Publications by authors named "H Brace"

Purpose: The purpose of this systematic review was to identify valid, reliable, and clinically practical measures of function/activity for children with cerebral palsy.

Method: Cochrane, MEDLINE, CINAHL, AMED, PEDro, and ScienceDirect were searched to identify relevant studies. Reference lists were hand-searched, and databases were searched specifically for outcome measures (OMs) identified.

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Purpose: We compared standard transurethral prostate resection with bipolar PlasmaKinetic prostate vaporization for bladder outflow obstruction using a Gyrus PlasmaKinetic Plasma V bar.

Materials And Methods: A total of 160 men were enrolled in a prospective, randomized trial. Those at higher risk for cancer were excluded by prostate specific antigen and digital rectal examination with or without transrectal ultrasound biopsy.

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Excitotoxins have been widely used to make lesions in the brains of experimental animals because they have the ability to destroy neurones while sparing fibres of passage. Because loss of fibres of passage can confound the interpretation of lesion effects, this property is of considerable value. Recently, however, there have been reports indicating that excitotoxins acting at different sites within the rat CNS not only destroy neurones but also strip myelin from fibres and compromise the integrity of the blood-brain barrier.

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As the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus has an important anatomical position as an output station for the striatum, its role in the mediation of behaviour stimulated by d-amphetamine and apomorphine was investigated. Bilateral ibotenate lesions were made in either the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus or, as a control, in the adjacent deep mesencephalic nucleus; sham lesions were made using phosphate buffer. Over the 14 days after surgery there were no significant differences in the rats' body weight or food intake.

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