611 In a recent article 1 , Allsopp and Fazakerley presented evidence supporting the view that the death of nerve cells upon infection with virus might be viewed as an adaptation by the host to minimize the spread of infection throughout the nervous system. Such 'altruistic' cell suicide will presumably have evolved through kin selection 2 among clonal cell lineages, whereby infected cells not ...

(1) Introduction.-This note lists some psychological, physiologic:.).l, and biochemical predictions that h::1.ve been derived from simple psychological postu]ates. These psychological postul:'1.tes have been used to derive a ne\v learning theory, 1-3 which is called the theory of embedding fields. The mathematical variables of the theory have natural psychological labels-such as "presentation o...

Stroke commonly leads to reduced mobility, which leads to deconditioning and a worsening of vascular risk factors, such as diabetes. The worsened risk profile leads to further strokes and disability--a vicious cycle for the stroke survivor. Exercise (walking) therapy may break this cycle by providing adequate stimuli for improving gait through plastic adaptation in the brain and through increas...

emergency department with difficulty walking, dizziness and double vision that had lasted for one week. He had previously experienced several weeks of temporal head ache and weight loss. Abnormal findings on neur o logic examination included upbeat nystagmus, gaze palsy when looking to the right and gait ataxia. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed multiple, small, acute a...

I would like to address some inaccuracies published in the recent JRRD article " Bodies in motion: Monitoring daily activity and exercise with motion sensors in people with chronic pulmonary disease " The following corrections should be noted: 1. The StepWatch is available from Cyma, not Prosthetics Research Study. 2. Software and hardware are available for both PC and Macintosh platforms. The ...

Neurological effects of high-dose idebenone in patients with Friedreich's ataxia: a rando-mized, placebo-controlled trial. et al. A randomized placebo-controlled trial of idebenone in Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy. Brain (this issue) 2011. Koilkonda RD, Guy J. Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy – gene therapy: from benchtop to bedside. Do idebenone and vitamin therapy shorten the time to...