Physiological Basis of Neuromuscular Disorders

P43: Neuroanatomical Basis of Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety is an emotion characterized by an unpleasant manner of inner distress, often accompanied by nervous behavior. Anxiety is related to the particular behaviors of fight or flight responses. The amygdala, the insula and anterior cingulate cortex seem to be critical, and all three have been referred to as the fear network .The amygdala which plays a fundamental role in neural network of fear...

Neuromuscular Disorders

Disorders of the neuromuscular unit can result in clinical presentations that range from subtle symptoms to acute respiratory failure with significant morbidity and mortality. In most cases, the pathophysiologic mechanism of these disorders is well understood and permits an organization and understanding based on the level of the nervous system affected. This facilitates an approach that interp...

[Neuromuscular disorders]

OBJECTIVE: To discuss the most important aspects for the performance of a differential diagnosis among the main neuromuscular disorders in children, which include diseases affecting the motor unity, i.e. spinal motor neurons, peripheral nerves, neuromuscular junction and muscular fibers. SOURCES: The review of the clinical aspects that should be considered for a prompt differential diagnosis am...

Genetics of Neuromuscular Disorders

This book, Volume 306 in the series Progress in Clinical and Biological Research, is the record of the Fifth Inernational Clinical Genetics Seminar held in Crete, October 1988. Over 60 contributors from all over the world participated in this conference, and their individual papers comprise the volume. Six sections include the following topics: muscular dystrophies, spinal muscular atrophies, m...

Physiological Basis of Exercise