«We have uncovered a fundamentally new intervention strategy that can dramatically affect recovery
of voluntary movement in individuals with complete paralysis even years after injury,» said Susan Harkema, Ph.D., Owsley Brown Frazier Chair in Clinical Rehabilitation Research at the University of Louisville, rehabilitation research director at KSCIRC, Frazier Rehab Institute, director of the Reeve Foundation's NeuroRecovery Network and primary author of The Lancet article.
MyndMove, a breakthrough medical therapy that significantly improves recovery
of voluntary movement in patients with arm and hand paralysis following stroke or spinal cord injury (SCI), will be accessible to more Ontarians with the assistance of a unique program at MaRS Discovery District.
TORONTO, October 7, 2014 — MyndMove, a breakthrough medical therapy that significantly improves recovery
of voluntary movement in patients with arm and hand paralysis following stroke or spinal cord injury (SCI), will be accessible to more Ontarians with the assistance of a unique program at MaRS Discovery District.
Not exact matches
In its present manifestation,
voluntary simplicity is a middle - class
movement of well - educated people «who like to think and read, who look thoughtfully at every aspect
of their lives and consider the consequences
of their decisions.»
She wonders if the
voluntary simplicity
movement is like «a change
in the geography
of the ocean floor that's creating a swell on the surface but won't impact the shore.
At first the temperance
movement in America was purely a
voluntary society that aimed at temperate use
of milder alcoholic beverages.
We should remember that it was the limited effectiveness
of church workers
in the settlement house
movement and other
voluntary, local efforts
in the 1880s that led to the large - scale government social programs
of the 20th century.
The proposal outlined
in this paper, asking for religiously affiliated people to work together to face the issues
of terrorism, violence and injustice,
in not meant to diminish the important role that all other human agencies, state sponsored or
voluntary organizations, groups and
movements, have to play.
His work
in founding the communitarian
movement in 1977 came not because he thought he had changed but because he thought the United States was abandoning its commitment to families and all the
voluntary associations that Tocqueville observed as a defining part
of a liberal republic.
Muslims
in each
of those regions have created indigenous,
voluntary movements to Christ.
(A friend
of mine, a first - rate psychologist, who is a subject
of graphic automatism, tells me that the appearance
of independent actuation
in the
movements of his arm, when he writes automatically, is so distinct that it obliges him to abandon a psychophysical theory which he had previously believed
in, the theory, namely, that we have no feeling
of the discharge downwards
of our
voluntary motor - centres.
In most cases, Friedreich's ataxia starts in adolescence with impaired balance and coordination (ataxia) of voluntary arm and leg movements, confining the majority of patients to a wheelchair after 10 - 20 years» progressio
In most cases, Friedreich's ataxia starts
in adolescence with impaired balance and coordination (ataxia) of voluntary arm and leg movements, confining the majority of patients to a wheelchair after 10 - 20 years» progressio
in adolescence with impaired balance and coordination (ataxia)
of voluntary arm and leg
movements, confining the majority
of patients to a wheelchair after 10 - 20 years» progression.
In 2004, surgeons placed a tiny 100 - electrode array in his primary motor cortex, the brain region that controls voluntary movement, to collect electrical impulses from nerve cells and send them to a series of signal processor
In 2004, surgeons placed a tiny 100 - electrode array
in his primary motor cortex, the brain region that controls voluntary movement, to collect electrical impulses from nerve cells and send them to a series of signal processor
in his primary motor cortex, the brain region that controls
voluntary movement, to collect electrical impulses from nerve cells and send them to a series
of signal processors.
Friedreich's is the most common recessive ataxia (a lack
of muscle control
in voluntary movement) and results from deficient expression
of the small mitochondrial protein frataxin.
«This is the very first time that someone with complete, chronic motor paralysis has demonstrated any kind
of voluntary movement,» says Grégoire Courtine, a neuroscientist at the University
of Zurich
in Switzerland.
It's just amazing that, you know, you could capture that much information and it's interesting
in the scientific perspective because what we are finding right now with issues like climate change and conservation is that we really need fine - grained samples from very large geographic areas to really understand the dynamics
of species range
movements and how fragmentation is occurring and many biogeographic questions, and literally, the only way we can do this is through
voluntary networks like this because it would cost billions and billions to send professionals out at that finer scale to understand it.
Today,
in a case report published
in The Lancet, doctors and researchers reveal that Summers has regained the ability to stand for a few minutes and to perform some
voluntary movements of his lower extremities, thanks to electrodes they implanted
in his spinal cord.
The researchers concluded that
in the early stages after stroke, improvements
in voluntary movement can be attributed to a reduction
in brain swelling because
of the trauma and other spontaneous repairs, while later improvements result from «neuronal plasticity» — the reorganization or regeneration
of nerve cells within the spinal cord
in response to changes
in the nerve network.
Beyond regaining
voluntary movement, the research participants have displayed a myriad
of improvements
in their overall health, including the increase
of muscle mass and regulation
of their blood pressure, as well as reduced fatigue and transformational changes to their sense
of well - being.
BrainGate has developed a device, named after itself, which is composed
of an «aspirin - sized array
of electrodes» that is implanted
in the motor cortex, the area
of the brain primarily responsible for
voluntary movement.
