Abstract Background Depression is the most common mood disorder in elderly people and one of prevalent comorbidities older with hip fracture. While several authors have confirmed that depressive symptoms assessed at a later stage after fracture impact functional outcome mortality, role identified an earlier remains understudied. The aim present study was to determine if on hospital admission early surgery. Methods We studied 112 patients who underwent surgery for during 6‐month period....

Background: A growing body of evidence supports the effectiveness using transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in patients with chronic hand motor impairment resulting from stroke. Objective: In this study, we investigate and compare combined effects anodal tDCS occupational therapy (OT) to sham OT (control) on fine skill deficits stroke patients. Methods: total 26 (at ≥ 9 months) were randomly assigned an active treatment or a control group double-blinded, sham-controlled, parallel...

Sham-controlled low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) was used in patients with pharmacoresistant major depression as an added treatment along partial sleep deprivation (PSD). In addition, the potential predictive role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor genetic polymorphism on response analyzed.We recruited 19 female (48.3 ± 8.6 years old) treatment-resistant unipolar (Hamilton Depression Rating Scale [HDRS] score ≥20) who were a stable antidepressant treatment....

Increased excitability of the spinal motor system has been observed after loud and unexpected acoustic stimuli (AS) preceding H-reflexes. The paradigm proposed as an electrophysiological marker reticulospinal tract activity in humans. brainstem reticular formation also maintains dense anatomical interconnections with cortical system. When a startling AS is delivered, prior to transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), produces suppression evoked potential (MEP) amplitude hand arm muscles...

Abstract Background Hip fractures in the elderly are followed by increased mortality, which is highest period immediately after fracture. Predictors for early mortality have neither been well identified nor summarized. Identification of postoperative predictors enables stratification high‐risk patients and can help development strategies aimed at reducing risk improving outcome hip The primary aim this study was to investigate incidence 30‐day mortality. secondary factors related Methods We...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurodegenerative disease caused by autoimmune-mediated inflammation in the central nervous system. Purinergic signaling critically involved MS-associated neuroinflammation and its most widely applied animal model—experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). A promising but poorly understood approach treatment of MS repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. In present study, we aimed to investigate effect continuous theta-burst stimulation (CTBS),...

Since recently, it is possible, using noninvasive cortical stimulation, such as the protocol of paired associative stimulation (PAS), to induce plastic changes in motor cortex, humans that mimic Hebb's model learning. Application TMS conjugated with peripheral electrical at strictly coherent temporal manner lead convergence inputs sensory-motor consequent synaptic potentiation or weakening, if applied repetitively. However, when optimal interstimulus interval (ISI) for induction LTP-like...

Background/Aim. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a standard technique for noninvasive assessment of changes in central nervous system excitability. The aim this study was to examine responses TMS patients suffering from Parkinson?s disease (PD) during sustained submaximal isometric voluntary contraction [60% maximal (MVC)] the adductor pollicis muscle, as well subsequent recovery period. Methods. Cortical excitability tested by single pulses twice motor threshold intensity applied...

The purpose of this study was to assess maximal aerobic power (VO2max) in trained and untrained 15-year-old boys. subjects (18) were junior swimmers from a Belgrade swimming team, the ones (12) high school. VO2max directly measured during progressive cycle ergometer exercise using open circuit spirometry. No significant differences height, mass, percentage fat vital capacity noted between groups. Maximal (overall, relative relation lean body mass) absolute values, expressed per kilogram mass...

Intermediate syndrome (IMS) was described a few decades ago, however, there is still controversy regard ing its exact etiology, risk factors, diagnostic parameters and required therapy. Considering that acute poisonings are treated in different types of medical institutions this serious complication organophosphate insecticide (OPI) poison frequently overlooked. The aim paper to present case IMS poisoning, which, we believe, provides additional data on the use oxime or atropine. After...

This prospective randomized study aims to evaluate the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of combining transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) with patient controlled intravenous morphine analgesia (PCA-IV) as part multimodal after thoracotomy. Patients assigned active treatment group (a-tDCS, n = 27) received tDCS over left primary motor cortex for five days, whereas patients control (sham-tDCS, 28) sham stimulations. All postoperative PCA-IV morphine. For analysis we used data about...

Introduction. Administration of pharmacological agents with specific actions on neurotransmitter systems is a powerful driver functional cortical reorganization. Plastic reorganization the motor cortex in humans studies by use non-invasive stimulation protocols, which mimic Hebbian model associative plasticity. Objective. Aiming to explore modulation human plasticity, we tested healthy subjects after each dosage diazepam, levodopa i placebo administration, using paired protocol (PAS) that...

Background/Aim. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune-mediated disease of the nervous system in which myelin sheath destroyed during process neurodegeneration. Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) animal model MS preservation and remyelination axons can improve neuron survival. The aim study was to evaluate activation capacity neuronal tissue by inflammation treatment with intermittent (i) theta burst stimulation (TBS)- iTBS or continuous TBS (cTBS) based on expression profiles...

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Background: Cisplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy is a common complication of cisplatin therapy, which develops in most patients with lung cancer. There are no effective preventive measures and once it occurs there except symptomatic. In this study, we aimed to assess the effect transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) therapy on pain intensity quality life cisplatin-induced neuropathy. Material Methods: A prospective cohort study was performed from 2013 2018, at Clinical Center...

The presence of Ruteria graeca (Caldara, 1973) and R. hypocrita (Boheman, 1837) (93 215 specimens respectively) was confirmed among other adult soil weevil material collected at 24 localities on the territory Serbia between 1995 2003 for most part using pitfall traps. much more frequent. In both species, males were dominant (36.55 37.21%, respectively). Biogeographically, new findings are an impor- tant supplement completing picture mosaic distribution this endemic to Balkan Peninsula. Until...

Background/Aim. Neurofeedback (NFB) is a therapeutic method based on monitoring the electroencephalogram (EEG) and providing feedback brain activity of sub-jects. The aim pilot study was to investigate effect lower-beta or sensorimotor rhythm (SMR) (12?15 Hz) NFB training amplitudes latencies late auditory event-related potentials (aERP) components N100, N200, P300 in Go-No go task discrimination. Methods. Each 9 healthy participants aged 25?40 years (4 male) had 20 daily sessions SMR...