Showing papers on "Neural tract published in 2007"
TL;DR: This study directly compared connections that were visualized using injected neural tract tracers (WGA-HRP) with those obtained using in-vivo diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) tractography.
234 citations
Patent•
22 Jan 2007
TL;DR: In this article, a control unit is adapted to drive the one or more electrodes to apply a current to the site capable of inducing an increase in permeability of a blood-brain barrier (BBB), a change in cerebral blood flow of the patient, and/or an inhibition of parasympathetic activity of the sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG).
Abstract: Apparatus for modifying a property of a brain of a patient is provided, including one or more electrodes (7), adapted to be applied to a site selected from a group of sites consisting of: a sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) (6) of the patient and a neural tract originating in or leading to the SPG. A control unit (8) is adapted to drive the one or more electrodes to apply a current to the site capable of inducing (a) an increase in permeability of a blood-brain barrier (BBB) of the patient, (b) a change in cerebral blood flow of the patient, and/or (c) an inhibition of parasympathetic activity of the SPG.
33 citations
TL;DR: It is postulate that heterotopic ossification in patients with injury to the central nervous system (CNS) may be related to a dysfunction of proprioception, and whether, after an interruption in the neural pathways, altered proprioceptions can forge a different relationship between tissues.
32 citations
Patent•
29 Jan 2007
TL;DR: In this article, an otic ganglion stimulator is used to activate the otic-ganglion site sufficiently to induce at least one effect, such as change in cerebral blood flow (CBF) of the patient, and a change in permeability of a blood-brain-barrier (BBB).
Abstract: Apparatus is provided including one or more electrodes, adapted to be applied to an otic-ganglion site of a patient selected from the group consisting of: an otic ganglion, an associated neural tract of the otic ganglion, an afferent fiber going into the otic ganglion, and an efferent fiber going out of the otic ganglion. The apparatus further includes a stimulator, configured to drive the one or more electrodes to apply a current to the otic-ganglion site, and to configure the current to activate the otic-ganglion site sufficiently to induce at least one effect selected from the group consisting of: a change in cerebral blood flow (CBF) of the patient, and a change in permeability of a blood-brain-barrier (BBB) of the patient. Other embodiments are also described.
26 citations
TL;DR: It is proposed that the ‘extrapyramidal’ motor pathway in the unaffected hemisphere is associated with poststroke neural reorganization.
Abstract: Background: The concept of neural reorganization after brain damage is already well established, and many previous studies have successfully reported the translocation of the neural
20 citations
TL;DR: Observations indicate that the transient decrease of the VAChT-positive nerve might cause a failure of cholinergic neuronal transmission along the urinary bladder tract after SCI, which could lead to functional recovery of neurogenic bladder syndrome in SCI patients.
18 citations