Movement Disorders - Physiopathology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Motor mapping in cerebral palsy.

29 Sep 2009 The measurement of motor deficits in individuals with cerebral palsy (CP) has been largely based on clinical criteria. Yet functional imaging and non-invasive stimulation methods provide a means to measure directly abnormalities of the motor system. ... Read more...

Neural plasticity and treatment across the lifespan for motor deficits in cerebral palsy.

29 Sep 2009 The past decade of research in neuroscience and stroke rehabilitation has demonstrated that the adult brain is capable of recovery through physiological processes (often called 'plasticity'). Some of the recovery is spontaneous and some is a result ... Read more...

Forelimb locomotor assessment scale (FLAS): novel assessment of forelimb dysfunction after cervical spinal cord injury.

Sep 2009 We describe here a novel forelimb locomotor assessment scale (FLAS) that assesses forelimb use during locomotion in rats injured at the cervical level. A quantitative scale was developed that measures movements of shoulder, elbow, and wrist joints, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Movement Disorders - Physiopathology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Motor mapping in cerebral palsy. 29 Sep 2009
• Neural plasticity and treatment across the lifespan for motor deficits in cerebral palsy. 29 Sep 2009
• Forelimb locomotor assessment scale (FLAS): novel assessment of forelimb dysfunction after cervical spinal cord injury. Sep 2009
• A multiparametric evaluation of regional brain damage in patients with primary progressive multiple sclerosis. 30 Aug 2009
• Is a preserved functional reserve a mechanism limiting clinical impairment in pediatric MS patients? 30 Aug 2009
• Treatment of hyperkinetic movement disorders. 30 Aug 2009
• Robotic devices as therapeutic and diagnostic tools for stroke recovery. 30 Aug 2009
• Tobacco use and recovery of gait and balance function in older adults. 30 Aug 2009
• Neocortical movement representations are reduced and reorganized following bilateral intrastriatal 6-hydroxydopamine infusion and dopamine type-2 receptor antagonism. 20 Aug 2009
• Volumetric effects of motor cortex injury on recovery of dexterous movements. 8 Aug 2009
• Consequences of intraventricular hemorrhage in a rabbit pup model. 4 Aug 2009
• Clinical reasoning: a video analysis of eye and limb movement abnormalities in a Parkinsonian syndrome. 2 Aug 2009
• Dystonia: a sensory and motor disorder of short latency inhibition. 30 Jul 2009
• Psychogenic movement disorders. 30 Jul 2009
• Peripherally induced movement disorders. 30 Jul 2009
• Medical treatment of Parkinson disease. 30 Jul 2009
• Movement disorders. Preface. 30 Jul 2009
• Subchronic infusion of the product of inflammation prostaglandin J2 models sporadic Parkinson's disease in mice. 23 Jul 2009
• Medial medullary infarction: clinical, imaging, and outcome study in 86 consecutive patients. 21 Jul 2009
• A study of motor activity and catecholamine levels in different brain regions following Japanese encephalitis virus infection in rats. 20 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Movement Disorders'

Definition: Syndromes which feature DYSKINESIAS as a cardinal manifestation of the disease process. Included in this category are degenerative, hereditary, post-infectious, medication-induced, post-inflammatory, and post-traumatic conditions.

Descriptor UI: D009069

Alternative terms: Movement Disorders; Movement Disorder; Movement Disorder Syndromes; Movement Disorder Syndrome; Dyskinesia Syndromes; Dyskinesia Syndrome; Lingual-Facial-Buccal Dyskinesia; Dyskinesia, Lingual-Facial-Buccal; Dyskinesias, Lingual-Facial-Buccal; Lingual Facial Buccal Dyskinesia; Lingual-Facial-Buccal Dyskinesias; Orofacial Dyskinesia; Dyskinesia, Orofacial; Dyskinesias, Orofacial; Orofacial Dyskinesias; Oral Dyskinesia; Etat Marbre; Status Marmoratus;

Related Mesh Headings: Psychomotor Disorders; Dyskinesias;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.228.662;

History Note: 1963; for ORAL DYSKINESIA & LINGUAL-FACIAL-BUCCAL DYSKINESIA use DYSKINESIA, DRUG-INDUCED 2000-2007

Technical Notes: consider DYSKINESIAS for abnormal involuntary movements as a manifestation of an underlying disease