Researchers Investigate the Functional Performance in Children With Spina Bifda

A complex congenital central nervous system disease, spina bifda (SB) is caused by the incomplete closing of the neural tubes during the embryonic phase.

Many patients have varying degrees of spasticity, urinary and fecal incontinence and neurocognitive retardation. Such problems decrease the patients' functional independence and their quality of life.

Patients With Central Nervous System Infections may Suffer More
In Vietnam and other locations, patients with central nervous system infections may well be suffering from the effects of a newly discovered virus.

Researchers at Ankara Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education and Research Hospital, Turkey investigate the functional performance in children with SB, using the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI) to look into their capacity in different dimensions of self-care, mobility and social function.

Hulya Sirzai and co-workers discovered that low-level lesions, encouraging muscular strength and independence in mobility are all very important factors for functional independence. The relevant article is reported in the Neural Regeneration Research (Vol. 9, No. 12, 2014).

Source-Eurekalert

Researchers Identify New Type of Central Nervous System Cell Critical for Development of Lou Gehrig's Disease
Researchers have identified a type of central nervous system cell, other than motor neurons, which plays an important role in the development of a fatal degenerative disease.

The Olig Family Affects Central Nervous System Development in Mammals
The Olig family (oligodendrocyte transcription family) is widely expressed in the central nervous system of various mammals.

Central Nervous System Development and Disease Affected by The Olig Family
Research has shown that the oligodendrocyte transcription family (Olig family) is widely expressed in the central nervous system of various mammals.