Correspondence to: Dr Neoklis A. Georgopoulos, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, University of Patras Medical School, Rio 26500, Greece. Fax: +30-2610-993854 E-mail: [email protected] Received: 3 July 2008 Revised: 7 August 2008 Accepted: 28 September 2008 Published online: 23 February 2009 Letters to the Editor Asian Journal of Andr logy (2009) 11:...

In this paper, we present the mode-locked operation of an ultra-robustly stabilised Nd:GdVO(4) laser with low repetition rate by combining quadratic polarisation switching and a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM). In addition, similar experiment was also done with Nd:YVO(4). For Nd:GdVO(4), 16-ps pulses at 1063 nm with a repetition rate of 3.95 MHz have been obtained for a laser av...

The plantar reflex is one of most important and widely tested components of the neurological examination. We describe 3 subjects with Klippel-Feil syndrome and mirror movements where unilateral cutaneous stimulation of the foot leads to flexor plantar responses in both feet. We discuss the evidence which suggests that this "crossed flexor" plantar response reveals a transcortical pathway for th...

The aim of this study is to present a package including standard software for the electroencephalographic (EEG), electro-oculographic (EOG) and electromyographic (EMG) preliminary data analysis, which may be suitable to standardize the results of many EEG research centers studies (i.e. multi-centric studies) especially focused on event-related potentials. In particular, our software package inc...

1 Movement Disorders Section, Neurology Unit, Hospital de Base do Distrito Federal, Brası́lia, DF, Brazil 2 Neuroradiology Section, Clı́nica Villas Boas, Brası́lia, DF, Brazil 3 Neuroscience and Behaviour Laboratory, Institute of Biology, University of Brası́lia, DF, Brazil 4 Sherbrooke Connectivity Imaging Lab, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada 5 Imeka Inc, 3000 boul. de l‘Unive...

A 9-year-old boy presented to the Child Guidance Clinic at the Department of Pediatrics, Medical College, Calicut with abnormal hand movements. He gave history of simultaneous, involuntary movements of the hand associated with voluntary movements of the opposite hand. The involuntary movements were noticed from the first year onwards. There was history of dropping objects in one hand whenever t...

In this study, fertilized mirror carp eggs were allowed to develop in fresh water with various magnesium concentrations (0.05, 0.2 and 2 mg l). The percentage of dead (eggs+prelarvae) and deformed prelarvae increased sharply to 94% at an ambient magnesium concentration of 0.05 mg l compared with 22 and 10% at ambient magnesium concentrations of 0.2 mg l and 2.0 mg l, respectively. Mirror carp r...