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Curso Vendajes Profilácticos y Funcionales UVM Querétaro

En este momento Kinephy se encuentra en la Universidad del Valle de México Campus Querétaro impartiendo un curso de Vendajes Profilácticos y Funcionales no te lo pierdas.

Plasticity of adult sensorimotor representations (Fragment)

John P Donoghue. Brown University, Providence, USA. Plasticity of sensory and motor cortical and subcortical representations in the adult brain appears to be a general phenomenon in animals that has now been extended to humans. There is a growing understanding of the mechanisms and rules that regulate the form and extent of reorganization; these appear …

The significance of neuroscience for philosophy (Fragment)

Patricia Smith Churchland. Patricia Smith Churchland is at the Philosophy Department, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92092, USA. The ground is shifting under the traditional approaches to problems in the philosophy of mind. Earlier doctrines concernin & the independence of cognition from the brain now appear untenable. As neuroscience uncovers more about …

Designing “lifestyle interventions” with the brain in mind (Fragment)

Mark R. Cobain a, John P. Foreyt b, a Unilever Corporate Research, Colworth House, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire MK46 4AA, UK Abstract The central hypothesis examined in this issue is that insulin resistance promotes maladaptive brain function and contributes to reduced neuronal plasticity, potentially accelerating brain aging. Therefore, if we were to prevent or treat insulin resistance, …

John Eccles’ pioneering role in understanding central synaptic transmission (Fragment)

Robert E. Burke. Laboratory of Neural Control, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20895, USA. Abstract This chapter deals with the central role that Sir John Eccles played in the elucidation of the mechanisms of synaptic transmission within the central nervous system during the three decades between the …

The Mirror-Neuron System (Fragment)

Giacomo Rizzolattil and Laila Craighero. Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Sezione di Fisiologia, via Volturno, 3, Universiti di Parma, 43100, Parma, Italy. Abstract A category of stimuli of great importance for primates, humans in particular, is that formed by actions done by other individuals. If we want to survive, we must understand the actions of others. Furthermore, …

Functions of the Mirror Neuron System: Implications for Neurorehabilitation (Fragment)

Giovanni Buccino, MD, PhD,* Ana Solodkin, PhD,w and Steven L. Small, MD, PhDw Abstract Mirror neurons discharge during the execution of hand object-directed actions and during the observation of the same actions performed by other individuals. These neurons were first identified in the ventral premotor cortex (area F5) and later on in the inferior parietal …

The mirror neuron system and action recognition (Fragment)

Giovanni Buccino,a,* Ferdinand Binkofski,b and Lucia Riggioa a Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Sezione di Fisiologia, Universita di Parma, Via Volturno 39, 43100 Parma, Italy Abstract Mirror neurons, first described in the rostral part of monkey ventral premotor cortex (area F5), discharge both when the animal performs a goal-directed hand action and when it observes another individual …

3ER. CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL DE FISIOTERAPIA 2015 (MAZATLAN)

DURANTE LOS DÍAS 28, 29 Y 30 DE MAYO 2015, KINEPHY PARTICIÓ EN EL 3ER. CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL DE FISIOTERAPIA 2015, EN EL HOTEL CID CASTILLA, EN LA CIUDAD DE MAZATLÁN SINALOA. AGRADECEMOS A LOS ASISTENTES Y A LOS ORGANIZADORES DEL EVENTO POR PERMITIRNOS COMPARTIR NUESTROS SERVICIOS CON USTEDES.

Age, Experience and the Changing Brain (Fragment)

BRYAN KOLB*, MARGARET FORGIE, ROBBIN GIBB, GRAZYNA GORNY AND SHARON ROWNTREE Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta T1K 3M4, Canada. INTRODUCTION In principle, there are two ways that experience could alter the brain: either by modifying existing circuitry or by creating novel circuitry (63). It is reasonable to suppose that the brain makes …