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Sebastián, Romagosa Marc. "Brain computer interfaces for brain acquired damage." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/670835.
Full textEl término Interfaz Cerebro-Computadora (ICC) surgió en los años 70 por el Dr. Jacques J. Vidal, que mediante el uso de la electroencefalografía (EEG) trató de dar una salida alternativa a las señales del cerebro para controlar un dispositivo externo. El objetivo principal de esta hazaña era ayudar a los pacientes con problemas de movimiento o comunicación a relacionarse con el entorno. Desde entonces, muchos neurocientíficos han utilizado esta idea y han tratado de ponerla en práctica utilizando diferentes métodos de adquisición y procesamiento de señales, nuevos dispositivos de interacción y nuevas metas y objetivos. Todo ello ha facilitado la aplicación de esta tecnología en muchas áreas y actualmente las ICC se utilizan para jugar a videojuegos, mover sillas de ruedas, facilitar la escritura en personas sin movilidad, establecer criterios y preferencias de compra en el mundo del comercio y el consumo, o incluso pueden servir como detector de mentiras. Sin embargo, el sector que presenta un mayor avance y desarrollo de las ICC es el sector biomédico. A grandes rasgos podemos utilizar las ICC con dos finalidades distintas dentro de la neurorehabilitación; sustituir una función perdida o inducir cambios en la plasticidad neuronal con el objetivo de restaurar o compensar dicha función perdida. Hay diferentes principios para el registro de las señales del cerebro; de forma invasiva, colocando los electrodos de registro dentro de la cavidad craneal, o no invasiva, colocando los electrodos de registro fuera de la cavidad craneal. El método más conocido y difundido es la EEG. Su uso es adecuado para entornos clínicos, tiene una resolución temporal muy precisa y su retroalimentación en tiempo real puede inducir la plasticidad cortical y el restablecimiento de la función motora normal. En esta tesis presentamos tres objetivos diferentes: (1) evaluar los efectos clínicos de la rehabilitación mediante las ICC en pacientes con ictus, ya sea realizando un meta-análisis de los estudios publicados o evaluando los cambios funcionales en los pacientes con ictus después de la terapia de ICC; (2) explorar parámetros alternativos para cuantificar los efectos de las ICC en pacientes con ictus, evaluando diferentes biomarcadores de electroencefalografía en pacientes con esta patología y correlacionando los posibles cambios en estos parámetros con los resultados en las escalas funcionales; (3) optimizar el sistema ICC utilizando mediante la gamificación de un avatar.
The term Brain Computer Interface (BCI) emerged in the 70's by Dr. Jacques J Vidal, who by using electroencephalography (EEG) tried to give an alternative output to the brain signals in order to control an external device. The main objective of this feat was to help patients with impaired movement or communication to relate themselves to the environment. Since then many neuroscientists have used this idea and have tried to implement it using different methods of signal acquisition and processing, new interaction devices, new goals and objectives. All this has facilitated the implementation of this technology in many areas and currently BCI is used to play video games, move wheelchairs, facilitate writing in people without mobility, establish criteria and purchase preferences in the world of marketing and consumption, or even serve as a lie detector. However, the sector that presents the most marked progress and development of BCI is the biomedical sector. In rough outlines we can use BCI with two different purposes within the neurorehabilitation; to substitute a lost function or to induce neural plasticity changes with the aim to restore or compensate the lost function. To restore a lost function by inducing neuroplastic changes in the brain is undoubtedly a challenging strategy but a feasible goal through BCI technology. This type of intervention requires that the patient invests time and effort in a therapy based on the practice of motor image and feedback mechanisms in real time. There are different principles to record the brain signals; invasively, placing the recording electrodes inside the cranial cavity, or non-invasive, placing the recording electrodes outside of the cranial cavity. The best known and most widespread one is EEG, since they are suitable for clinical environments, have a highly accurate temporal resolution and their real-time feedback can induce cortical plasticity and the restoration of normal motor function. On this thesis we present three different objectives: (1) to evaluate the clinical effects of rehabilitation based on BCI system in stroke patients, either by performing a meta-analysis of published studies or by evaluating functional changes in stroke patients after BCI training; (2) to explore alternative parameters to quantify effects of BCI in stroke patients, by evaluating different electroencephalography biomarkers in stroke patients and correlating potential changes in these parameters with functional scales; (3) to optimize the BCI system by using a new gamified avatar.
