Neuroscience – StrokeSciences

Receptor Selectivity and Targeted Neuropathologies: Using MPTP, and Viral Infections as Explanatory Models in Neurodegenerative Disorders

Abstract Neurodegenerative disorders are the result of cumulative damages to parts of the brain over time. Ethanol-induced cerebellar dysfunction, ataxia, Wernicke encephalopathy in alcoholics, exposure to 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine...

CVA Neurology Neurorehabilitation Neuroscience Stroke Physiatry

Posture and Balance: Neural Correlates of Postural Instability after Stroke and Other Movement Disorders

Abstract This paper explores the neural correlates of posture and balance after stroke, and provides visual examples of postural instability in a patient with watershed...

CVA Neuroscience

The Neuroscience of Motor Control: Optimal to Pathologic Motor Performance

Abstract In humans, movement requires a well-coordinated control of sensory and motor mechanisms, yet mundane tasks such as walking or sitting upright could drastically be...