginning around 460 B.C.‚ Hippocrates began
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Neurotransmitter Switching in Adult Brain According to one dogma of neuroscience‚ neurotransmitter population was thought to be fixed and immutable throughout life once developmental stages have passed. For over 100 years‚ a central assumption in the field of neuroscience has been that the brain of the adult mammals should remain structurally constant. New neurons‚ as well as new neurotransmitters were thought not to be added to the adult mammalian brain and that the production of new neurons would
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STATEMENT OF RESEARCH INTEREST I’m a physiotherapist with 5 years of experience in rehabilitation of neurological disorders mainly cerebral palsy‚ cerebrovascular stroke and spinal cord injury. Although‚ the rehabilitation process takes a lot of time and money‚ the recovery is usually limited. Moreover‚ the impacts of these disorders on patients and their family can be devastating. These factors were motivating me to search for new methods in management of these disorders. I found that integration
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