Volume 2 Issue 3

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Dopaminergic Medication Amplifies Sensory Integration Deficits During Static Balance in Parkinson's Patients with Freezing of Gait

Kaylena A. Ehgoetz Martens 1,2, Colin G. Ellard 2 , Quincy J. Almeida

Over the past year, research has begun to identify greater balance deficits in Parkinson's patients who experience freezing of gait (Freezers) compared to those who do not (Non-freezers). Recently, sensory impairments have been suggested to be a key mechanism that underlies freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease PDF

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Test-Retest Reliability of the Ruff Figural Fluency Test

Jared Rowland1 , Michael Knepp1 , Chad Stephens1 , Ryoichi Noguchi1 , Sheri Towe1 , Chris Immel1 , Benjamin B. DeVore1 , Patti Kelly Harrison1 and David W. Harrison1*

The Ruff Figural Fluency Test (RFFT), originally designed by Ruff et al. in 1987 [1], is a neuropsychological testing instrument frequently used in clinical, medical, and research settings as an indication of non-verbal fluency reflective of potential right hemispheric deficits. Research on the RFFT has shown PDF

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The Experience and Opinions of Migraineurs about Complementary/Alternative Medicine Therapies

Csaba Ertsey1*, Mária Diossy2 , Marianna Toth3 , Eva Csepany1,4, Eszter Balogh5 , Istvan Kellermann6 , Nikolett Juhász7 , Tamás Gyure4 , Dorottya Jánoska2 andGyorgy Bozsik

Headache and migraine are among the top five conditions treated with complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) therapies, despite the scarcity of relevant scientific studies. As CAM use is initiated mostly by the patients, insight into patients' opinions about these methods may improve PDF

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The Use of Neuroimaging Techniques to Complement the Investigation of Specific Functional Disorders in Schoolchildren

Christianne RS Oliveira1 , Igor Duarte de Almeida1 , Larissa Comparini1 and Camilla França2

The learning disorders have extensive bibliography, possibly because these difficulties show a major challenge for education professionals such as psychologists, educational psychologists and speech therapists. It is important to the work of an interdisciplinary team to rescue and modify educational strategies, PDF

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Neuronal Control of Gut Melatoninergic System in Carp

Palash Kumar Pal1 and Saumen Kumar Maitra1*

Demonstration of the role of food and feeding time in determining daily rhythm profiles of gut derived melatonin in carp (Catla catla) led to present study on the mechanism of neural regulation of its gut melatoninergic system. In this in vitro study, different pharmacological agents were used to demonstrate PDF