Rolheiser, Tyler M. "Functional implications of cortical damage /." Connect to title online (Scholars' Bank) Connect to title online (ProQuest), 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/9494.
Full textJones, Margaret A. "Caregiving for children who have had a traumatic brain injury structuring for security : a thesis submitted to Auckland University of Technology in partial fulfilment of the degree of Master of Health Science, December 2003." Full thesis. Abstract, 2003.
Find full textMcKinnon, Elaine E. "Relation of family characteristics and survivor characteristics to outcome after acquired brain injury in adolescents." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0022/NQ39290.pdf.
Full textHornich, Agnieszka Apolonia. "Examination of self-efficacy and locus of control in predicting community integration following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury." [Huntington, WV : Marshall University Libraries], 2008. http://www.marshall.edu/etd/descript.asp?ref=871.
Full textMorriss, Elissa. "Long term neuropsychological and psychosocial outcome following severe traumatic brain injury /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17593.pdf.
Full textBurke, Christopher. "Uteroplacental insufficiency and prenatal brain damage /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2005. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe19395.pdf.
Full textKastuk, Donald John. "Social skills training for the traumatic brain injured." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0002/NQ43434.pdf.
Full textCherry, Nicola. "Organic brain damage and occupational solvent exposure." Thesis, McGill University, 1991. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=60012.
Full textMcCracken, Eileen. "White matter damage after acute brain injury." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.340812.
Full textNair, Roshan Das. "Effectiveness of memory rehabilitation following brain damage." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.444605.
Full textKwok, Yung Florence. "Cognitive functioning and post-concussion symptoms following mild traumatic brain injury over a three-month period." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2008. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B41547603.
Full textCleveland, Lynda Gail. "Momentum : a model for motivation in rehabilitation for individuals with traumatic brain injury /." Digital version accessible at:, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
Full text吳志萍 and Chi-ping Ng. "Cerebral blood flow monitoring of brain injured patients." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31214484.
Full textNg, Chi-ping. "Cerebral blood flow monitoring of brain injured patients /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B18777077.
Full textOlivier, Melani. "Die ontwikkeling en toepassing van 'n voorlopige meetinstrument vir die bepaling van primêre sorggewers se behoeftes rakende die hantering van die persoon met 'n traumatiese breinbesering." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2005. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05152007-084141.
Full text郭蓉 and Yung Florence Kwok. "Cognitive functioning and post-concussion symptoms following mild traumatic brain injury over a three-month period." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2008. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B41547603.
Full textBingham, Deborah. "The influence of oestrogen on ischaemic brain damage." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.422496.
Full textKelso, Andrew Robert. "Mechanisms and markers of brain damage in epilepsy." Thesis, University of London, 2009. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.518117.
Full textWitt-Lajeunesse, Alane, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Arts and Science. "Effects of behavioral therapies and pharmacological intervention in brain damage." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2001, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/149.
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Chan, Jeffery B. "Respite services and acquired brain injury in New South Wales : the perspectives of persons with acquired brain injury, their carers and service providers." University of Sydney, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/3929.
