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Preliminary Announcement
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Serendipity in nerve excitability research
05 September 2011
In single human motor nerve fibres a phase of increased threshold and latency following prolonged repetitive stimulation (H2) has been attributed, on the basis of indirect evidence, to increased activ...
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Joseph Bergmans
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422-423
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| Reviews and Guidelines |
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The mismatch negativity (MMN) – A unique window to disturbed central auditory processing in ageing and different clinical conditions
14 December 2011
Highlights: ► The mismatch negativity (MMN) indexes different types of central auditory abnormalities in different neuropsychiatric, neurological, and neurodevelopmental disorders. ► The diminished am...
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R. Näätänen,
T. Kujala,
C. Escera,
T. Baldeweg,
K. Kreegipuu,
S. Carlson,
C. Ponton
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424-458
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| Epilepsy |
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The yield of routine electroencephalography in the detection of incidental nonconvulsive status epilepticus – A prospective study
20 July 2011
Highlights: ► Prospective study on the incidence of NCSE. ► Half of NCSE unsuspected to treating physicians. ► Unsuspected NCSE mostly in patients without significant reduction of consciousness.Abstra...
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Stefan Seidel,
Susanne Aull-Watschinger,
Ekaterina Pataraia
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459-462
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Do sphenoidal electrodes aid in surgical decision making in drug resistant temporal lobe epilepsy?
26 August 2011
Highlights: ► We evaluated the utility of spheniodal electrodes (SPh) in surgical decision making in drug resistant temporal lobe epilepsy. ► We compared the prevalence of interictal and ictal EEG fin...
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Ajith Cherian,
Ashalatha Radhakrishnan,
Sajeesh Parameswaran,
Raviprasad Varma,
Kurupath Radhakrishnan
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463-470
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Quantification and localization of EEG interictal spike activity in patients with surgically removed epileptogenic foci
07 September 2011
Highlights: ► This is a clinical study comparing the accuracy of two available methods for epileptic spike source localization using a gold standard of surgical outcomes in a wide epilepsy surgery ser...
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Pedro E. Coutin-Churchman,
Joyce Y. Wu,
Leo L.K. Chen,
Kirk Shattuck,
Sandy Dewar,
Marc R. Nuwer
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471-485
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Seizure clusters and adverse events during pre-surgical video-EEG monitoring with a slow anti-epileptic drug (AED) taper
15 September 2011
Highlights: ► The study evaluated efficacy and safety of pre-surgical video-EEG monitoring with a slow anti-epileptic drug (AED) taper. ► Seizure clusters are frequent when AEDs are withdrawn. ► Serio...
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Giancarlo Di Gennaro,
Angelo Picardi,
Antonio Sparano,
Addolorata Mascia,
Giulio N. Meldolesi,
Liliana G. Grammaldo,
Vincenzo Esposito,
Pier P. Quarato
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486-488
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Rhinal–hippocampal interactions during déjà vu
19 September 2011
Highlights: ► The phenomenon of déjà vu is caused by acute disturbance of mnemonic systems of the medial temporal lobe (MTL). ► In epileptic patients investigated with intracerebral electrodes, déjà v...
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Fabrice Bartolomei,
Emmanuel J. Barbeau,
Trung Nguyen,
Aileen McGonigal,
Jean Régis,
Patrick Chauvel,
Fabrice Wendling
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489-495
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| Psychophysiology and Psychopathology |
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P300 in neglect
16 August 2011
Highlights: ► Reduced P300 to contralesional targets relative to ipsilesional targets in neglect. ► P300 amplitudes correlate with scores and time in standard neglect tests. ► Results suggest a link b...
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Styrmir Saevarsson,
Árni Kristjánsson,
Michael Bach,
Sven P. Heinrich
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496-506
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Finding the right control: The mismatch negativity under investigation
12 August 2011
Highlights: ► The ERP components N1 and MMN were measured in oddball and random control blocks as well as in a new cascadic control sequence. ► The cascadic control sequence was designed as a conceptu...
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Philipp Ruhnau,
Björn Herrmann,
Erich Schröger
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507-512
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Foveal and parafoveal spatial attention and its impact on the processing of facial expression: An ERP study
02 September 2011
Highlights: ► Fearful and neutral faces were presented at attended/unattended foveal and parafoveal locations. ► Spatial attention enhanced P1/N1 ERP components at both locations. ► Expression effects...
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Albertus A. Wijers,
Stella Banis
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513-526
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| Movement, Motor Control and Movement Disorders |
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Reorganization of multi-muscle and joint withdrawal reflex during arm movements in post-stroke hemiparetic patients
09 August 2011
Highlights: ► In a broader motor context these findings represent the spinal neuropathophysiological correlate of the movement abnormalities observed in hemiparetic patients. ► This study show a malad...
