BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Therapeutic exercise improves balance and walking ability in individuals after stroke. The extent to which motor planning improves with therapeutic exercise is unknown. This case series examined how outpatient physical therapy affects motor planning and motor performance for stepping. CASE DESCRIPTION Individuals poststroke…[Read more]

0001), but also a statistically significant difference was achieved when comparing AS patients at a mild degree stage with control individuals. We found a strong relationship of GDF-15 levels regarding AS severity degree (p less then 0.0001). VEGF-A, FGF-2 and FGF-21 levels were significantly higher in AS patients than in controls, but…[Read more]

The majority of altered proteins were functionally related to energy metabolism and cytoskeleton reorganization. As the most important change we regard down-regulation of 14-3-3 proteins in rat cortex and hippocampus. Our findings indicate that i) different parts of the brain respond in a distinct manner to the protracted morphine withdrawal, ii)…[Read more]