Einar P V Wilder-Smith

..We determine frequency, magnitude and type of ictal heart rate changes during partial seizures in non-Caucasian patients in Singapore...

..A paraneoplastic cause should be considered if disease progression is unusually rapid...

..All subjects felt the pronation position more comfortable and an added benefit of this position was significantly shorter testing time...

..This study identifies the clinical and electrophysiological findings that correlate with the distribution of sensory symptoms in an Asian population with CTS...

..To characterise a homogeneous group of patients with new-onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE syndrome)...

..Recent evidence suggests that keratinocytes may act as thermal receptors via TRPV1. The aim was to investigate epidermal TRPV1 expression in patients with neuropathic conditions associated with pain...

..We then compare sensitivity and specificity of this novel site with other nerve conduction parameters in supporting a diagnosis of CTS...

..The semi-quantitative clinical and neurophysiological scales correlated well (Pearson 0.645, P<0.001)...

..Supplementary tests of small nerve fiber function and measurement of intracarpal pressure might, in the future, improve early recognition of CTS, especially in the absence of well-defined symptoms...

..The SVCR repeatability and range of variation seen in this study compare favorably with tests of heart rate variability, thermal threshold detection, and motor nerve conduction...

..Correlation of inspiratory flow rate to vasoconstriction was consistently better than with inspiratory volume. Both digit tip and ulnar vasoconstrictor responses were maximal with greatest respiratory effort...

..Our data show that water-immersion wrinkling is a function of digit pulp vasoconstriction. This test of sympathetic function can now be quantified using parameters of blood flow velocity, enabling its more widespread and accurate use...

..170). These data further support that water immersion skin wrinkling is mediated by vasoconstriction. The EMLA cream patch test may develop into a useful screening test for hand sympathetic vasoconstrictor function...

..SCA 3 should be considered a differential diagnosis in adult patients who present with DRD phenotype and with a positive family history...

..73 identified CTS in 69% with 68% specificity. Testing for vasomotor dysfunction in CTS allows for more comprehensive neurophysiological testing, which is heavily biased towards large nerve fibers...

..A novel finding is the suggestion of a direct correlation between clinical disease severity and the quantity of ultrastructural pathognomonic granular osmophilic material (GOM) seen on skin biopsy...

..This review discusses the physiology of water immersion wrinkling and explores its potential as an indicator of limb sympathetic dysfunction...

..To determine the usefulness of stimulated skin wrinkling using EMLA and water immersion in detecting abnormal intraepidermal nerve fibre density...

..Early detection and treatment of nerve-function impairment are crucial for outcome, so special emphasis is given to developments in detecting and treating nerve impairment in leprosy early...

..To compare a simpler method for counting intraepidermal nerve fibres with a standard computer based image analysis method in normal subjects with skin taken from the hypothenar region...

..Automatic measurement and monitoring of mental fatigue are invaluable for preventing mental-fatigue related accidents. We test an EEG-based mental-fatigue monitoring system using a probabilistic-based support vector-machines (SVM) method...

..To investigate electrocortical responses to tonic cold pain by frequency-domain electroencephalogram (EEG) source analysis, and to identify potential electrocortical indices of acute tonic pain...

..To investigate the effect of acute tonic pain on the heartbeat-evoked potential (HEP) and to test whether or not pain perception can be reflected by the HEP...

..We examine the rationale and feasibility for such a treatment modality and route of administration...

..To investigate the differences in electroencephalographic (EEG) characteristics for voluntary sleep onset in bed sleeping and involuntary sleep onset in driving...

..Dystonia, on the other hand, has not been described to occur de novo in pregnancy. This association should be considered in women of reproductive age who present with cervical dystonia...

..1% using all 304 features. The results also show that 17 key features (out of 24 top-ranked features) are consistent between the subjects using RF with RFE, which is superior to the set of 64 features as determined by RF with INIT...

..Since 2004, our medical school has utilised CBT to conduct 2 papers for the third- and final-year assessments - Paper 3, with 30 multiple choice questions featuring clinical vignettes, and the modified essay question (MEQ) paper...

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..Qualitative evaluation of the reconstructed EEG epochs also demonstrates that after artifact removal inherent brain activities are largely preserved...

..The lack of clear declarative clinical and EEG features highlights the melding of the fields of epileptology and movement disorders...

..Further studies need to be performed to elucidate the mechanisms of spinal neurological damage in dengue...