Full textPersons with acquired brain injury require continuing support and care in various aspects of their lives many years post-injury. Their care and support are mainly provided by family members. While respite is one of a range of critical support systems for carers and people with life-long disability, very little is known about respite in the area of acquired brain injury. The majority of the research on respite has been undertaken in developmental disability, mental health and in aged care, but there is no research to date about respite from the perspectives of the person with a disability, the carer and respite provider. There is also no research that examines these perspectives in the acquired brain injury literature. This study was aimed to address this gap in the literature by investigating respite from the perspectives of the person with acquired brain injury, the carer and the respite provider. It also examined the profile of respite services being provided in the Australian state of New South Wales as there had not been a comprehensive mapping of respite before. Survey methodology was used to gather information from persons with acquired brain injury and their carers who were members of the New South Wales Brain Injury Association, which is the peak advocacy association of people with brain injury. The same methodology was used to gather similar information from members of Interchange Respite Care New South Wales, which is a peak association representing respite providers in the state. The survey questionnaires were developed and designed after an extensive review of the literature, and were reviewed by experts in the fields of respite, disability and acquired brain injury. The survey questionnaire was also trialled on a sample of families. The survey questionnaires for the three participant groups shared several common sections, such as demographic information; factors influencing respite use; expectations of respite; and satisfaction with respite services used by persons or carers. The responses from the three participant groups were analysed and compared using logistic regression and descriptive statistics. The key findings of the study are (a) several characteristics or factors of the person with acquired brain injury and their carer were significantly associated with the use of respite, (b) there were several common factors that all three participant groups reported to influence respite use, and (c) there were several common expectations of respite among the three participant groups. Some of the characteristics or factors that were significantly associated with respite use included the severity of disability, the high level of dependency of the person with acquired brain injury, and the number of days spent in a coma. Common factors reported by all three participant groups to influence respite use included the stress level of the carer and the severity of disability. Factors reported to influence respite use appear to be consistent with the literature in developmental disability. There were common perspectives regarding the expectations of respite among all three participant groups, such as the need for trained and qualified respite staff; a wider range of respite services and more flexibility of respite service provision. The study also indicated a reported lack of sufficient respite for persons with acquired brain injury and their carers. Some of the findings of the study appeared to be consistent with the research literature on acquired brain injury; such as the majority of carers being mainly female; there is a reliance on informal networks for the care and support of the person with acquired brain injury; and the majority of the persons with acquired brain injury being male. The study also found that many respite providers in New South Wales had extensive experience in running a respite service. The findings of the study have important implications for policy direction and development, practice and service delivery, and research. In terms of policy direction and development, implications explored included: a flexible funding model that is responsive to the needs of carer and person with acquired brain injury, and adequately trained and qualified staff and volunteers play an important role in respite provision. Further research is required to understand empirically the benefits and quality of life outcomes over a period of time, such as what types and extent of respite are more beneficial for certain demographic profiles. The study highlights the perspectives of persons with acquired brain injury, their carers and respite providers. Respite is an important support system to enable persons with acquired brain injury to receive the continuing care and support from their carers. Respite in acquired brain injury is a new field that merits further research as it holds the potential for addressing the needs of people with acquired brain injury and their carers.
Shafer, Micheal E. Neumann Craig Stephen. "Traumatic brain injury in children and adolescents an evaluation of the WISC-III four factor model and individual cluster profiles /." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2008. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-9033.
Full textGibb, Robbin Lynn, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Arts and Science. "Experimental stimulation as a treatment for early brain damage." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2001, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/116.
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Gregory, Erin Kathleen Taylor. "Cognitive and Perceptual-Motor Indicators of Lateralized vs. Diffuse Brain Damage in Adults." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2002. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3287/.
Full textWong, Pauline P. "Mathematical models of cognitive recovery and impairment profile after severe traumatic brain injury." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0003/NQ43457.pdf.
Full textRichards, Brian. "The effects of aging and mild traumatic brain injury on neuropsychological performance." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ59153.pdf.
Full textCrewe-Brown, Samantha Jayne. "Communication after mild traumatic brain injury a spouse's perspective /." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2006. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08212007-132725.
Full textGibb, Robbin Lynn. "Experiential stimulation as a treatment for early brain damage." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq61039.pdf.
Full textOLIVERI, SERENA. "Imagery and perception in subjects with acquired brain damage." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/1058.
Full textIs imagery an analogous of perception? By studying patients with brain damage we saw that perceptual impairments are often associated to limitations in the ability to create images (Farah 1988, 2000). In recent literature we found cases of double dissociation, in which perceptual functions are preserved and those imaginative impaired or, vice versa, there are damaged perception functions but intact imaginative capacity. We aim to investigate the relationships between perception and imagery in patients with brain damage, in 5 different domains: shapes, colour, faces, orthographic material and spatial relationships. In the first study the aim was to explore mental imagery and visual perception skills in patients with brain injury through a battery of tests developed by Bachoud-Lèvi, Bartolomeo, Chokron in 2001, and readapted for the Italian sample by Antonietti, Oliveri, Incorpora et aal (2008). In a second study we investigated the relationships between imagery test performance and visualizer/verbalizer cognitive style, detected by proposing 2 questionnaires (VVQ and QSVV). Finally in a third study, through instrumental investigations (DTI, TAC, MRI) in a group of patient with focal damage and specific imagery deficit, we aimed to correlate imagery and perception deficits to corresponding impairment in neural correlates.
OLIVERI, SERENA. "Imagery and perception in subjects with acquired brain damage." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/1058.
