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The approaches can be categorized most simply by where the actual stimulation occurs cheap biaxin 250 mg otc chronic gastritis sydney classification. The device discussed in this chapter addresses the tech- nical problem of positioning a high-density electrode array against the retina to achieve very high-resolution imagery biaxin 250mg mastercard chronic gastritis nexium. Other e¤orts in the United States, Germany, and Japan are building on the basic idea of stimulating retinal cells with a small number of electrodes on a microelectronic chip. In the past, another approach has been to bypass the retina altogether and stim- ulate the visual cortex of the brain. In this approach, an array with penetrating microelectrodes is positioned against the visual cortex. This involves invasive brain 18 Dean Scribner and colleagues surgery through the cranium. There are two major advantages of the cortical stimulation approach (Normann, 1999). First, the skull is a stable stimulation site and will protect the electronics and the electrode array. The retinotopic mapping on the cortical surface is poorly understood, so patterned stimulation may not pro- duce patterned perception. Furthermore, it is unclear what visual perceptions will be evoked by stimulation of cortical neurons. Also, the complex topography of the cor- tical anatomy makes it a di‰cult site for implantation. Other groups are attempting to develop retinal prostheses that will cause visual perception by electrical stimulation of the healthy inner layers of the retina in patients who su¤er from diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa and age-related mac- ular degeneration. Progress in the field of neural prosthetics has converged with advances in retinal surgery to enable the development of an implantable retinal pros- thesis. Initial experiments with intraocular stimulation were performed by de Juan and Humayun several years ago (Humayun et al. Since that time, several re- search groups have begun the development of retinal prostheses (Zrenner et al. Their approaches can be clas- sified according to where their device will be positioned—on the retinal surface (epi- retinal) or in the subretinal space (subretinal). Epiretinal implantation has the advantage of leaving the retina intact by placing the implant in the vitreous cavity, a naturally existing and fluid-filled space. Studies at John Hopkins University Hospital have demonstrated that this position for an array is biocompatible (Majji et al. Other groups are examining this approach as well (Eckmiller, 1997; Rizzo and Wyatt, 1997). The basic concept that has been described in the past is to mount a miniature video camera (e. The video signal and power of the output would be processed by a data processor, and the information transferred to intraocular electronics by either an 820-nm wavelength laser (Rizzo and Wyatt, 1997) or radio- frequency transmission from an external metal coil to an intraocular coil (Troyk and Schwan, 1992; Heetderks, 1988). The power and data transmitted from the laser or the coil would be converted to electrical current on a stimulating chip that would then control the distribution of current to the epiretinal electrode array. A later section of this chapter discusses a means of naturally imaging light onto an epiretinal prosthesis. Subretinal implantation of a retinal prosthesis is being developed by Zrenner (Zrenner et al. This approach essentially replaces the diseased photoreceptors with a microelectronic stimulator device. However, the sur- gical implantation requires detaching the retina, and the location of the device may be disruptive to the health of the retina (Zrenner et al. The histology of the retina after long-term implantation of a device showed a decline in the densities of inner nuclear and ganglion cell layers (Peyman, et al. These issues are being examined in recently announced phase I clinical trials of a subretinal implantation by Chow and col- leagues in Chicago. A disadvantage of this approach is that it is not applicable to patients with AMD because the retina is no longer transparent. Another approach to a retinal prosthesis was proposed by Yagi at the Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan (Yagi and Hayashida, 1999; Yagi and Watanabe, 1998). This device would be an integrated circuit and include both electronic and cellular components.

