MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'cerebellum'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:49:19 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4762767&cid=t_116814_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fcase-report-a-third-cerebellar-hemisphere%2F2011.04.28 We present a structural anomaly of the cerebellum, which we believe has not been previously reported. A 16-month-old girl presented to the pediatric outpatient department with some delayed developmental milestones. She was full-term with a normal vaginal delivery and no history suggestive of perinatal asphyxia. The motor milestones were delayed, and the child could not stand. The other milestones, including language and socialization, were normal. Examination revealed a bony hard swelling in the occipital region, which, according to the mother, was noticed soon after birth. The occipitofrontal circumference was 52 cm, and the anterior fontanelle was open. There was generalized hypotonia, and the deep tendon reflexes were depressed. Mild truncal ataxia was observed, but there was no nystagm... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4762767 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:00:06 +0100 4762767 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2974095&cid=t_116814_122_f&fid=35065&url=http%3A%2F%2Feideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fsensory-processing-postural-sway.html ** Last Day to Register for our 2-Day Sensory Processing Webinar with Drs. Brock and Fernette Eide and Lindsey Biel **DVDs of Conference Included with Conference Registration Register here: Sensorypro.blogspot.com.Interesting study that shows that the lines between sensory processing, emotional processing, and behavior are continuing to blur. As many parents of a child with significant sensory processing difficulties will tell you, anxiety and emotional dysregulation can be a huge part of what makes sensory processing disorders most difficult. A major reason for this, it is thought, is that sensory systems function to alert the body to danger, so that disordered sensory signals will trigger extreme danger reactions, like fear, anxiety, aggression, and escape.But now more evidence from the ... Eide Neurolearning Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2974095 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:05:00 +0100 2974095 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2699733&cid=t_116814_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fchiari-malformation-awareness-in-uk.html On Saturday, the 15th, one of the plinthers in the One&Other art project in Trafalgar Square will be promoting Chiari Malformation awareness.The Chiari Center FoundationChiari Malformation information page (Source: BrainBlog) BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2699733 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:36:00 +0100 2699733 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2688786&cid=t_116814_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fneuropsychology-abstract-of-day_10.html CONCLUSIONS: These data support the importance of experience-dependent changes in cerebellar structure and highlight the role of the cerebellum in higher cognitive functions.PMID: 19660739 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher (Source: BrainBlog) BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2688786 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:39:00 +0100 2688786 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2191609&cid=t_116814_165_f&fid=36770&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmetaot.com%2Fblog%2Fcontrol-movement 0. Introduction: My problem-based learning objective for this week is to summarize how voluntary movement is controlled. Unfortunately, voluntary movement depends on the integration of several non-voluntary mechanisms so the material I had to cover seemed pretty complex to me. I thought I might as well share my work here instead of wasting it, but I am no neuro-physiologist so please do not expect any rocket science. 1. Sensation: In order to move in a controlled manner it is first necessary to be aware of one’s position is space. There are various sensory mechanisms in pace for this. 1.1. Vision: the importance of vision for position awareness only becomes clear in the absence of visual and tactile cues. Examples of this are being deep under water (divers are trained to blow and follo... meta-ot blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2191609 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:04:49 +0100 2191609 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1322386&cid=t_116814_122_f&fid=35065&url=http%3A%2F%2Feideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fcognitive-control-in-children-and.html Here's a very interesting study looking at the different brain-related control networks in children compared to adults. Compared to adults, children use shorter connections, they have less well developed frontal-parietal connections, weaker cerebellar integration, and greater dependence on cingulate operculum pathways. The net result is that kids struggle more with adaptive cognitive control (being able to adapt to changing demands, e.g. set shifting problems), and complex tasks (like writing to open-ended prompts, perhaps?) are more inefficient, poorly coordinated, and more likely to develop errors. Because long-range connectivity is fairly adult-like by the age of 9 months, the investigators speculate that the key factor in functional development of long range connections is myelination.... Eide Neurolearning Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1322386 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:01:00 +0100 1322386 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=847257&cid=t_116814_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fneuropsychology-abstract-of-day-speech.html Ackermann H, Mathiak K, & Riecker A. The contribution of the cerebellum to speech production and speech perception: Clinical and functional imaging data. Cerebellum. 2007; 6(3): 202-13.Department of General Neurology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen.A classical tenet of clinical neurology proposes that cerebellar disorders may give rise to speech motor disorders (ataxic dysarthria), but spare perceptual and cognitive aspects of verbal communication. During the past two decades, however, a variety of higher-order deficits of speech production, e.g., more or less exclusive agrammatism, amnesic or transcortical motor aphasia, have been noted in patients with vascular cerebellar lesions, and transient mutism following resection of posterior fossa tumors in... BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=847257 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:47:00 +0100 847257 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=588382&cid=t_116814_122_f&fid=35065&url=http%3A%2F%2Feideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fhow-brains-develop.html Brief post today because we've got Jet Lag Brain after returning from that Learning & the Brain Conference in Boston. Some great presentations, but many reminders of the obstacles bridging the gap between neuroscience research findings and applications to classrooms or individual students.Dr. Jay Giedd (NIMH) gave an informative and entertaining presentation about updates in our understanding of brain development. He showed the "bluing in" (myelination) of the brain that we blogged about previously in our post on Teen Brain, but the movie caught our attention by how late the superior temporal cortex (implicated in dyslexia) was to mature. More NIMH Child Psychiatry research articles can be found here. In Giedd's recent child and adolescent brain development (pdf) paper, we also noted that ... Eide Neurolearning Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=588382 Thu, 03 May 2007 07:04:00 +0100 588382