Browsing by Subject "brain"
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(2012-12-06)Department: SociologyIn this dissertation, I examine the social world of deep brain stimulation and its use in the treatment of people with movement disorders, including Parkinson's Disease, Essential Tremor, and Dystonia. Through ethnography, ...
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(2017-02-09)Department: Biomedical EngineeringDiffusion-weighted MRI (DWI) techniques have demonstrated the ability to non-invasively assess normal and pathological neural tissue. Recently-developed advanced DWI methods have the potential to provide quantitative ...
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(Frontiers in Neurology, 2020-02-18)Background and Objective: The first pass effect (FPE; achieving complete recanalization with a single thrombectomy device pass) has been shown to be associated with higher rates of good clinical outcomes in patients with ...
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(2018-08-22)Department: Microbiology and ImmunologyViral encephalitis is a serious and life-threatening inflammation of the central nervous system (CNS). However, mechanisms of viral neuroinvasion and disease pathogenesis in the CNS are often poorly understood. Mammalian ...
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(2017-11-27)Department: Biomedical EngineeringObjective: The purpose of this investigation is to test whether a poroelastic model with enhanced structure could capture in vivo interstitial pressure dynamics in a brain undergoing mock surgical loads. Methods: Using ...
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(2004)This essay discusses several issues at the intersection of law and brain science. If focuses principally on ways in which an improved understanding of how evolutionary processes affect brain function and human behavior may ...
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(2006-12-13)Department: Biomedical EngineeringCurrent brain tumor localization methods demonstrate limited ability to discriminate between normal brain and infiltrating tumor margins, resulting in complete tumor resection in less than 20% of glioma patients. Combined ...
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(JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 2019-06-21)Mouse studies linking adropin, a peptide hormone encoded by the energy homeostasis-associated (ENHO) gene, to biological clocks and to glucose and lipid metabolism suggest a potential therapeutic target for managing diseases ...
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(2023-09-07)Department: NeuroscienceAphasia is an acquired communication disorder resulting from damage to language regions of the brain. Speech-language pathologists frequently use rhythmic elements (e.g., tapping to a beat) to facilitate speech output in ...
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(2013-03-22)Department: Molecular Physiology and BiophysicsElevated very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL)-triglyceride (TG) secretion from liver contributes to atherogenic dyslipidemia that is associated with obesity, diabetes, and the metabolic syndrome. Numerous models of obesity ...
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(2013-04-01)Department: Biomedical EngineeringInfrared neural stimulation (INS) uses pulsed infrared light to directly stimulate neural tissue with high spatiotemporal precision and is well documented for peripheral nerve applications; however, prior to this dissertation, ...
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(Frontiers In Aging Neuroscience, 2022-12-09)Many people with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) report varying degrees of memory impairment. Neuroimaging techniques such as MRI and PET have been utilized to shed light on how COVID-19 affects brain function in humans, ...
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(2010-08-03)Department: NeuroscienceAudition is critical for communication and survival, yet the cortical pathways and mechanisms by which complex sounds are processed remain poorly understood. From the results of a number of studies, a working model of ...
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(G3-GENES Genomes Genetics, 2019-08)Evolutionary changes in enhancers are widely associated with variation in human traits and diseases. However, studies comprehensively quantifying levels of selection on enhancers at multiple evolutionary periods during ...
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(2010-05-17)Department: Cell and Developmental BiologySonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling regulates important biological processes during embryogenesis and adult homeostasis. Deregulation of this essential signaling pathway can lead to congenital defects and tumorigenesis. In this ...