In animals, coronavirus infection is commonly associated with CNS involvement:
epilepsy and ataxia are observed during Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) and virus is recovered in CSF, CNS is involved with strain-dependent severity in mice and rats infected by murine hepatitis virus, and murine
Multiple sclerosis (MS), the most prevalent neurological disability, is an autoimmune-mediated disorder that affects the central nervous system (CNS) and often leads to severe physical or cognitive incapacitation as well as neurological problems in young adults . Multifocal zones of inflammation due
Persons with PD have progressive disabling tremor, slowness, stiffness, balance impairment, cognitive deficits, psychiatric symptoms, autonomic dysfunction, fatigue and insomnia. Tremor may interfere with necessary daily and work functions. The disorder affects approximately seven million people
Chronic pelvic pain is a complex multi-faceted problem that places a substantial burden on the healthcare resources. In Canada, the average hospital related cost for women requiring surgery or inpatient admission for chronic pelvic pain is $25 million each year. Chronic pelvic pain is defined as
This study will require the PD subjects to attend three testing days, lasting approximately 1 hour. PD subjects will report for two exercise testing sessions, with each session separated by 7 days. The age-matched, healthy subjects will only be required to attend two testing days consisting of one
The primary endpoint of this research study is to prove safety in healthy subjects breathing humidified hypoxic inspiratory gas mixture for 5 days.
The secondary endpoint of our study is to describe the physiological and biochemical changes during the 5-day hypoxic period and the 2 days after return
Persons with Parkinson's disease (PD) have progressive disabling tremor, slowness, stiffness, balance impairment, cognitive deficits, psychiatric symptoms, autonomic dysfunction, fatigue and insomnia. Tremor may interfere with necessary daily and work functions. The disorder affects approximately
Introduction
Hereditary spastic paraplegias (SPG) constitute a heterogeneous group of diseases with a common predominant feature: spasticity of the lower limbs and difficulty walking. The neurologic examination reveals spasticity, exaggerated and pathological reflexes, such as the Babinski sign, and
Background
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS) and the most common cause of non-traumatic disability in young adults in western countries. The incidence of MS is low in childhood and increases after the age of 18, reaching a peak between 20
Background
Mitochondrial diseases are a group of genetic disorders. The prognosis for patients with mitochondrial myopathies varies greatly, depending largely on the type of disease and the degree of involvement of various organs. This situation can lead into malnutrition and worse the outcome. In
1.0 Background
While atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia requiring therapy, it is also associated with increased risk of stroke, heart failure, myocardial infarction, dementia, and death. The number of Americans affected with AF is expected to surge to nearly 16
Background :
Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a rare, sporadic progressive neurodegenerative disorder, rapidly leading to severe disability and impairment of quality of life. MSA is characterized by a variable combination of a poor levodopa parkinsonism and /or cerebellar ataxia and autonomic
Breast cancer is the most common cancer amongst women worldwide, with a lifetime risk of 7-8% in women and incidence rates ranging from 19.3-89.7 per 100,000 women in developing and developed countries. More than 1,383,500 cases of invasive breast cancer are estimated to be diagnosed worldwide,and
Patients aged 10-19 years with idiopathic scoliosis, and classified as American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) class I to III who intended to undergo posterior spinal fusion for deformity correction were enrolled. Prior to surgery, subjects were randomized into either the experimental or control
1. Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is the most lethal pediatric malignant disease. Children are usually diagnosed at the age of 6-8 years following a short history of neurological deterioration with often a combination of cranial nerve dysfunction, ataxia and
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