Augmented Visual Feedback for Complex Motor Skill Acquisition: A Demonstration with Healthy Young Adults.

Mirror therapy (MT) is a treatment for improving motor function after stroke. Video therapy (VT) training combines observation and imitation of video clips, and it has been used to conduct efficient occupational therapy. We sought to determine the effects of MT and VT on tool-use with healthy young adults.

[Pure Amnesia].

Pure amnesia (amnesic syndrome) is an organic brain syndrome characterized by impairment in episodic memory, with either an anterograde or sometimes retrograde loss of memories. Although episodic memory is impaired, semantic memory, immediate memory, and procedural memory are preserved. The Papez circuit is a network of nerve fibers and nerve centers that starts and ends in the hippocampus travelling by way of the fornix, mammillary bodies, anterior thalamic nuclei, cingulate gyrus, and parahippocampal gyrus.

[A case of adult moyamoya disease showing fulminant clinical course associated with progression from unilateral to bilateral involvement].

We reported a case of adult moyamoya disease showing acute deterioration in which a unilateral occlusive lesion progressed to bilateral involvement during a period of 49 months. A 54-year-old male suffered from progressive weakness in his right extremities and disturbance of speech. On admission, neurological examination demonstrated mild right hemiparesis with global aphasia.

[A case report of hypoplasia of the left internal carotid artery manifested as convulsion attack].

A case of hypoplasia of the left internal carotid artery manifested as convulsion was reported. The features and embryological process were reviewed. The case was that of a 25-year-old female who had been afflicted with repeated convulsion for 16 years.

Fenestration of the internal carotid artery associated with an ischemic attack--case report.

A rare case of fenestration or duplication of the internal carotid artery occurring in a 73-year-old male associated with ischemic attack is reported. Carotid angiography demonstrated the fenestration associated with coiling in the left internal carotid artery. He was treated conservatively.

Choroid plexus metastasis of lung carcinoma--case report.

Metastatic tumors in the choroid plexus are generally considered to be very rare. The authors present a case of lung large cell carcinoma with a single metastatic tumor in the choroid plexus of the lateral ventricle trigone. Precontrast computed tomographic (CT) scans showed an isodensity mass with extensive peritumoral edema, which was considerably enhanced on the postcontrast CT scans.

Clinical, hemodynamic, and hemorheological effects of isovolemic hemodilution in acute cerebral infarction.

The effect of isovolemic hemodilution on regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) and neurological symptoms in 35 patients with acute ischemic stroke was evaluated. Twenty-one patients had internal carotid artery occlusion, and 14 had middle cerebral artery occlusion. Isovolemic hemodilution combined with venesection and the administration of fresh plasma to reduce the hematocrit (Hct) to 33% was performed within 72 hours of the onset of symptoms.

[Clinical and hemodynamic effects of lipo PGE1 in cerebral infarction].

Prostaglandin (PG) E1 is a potent vasodilator on the peripheral vessels and also has an inhibitory action of platelet aggregation. Lipo PGE1, the lipid emulsified PGE1 has much longer half life time in the circulation than PGE1 which is rapidly inactivated in the lung. The purpose of this investigation was to study the clinical and hemodynamic effect of Lipo PGE1 on the 15 patients with acute or subacute focal cerebral ischemia.

Acute subdural hematoma associated with nontraumatic middle meningeal artery aneurysm: case report.

A rare case of acute subdural hematoma from rupture of a nontraumatic aneurysm of the middle meningeal artery is described. The subdural hematoma was evacuated and the aneurysm was removed. The literature on nontraumatic aneurysm of the middle meningeal artery is reviewed.

[Lipo prostaglandin E1 administration in the acute stage following subarachnoid hemorrhage].

Prostaglandin (PG) E1 is a potent vasodilator on the peripheral vessels and also has an inhibitory action of platelet aggregation. Thus it is expected that PGE1 may be used for the treatment of cerebral vasospasm due to aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Lipo-PGE1, lipid emulsified PGE1 less destroyed in the lung, has much longer half life time in the circulation than PGE1 which is rapidly inactivated in the lung.

[Hydrocephalus and vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage from ruptured intracranial aneurysms].

The relationship of the amount of subarachnoid blood to the incidence of acute hydrocephalus, delayed vasospasm, and chronic hydrocephalus was investigated in 47 patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage from ruptured intracranial aneurysms. Acute hydrocephalus, delayed vasospasm, and chronic hydrocephalus occurred in 29%, 7%, and 14% of Fisher Group 1 & 2 patients respectively, in contrast, 70%, 64%, and 58% of Fisher Group 3 patients (p less than 0.01).

[Clinical effects of lipo-prostaglandin E1 in patients with delayed cerebral vasospasm].

Prostaglandin (PG) E1 is a potent vasodilator on the peripheral vessels and also has an inhibitory action of platelet aggregation. Thus it is expected that PGE1 may be used for the treatment of cerebral vasospasm in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Lipo-PGE1, the lipid emulsified PGE1, is not destroyed in the lung, has much longer half life in the circulation than PGE1 which is rapidly inactivated in the lung.