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Corticospinal tract: a new hope for the treatment of post-stroke spasticity
AbstractStroke is the third leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Post-stroke spasticity (PSS) is the most common complication of stroke but represents only one of the many manifestations of upper motor neuron syndrome. As an upper motor neuron, the corticospinal tract (CST) is the only direct descending motor pathway that innervates the spinal motor neurons and is closely related to the recovery of limb function in patients with PSS. Therefore, promoting axonal remodeling in the CST may help identify new therapeutic strategies for PSS. In this review, we outline the pathological mechanisms of PSS, specifically ...
Source: Acta Neurologica Belgica - September 13, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
Ankle-Foot-Orthosis “Hermes” Compensates Pathological Ankle Stiffness of Chronic Stroke—A Proof of Concept
Individuals with an upper motor neuron syndrome, e.g., stroke survivors, may have a pathological increase of passive ankle stiffness due to spasticity, that impairs ankle function and activities such as walking. To improve mobility, walking aids such as ankle-foot orthoses and orthopaedic shoes are prescribed. However, these walking aids generally limit the range of motion (ROM) of the foot and may therewith negatively influence activities that require a larger ROM. Here we present a new ankle-foot orthosis “Hermes”, and its first experimental results from four hemiparetic chronic stroke patients. Hermes was ...
Source: IEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering - September 7, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research
Ventrolateral pontomedullary junction ischaemic stroke imitating isolated facial nerve palsy
Pract Neurol. 2023 Aug 3:pn-2023-003839. doi: 10.1136/pn-2023-003839. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTA 75-year-old woman presenting with unilateral lower motor neurone facial weakness was ultimately diagnosed with an ischaemic stroke at the pontomedullary junction affecting the facial nerve fascicles. Isolated, unilateral, upper and lower facial weakness is typically caused by lesions affecting the facial nerve, such as Bell's palsy, though rarely can be a manifestation of acute ischaemic stroke. It is important for neurologists and emergency providers to determine appropriately which patients with facial weakness require n...
Source: Practical Neurology - August 3, 2023 Category: Neurology Authors: Patrick Hartnett Daniela Zambrano Source Type: research
E-132 Successful mechanical thrombectomy in an 11-year-old patient with emergent large vessel occlusion acute ischemic stroke related to congenital complete heart block and recent covid-19 infection
ConclusionsThis is a first known report of a successful mechanical thrombectomy in a pediatric patient due to a large vessel occlusion related to congenital complete heart block and recent COVID-19 infection.Disclosures J. Ansari: None. D. Mata Canadas: None. M. Ayub: None. J. Caskey: None. P. Simoncini: None. R. Riel-Romero: None. P. Sharma: None. D. Jordan: None. H. Cuellar: None.
Source: Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery - July 30, 2023 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Ansari, J., Mata Canadas, D., Ayub, M., Caskey, J., Simoncini, P., Riel-Romero, R., Sharma, P., Jordan, D., Cuellar, H. Tags: SNIS 20th annual meeting electronic poster abstracts Source Type: research
AI makes non-invasive mind-reading possible by turning thoughts into text
Advance raises prospect of new ways to restore speech in those struggling to communicate due to stroke or motor neurone diseaseAn AI-based decoder that can translate brain activity into a continuous stream of text has been developed, in a breakthrough that allows a person ’s thoughts to be read non-invasively for the first time.The decoder could reconstruct speech with uncanny accuracy while people listened to a story – or even silently imagined one – using only fMRI scan data.Previous language decoding systems have required surgical implants, and the latest advance raises the prospect of new ways to restore speech i...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 1, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Hannah Devlin Science correspondent Tags: Artificial intelligence (AI) Neuroscience Technology US news World news Medical research Source Type: news
Clinical diagnostic utility of transcranial magnetic stimulation in neurological disorders. Updated report of an IFCN committee
Clin Neurophysiol. 2023 Mar 29;150:131-175. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2023.03.010. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe review provides a comprehensive update (previous report: Chen R, Cros D, Curra A, Di Lazzaro V, Lefaucheur JP, Magistris MR, et al. The clinical diagnostic utility of transcranial magnetic stimulation: report of an IFCN committee. Clin Neurophysiol 2008;119(3):504-32) on clinical diagnostic utility of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in neurological diseases. Most TMS measures rely on stimulation of motor cortex and recording of motor evoked potentials. Paired-pulse TMS techniques, incorporating conventio...
Source: Clinical Neurophysiology - April 17, 2023 Category: Neurology Authors: Steve Vucic Kai-Hsiang Stanley Chen Matthew C Kiernan Mark Hallett David H Benninger Vincenzo Di Lazzaro Paolo M Rossini Alberto Benussi Alfredo Berardelli Antonio Curr à Sandro M Krieg Jean-Pascal Lefaucheur Yew Long Lo Richard A Macdonell Marcello Mass Source Type: research
