Audio-visuel et Apprentissage

Learning material (2008)

The Audiospinal Reaction in Parkinsonian Patients Reflects Functional Changes in Reticular Nuclei

in Annals of Neurology (1993), 33(1), 63-9

Audiospinal facilitation using the soleus H-reflex as a test was compared in 16 control subjects and 23 parkinsonian patients. In the patients, facilitation was significantly reduced during the 75 to 150 ... [more ▼]

Audiospinal facilitation using the soleus H-reflex as a test was compared in 16 control subjects and 23 parkinsonian patients. In the patients, facilitation was significantly reduced during the 75 to 150 msec after the conditioning stimulation. This reduction was seen bilaterally even in patients with a hemisyndrome. It was corrected by L-dopa but not by anticholinergic agents. Facilitation at the 75-msec delay showed an inverse linear correlation with the bradykinesia intensity (r = -0.7, p < 0.01). The results argue in favor of a reduced excitability of the nucleus reticularis pontis caudalis from which a reticulospinal tract emanates as effector of the audiospinal facilitation. This would represent another example of dysfunction of reticular nuclei in Parkinson's disease. [less ▲]

L’audiovisuel en Belgique francophone

Article for general public (2003)

Audit de la Santé au Travail au Grand Duché du Luxembourg

Report (2012)

L'audit en médecine générale : outils de dépistage et d'intervention

Conference (2002)

Audition au Parlement Wallon en tant qu'expert- évaluation du code de démocratie locale

Report (2007)

Auditory evoked potentials and multiple personality measures in migraine and post-traumatic headaches.

in Pain (1999), 79(2-3), 235-42

Migraine sufferers have abnormal cerebral information processing and personality disorders, post-traumatic headache sufferers also have some personality changes. We therefore, studied intensity dependence ... [more ▼]

Migraine sufferers have abnormal cerebral information processing and personality disorders, post-traumatic headache sufferers also have some personality changes. We therefore, studied intensity dependence of auditory evoked potentials, Plutchik-van Praag's depression inventory, Zuckerman's sensation seeking scales and Zuckerman-Kuhlman's personality questionnaire in patients suffering from migraine without aura (n = 26) and chronic post-traumatic headaches (n = 26) as well as in healthy volunteers (n = 30). The migraine group showed significantly increased neuroticism-anxiety than controls, increased intensity dependence of N1-P2, and decreased thrill and adventure score compared with the controls and post-traumatic headaches. The post-traumatic headache had significantly increased depression compared with the controls, and increased disinhibition compared with the controls and migraines. This study demonstrates that the two headache types have different neurophysiological and personality traits. The pronounced intensity dependence of N1-P2 suggests a cortical potentiation response, together with a decreased thrill and adventure seeking, favor a lower serotonergic innervation in migraine. While the elevated disinhibition and depression, as consequences, may be linked with the wide cortical neuronal/axonal degeneration in post-traumatic headache. [less ▲]

Auditory forebrain activation in the female canary is modulated by male song quality.

Poster (2010, November 17)

One of the chief functions of birdsong is to attract and stimulate females. In canaries (Serinus canaria), specific phrases (“A” phrases) sung by males have been identified as especially attractive for ... [more ▼]

One of the chief functions of birdsong is to attract and stimulate females. In canaries (Serinus canaria), specific phrases (“A” phrases) sung by males have been identified as especially attractive for females. These phrases unite a number of characteristics that are particularly difficult to combine, including large frequency bandwidth, high repetition rate and multiple-note syllables. Females exposed to “A” phrases produce more copulation displays and deposit more testosterone into their eggs. However, the neuroendocrine pathway underlying the translation of song audition to changes in testosterone deposition in yolks is not understood. Increased expression of several immediate early genes including c-fos and zenk (also called egr-1 in mammals) in other songbird species has been observed in the auditory forebrain of females hearing attractive song, and such differential activation may represent a first step in signal processing linking auditory input to egg testosterone deposition. Female canaries in breeding condition were exposed to 60 minutes of “sexy” song with a preponderance of “A” phrases, “non-sexy” song lacking “A” phrases, or white noise. Thirty minutes after the end of song playback, brains were collected, fixed in acrolein and sectioned and stained by immunohistochemistry for quantification of the Fos protein, an indicator of neuronal activity, in several regions involved in audition and auditory processing. The endocrine condition of each female was determined by measuring ovarian and oviduct weight at the time of autopsy. In the caudomedial mesopallium (CMM), Fos expression was higher in females that had heard sexy song than those that heard non-sexy song or white noise. Expression of Fos in the caudomedial nidopallium (NCM), the nucleus spiriformis medialis (SPM), the nucleus ovoidalis (OV), and the song nucleus HVC was unaffected by song quality. Thus differential auditory processing in the CMM may be an initial stage in the assessment by a female of song information to differential testosterone deposition in the egg. [less ▲]

Auditory P300 and the altered consciousness: detecting altered states of consciousness using the P300 speller

in Proceedings of TOBI Workshop 2010: Integrating Brain-Computer Interfaces with Conventional Assistive Technology (2010)

Auditory processing in the vegetative state.

in Brain : A Journal of Neurology (2000), 123 ( Pt 8)

H(2)(15)O-PET was used to investigate changes in regional cerebral blood flow in response to auditory stimulation in patients in the vegetative state. Five patients in a vegetative state of hypoxic origin ... [more ▼]

H(2)(15)O-PET was used to investigate changes in regional cerebral blood flow in response to auditory stimulation in patients in the vegetative state. Five patients in a vegetative state of hypoxic origin were compared with 18 age-matched controls. In addition, the cerebral metabolism of these patients and 53 age-matched controls was studied using [(18)F]fluorodeoxyglucose. In control subjects, auditory click stimuli activated bilateral auditory cortices [Brodmann areas (BA) 41 and 42] and the contralateral auditory association cortices (BA 22). In the patients, although resting metabolism was decreased to 61% of normal values, bilateral auditory areas 41 and 42 showed activation as seen in the controls, but the temporoparietal junction cortex (BA 22) failed to be activated. Moreover, the auditory association cortex was functionally disconnected from the posterior parietal association area (BA 40), the anterior cingulate cortex (BA 24) and the hippocampus, as revealed by psychophysiological interaction analysis. Thus, despite altered resting metabolism, the auditory primary cortices were still activated during external stimulation, whereas hierarchically higher-order multi- modal association areas were not. Such a cascade of functional disconnections along the auditory cortical pathways, from the primary auditory areas to multimodal and limbic areas, suggests that the residual cortical processing observed in the vegetative state cannot lead to the integrative processes that are thought to be necessary for the attainment of the normal level of awareness. [less ▲]