The Corsi block-tapping test was developed as a non-verbal task to measure spatial memory. In this test, cubes are tapped by the examiner in novel sequences of increasing length after which participants are required to reproduce each sequence immediately. Objectives To evaluate spatial working memory in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. Methods 30 elderly control subjects (21 women, 9 men)...

The present study re-evaluates five funcional tests for measuring fatigue. These include tapping, colour calling, knee reflex, flicker and two-point discrimination tests. Eight faculty staff and technicians of a medical school were tested in the morning of each working day over a period of four years. A period of accustomization to the tests was observed. In the first 5 to 10 days of testing sc...

The aim of this study was to develop regression models for the quantification of parkinsonian bradykinesia. Forty patients with Parkinson's disease participated in this study. Angular velocity was measured using gyro sensor during finger tapping, forearm-rotation, and toe tapping tasks and the severity of bradykinesia was rated by two independent neurologists. Various characteristic variables w...

The task induced blood oxygenation level dependent signal changes observed using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) are critically dependent on the relationship between neuronal activity and hemodynamic response. Therefore, understanding the nature of neurovascular coupling is important when interpreting fMRI signal changes evoked via task. In this study, we used regional homogeneity ...

Motor function changes in the unaffected hand of stroke patients with hemiplegia. These changes are often ignored by clinicians owing to the extent of motor disability of the affected hand. Finger tapping frequency and Lind-mark hand function score showed that the motor function of unaffected hands in stroke patients was poorer than that of a healthy control hand. After 2 weeks of rehabilitatio...

the antinociceptive effect of elaeagnus angustifolia fruits was studied in mice. the antinociceptive effect of ethanolic and boiling water extracts was studied using two thermal stimuli, the hot-plate and tail-flick tests. the intraperitoneal and oral administration of the ethanolic extract of seed 0.75-7.00 g/kg), but not pericarp and medulla had significant antinociceptive activity in the hot...

The topographical evolution of a lapping plate surface during a diamond charging process was followed by analysis of atomic force microscopy (AFM) images. AFM measurements were performed in the tapping mode on several Sn–Sb alloy lapping plates containing different amounts of encrusted diamond particles on their surface. Such plates were processed under different charging times at the Lapping P...