Sentences with phrase «involuntary muscle»

Infant dystonia disorder causes involuntary muscle contractions in babies, but it's actually a neurological condition.

In that case, the skin cells became striatal medium spiny neurons, which are affected in Huntington's disease — an inherited, eventually fatal genetic disorder that causes involuntary muscle movements and cognitive decline beginning in middle adulthood.

They're brother and sister, and both have dystonia, a movement disorder that causes involuntary muscle contractions.

Looking sad involves the contraction of complex, involuntary muscles in the forehead.

Denoting, as in English, a nervous twitch or tremor caused by involuntary muscle contractions, the term may bring to mind a syndrome that disrupts everyday activities; the power of the unconscious, which eludes deliberate control; or any anomaly that calls normality into question.

There are also involuntary muscles that you don't have direct control over.

It is a specialized type of involuntary muscle.

There is an immediate effect on patients who have DBS on their motor function — the dyskinesia [involuntary muscle movements] is either gone or greatly reduced.

By measuring how much oxygen he consumes and how much carbon dioxide he breathes out, researchers can determine how much energy the subject spends on such basic functions as temperature control and involuntary muscle activity.

An added benefit is that MenAfriVac ® also boosts protective immune responses to tetanus, a painful bacterial disease that can cause involuntary muscle tightening and spasms sometimes strong enough to fracture bones and even cause death.

Adverse effects of antipsychotic drugs include extrapyramidal symptoms, such as Parkinsonian involuntary muscle movement.

This can mean our voluntary and involuntary muscles stay contracted, making it more difficult for food to pass through our bodies.

Absolute strength is the amount of force that one can exert under involuntary muscle stimulation (ex.

Smooth muscles are also called involuntary muscles since you have no control over them.

Once your pet has died, you might observe involuntary muscle contractions or respiratory gasps about one or two minutes after the loss of consciousness and circulation.

The actual seizure, characterized by involuntary muscle tone and movement.

Sometimes some Australian Shepherds will have involuntary muscle tremors in the hindquarters.

Austin Pet Neurologist - Difficulty Swallowing Symptom: The Animal Neurology & Imaging Center in Austin, TX provides the specialized care pets experiencing difficulty swallowing need to restore involuntary muscle function.

The FDA has announced that long term and high dose use of Reglan is linked to Tardive Dyskinesia, a highly disabling medical condition that creates repeated involuntary muscle movements of the face, tongue, eyes, arms and legs.

These include, in men, contraction of the rectal sphincter at.8 - second intervals, a reduction of voluntary muscle control, and involuntary muscle spasms throughout the body (one distinctive example being the so - called carpopedal spasm, in which the big toe is held straight out while the other toes bend back and the foot arches — a contortion most people couldn't pull off consciously if they were paid to).

In addition to hyperesthesia, or hypersensitivity to touch and light, other central nervous system symptoms include weakness, paralysis, loss of coordination, involuntary muscle twitching, neck pain, behavioral changes, seizures, coma and death.

One suggested explanation is a neurological condition called focal dystonia that results in involuntary muscle contractions when performing a motor task and tends to affect a muscle group that is used frequently and repeatedly.

Correcting for malfunctioning genes in these reprogrammed neurons prevented the cell death that is characteristic of Huntington's disease, an inherited genetic disorder that causes cognitive decline and involuntary muscle movements.

But this is the first time that botulin has been used to relax an involuntary muscle that can not normally be contracted at will.

Hordatines in beer may stimulate gastrointestinal motility by binding to certain reseptors in smooth, involuntary muscles.

The heart is an involuntary muscle that is crucial to human life but can not be consciously controlled.

Preliminary research indicates that the natural form of L - dopa in Mucuna pruriens provides equivalent (or better) results compared to synthetic levodopa; and without the common side effects of nausea, vomiting, and involuntary muscle movement.

It decreases the rate of the heart and respiration rate, while increasing the flow of blood to digestive organs, reproductive organs and inducing peristalsis (the involuntary muscle contractions that move food along the digestive tract).

The thing is, the LES is an involuntary muscle — meaning, you can't deliberately move it, the way you can with your quads or your biceps.

Involuntary muscle movements might indicate a medical condition that requires immediate treatment.

Dogs also tilt their heads while listening to us speak to them as a way to first, let us know they're paying attention and, second, as an involuntary muscle movement while they're searching for familiar words or phrases.

This surprisingly isn't an involuntary muscle spasm.

The patient will need to be supported with medications to control the involuntary muscle contractions until the ibuprofen is out of the patient's system.

Your dog is having involuntary muscle contractions and may bite unknowingly.

Idiopathic head tremors are a series of repetitive, horizontally («no» gesture) or vertically - directed («yes»), involuntary muscle contractions involving the head and neck.

Vomiting upon emergence, involuntary muscle twitching and cardiac arrest have occasionally been reported with Tilzolan ®.

Accident victims often suffer horribly from things like migraines and involuntary muscle spasms or shakes.

Involuntary muscle contractions caused by the shock can damage muscles, tendons, ligaments, and even bone.