Our treatment philosophy of gliomas of the anterior visual pathways

1990 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimír Beneš ◽  
Ivana Julišová ◽  
Ivan Juliš
2009 ◽  
Vol 106 (37) ◽  
pp. 15996-16001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher L. Striemer ◽  
Craig S. Chapman ◽  
Melvyn A. Goodale

When we reach toward objects, we easily avoid potential obstacles located in the workspace. Previous studies suggest that obstacle avoidance relies on mechanisms in the dorsal visual stream in the posterior parietal cortex. One fundamental question that remains unanswered is where the visual inputs to these dorsal-stream mechanisms are coming from. Here, we provide compelling evidence that these mechanisms can operate in “real-time” without direct input from primary visual cortex (V1). In our first experiment, we used a reaching task to demonstrate that an individual with a dense left visual field hemianopia after damage to V1 remained strikingly sensitive to the position of unseen static obstacles placed in his blind field. Importantly, in a second experiment, we showed that his sensitivity to the same obstacles in his blind field was abolished when a short 2-s delay (without vision) was introduced before reach onset. These findings have far-reaching implications, not only for our understanding of the time constraints under which different visual pathways operate, but also in relation to how these seemingly “primitive” subcortical visual pathways can control complex everyday behavior without recourse to conscious vision.


Author(s):  
Riccardo Scaringi ◽  
Michele Nannelli ◽  
Alessio Franchina ◽  
Giuseppe Lizio ◽  
Luigi V. Stefanelli ◽  
...  

CAD/CAM technology can enhance the dentistry application of ceramic materials that meet the more relevant biocompatibility and aesthetics demands. In implant-borne prosthesis rehabilitation, yttria-stabilized zirconia appeared to be a valid alternative to metal-alloys and titanium, with comparable mechanical properties and even better interaction with bone and soft tissues. The improvement of monolithic CAD/CAM manufacturing allows for a reliable, predictable, and rapid workflow that can correspond to a holistic treatment philosophy associated with zirconia fixtures. This reported clinical case highlights the advantages of this approach in resolving particularly functionally and aesthetically complex situations. A 40-year-old patient with permanent canine impaction and the persistence of a deciduous tooth compromised by caries was successfully rehabilitated with the surgical removal of the enclosed tooth, the seating of a mono-phase zirconia implant after the deciduous extraction and its loading with a zirconia single crown, without any clinical or radiographical alteration up to seven years follow-up.


2020 ◽  
Vol 528 (11) ◽  
pp. 1883-1902
Author(s):  
Philip O. M. Steinhoff ◽  
Gabriele Uhl ◽  
Steffen Harzsch ◽  
Andy Sombke

1981 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 843-853 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.P.M. Northmore ◽  
L.C. Skeen ◽  
J.M. Pindzola

1986 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 271-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. L. Lourie ◽  
D. R. Osborne ◽  
D. R. Kirks
Keyword(s):  

NeuroImage ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 353-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Cohen ◽  
Stanislas Dehaene ◽  
Fabien Vinckier ◽  
Antoinette Jobert ◽  
Alexandra Montavont
Keyword(s):  

Behaviour ◽  
1972 ◽  
Vol 42 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 279-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.P.G. Bateson ◽  
Averell A.P. Wainwright

AbstractDomestic chicks were placed in isolation under a constant white light for 30 minutes. Afterwards these birds and a group previously kept in the dark were trained with a Red or a Yellow flashing light for 45 minutes. Subsequently all chicks were given a choice between familiar and unfamiliar flashing lights in some new apparatus which is described in detail for the first time. The chicks exposed to constant light showed a clear preference for the flashing light with which they had been trained whereas the Dark control chicks did not. It is suggested that the constant light activated their visual pathways enabling the Light-exposed chicks to learn more than the Dark control chicks during the imprinting procedure.


2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 2910-2914 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoko Hanno ◽  
Masakiyo Nakahira ◽  
Kou-ichi Jishage ◽  
Tetsuo Noda ◽  
Yoshihiro Yoshihara
Keyword(s):  

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