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{ Monthly Archives } March 2004

Evaluation and management of spastic gait in patients with traumatic brain injury

by Alberto Esquenazi, MD.Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Damage to the corticospinal system after brain injury interferes with activities of daily living, mobility, and communication. The chief cause of this interference has to do with impairment to produce and regulate voluntary movement accompanied by the presence of spasticity. This review [...]

Mar 1, 2004 Brain injury
Diseases & Disorders
Functional Domains & Other Topics
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Treatment with the antiepileptic drugs phenytoin and gabapentin ameliorates seizure and paralysis of Drosophila bang-sensitive mutants

by Elaine R. Reynolds, Eric A. Stauffer, Laura Feeney, Elizabeth Rojahn, Benjamin Jacobs, Carol McKeever.Department of Biology, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, USA.Drosophila bang-sensitive (bs) mutants exhibit a stereotypic seizure and paralysis following exposure to mechanical shock. In a physiological preparation, seizures and failures corresponding to the defective behavior are observed in response to high frequency [...]

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