BACKGROUND Stroke rehabilitation with different exercise paradigms has been investigated, but which one is more effective in facilitating motor recovery and up-regulating brain neurotrophic factor (BDNF) after brain ischemia would be interesting to clinicians and patients. Voluntary exercise, forced exercise, and involuntary muscle movement caused by functional electrical stimulation (FES) have...

Encapsulation of cells has the potential to provide a protective barrier against host immune cell interactions after grafting. Previously we have shown that alginate encapsulated BDNF-producing fibroblasts (Fb/BDNF) survived for one month in culture, made bioactive neurotrophins, survived transplantation into the injured spinal cord in the absence of immune suppression, and provided a permissiv...

WALLACE, ROBERT B., and ALTMAN, JOSEPH (1969). Behavioral Effects of Neonatal Irradiation of the Cerebellum. I. Qualitative Observations in Infant and Adolescent Rats. DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOBIOLOGY, 2(4): 257-265. The cerebellum of rats was irradiated from birth with daily doses of 200r for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, and 10 days. The animals were killed at fixed periods after irradiation and at various ag...

Nonmammalian vertebrates have a remarkable capacity to regenerate brain tissue in response to central nervous system (CNS) injury. Nevertheless, it is not clear whether animals recover lost function after injury or whether injury-induced cell proliferation mediates recovery. We address these questions using the visual system and visually-guided behavior in Xenopus laevis tadpoles. We establishe...

This study investigated the effectiveness of compensation on behavioral intentions through perceived equity, which is moderated by consumer-service organization relationships. Online survey was conducted to collect data, using hypothetical scenarios manipulating recovery efforts and relationship level conditions. Mediation tests showed that perceived equity fully mediate the effect of compensat...

We explored whether young children exhibit subtypes of behavioral sequences during sibling interaction. Ten-minute, free-play observations of over 300 sibling dyads were coded for positivity, negativity and disengagement. The data were analyzed using growth mixture modeling (GMM). Younger (18-month-old) children's temporal behavioral sequences showed a harmonious (53%) and a casual (47%) class....