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... lesions in patients with minor ischaemic stroke affect cognitive and motor control processes ...
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... rehabilitation to the type of stroke. Neuroimaging and analysis of motor performance with motion capture systems now provide us with more ... it will help to achieve these aims. ArMM is a portable measure of motor control developed by our team at HMRI and the University of Newcastle. ...
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... behavior to meet new challenges. Individual differences in cognitive control ability and associated brain networks are associated with higher ... to understand the brain networks that enable effective cognitive control ability, how these networks adapt to changes in our personal and ... dementia in old age. Role of premorbid level of cognitive control on motor and cognitive recovery after stroke and brain injury. Maternal ...
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... system, particularly in the spinal cord and brain stem. In the motor system we study how motor neurons, the large cells in the spinal cord that control our muscles, regulate their activity and how they respond to ...
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... project will define for the first time the regulatory mechanisms that control catecholamine synthesis in the adrenal gland and the brainstem ... intervention could reduce the risk of excessive weight gain, promote motor skill development, and improve the skeletal and psychological ... lesions in patients with minor ischaemic stroke affect cognitive and motor control processes White matter lesions (WML) in the brain increase ...
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... returning to work, point to specific impairment of cognitive control. Cognitive control (aka executive functioning) refers to processes that allow us to ... and flexible integration of information across multiple sensory and motor domains. Disruption of frontal networks can result in subtle ...
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... drug strategy; and be a foundation for the design of drugs to control ventricular arrhythmias in coronary artery disease. HMRI ... cancer is generally incurable. New therapeutic strategies that control cancer cell growth are urgently needed. This project will ... Parsons Relationship between white matter legions and cognitive and motor functioning inpatients with minor ischaemic stroke; a structural ...
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... between 15 to 24 years old. Most spinal cord injuries are caused by motor vehicle accidents. Right now, around 12,000 Australians are living ... cord injury can also impact other bodily functions. Bladder and bowel control can be affected as well as the ability to breathe independently. ...
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... was first captured after witnessing a neighbour pass away from Motor Neurone Disease, a tragic disease where parts of the nervous system that control our movements rapidly fail. This led him to undergraduate ...