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Mariano Serrao,
Alberto Ranavolo,
Ole Kaeseler Andersen,
Romildo Don,
Francesco Draicchio,
Carmela Conte,
Roberto Di Fabio,
Armando Perrotta,
Michelangelo Bartolo,
Luca Padua,
Valter Santilli,
Giorgio Sandrini,
Francesco Pierelli
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527-540
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Short-latency crossed spinal responses are impaired differently in sub-acute and chronic stroke patients
12 August 2011
Highlights: ► Short-latency crossed spinal interlimb reflexes are impaired differently in sub-acute and chronic stroke patients. ► The reflexes are impaired from the non-paretic to paretic and paretic...
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P.W. Stubbs,
J.F. Nielsen,
T. Sinkjær,
N. Mrachacz-Kersting
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541-549
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Mu rhythm, visual processing and motor control
16 August 2011
Highlights: ► Visual stimuli induce an early phase-locked Mu-rhythm in the sensorimotor cortex which is task-dependent. ► Visual stimuli can induce a persistent decrease of non-phase-locked Mu-rhythm....
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Magdalena Sabate,
Catalina Llanos,
Enrique Enriquez,
Manuel Rodriguez
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550-557
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Limb segment vibration modulates spinal reflex excitability and muscle mRNA expression after spinal cord injury
03 October 2011
Highlights: ► Vertical limb oscillations (vibration) resulted in a predominant inhibition of H-reflex and post-activation depression mechanism in both SCI and healthy control groups. ► Microarray anal...
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Shuo-Hsiu Chang,
Shih-Chiao Tseng,
Colleen L. McHenry,
Andrew E. Littmann,
Manish Suneja,
Richard K. Shields
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558-568
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Stretch reflex responses in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome-related dystonia are not characterized by hyperreflexia
07 September 2011
Highlights: ► Disinhibition of reflex pathways due to central sensitization may cause dystonia of CRPS. ► No significant differences in stretch reflex responses were found between CRPS-patients with d...
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Winfred Mugge,
Alfred C. Schouten,
Gijsbert J. Bast,
Jasper Schuurmans,
Jacobus J. van Hilten,
Frans C.T. van der Helm
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569-576
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The role of proprioception in the consolidation of ipsilateral 1Hz-rTMS effects on motor performance
19 September 2011
Highlights: ► We demonstrated that muscle vibration, if applied after 1Hz-repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (1Hz rTMS) on ipsilateral M1, can interact with rTMS cortical effects. ► Subjects...
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Laura Avanzino,
Alessandro Giannini,
Andrea Tacchino,
Giovanni Abbruzzese,
Marco Bove
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577-581
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Increased baseline temperature improves the acquisition of contact heat evoked potentials after spinal cord injury
03 October 2011
Highlights: ► Increased skin surface baseline temperature increases the N2P2 amplitude of contact heat evoked potentials. ► The effect of an increased baseline on N2P2 amplitude can be attributed in p...
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J.L.K. Kramer,
J. Haefeli,
A. Curt,
J.D. Steeves
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582-589
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| Sensation, Central Sensory Pathways and their Disorders |
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Sex differences in auditory subcortical function
22 August 2011
Highlights: ► Male and female young adults have measurably different neural responses to speech; to the fast acoustic components of speech, female responses are generally earlier and more robust than ...
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Jennifer Krizman,
Erika Skoe,
Nina Kraus
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590-597
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Evoked potentials and quantitative thermal testing in spinal cord injury patients with chronic neuropathic pain
18 August 2011
Highlights: ► Patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) and chronic neuropathic pain can demonstrate generalized pain perception changes at or above lesion level. ► Contact heat evoked potentials and qua...
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Hatice Kumru,
Dolors Soler,
Joan Vidal,
Josep Maria Tormos,
Alvaro Pascual-Leone,
Josep Valls-Sole
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598-604
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Tonic pain and continuous EEG: Prediction of subjective pain perception by alpha-1 power during stimulation and at rest
02 September 2011
Highlights: ► Alpha-1 power, obtained at the temporal scalp bilaterally during both resting-state and the application of noxious stimulation, predicts individual experiences of tonic pain. ► Alpha-1 p...
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Rony-Reuven Nir,
Alon Sinai,
Ruth Moont,
Eyal Harari,
David Yarnitsky
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605-612
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| Motor Neurone and Neuromuscular Diseases |
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Reference values for voluntary and stimulated single-fibre EMG using concentric needle electrodes: A multicentre prospective study
02 September 2011
Highlights: ► The reference values for both voluntary and stimulated concentric SFEMG in the EDC and frontal muscles were constructed. ► The reference values obtained in this study were larger than th...
