Neurological Gait Keepers

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Dr Graham Phillips: When there’s a problem your walk your Gait as it’s called it may not necessarily be an issue with your bones, your muscles or your nerves. The problem could be the way the information is processed deep within the brain.

cheap yeezys Narration: Movement studies of patients with Parkinson’s Disease have cheap nike shoes helped reveal how gait is controlled by a complex interplay of conscious thought and automatic functions in ancient parts of the brain. In a healthy brain when we want to walk, the motor cortex the part of the brain that makes the conscious decision to move sends a signal to an ancient part of the brain the basal ganglia. This is where the movement is controlled automatically. cheap yeezys

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cheap air force Narration: Untilthere’s a problem. In Parkinson’s Disease, the amount of the brain chemical cheap jordans on sale Dopamine is reduced, and the circuits in the basal ganglia that cheap jordans shoes regulate movement are altered. This means the brain’s automatic speed control no longer works, causing the person to think they are walking much faster than they actually are. When a patient’s gait is analysed, it shows the effect falling dopamine levels have on the basal ganglia and on movement. cheap air cheap jordans in china force

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cheap jordans for sale Dr Nicole Rinehart: There was seminal research done by some neurologists who were doing some work in Parkinson’s Disease and observing children and adolescents and young adults with autism and noted that there were striking similarities between autism and Parkinson’s Disease. cheap jordans for sale

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Dr Rinehart: What we see is not as much variability going on in the lower limbs and pelvic area.

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cheap adidas Dr Rinehart: What it shows us is the parts of the brain that are abnormal in autism and Asperger’s which relate to gait function and movement control are different. And now what we’re showing is there’s empirical evidence to show that the parts of the brain that control neuro motor function are different in the cheap yeezys two disorders which supports the idea that clinically they’re separate. cheap adidas

Graham: Yeah

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