Remarkably little is known about the postnatal cellular development of the human amygdala. It plays a central role in mediating emotional behavior and has an unusually protracted development well into adulthood, increasing in size by 40% from youth to adulthood. Variation from this typical neurodevelopmental trajectory could have profound implications on normal emotional development. We report ...

Background: Vitamin E is believed to be the primary component of the antioxidant system in spermatozoa. There is a relationship between activity of these antioxidant and function of sperm. Vitamins E and C which are belong to non-enzymatic antioxidant are used as a supplemented drug to improve sperm quality and male fertility. The present study was carried out to investigate the positive effect...

The striatal return through the thalamus is largely neglected in current studies dealing with basal ganglia function, and its role within this circuitry remains obscure. In this contribution the thalamus is regarded as an important place of interaction between the input and the output organization of the basal ganglia. In support of this idea, a brief overview is provided of some of the most re...

In this review paper, we summarize the important contributions of the basal ganglia to the regulation of postural control. After a brief overview of basal ganglia circuitries, the emphasis is on clinical observations in patients with focal lesions in parts of the basal ganglia, as the impairments seen here can serve to highlight the normal functions of the basal ganglia nuclei in postural contr...

noise is considered as one of the most severe sources of environmental and workplace constraints. many noise effects are well known on immune function, hormonal levels, cardiovascular and respiratory systems. in this study, our aim is to evaluate the effects of traffic noise exposure on basal and stimulated gastric pepsin secretion. 48 male rats were exposed to traffic noise (86 db) for a short...

Thalamic relay nuclei transmit basal ganglia output to the frontal cortex, forming the last link in corticobasal ganglia circuitry. The thalamus regulates cortical activity through differential laminar connections, providing not only feedback, but also initiating "feedforward" loops, via nonreciprocal projections, that influence higher cortical areas. This study examines the organization of tha...

This review considers a number of recent theories on the neural basis of consciousness, with particular attention to the theories of Bogen, Crick, Llinás, Newman, and Changeux. These theories allot different roles to various key brain areas, in particular the reticular and intralaminar nuclei of the thalamus and the cortex. Crick's hypothesis is that awareness is a function of reverberating cor...

To cite: Tsai D-R, Huang SH, Lin S-H. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013200591 DESCRIPTION Bilateral striopallidodentate calcinosis (BSPDC) is characterised by calcifications of bilateral basal ganglia and dentate nuclei with or without thalamus, subcortical white matter and cerebellum involvement. A computed tomography (CT) is useful in diagnosi...

Degenerative diseases of the central nervous system have until recently been considered as being rather fixed in type, and most cases could be readily classified. The outstanding degenerative diseases are: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, and Friedreich's Tabes in the spinal cord. In the encephalon they are: Atrophy of either basal ganglia or the cerebellum, together with...

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