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Sleep disordered breathing in Parkinson's disease: A critical appraisal
(W B Saunders Co Ltd, 2014-04-01)
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, characterized by resting tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia and postural instability, and is associated with non-motor features, including sleep ...
Levodopa for idiopathic restless legs syndrome: Evidence based review
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2007-10-15)
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a sensory motor disorder characterized by a distressing urge to move the legs and sometimes also other parts of the body usually accompanied by a marked sense of discomfort or pain in the ...
Theoretical Basis, Laboratory Evidence, and Clinical Research of Chemical Surgery of the Cornea: Cross-Linking
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2014-01-01)
Corneal cross-linking (CXL) is increasingly performed in ophthalmology with high success rates for progressive keratoconus and other types of ectasia. Despite being an established procedure, some molecular and clinical ...
ROLE of 3-D ULTRASOUND in CLINICAL OBSTETRIC PRACTICE: EVOLUTION OVER 20 YEARS
(Elsevier B.V., 2015-05-01)
The use of 3-D ultrasound in obstetrics has undergone dramatic development over the past 20 years. Since the first publications on this application in clinical practice, several 3-D ultrasound techniques and rendering modes ...
Phylogenetic and evolutionary aspects of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis reveal a long coexistence with animal hosts that explain several biological features of the pathogen
(Elsevier B.V., 2006-09-01)
The habitat of the mycelial saprobic form of Paracoccidio ides brasiliensis, which produces the infectious propagula, has not been determined and has proven difficult for mycologists to describe. the fungus has been rarely ...
Does long-term coffee intake reduce type 2 diabetes mellitus risk?
(Biomed Central Ltd, 2009-01-01)
This review reports the evidence for a relation between long-term coffee intake and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Numerous epidemiological studies have evaluated this association and, at this moment, at least fourteen ...
Cholinergic modulation of inhibitory avoidance impairment induced by paradoxical sleep deprivation
(Elsevier B.V., 2000-05-01)
1. Male Wister rats were submitted to paradoxical sleep deprivation for 96 hr by a modified multiple platform technique.2. Training of step-through inhibitory avoidance was performed immediately after the last day of ...
Neurocutaneous melanosis: Follow-up and literature review
(Masson Editeur, 2011-12-01)
Neurocutaneous melanosis is a rare, congenital, non-inherited syndrome characterized by numerous and/or large congenital nevi with intracranial leptomeningeal melanocytosis. This report describes two patients, presenting ...
Communicating with the non-dominant hemisphere Implications for neurological rehabilitation
(Shenyang Editorial Dept Neural Regeneration Res, 2013-05-01)
Aphasic syndromes usually result from injuries to the dominant hemisphere of the brain. Despite the fact that localization of language functions shows little interindividual variability, several brain areas are simultaneously ...
Interplay between apoptosis and autophagy, a challenging puzzle: New perspectives on antitumor chemotherapies
(Elsevier B.V., 2013-11-25)
Autophagy is a mechanism of protection against various forms of human diseases, such as cancer, in which autophagy seems to have an extremely complex role. in cancer, there is evidence that autophagy may be oncogenic in ...