The AOTA Centennial Vision outlined in 2007 challenged the occupational therapy profession to become a "powerful, widely recognized, science-driven, and evidence-based" profession that could adapt to changing societal and cultural needs and flourish well into the future. That challenge can be met by simply being effective at what we do; this will increase our value and validate our worth. Neuro...

PURPOSE To investigate the use of constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) in Canadian neurological occupational and physical therapy. METHOD An online survey was completed by occupational and physical therapists practising in Canadian adult neurological rehabilitation. We measured participants' practices, perceptions, and opinions in relation to their use of CIMT in clinical practice. RE...

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background: magnetic resonance imaging (mri) is the standard method for observing brain plaques and contrast material injection is necessary for demonstrating the active plaque.this study compared the rate of enhancement of plaques with gadovist and magnevist in relapse phase of ms. methods: in this double blind study, after neurological examination of 62 patients in the attack phase of ms, two...

metabotropic glutamate receptors (mglurs) consist of a large family of g-protein coupled receptors that are critical for regulating normal neuronal function in the central nervous system. the wide distribution and diverse physiological roles of various mglur subtypes make them highly attractive targets for the treatment of a number of neurological and psychiatric disorders. the discovery of sub...

coenurosis is a disease of the central nervous system in sheep, caused by coenurus cerebralis , the larval stage of multiceps multiceps , which inhabits the small intestine of canidae. a case of regurgitations in a 2.5 month old lamb with acute coenurosis is being reported. the lamb was presented with a sudden onset of ataxia and re-gurgitations for 10 days. the post-mortem examination revealed...

Glial cells form a network in the central nervous system to support neurons and interact with them. The glia consist essentially of astrocytes that help with the nutrition of neurons and react in some cases of injury, oligodendrocytes that produce myelin, and microglia that are derived from the haemopoietic system and are concerned with the immunological defense of the nervous system. Experimen...