Detailed Analysis of the Palmomental Reflex and Its Clinical Significance.

Purpose: This comprehensive review thoroughly explores the clinical significance of the palmomental reflex (PMR) in neurological disorders. PMR is a primitive reflex that, when reemerging in adults, indicates underlying neurological dysfunction.

Method: The article elaborates on the clinical assessment techniques, neurophysiological basis, and applications of PMR in various neurological disorders, including neurodegenerative diseases, cerebrovascular disorders, traumatic brain injury, and multiple sclerosis.

Synchronous Bilateral Brachial Blood Pressure Measurements Increased Orthostatic Hypotension Detection in the Elderly.

Background: Orthostatic hypotension (OH) is a common clinical sign, but its detection rate is low, and it is difficult to repeat because there is no standardized screening method available.

Aim: This study aimed to establish a method for detecting blood pressure and assess whether it could increase the OH detection rate in the elderly.

Methods: From May to October, 2022, 178 patients with symptomatic OH and 286 subjects with asymptomatic OH were selected.

The Anatomy and Clinical Significance of Sensory Disturbance in Parkinson's Disease.

The clinical features of Parkinson's disease (PD) include tremors and rigidity. However, paresthesia has not drawn clinical attention. PD involves the whole body and begins with gastrointestinal lesions, which do not start in the midbrain substantia nigra, but from the beginning of the medulla oblongata of the glossopharyngeal nerve nuclei, to the motor nerve dorsal nucleus of the vagus nerve, to the pons and midbrain, and finally to the neocortex.

The Role of FOXP3 on Tumor Metastasis and Its Interaction with Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Forkhead box protein 3 (FOXP3) is an important transcription factor for regulatory T cells (Tregs) and plays an important role in their immunosuppressive function. In recent years, studies have found that FOXP3 is expressed in many kinds of tumors and plays different roles in tumors' biological behaviors, including tumor proliferation, metastasis, drug resistance, and prognosis. However, the effects of FOXP3 on tumor metastasis and its interaction with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) remain unclear.

A Novel Polysaccharide From and Its Protective Effect Against Myocardial Injury.

We isolated and purified a novel polysaccharide from the root of , namely, polysaccharide (CVP) and confirmed its structure and molecular weight. Furthermore, experiment, CVP's protective effect against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury in mice was evidenced by significantly reducing I/R-induced myocardial infarction (MI) size, decreasing the secretion of heart damage biomarkers, and improving cardiac function. Then, the myocardial anoxia/reoxygenation (A/R) injury model was established to mimic reperfusion injury.

Tongue acupuncture in treatment of post-stroke dysphagia.

Tongue acupuncture is a technique that treats illness through acupuncture applied to the tongue. This study was designed to assess its therapeutic effects in the treatment of post-stroke dysphagia. A clinical control study was conducted with randomly selected 180 patients with post-stroke dysphagia.

Contralateral needling at unblocked collaterals for hemiplegia following acute ischemic stroke.

Hemiplegia caused by stroke indicates dysfunction of the network between the brain and limbs, namely collateral shock in the brain. Contralateral needling is the insertion of needles into acupoints on the relative healthy side of the body to treat diseases such as apoplexy. However, there is little well-designed and controlled clinical evidence for this practice.

Contra-lateral needling in the treatment of hemiplegia due to acute ischemic stroke.

Contra-lateral Needling, a traditional acupuncture technique, means contra-lateral acupuncture by inserting needles into acupoints on the relative healthy side of the body opposite to the injured side to treat diseases such as apoplexy with high efficacy. However, there are not many well-designed and controlled clinical evidences found in the literature. Therefore the present study was designed to assess its therapeutic responses in the treatment of hemiplegia due to acute ischemic stroke.