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Norito Kokubun,
Masahiro Sonoo,
Tomihiro Imai,
Yumiko Arimura,
Satoshi Kuwabara,
Tetsuo Komori,
Masahito Kobayashi,
Takahide Nagashima,
Yuki Hatanaka,
Emiko Tsuda,
Sonoko Misawa,
Tatsuya Abe,
Kimiyoshi Arimura,
The Japanese SFEMG Study Group
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613-620
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Quantification of motor unit action potential energy
07 September 2011
Highlights: ► Motor units generate force so the energy content of a MUAP is of interest. ► MUAP energy follows an exponential distribution, suggesting it directly reflects the force-generating capacit...
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Geoffrey L. Sheean
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621-625
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| Letter to the Editor |
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Neuromuscular ultrasound in the diagnosis of focal neuropathies superimposed on polyneuropathy: A case report
11 August 2011
Neuromuscular ultrasound is an emerging technique for the diagnosis of a variety of nerve and muscle conditions, and it has proven particularly helpful in the evaluation of focal neuropathies (). In t...
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Preet S. Chahal,
Waqas Sohail,
Michael S. Cartwright
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Corrigendum to “Event-related brain potential modulation in patients with severe brain damage” [Clin. Neurophysiol. 122 (2011) 719–724]
02 September 2011
The authors regret that an error appeared in the ‘Methods’ section of the ‘Abstract’. The correction is as follows: The patients in vegetative state were 11 and the MCS patients were 6.
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M. Cavinato,
C. Volpato,
S. Silvoni,
M. Sacchetto,
A. Merico,
F. Piccione
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1. Neuromodulation of motor learning in health and after stroke
Ischemic cerebral stroke is the leading cause of long-term disability among adults in industrialized countries. A fundamental but still not sufficiently solved question is how to improve disability af...
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U. Ziemann
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e9
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2. The blink reflex: Long known, but still fascinating
The blink reflex is routinely used in clinical neurophysiology to characterize the functional integrity of the trigemino-facial reflex pathway covering supraorbital nerve, pons, medulla oblongata, and...
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M. Kofler
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e9
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REM sleep and immunogenetic research in narcolepsy
The discovery of REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep laid the foundations for modern development of sleep medicine. Polysomnographic recording enabled to make distinction between different sleep stages, an...
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S. Nevšímalová
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e9
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4. Sleep apnoea syndrome in acute stroke patients – Results of the first phase prospective study
Target: One-year follow-up of acute stroke patients with assessment of influence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on final outcome after 3months and 1year after stroke.
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J. Slonková,
M. Sedláková,
Z. Soldánová,
M. Kolibáčová,
M. Štorkánová
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e10
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5. High prevalence of restless legs syndrome does not correlates with brain damage
Introduction: Restless legs syndrome (RLS) has a prevalence of approx. 10% in the general population. Recently, multiple sclerosis (MS) was identified as a common cause for secondary RLS with prevalen...
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J. Vavrova,
J. Krasensky,
K. Sonka,
E. Havrdova,
D. Kemlink
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e10
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6. Changes in strategy during the mental rotation task and its correlation with EEG
Shepard and Metzler (1971) showed that the mental rotation is performed with approximately steady rate. Further studies were concerned whether there is a relation between reaction times and stimuli co...
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K. Štěpánová,
M. Vavrečka,
L. Lhotská
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e10
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7. The inter-individual differences and the test–retest reliability of a EEG signal
The majority of EEG studies in the area of cognitive neuroscience are administered without any retest. The reliability of these studies should be questionable. The analysis of test–retest reliability ...
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M. Vavrečka,
B. Rosset,
L. Lhotská
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e10-e11
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8. Sulcus temporalis superior
Superior temporal sulcus (STS) is a brain structure, which has been related to many cognitive functions recently. It can be presumed that it is a part of many cognitive functions and that in particula...
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P. Haitová,
R. Mareček,
M. Mikl,
M. Brázdil
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e11
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9. Origins of VEP response suppression during prolonged visual motion stimulation
Response suppression of motion-onset visual evoked potentials (M-VEPs) can be measured during repetitive stimulation (Kremlacek et al. Doc Ophthalmol 115: 95–103; 2007). To reveal the origins of this ...
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J. Kremláček,
M. Kuba,
Z. Kubová,
J. Langrová,
F. Vít,
J. Szanyi
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e11
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10. Electrophysiological correlate of auditory processing initiative on an unconscious level in the nucleus subthalamicus
Introduction: In the protocol of mismatch negativity (MMN) the frequent and target auditory stimuli are presented to the patient while his attention is excluded. These evoked potentials (EP) are consi...
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E. Minks,
P. Jurak,
J. Halamek,
J. Chladek,
M. Bares
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e11
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11. Pilot attempt to monitor Graves’ ophthalmopathy with pattern-reversal and motion-onset VEPS
Objective: The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate efficacy of visual evoked potentials (VEPs) in monitoring of visual functions during the high-dose intravenous steroid pulse therapy and apheresi...