Full textIs imagery an analogous of perception? By studying patients with brain damage we saw that perceptual impairments are often associated to limitations in the ability to create images (Farah 1988, 2000). In recent literature we found cases of double dissociation, in which perceptual functions are preserved and those imaginative impaired or, vice versa, there are damaged perception functions but intact imaginative capacity. We aim to investigate the relationships between perception and imagery in patients with brain damage, in 5 different domains: shapes, colour, faces, orthographic material and spatial relationships. In the first study the aim was to explore mental imagery and visual perception skills in patients with brain injury through a battery of tests developed by Bachoud-Lèvi, Bartolomeo, Chokron in 2001, and readapted for the Italian sample by Antonietti, Oliveri, Incorpora et aal (2008). In a second study we investigated the relationships between imagery test performance and visualizer/verbalizer cognitive style, detected by proposing 2 questionnaires (VVQ and QSVV). Finally in a third study, through instrumental investigations (DTI, TAC, MRI) in a group of patient with focal damage and specific imagery deficit, we aimed to correlate imagery and perception deficits to corresponding impairment in neural correlates.
Van, der Merwe Jó-Marié. "Family needs following adult traumatic brain injury." Thesis, University of Port Elizabeth, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/335.
Full textWisnowski, Jessica Lee. "The specificity of visual recognition impairments following focal brain damage." Diss., University of Iowa, 2007. http://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/136.
Full textHill, Heather B. Public Health & Community Medicine Faculty of Medicine UNSW. "Long-term outcomes after severe, traumatic brain injury." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Public Health and Community Medicine, 2004. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/22812.
Full textAlexander-Kaufman, Kimberley Louise. "Proteomics of the human alcoholic brain: Implications for the pathophysiology of alcohol-related brain damage." The University of Sydney, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/2692.
Full textProteomics is rapidly achieving recognition as a complimentary and perhaps superior approach to examine global changes in protein abundance in complex biological systems and the value of these techniques in neuropsychiatry is beginning to be acknowledged. Characterizing the brain’s regional proteomes provides a foundation for the detection of proteins that may be involved in disease-related processes. Firstly, optimal conditions were achieved for the application of two dimensional-gel electrophoresis (2D-GE)-based proteomics with postmortem human brain tissue. These optimized techniques were then applied to soluble fractions of adjacent grey and white matter of a single cytoarchitecturally defined area (Brodmann area 9; BA9) and of two adjacent regions of frontal white matter (BA9 and CC body) from healthy individuals. These normative proteomic comparisons highlighted the importance of correct tissue sampling, i.e. proper separation of regional white matter, as heterogeneity in the respective proteomes was demonstrated. Furthermore, they stressed the necessity for future molecular brain mapping studies. The main focus of this thesis however, was to examine the proteomes of brain regions specifically vulnerable to alcohol-induced damage underlying cognitive dysfunction. Alcoholic patients commonly experience mild to severe cognitive decline. It is postulated that cognitive dysfunction is caused by an alcohol-induced region selective brain damage, particularly to the prefrontal cortex. The cerebellum is increasingly recognized for its role in various aspects of cognition and alcohol–induced damage to the cerebellar vermis could indirectly affect neurocognitive functions attributed to the frontal lobe. We used a 2D-GE-based proteomics approach to compare protein abundance profiles of BA9 grey and white matter and the cerebellar vermis from human alcoholics (neurologically uncomplicated and alcoholics complicated with liver cirrhosis) and healthy control brains. Among the protein level changes observed are disturbances in the levels of a number of thiamine-dependent enzymes. A derangement in energy metabolism perhaps related to thiamine deficiency seems to be important in all regions analysed, even where there are no clinical or pathological findings of Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome. Evidence of oxidative changes was also seen in all regions and effects of liver dysfunction in the vermis found. However, overall, these results highlight the complexity of this disease process in that a number of different proteins from different cellular pathways appear to be affected. By identifying changes in protein abundance levels in the prefrontal grey and white matter and the cerebellar vermis, hypotheses may draw upon more mechanistic explanations as to how chronic ethanol consumption causes the structural and functional alterations associated with alcohol-related brain damage. Furthermore, by comparing these results, we may be able to isolate disturbances in molecular pathways specific to the brain damage caused by alcohol, severe liver dysfunction and thiamine deficiency.
Alexander-Kaufman, Kimberley Louise. "Proteomics of the human alcoholic brain: Implications for the pathophysiology of alcohol-related brain damage." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/2692.
