Six patients with Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT) and associated encephalopathy (HE) are
described and compared with 14 well-documented cases retrieved from the literature. HE …

Background Tremors are among the most common movement disorders. As there can be
considerable variability in the manner in which clinicians assess tremor, objective …

Yawning is a phylogenetically old behaviour that can be observed in most vertebrate
species from foetal stages to old age. The origin and function of this conspicuous …

1. The magnetic field generated by a brief current in a 9 cm diameter flat circular coil varies
rapidly with time and when applied over the human scalp it is capable of exciting motor …

Symptomatic irrepairable rotator cuff tears usually entail complete loss of the substance of
the supraspinatus and infraspinatus tendons. Loss of external rotation control and cranial …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of glaucoma in sleep apnea syndrome (SAS), an
entity characterized by repetitive upper airway obstructions during sleep, inducing hypoxia …

An intense rapidly changing magnetic field generated in a coil over the scalp can excite
motor pathways to hand muscles. With a suprathreshold stimulus, the amplitude of the …

Central motor conduction (CMC) was evaluated in 32 normal subjects and 83 patients with
multiple sclerosis, and the findings were correlated with clinical signs and evoked potential …

BACKGROUND: The univariate study of clinical, electrophysiological, or biochemical
variables has been shown to predict the outcome in postanoxic coma in about 50% of …

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a recent putative treatment for
affective disorders. Several studies have demonstrated antidepressant effects of rTMS in …