OBJECTIVE The purpose of the study was to determine if there were significant relationships between dysfunction in sensory modulation, symptoms of affective disorders, and adaptive behaviors in children and adolescents with Asperger's disorder between 6 and 17 years of age. METHOD Parents of 50 children and adolescents between 6 and 17 years of age diagnosed with Asperger's disorder based on ...

introduction: hearing impairment is the most frequent sensorial congenital defect in newborns and has increased to 2–4 cases per 1,000 live births. sensory-neural hearing loss (snhl) accounts for more than 90% of all hearing loss. this disorder is associated with other congenital disorders such as renal, skeletal, ocular, and cardiac disorders. given that congenital heart diseases are life-thre...

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) and related neuropathies are a genetically highly heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders. CMT affects both the sensory and motor nerves, distal Hereditary Motor Neuropathies (dHMN) are phenotypically similar disorders involving only motor nerves, while Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathies (HSAN) are rare distinct disorders affecting sensory...

tion of movement disorders secondary to cervical disc prolapse with cord compression has not been previously highlighted. Our patient presented with upper limb choreathethosis and dystonia associated with tingling sensation of the fingers. However , there was no objective sensory loss. Neurophysiologic test-ings revealed right CTS. There was no electrophysiologic evidence of posterior column ab...

Among the trace elements known to be essential to human nutrition, zinc is typical in that the lack of it can cause sensory dysfunctions in human. It is known that a deficiency of zinc results in a wide variety of diseases with sensory (gustatory, olfactory, and visual) dysfunctions being only one type of them. In the present study, the focus is placed on the taste disorders as an example of a ...

This study described sensory processing behaviors and sensory-motor abilities in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) and explored their relationship to home and school function. A clinic-referred sample of 25 children with FASD, ages 5 to 8 years, was compared with 26 children with typical development, balanced for age, gender, and race/ethnicity, on standardized tests examini...

OBJECTIVE To conduct a systematic search for grounded and quality evidence of sensory processing in preterm infants during childhood. DATA SOURCE The search of the available literature on the theme was held in the following electronic databases: Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (Medline)/PubMed, Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (Lilacs)/Virtual...

Stereotyped motor behavior manifests as rhythmic, repetitive movements. It is common in several neurologic and psychiatric disorders where it is considered maladaptive. However, it also occurs early in typical development where it serves an adaptive function in the development of complex, controlled motor behavior. Currently, no framework accounts for both adaptive and maladaptive forms of moto...

BACKGROUND Short-term diabetes causes sensory disorders in rats ranging from thermal hypoalgesia to exaggerated behavioral responses to other sensory stimuli. As impaired neurotrophic support may promote sensory nerve disorders during diabetes, the authors investigated whether TX14(A), a neurotrophic peptide derived from prosaposin, was able to ameliorate nerve disorders in diabetic rats. MET...