Full textPrichard, Cheryl L. Fickey. "Assessing computer-mediated communication discourse of a traumatic brain injury survivor." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2000. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1676.
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Driscoll, David Matthew Anderson Steven W. "The effects of prefrontal cortex damage on the regulation of emotion." Iowa City : University of Iowa, 2009. http://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/287.
Full textArenth, Patricia McSweeney. "Exploring the use of social comparison by individuals recovering from traumatic brain injury." Columbus, OH : Ohio State University, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1058809047.
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Engel, Doortje Caroline. "Secondary damage after traumatic brain injury: epidemiology, pathophysiology and therapy." [S.l.] : Rotterdam : [The Author] ; Erasmus University [Host], 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/12218.
Full textChiavarino, Claudia. "The process of intentional action in individuals with brain damage." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.435317.
Full textSherratt, Susan Mary. "Oral discourse : right brain damage, demographic variables and sampling effects." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.271163.
Full textPenchikala, Madhuri. "ANGIOTENSIN AT1 RECEPTOR BLOCKADE PROTECTS THE BRAIN FROM ISCHEMIC DAMAGE." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1187382272.
Full textHenskens, L. H. G. "High blood pressure and target-organ damage of the brain." Maastricht : Maastricht : Universitaire Pers ; University Library, Universiteit Maastricht [host], 2008. http://arno.unimaas.nl/show.cgi?fid=14316.
Full textLi, Ping-An. "Mechanisms of acidosis-mediated ischemic brain damage histopathology and pathophysiology /." Lund : Lund University, 1996. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/38158955.html.
Full textPahlmark, Kerstin. "The role of oxygen free radicals in ischemic brain damage." Lund : Laboratory for Experimental Brain Research and the Dept. of Anesthesiology, Lund University, 1995. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/39782077.html.
Full textMATOS, VILA VERDE DIOGO MIGUEL. "Seizure activity and brain damage: a tale of two hippocampi." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Pavia, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11571/1425236.
Full textObjective: Focal non-convulsive status epilepticus (ncSE) is a relatively common emergency condition that in most cases presents itself as first epileptic manifestation. In recent years it became increasingly clear that de novo focal ncSE should be promptly treated to improve post-status outcome. Whether the presence of seizures during this condition contributes to ensuing brain damage is not unequivocally demonstrated and is here addressed. Methods: We used continuous video-EEG monitoring to characterize an acute experimental focal ncSE model induced by unilateral intrahippocampal injection of kainic acid (KA) in guinea pigs. Immunohistochemistry, morphological reconstruction and mRNA expression analysis were used as markers to detect and quantify brain injury at 3 days and 1 month post focal ncSE. To distinguish between the effects of seizure activity vs excitotoxic properties of KA, another cohort of animals was generated and i.p. injected with diazepam. Results: Seizure activity during focal ncSE involved both hippocampi and neuronal loss was limited to the KA-injected hippocampus. Diazepam treatment reduced both ncSE duration and local KA-induced neuropathological damage. Transient and possibly reversible astro and microgliosis associated with upregulation of astrocytic-specific aquaporin-4 and Kir4.1 genes was observed mainly in the hippocampus contralateral to KA injection. Ipsilaterally, permanent gliosis was present and neuronal loss as well as blood-brain barrier dysfunction were not averted. Interpretation: Seizures at the site of injection of KA worsen tissue damage. We also show that focal ncSE induces a transient and possibly reversible activation of astro and microglia in regions remote from KA injection, suggesting that seizure activity without a local pathogenic co-factor does not promote detrimental changes in the brain. These findings demonstrate that focal damage remains circumscribed to the lesional region during focal ncSE and that the propagation of seizure activity to regions remote from the primary site of injection did not seem to exert a harmful effect, in this model. Lastly, our study emphasizes the need of antiepileptic treatment to contain the local epileptic focus during focal ncSE.
INVERNIZZI, PAOLA. "Productive symptoms in right brain damage: behavioural and anatomical observations." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10281/28151.
Full textTogher, Leanne. "Interpersonal communication skills in the traumatic brain injury population : an analysis across situations." Phd thesis, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Faculty of Health Sciences, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/6643.
Full text梁秀華 and Xiuhua Liang. "Neural damage and cytokine activation by bilirubin in vitro." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42576763.
Full textLiang, Xiuhua. "Neural damage and cytokine activation by bilirubin in vitro." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42576763.
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