According to Dr. Gaffield, the sophisticated behavior tasks, used
in combination with genetic reporters and effectors
of activity, have opened up the possibility
of studying cerebellar circuits during
voluntary movement at an unprecedented level
of quantitation.
This work builds on previous research at KSCIRC showing benefits
of spinal cord epidural stimulation, along with activity - based training,
in which individuals with SCI have achieved
voluntary movement, standing and stepping, and improved bladder, bowel and sexual function.
According to neurologists R. John Leigh and David Zee, authors
of the comprehensive The Neurology
of Eye
Movements (Oxford University Press, 1999), schizophrenics show consistent abnormalities
in the
voluntary control
of saccades, particularly
in tasks requiring imagination, memory or prediction.
In the laboratory «Neural Basis
of Sensorimotor Control» we study brain circuitry mechanisms for
voluntary movement control and sensory processing that involves the arm and hand.
Mesodiencephalic dopamine neurons play central roles
in the regulation
of a wide range
of brain functions, including
voluntary movement and behavioral processes.
According to the Cerebral Palsy Alliance, symptoms can range from a weakness
in one hand ormuscle spasms to almost a complete lack
of voluntary movement.
Included
in the PowerPoint: Macroeconomic Objectives (AS Level) a) Aggregate Demand (AD) and Aggregate Supply (AS) analysis - the shape and determinants
of AD and AS curves; AD = C+I+G + (X-M)- the distinction between a
movement along and a shift
in AD and AS - the interaction
of AD and AS and the determination
of the level
of output, prices and employment b) Inflation - the definition
of inflation; degrees
of inflation and the measurement
of inflation; deflation and disinflation - the distinction between money values and real data - the cause
of inflation (cost - push and demand - pull inflation)- the consequences
of inflation c) Balance
of payments - the components
of the balance
of payments accounts (using the IMF / OECD definition): current account; capital and financial account; balancing item - meaning
of balance
of payments equilibrium and disequilibrium - causes
of balance
of payments disequilibrium
in each component
of the accounts - consequences
of balance
of payments disequilibrium on domestic and external economy d) Exchange rates - definitions and measurement
of exchange rates - nominal, real, trade - weighted exchange rates - the determination
of exchange rates - floating, fixed, managed float - the factors underlying changes
in exchange rates - the effects
of changing exchange rates on the domestic and external economy using AD, Marshall - Lerner and J curve analysis - depreciation / appreciation - devaluation / revaluation e) The Terms
of Trade - the measurement
of the terms
of trade - causes
of the changes
in the terms
of trade - the impact
of changes
in the terms
of trade f) Principles
of Absolute and comparative advantage - the distinction between absolute and comparative advantage - free trade area, customs union, monetary union, full economic union - trade creation and trade diversion - the benefits
of free trade, including the trading possibility curve g) Protectionism - the meaning
of protectionism
in the context
of international trade - different methods
of protection and their impact, for example, tariffs, import duties and quotas, export subsidies, embargoes,
voluntary export restraints (VERs) and excessive administrative burdens («red tape»)- the arguments
in favor
of protectionism This PowerPoint is best used when using worksheets and activities to help reinforce the ideas talked about.
It examines forced as well as
voluntary migrations and places these
movements within their historical context, including ethnic cleansing, population exchanges, and demographic engineering
in the service
of nation - building as well as more recent labor migration due to globalization.Inside, readers will find the work
of international experts that cuts across national and disciplinary lines.
It is usually regarded as a state
of partial or incomplete paralysis, resulting
in a deficit
of voluntary movement.
Epilepsy — This condition stems from defects
in the electrical transmission
of nerve signals within a cat's cerebral cortex, the area
of the brain responsible for thought, memory, sensation and
voluntary muscle
movement.
Affected dogs typically exhibit a condition
of cerebellar dysfunction
in which
voluntary muscular
movements tend to result
in the
movement of bodily parts beyond the intended goal and the loss
of the abilityto coordinate muscular
movement.
Her works about transformation, questions
of translation, resistance,
movement (both forced and
voluntary), exchange, and silenced historical narratives have been exhibited
in major international group exhibitions since 1994, including at the Museum
of Modern Art, San Francisco Museum
of Modern Art, and Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo.
Today's New York Times profiles young families joining the «
voluntary simplicity»
movement (Chasing Utopia, Family Imagines No Possessions), where they leave consumerism
in an organic food and truth - seeking roam about: a Gen - Y redux
of Kerouac's «On The Road» and CSN's 1975 hit «Wooden Ships»
Today's New York Times profiles young families joining the «
voluntary simplicity»
movement (Chasing Utopia, Family Imagines No Possessions), where they leave consumerism
in an organic food and truth - seeking roam about: a Gen - Y redux
of Kerouac's «On
In turn, that impairment can affect
voluntary nervous system functions such as speech,
movement of extremities and cognitive abilities.
The paralysis is sometimes the result
of a traumatic brain injury that damages the myelin sheath
of the nerve cells; locked -
in syndrome is caused by damage to the brain's vertical pons, a region that controls
voluntary movement.