Bronson Methodist Hospital
A laboratory provides diagnostic equipment and techniques for the investigation of neurological problems. The following list ... Neurodiagnostics - offers a laboratory providing diagnostic equipment and techniques for the investigation of neurological ... in neurological care as a Comprehensive Stroke Center; in cardiac care as a Chest Pain Center; in obstetrics as a BirthPlace ... has various studies that can be used either individually or in combination with other tests to help solve neurological problems ...
Shepherd Center
The center works to develop, refine and evaluate new treatments, drugs, surgical techniques, diagnostic tools and various ... The Beyond Therapy program at Shepherd Center is an activity-based therapy program designed to help people with neurological ... The MS Institute at Shepherd offers evaluations, diagnostics, rehabilitation services and treatment options through drugs and ... Shepherd Center's assistive technology specialists help people with limited mobility or neurological deficits achieve a greater ...
Microneurography
Recently, the technique has also been used in clinical situations for diagnostic purposes to clarify the condition of the ... its unique power for exploration of normal neural mechanisms as well as pathophysiological conditions of various neurological ... This has permitted that the technique that was initially felt to be unsuited as a diagnostic test can now be applied for ... marking technique'. This technique is based on a unique property of many kinds of C-fibres, i.e. a decrease of conduction ...
Neurology
"Neurological Diagnostic Tests and Procedures Fact Sheet". Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December ... prior to the advent of more advanced diagnostic techniques such as MRI some neurologists have considered psychiatry and ... Neurological practice relies heavily on the field of neuroscience, the scientific study of the nervous system. A neurologist is ... "Neurological Disorders". Johns Hopkins Department of Neurology. 24 February 2020. Archived from the original on 15 September ...
Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
... employing a wide range of innovative diagnostic techniques. Duchenne's clinical science stood at the technical junction of ... In his lectures and demonstrations, the leçons du mardi, Charcot systematised the neurological examination, did much to map out ... Though he never held a senior appointment in the hospital, Duchenne nevertheless made meticulous observations on neurological ...
Tay-Sachs disease
... described the disease's progression and provided differential diagnostic criteria to distinguish it from other neurological ... Enzyme replacement therapy techniques have been investigated for lysosomal storage disorders, and could potentially be used to ... It is characterized by unsteadiness of gait and progressive neurological deterioration. Symptoms of late-onset Tay-Sachs - ... Post-infantile Tay-Sachs was often misdiagnosed as another neurological disorder, such as Friedreich's ataxia. Tay-Sachs ...
Eagle syndrome
One should have a high level of suspicion when neurological symptoms occur upon head rotation. Symptoms tend to be worsened on ... Imaging is important and is diagnostic. Visualizing the styloid process on a CT scan with 3D reconstruction is the suggested ... imaging technique. The enlarged styloid may be visible on an orthopantogram or a lateral soft tissue X ray of the neck. In both ... Aydin E, Quliyev H, Cinar C, Bozkaya H, Oran I (2018). "Eagle Syndrome Presenting with Neurological Symptoms". Turkish ...
Walter Dandy
This technique remained the single most important way of localizing brain lesions until the introduction of CT scanning in the ... Upon being invited to join the Society of Neurological Surgeons as a charter member, he wrote to Cushing on June 30, 1921, that ... "The importance of this diagnostic method, ... for the more accurate localization of many growths whose situation could not be ... Dandy-Walker syndrome Dandy's point Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The CNS features the Dandy Lecture in honor of Walter ...
Linda Chang
... research focuses on the application of advanced neuroimaging techniques and genetics in the study of various neurological ... She is a professor of diagnostic radiology and nuclear medicine and the vice-chair for faculty development at University of ... She is a professor of neurology, diagnostic radiology, and nuclear medicine and the vice-chair for faculty development at ... She became a fellow member of the American Neurological Association in 2012. In 2021, she received the National Institute on ...
Torovirus
In calves, it may cause neurological signs and lead to death in some cases. Many diagnostic techniques for torovirus infection ... It is also the reason that the molecular techniques are considered more promising than the serological assays. Pigs can be ... In 1984, torovirus-like particles were detected with electron microscope (EM) technique in the human patients with ... In 1984, torovirus-like particles were detected with electron microscope (EM) technique in the human patients with ...
