Feeding difficulties are common in children with diplegic cerebral palsy (CP). Swallowing difficulties, extended feeding times, poor postural control, frequent chocking/coughing, trouble drinking, and vomiting the most challenges. The dysfunctional daily eating activities among these population result reduced quality of life, limited functional performance, they become dependent oral health car...

objective: estrogen deficit following menopause results in cognitive behaviors impairment. severity of these impairments in menopause women suffer with cerebral hypo perfusion/ischemia (hi) cause the brain damage and neuronal death. this study aimed to evaluate the effects of pomegranate seed extract (pgse) on avoidance memories after permanent bilateral common carotid arteries occlusion (2ccao...

Dravet syndrome (DS) is a rare severe epilepsy associated with slowed psychomotor development and behavioral disorders from the second year onward in previously seemingly normal child. Among cognitive impairments, visuospatial, sensorimotor integration, expressive language deficits are consistently reported. There have been independent hypotheses to deconstruct typical DS (dorsal stream vulnera...

The availability of proper tests for gait evaluation following cerebral ischemia in rats has been limited. The automated, quantitative CatWalk system, which was initially designed to measure gait in models of spinal cord injury, neuropathic pain, and peripheral nerve injury, is said to be a useful tool for the study of motor impairment in stroke animals. Here we report our experiences of using ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Motor recovery after stroke is associated with cerebral reorganization. However, few studies have investigated the relationship directly, and findings are equivocal. We therefore aimed to characterize the relationship between motor impairment, motor recovery, and task-related changes in regional cerebral blood flow (DeltarCBF) longitudinally. METHODS We obtained a profi...

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with cognitive impairment. We investigated whether alterations of intranetwork and internetwork functional connectivity with T2DM progression exist, by using resting-state functional MRI. MRI data were analysed from 19 T2DM patients with normal cognition (DMCN) and 19 T2DM patients with cognitive impairment (DMCI), 19 healthy controls (HC). Function...

Introduction: Lead intoxication in children has been associated with neurodevelopment disabilities that may result in motor and cognitive impairment. The aim of the present study is to evaluate in long term effects of prenatal exposure to low-level Pb2+ on learning, memory and EEG. Materials & Methods: Rat pregnant were exposed to distilled water or 0.05, 0.1, 0.2 % of Pb-acetate in the dr...

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating disorder that often results in severe sensorimotor function impairment with limited recovery of function. In recent years, rehabilitation training for spinal has gradually emerged, and some them play an important role the repair However, optimal regimen SCI remains to be determined. this study, we explore effects rotarod (began at 7 days post-injury) on...