Behavioral studies, as well as anatomical and physiological data, suggest differences in functionality for inferior and superior visual fields. Previous investigations comparing latencies of the two fields have employed motor reaction times. This approach is of limited usefulness in elderly clinical populations where various degrees of motor impairment may be present. In this report, we describ...

It is suggested that in motor neuron disease there is a long preclinical period of relative tolerance and compensation before presentation with apparently focal features. During this phase the disease becomes disseminated through the motor system. The mode of acquisition of the disease, its relation to a possible genetic factor, and the processes leading to tolerance, to latency or progression,...

objective(s):parkinson's disease (pd) is known for motor impairments. but often, there are non-motor symptoms such as cognitive deficiency and pain misperception, owing to possible role of nigrostriatal pathway. antioxidants have protective effect on free radical-induced neuronal damage in pd. to further address, we examined the effects of ellagic acid (ea) in a rat model of pd induced by ...

Reflex pathways to tibialis anterior motoneurons from low threshold afferents of the common peroneal nerve were examined in 13 Parkinsonian subjects and 12 age-matched normals. Post-synaptic events occurring in single motoneurons were derived from changes in the firing probability of single voluntarily activated motor units during afferent stimulation. A period of increased firing probability o...

Brain correlates of conditioned leg flexion behavior were studied in dogs bearing chronically implanted electrodes. Animals were trained to asymptote under either classical aversive or avoidance contingencies, and then were retrained under the other contingency; the order of training was balanced across subjects. The training groups were further subdivided into 3and .5-set CS-US intervals. Thes...

Electromyographic responses of triceps surae to dorsiflexion stretch were studied in 47 patients with a variety of lesions producing an upper motor neuron syndrome. The short latency spinal reflexes, both when the patient was at rest and when he was exerting a voluntary plantarflexion, were frequently enhanced in magnitude and the rate of increase with acceleration was also enhanced. Long-laten...

Two generations of a family affected by hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy with pyramidal signs (HMSN V) were clinically and electrophysiologically examined. Apart from electroneurographic studies, the central motor conduction (CMC) to arm and leg muscles was assessed using magnetic transcranial motor cortex stimulation. Abnormal CMC was confined to the clinically affected members, with th...