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J. Szanyi,
J. Kremláček,
Z. Kubová,
J. Langrová,
M. Kuba
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e11-e12
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12. Stance with head extension – Posturographic test
Stance with head extension represents significant stress on postural system. Posturographic studies on healthy young subjects indicate a reduction of stability during stance with head extension when c...
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M. Kucharík,
M. Šaling,
J. Púčik
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e12
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13. Cutaneous silent periods in multiple system atrophy
Objective: The cutaneous silent period (CSP) is a spinal inhibitory reflex mediated by A-delta fibers. Prolonged CSPs have previously been reported in patients with restless legs syndrome (RLS) and id...
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I. Štětkářová,
M. Kofler
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14. Electrophysiological intraoperative monitoring in vestibular schwannoma surgery
We present the results of 48 patients, who underwent surgery of vestibular schwannomas (VS) from 2001 to 2011, with electrophysiological monitoring.
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J. Ceé,
T. Radovnický,
R. Bartoš,
P. Vachata,
E. Provazníková,
M. Sameš
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e12
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15. Intraoperative monitoring of evoked potentials in scoliosis surgery at University Hospital Brno
Aim: The aim of our study was the evaluation of sensitivity and specificity of intraoperative monitoring (IOM) of evoked potentials (EP) in scoliosis and developmental spinal deformities surgery in ou...
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M. Němec,
P. Praksová,
M. Leznar,
M. Repko,
V. Tichý,
M. Mokrá,
H. Horálková,
J. Bednařík
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e13
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16. Influence of water on the character of a surface EMG signal (WaS-EMG)
Introduction: We present our personal experience with Water Surface Electromyography (WaS-EMG), and we compare our results with sources in the literature.
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D. Pánek,
D. Jurák,
D. Pavlů,
V. Krajča,
J. Čemusová
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e13
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17. Oscillations in the basal ganglia – Cognitive aspects
Background: The aim of this work was to study high- frequency oscillations in the subthalamic nucleus and internal pallidum linked to cognitive and motor activities using event-related de/synchronizat...
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M. Bočková,
J. Chládek,
P. Jurák,
J. Halámek,
M. Baláž,
I. Rektor
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e13
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18. Treatment-induced change of cortical activation: fMRI evidence of the central effect of BoNT-A
The central mechanism of idiopathic dystonia is presumably localized within the brain although there has been no direct evidence for involvement of specific brain structures. Similarly, the exact cere...
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P. Hluštík,
R. Opavský,
T. Veverka,
M. Nevrlý,
K. Farníková,
P. Otruba,
P. Kaňovský
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19. Default mode network and extrastriate visual resting state network in patients with Parkinson’s disease dementia
Aims: Our aim was to evaluate two resting state networks (RSNs): the default mode network (DMN) and an extra-striate visual RSN (ESV-RSN) using the seed-based functional connectivity analysis of resti...
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I. Rektorova,
L. Krajcovicova,
R. Marecek,
M. Mikl
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20. Neural correlates of traffic educational campaign content evaluation
This study compare differences in brain activation during watching the video-clips from the national traffic educational campaign in contrast to neutral videos in order to identify which areas of the ...
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J. Zelinková,
R. Marecek,
M. Mikl,
T. Urbanek,
L. Peterková,
M. Brazdil
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e14
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21. Analysis of newborn EEG recorded at 40th week of postconceptional age
In this paper we present results of computer processing of newborn polysomnographic (PSG) recordings.
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V. Gerla,
V. Radisavljevic Djordjevic,
L. Lhotska,
V. Krajca,
K. Paul
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22. Wavelet transform based features for analysis of newborn behavioral states
Computer-assisted processing of electroencephalographic (EEG) recordings permits computation and analyses of EEG features which were not possible only by visual analysis. In this study we addressed th...
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V. Radisavljevic Djordjevic,
V. Gerla,
R. Bělobrádek,
L. Lhotská,
V. Krajča
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e14-e15
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23. Anti-CV2 associated cerebellar degeneration and polyneuropathy
Introduction: Paraneoplastic damage of the nervous system frequently precedes the detection of the malignancy. Tumors cells indicate the production of anti-CV2 antibodies; that presence is associated ...
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D. Petrleničová,
J. Martinková,
M. Kucharík,
M. Cingelová,
I. Lisá,
P. Kalina,
Ĺ Procházková
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e15
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24. Basal ganglia and cerebellum in the motor timing prediction task: Effective connectivity
Objective: Over the years, the cerebellum, the basal ganglia (BG) and other cortical regions have emerged as important structures dealing with various aspects of timing. We investigated the effective ...
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I. Husárová,
M. Mikl,
O.V. Lungu,
R. Mareček,
J. Vaníček,
M. Bareš
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