Urology
Neurological diseases and disorders such as a stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and spinal cord injury can ... Urological techniques include minimally invasive robotic and laparoscopic surgery, laser-assisted surgeries, and other scope- ... Urodynamic studies play an important diagnostic role in neurourology. Therapy for nervous system disorders includes clean ... Less marked neurological abnormalities can cause urological disorders as well-for example, abnormalities of the sensory nervous ...
Pandy's test
Increases in protein levels are of diagnostic value in neurological diseases. The normal CSF is clear and transparent fluid. ... One drop of CSF sample (collected from the patient by lumbar puncture technique), is added to about 1ml of Pandy's solution. ... Diagnostic test (Articles lacking in-text citations from August 2013, All articles lacking in-text citations, CSF tests). ...
COACH syndrome
Hepatic fibrosis has a range of diagnostic techniques, including invasive and non- invasive. Liver biopsy examination is an ... To diagnose ataxia, both neurological assessment and physical examination are required. This can include MRI scans, study of ... A common technique to treat coloboma is intraocular lens (IOL) implantation, whereby a lens is surgically inserted and adhered ... Kidney cysts can be discovered using ultrasound techniques, and monitoring of the patient's urine concentrating ability for any ...
Pneumoencephalography
Modern imaging techniques such as MRI and CT have rendered pneumoencephalography obsolete. Widespread clinical use of ... This was partially compensated by increased use of angiography as a complementary diagnostic tool, often in an attempt to infer ... Mass effect History of neuroimaging Neuroimaging "Walter Dandy". Society of Neurological Surgeons. Archived from the original ... This additional testing was not without risk though, particularly due to the rudimentary catheterization techniques and ...
Body part as object
Apraxia is a neurological condition in which an individual loses the ability to execute movements that the individual is ... Other forms of gestural training like artificial language techniques, Amerind, and American Sign Language have also been shown ... is one of the diagnostic error patterns in apraxia. Though BPO errors seem to be inconsistent in their efficacy for diagnosing ... and the measurement and/or diagnostic potential. Studies of gestural ability incorporating BPO measures consider aspects of ...
Hoag (health network)
Programs include diagnostics, progressive treatments and support services care. In the media: The hospital's Axxent FlexiShield ... Hoag Heart & Vascular Institute offers surgical techniques including minimally invasive heart surgery, angioplasty, cardiac ... treatment modalities and integration of medical specialists to deliver the care for all complex neurological disorders, ... and Diagnostic & Interventional Surgery Center in Marina Del Rey, California. Women's health services, including gynecologic ...
Gazi Yaşargil
Diagnostic Studies, General Operative Techniques and Pathological Considerations of the Intracranial Aneurysms. Thieme. ... In 1999 he was honored as "Neurosurgery's Man of the Century 1950-1999" at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting ... Over the next 20 years, he carried out laboratory work and clinical applications of micro techniques, performing 7500 ... His genius in developing microsurgical techniques for use in cerebrovascular neurosurgery transformed the outcomes of patients ...
Electrophysiological techniques for clinical diagnosis
In the diagnostic role, surface EMG is a very informative method used to obtain relevant quantitative characteristics.[citation ... EMGs can be used to diagnose and monitor neurological diseases such as: The compression of the median nerve within the carpal ... This technique is useful for diagnosing the health of the muscle tissue and the nerves that control them. EMG measures action ... studies have been used as a control electrophysiological method in the development of better CTS diagnostic techniques. It is ...
Technological and industrial history of 20th-century Canada
There have also been improvements to tracks including continuous weld, concrete sleepers and switching techniques. Techniques ... The use of radio isotopes for diagnostics was also introduced. Chemotherapy also became a treatment option. In 1960 the use of ... Wilder Penfield, with a grant from the US Rockefeller Foundation, founded the Montreal Neurological Institute at the Royal ... This technique was first used in Canada at the Mikado Mine in the Lake-of-the-Woods Region again made accessible by the CPR. ...
Dysprosody
One diagnosis technique is a rating scale, such as the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination. The exam is a subjective rating ... It was two years later that she was admitted to the Neurological University Clinic in Oslo, Norway and seen by Dr. Monrad-Krohn ... These techniques ultimately allow for the diagnosis of dysprosody and the degree of its severity in the patient. Since the ... Neurological examinations were carried out on the patient through magnetic resonance imaging, but the results were completely ...