Jendrassikmanoeuvre(triangles) cheap biaxin 500mg free shipping xenadrine gastritis,thereflexresponse Thus order 500mg biaxin mastercard gastritis diet recommendations, overall the fusimotor-driven inflow from pri- was obtained at lower threshold than at rest (circles) maryandsecondaryendingsduringavoluntarycon- and was larger for any given size of afferent volley. Decreased presynaptic inhibition of Ia terminals has been suggested (Zehr & Stein, 1999), but, if any- Spindle acceleration after the onset of EMG thing,presynapticinhibitionofIaterminalstosoleus motoneurones is slightly increased at the onset of With brisk phasic contractions, the increase in spin- abrisk ECR contraction (Meunier & Morin, 1989; dle discharge follows the appearance of EMG in the Chapter8,p. Teethclenchinghasbeenreported contracting muscle by up to 50 ms (Vallbo, 1971), to enhance the H reflexes of both soleus and tibialis evidence that is inconsistent with the follow-up anterior (as might be expected for a reinforcement length servo hypothesis (Merton, 1951, 1953; see manoeuvre) but also to decrease peroneal-induced Matthews, 1972). Attempts to produce consistent reciprocalIainhibitionofthesoleusHreflex(Takada spindle activation in advance of EMG by, e. However, reciprocal Ia viding a warning cue, by using biofeedback train- inhibition is only one of a number of circuits that ing or in learning paradigms, have been unsuc- could be involved in the reflex potentiation due to a cessful (Burke, McKeon, Skuse & Westerman, 1980; remote muscle contraction. Gandevia & Burke, 1985;Al-Falahe & Vallbo, 1988; 134 Muscle spindles and fusimotor drive (b) (a) (c) Fig. Effects of the Jendrassik manoeuvre on muscle afferent discharge and the size of the tendon jerk. During the Jendrassik manoeuvre, there is a descending excitatory influence that enhances reflex transmission to motoneurones (MN), but not (or minimally) to MNs. Taps that failed to produce a tendon jerk are shown as open symbols alongside the appropriate afferent volley size. Dashed lines are linear regression lines for the taps that produced reflex EMG. The data obtained during reinforcement manoeuvres (filled triangles) differ significantly (P < 0. Motor tasks – physiological implications 135 Al-Falahe, Nagaoka & Vallbo, 1990a,b;Vallbo & is shortening against a load, the discharge pattern Al-Falahe, 1990). Spindles in nearby inactive synergists may be amplitudeandvelocitybecausethefusimotoreffects unloaded (Vallbo, 1973, 1974;Burke et al. The discharge of muscle of movement (Bergenheim, Ribot-Ciscar & Roll, spindle endings in the contracting muscle declines 2000;Roll, Bergenheim & Ribot-Ciscar, 2000). Co- during long-lasting contractions by about one-third contractions may involve greater fusimotor drive to over 60 s, even when the presence of increasing EMG the contracting muscles than occurs during isolated activityindicatessomefatigue(Fig. During platform, there is little or no EMG activity in the unloaded phasic shortening contractions, it is likely pretibial muscles, there is a poorly sustained spin- that muscle spindle endings in the contracting mus- dle afferent activity, and manoeuvres that increase clewillbesilenced,andanyperceptualorreflexcues the reliance on the proprioceptive feedback do not will come from other receptors, particularly spin- significantly alter the fusimotor drive in the absence dles in the antagonist (see Ribot-Ciscar & Roll, 1998). However, when the receptor- Spindle endings in the contracting muscle may dis- bearing muscles are activated tonically or phasically charge, but this occurs after the appearance of the to maintain balance their contraction is accompan- first EMG potentials and before the limb has actually ied by an increase in fusimotor drive sufficient to commenced moving. Static fusimotor motoneurones The discharge of both primary and secondary spin- Possible role of the fusimotor system dle endings increases during voluntary contractions during normal movement (Figs. Further evidence indicating a of debate, and it is likely that its importance in the s action consists of an increase in static sensitivity, moment-to-moment control of movement differs in a decrease in the dynamic response of primary end- the cat and man – in part because of the species dif- ings to stretch (though this could be due to a change ferences discussed earlier (see pp. The view in the damping effect of the stiffness of muscle and that some movements can be initiated by first acti- tendon), and a loss of the pause in discharge that vating efferents is now rejected for both species, primaryendingsundergofollowingpassiveshorten- but the extent to which the fusimotor system pro- ing (Vallbo, 1973, 1974;Vallbo et al. In addi- vides a necessary support to voluntary contractions tion, there is an increase in the variability of spindle has not been clarified. Microneurography has been discharge, and the appearance of a negative serial used for ∼35 years, but in this time we have learnt a correlation between successive interspike intervals lot about what the fusimotor system does not do and (Burke, Skuse & Stuart, 1979), something that is a relatively little about its essential contribution to the feature of s drive (see Matthews & Stein, 1969; control of human movement. Role of afferent feedback Dynamic fusimotor motoneurones Is movement possible without afferent feedback? There is some evidence that d drive is increased in addition to s (Kakuda & Nagaoka, 1998). How- Movement is possible without any afferent feed- ever, the study compared the dynamic responses to back from the contracting muscle. This has been stretch of spindle endings in relaxed and contracting demonstrated in patients with large-fibre sensory muscles. Subjects were still able to activate motor axons directed to acutely dener- vated muscles and could voluntarily modulate their Skeleto-fusimotor motoneurones firing rates. There is also some evidence that voluntary activity activates motoneuronesinadditionto motoneu- Necessity for afferent feedback rones during wrist extension (Kakuda, Miwa & Nagaoka, 1998). This finding relied on the use of However, in the absence of afferent feedback, sub- spike-triggeredaveragingtodefineanEMGpotential jects were unable to maintain a steady discharge of closely linked to the afferent spikes, a technique that motoneurones, and the discharge rates in weak, Motor tasks – physiological implications 137 moderate and strong contractions were less than merely indicates that the nervous system will always those reached in control experiments on the same compensateaswellasitcanbeforethesystembreaks subjects. Afferent feedback is also critical when there Speculations on the functional role of drive areunexpecteddisturbancestomovement,suchthat in various motor tasks there is a mismatch between the intended and the achieved movement. Disturbances to the expected Accepting that muscle afferent feedback is critical movement trajectory may be external (due, e.