Sentences with word «basilar»

Basilar artery architecture was normal.

Both conditions are characterized by increased proximity of the cranial cervical spine to the base of the skull [25]; however a defining characteristic of human basilar invagination is invagination of the odontoid process of the axis through or towards the foramen magnum, often with compression of the neural tissue by the dens [25].

To determine whether there was any increased risk of stroke in basilar and hemiplegic patients taking triptans or DHE, Klein and researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston did a retrospective analysis, collecting data from four headache centers around the country.

Frontal Head Restraints are devices that restrict neck extension during rapid deceleration, thus lessening the chances of basilar skull fractures — a common injury in motorsport.

«Because auras are associated with basilar and hemiplegic migraine, many physicians refuse to give these drugs to any patients experiencing an aura out of a false sense of precaution,» says Dr. Klein.

(C) Anteroposterior chest radiograph of an affected titi monkey, showing bilateral basilar infiltrates and a prominent right middle lobe consolidation.

Strokes in the brainstem are usually due to basilar occlusion, although in many cases the clinical syndrome may fit the criteria for a lacunar stroke [Mohr JP and Sacco RL, 1992].

Anatomical abbreviations: Gr = Gracile tract, Cu = Cuneate tract, dCST = dorsal cortico spinal tract, vCST = ventral cortico spinal tract, dc = decussation of the CST, pd = pyramid, pt = pyramidal tract or CST traversing pons and medulla, bp = basilar pons, NST nucleus of the solitary tract.

Histopathology in all cats showed hyaline degeneration of the ventral spinal artery, basilar artery or associated branches with aneurysmal dilation, thrombosis and ischemic degeneration and necrosis of the spinal cord and brain.

A sound wave sets your eardrum vibrating, which ultimately causes a spiraling membrane within the inner ear called the basilar membrane to vibrate, too.

In the model, two «sensor» neurons from different points on the basilar membrane and representing different frequencies send signals to a third «interneuron» that combines the two signals into one.

They searched for patients who had symptoms pointing to a basilar or hemiplegic migraine diagnosis and also received either a triptan or DHE treatment.

Early on, drug developers worried that adding more constriction to basilar and hemiplegic migraines could put these patients at greater risk of stroke, so these patients were excluded from the initial studies.

However, two subtypes of migraines, basilar and hemiplegic, are thought to cause pain by doing the opposite — constricting rather than swelling the blood vessels of the brain.