34 Courtney Oare is a 2017 graduate of Purdue University who majored in Radiological Health Sciences with a concentration in Medical Physics. In the School of Health Sciences Honors Program, she partook in research for three years with an interest in imaging and evaluation of disease. Outside of coursework and research, she served as an Ambassador for the College of Health and Human Sciences, w...

Gait-related back movements require coordination of multiple extremities including the flexible trunk. Ageing and chronic back pain influence these adjustments. These complex coordinations can advantageously be quantified by information theoretically based communication measures such as the gait information flow (GIF). Nine back pain patients (aged 61+/-10 yr) and 12 controls (aged 38+/-10 yr) ...

Autism is a complex developmental disorder with impairments in social interaction, communication, repetitive behavior and motor skills. Exercise enhances cognitive function, ameliorates motor dysfunction, and provides protective profits against neurodegeneration. In the present study, we evaluated the effect of treadmill exercise on the motor coordination and Purkinje cell loss in relation with...

Motor function deteriorates with advancing age, increasing the risk of adverse health outcomes. While it is well established that skeletal muscles and neuromuscular junctions (NMJs) degenerate with increasing age, the effect of aging on α-motor neurons and their innervating synaptic inputs remains largely unknown. In this study, we examined the soma of α-motor neurons and innervating synaptic i...

objective(s): parkinson's disease (pd) is a progressive neurological disorder associated with motor disabilities and cognitive dysfunction as well. evidence indicates that pd occurs less frequently in women than men, confirming a role for steroid hormones in protection of dopaminergic nigrostriatal neurons. it is reported that soy genistein, an estrogen agonist phytoestrogen, display neuro...

Functional dyspepsia and gastroparesis represent the most common sensory-motor disorders of upper gastrointestinal tract. Scientific advances in last decade have shown that there is significant overlap between them. This review aims to address current knowledge about their pathophysiology, diagnosis treatment. a medical condition characterized by one or more following symptoms: early satiety, p...

Changes in myelin ultrastructure under experimental Parkinsonism the tissues of medulla oblongata and striatum were performed induced by rotenone administration 30 adult rats Wistar line. Clinico-electromyographic studies on patients with Parkinson's disease a stage 2.0 -3.0 (Hoehn a. Yahr). Efficacy Cerebrolysin has been shown to correct abnormalities elucidate effect muscle reflex response ir...

introduction: spinal cord injuries are accompanied with significant demyelination of axons and subsequent locomotor dysfunction. to identify the extent of damage following electrolytic lesion of ventrolateral white matter, essential area for initiation of locomotor activity, we assessed demyelination as well as alteration in motor performance. moreover, the protective effect of estradiol as a c...