Neuroinformatics
... the development of tools for analyzing data from devices for neurological diagnostic devices, the development of tools and ... The ultimate aim is to develop a set of tools, techniques and standards in order to satisfy the needs of neuroscientists who ... The Neuronal Time Series Analysis (NTSA) NTSA Workbench is a set of tools, techniques and standards designed to meet the needs ... Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University Led by Alan Evans, MCIN conducts computationally-intensive brain research ...
Nelson's syndrome
Common diagnostic techniques include: MRIs CAT scans blood samples. Blood samples are assessed for the absence or presence of ... neurological examination, skin examination, and pubertal staging needs to be assessed. Through blood pressure and pulse ... If the adenomas start to affect the surrounding structures of the brain, then a micro-surgical technique can be adapted to ... Techniques such as pituitary radiation therapy, ACTH assay, transsphenoidal pituitary surgery, higher resolution MRIs, and ...
Western blot
Diagnostic virology, Protein methods, Molecular biology, Laboratory techniques, Molecular biology techniques). ... The detection of several biomarkers used in the diagnosis of neurological and oncological illnesses by Western blotting is a ... Systems biology, cell signaling research, and biomedical diagnostics would all benefit from using this technique. The capillary ... The western blot technique was used during the 2014 FIFA World Cup in the anti-doping campaign for that event. In total, over ...
Acyl-CoA oxidase deficiency
After birth, there are a number of diagnostic techniques available for use. A blood sample can be taken, from which the serum ... It is this leukodystrophy that is related to the development of neurological abnormalities in people with Acyl-CoA oxidase ... The primary prenatal diagnosis techniques involve the assessment of amniotic fluid for an abnormal elevation in VLCFAs, and a ... Pharmacologic agents are used to help improve muscle tone (management of dystonia) and to block neurological signalling to the ...
Ataxic cerebral palsy
In addition, utilizing diagnostic techniques to identify the nature and severity of brain abnormalities has become increasingly ... In addition, infants undergo neuroimaging studies once the infant has neurological findings suggestive of cerebral palsy. For ... With the improvement of brain imaging techniques in recent time, it may be possible in the future to utilize these techniques ... These neuroimaging techniques can show brain abnormalities that have been found in previous patients with cerebral palsy, i.e ...
Skeletal muscle
Diagnostic procedures that may reveal muscular disorders include testing creatine kinase levels in the blood and ... A number of movement disorders are caused by neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease where ... A non-invasive elastography technique that measures muscle noise is undergoing experimentation to provide a way of monitoring ... Research on skeletal muscle properties uses many techniques. Electrical muscle stimulation is used to determine force and ...
Sarcocystis neurona
Although many neurological disorders affect horses, EPM remains the most commonly diagnosed infectious neurological disease in ... Several serological diagnostic tests have been used to detect antibodies against S. neurona in animals. The first assay ... Development of the WB test over the years has benefited greatly in EPM diagnosis, however the WB technique is mainly a research ... Following a neurological examination asymmetric weakness, spasms and lack of muscle control involving the limbs is revealed. ...
Functional specialization (brain)
A slightly newer technique is to use functional landmarks, which combines sulcal and gyral landmarks (the groves and folds of ... There has been some work done towards this extension of the modularity theory with regards to the physical neurological ... To assemble a complete overview of putative modules of the human mind To establish module-specific diagnostic tests ( ... Both of these therapy techniques rely on the patient's ability to use visual imagery to cope with or replace patients symptoms ...
Multiple sclerosis
... classification and clinical features of relapsing and progressive neurological syndromes". Neurological Sciences. 22 (Suppl 2 ... The first attempt to establish a set of diagnostic criteria was also due to Charcot in 1868. He published what now is known as ... Improvement in neuroimaging techniques such as positron emission tomography (PET) or MRI carry a promise for better diagnosis ... These techniques are more specific for the disease than existing ones, but still lack some standardization of acquisition ...
African trypanosomiasis
... technique. For other samples, such as spinal fluid, concentration techniques include centrifugation followed by examination of ... Progression to the neurological phase occurs after an estimated 21-60 days in case of T. b. rhodesiense infection, and 300-500 ... For sleeping sickness, funding was split into basic research, drug discovery, vaccines, and diagnostics. The greatest amount of ... Neurological symptoms include: tremor, general muscle weakness, hemiparesis, paralysis of a limb, abnormal muscle tone, gait ...