Sensorimotor neuropathies

High unawareness of distal sensorimotor polyneuropathy

(HealthDay)—A high percentage of older adults with diabetes and prediabetes are unaware of having clinical distal sensorimotor polyneuropathy (DSPN), according to a study published online Dec. 28 in...

[Comment] Brain–machine interface: closer to therapeutic reality?

Various neurological diseases and traumatic injuries permanently abolish sensorimotor functions, dramatically affecting the quality of life of millions of individuals. Progress continues in the develo...

Sociocommunicative and Sensorimotor Impairments in Male P2X4-Deficient Mice

Functional MRI of the cortical sensorimotor system in patients with hereditary spastic paraplegia

Corrigendum: Functional organization of human sensorimotor cortex for speech articulation

Effect of the GLP-1 analog liraglutide on satiation and gastric sensorimotor function during nutrient-drink ingestion

Functional organization of human sensorimotor cortex for speech articulation

Multi-electrode cortical recordings during the production of different consonant-vowel syllables reveal distinct speech-articulator representations that are arranged somatotopically, with temporal and...

From the twitching whiskers of babes: Naptime behavior shapes the brain

The whiskers of newborn rats twitch as they sleep, and that could open the door to new understandings about the intimate connections between brain and body. The discovery reinforces the notion that su...

Causal Role of the Sensorimotor Cortex in Action Simulation: Neuropsychological Evidence.

Interest in sensorimotor cortex involvement in higher cognitive functions has recently been revived, although whether the cortex actually contributes to the simulation of body part movements has not y...

Dopaminergic modulation of receptive fields in rat sensorimotor cortex.

Dopaminergic projections to primary sensorimotor cortex (SMC) have been described anatomically, but their functional role is unknown. The objective here was to characterize how dopamine modulates the...

Relationships Between Regional Cerebellar Volume and Sensorimotor and Cognitive Function in Young and Older Adults.

The cerebellum has been implicated in both sensorimotor and cognitive function, but is known to undergo volumetric declines with advanced age. Individual differences in regional cerebellar volume may...

Cortisol rapidly disrupts prepulse inhibition in healthy men.

Stress is known to affect sensorimotor gating (measured with prepulse inhibition of startle, or PPI), possibly improving perception of threat signals at the expense of other input during states of aro...

A single high dose of escitalopram disrupts sensory gating and habituation, but not sensorimotor gating in healthy volunteers.

Early mechanisms to limit the input of sensory information to higher brain areas are important for a healthy individual. In previous studies, we found that a low dose of 10mg escitalopram (SSRI) disru...