Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
mouvements automatique
English translation:
automatic/involuntary movements
Added to glossary by
Isabelle Berquin
Mar 9, 2008 00:54
16 yrs ago
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mouvements automatique
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neurology
in this context:
Fonction motrice extra-pyramidale des aires cortico-striees:
-movements automatiques
-movements semi-automatiques
tonus postural et d'attitude
Fonction motrice extra-pyramidale des aires cortico-striees:
-movements automatiques
-movements semi-automatiques
tonus postural et d'attitude
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +5 | automatic/involuntary movements |
Isabelle Berquin
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| 5 | reflex movements |
margaret caulfield
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| 3 +1 | autonomic movements |
Zareh Darakjian Ph.D.
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May 20, 2008 03:03: Isabelle Berquin Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Isabelle Berquin
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automatic/involuntary movements
From a glossary of neuroscience:
extrapyramidal tract: involved in automatic motor movements, gross motor movements, posture and muscle tone (in combination with the autonomic nervous system) and facial expression.
http://www.csuchico.edu/~pmccaffrey//syllabi/glossaryce.htm
"Reflex movements" would usually be in response to a stimulus.
extrapyramidal tract: involved in automatic motor movements, gross motor movements, posture and muscle tone (in combination with the autonomic nervous system) and facial expression.
http://www.csuchico.edu/~pmccaffrey//syllabi/glossaryce.htm
"Reflex movements" would usually be in response to a stimulus.
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Comment: "Automatic didn't sound right, (I suspected a typo in the source)but in the end I think it fits better than the other suggestions- Thanks, Isabelle & all who took the time to respond!"
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reflex movements
automatic sounds like a machine.
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Zareh Darakjian Ph.D.
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autonomic movements
Since extrapyramidal is mentioned, probably this is ** autonomic **and certainly not automatic.
We reviewed the clinical and ** autonomic** features of all patients with ** extrapyramidal **and cerebellar disorders studied in the Mayo Autonomic Reflex Laboratory from 1983 to 1989. Patients were grouped into the following categories (number in parentheses): Parkinson's disease (35); parkinsonism-plus (54); multiple system atrophy (75); hereditary multisystem degenerations (eleven); progressive supranuclear palsy (32); non-familial cerebellar degeneration (eleven); nonspecific sporadic multisystem degeneration (73). Severe autonomic failure occurred in 97% of patients with multiple system atrophy and 53% of the nonspecific sporadic multisystem degeneration patients respectively. Autonomic involvement was mild or absent in Parkinson's disease while parkinsonism-plus and non-familial cerebellar degeneration patients had moderate autonomic failure. Orthostatic blood pressure reduction, percentage of anhidrosis on thermoregulatory sweat test, quantitative sudomotor axon reflex test, forearm response and heart rate response to deep breathing strongly regressed with severity. A response to levodopa treatment in patients with parkinsonism was more likely if cerebellar signs and cognitive deficits were absent. The presence of levodopa induced dyskinesia was also a marker for a clinically favourable levodopa response. We conclude that there is a spectrum of autonomic involvement in these degenerative disorders and that autonomic studies are useful in separating them and monitoring their course.
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Note added at 22 mins (2008-03-09 01:16:37 GMT)
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autonomic movements may or may not be of reflex type.. We have sympathetic, parasympatthetic nervous system associated movements which are not necessarily reflex movements... i.e. do not involve a reflex arc...
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Note added at 23 mins (2008-03-09 01:17:38 GMT)
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Autonomic, reflex, and neurohumoral control of circulation
This is a title which implies that there is no one-to-one correspondence between autonomic and reflex (otherwise, why mention both?)
We reviewed the clinical and ** autonomic** features of all patients with ** extrapyramidal **and cerebellar disorders studied in the Mayo Autonomic Reflex Laboratory from 1983 to 1989. Patients were grouped into the following categories (number in parentheses): Parkinson's disease (35); parkinsonism-plus (54); multiple system atrophy (75); hereditary multisystem degenerations (eleven); progressive supranuclear palsy (32); non-familial cerebellar degeneration (eleven); nonspecific sporadic multisystem degeneration (73). Severe autonomic failure occurred in 97% of patients with multiple system atrophy and 53% of the nonspecific sporadic multisystem degeneration patients respectively. Autonomic involvement was mild or absent in Parkinson's disease while parkinsonism-plus and non-familial cerebellar degeneration patients had moderate autonomic failure. Orthostatic blood pressure reduction, percentage of anhidrosis on thermoregulatory sweat test, quantitative sudomotor axon reflex test, forearm response and heart rate response to deep breathing strongly regressed with severity. A response to levodopa treatment in patients with parkinsonism was more likely if cerebellar signs and cognitive deficits were absent. The presence of levodopa induced dyskinesia was also a marker for a clinically favourable levodopa response. We conclude that there is a spectrum of autonomic involvement in these degenerative disorders and that autonomic studies are useful in separating them and monitoring their course.
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Note added at 22 mins (2008-03-09 01:16:37 GMT)
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autonomic movements may or may not be of reflex type.. We have sympathetic, parasympatthetic nervous system associated movements which are not necessarily reflex movements... i.e. do not involve a reflex arc...
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Note added at 23 mins (2008-03-09 01:17:38 GMT)
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Autonomic, reflex, and neurohumoral control of circulation
This is a title which implies that there is no one-to-one correspondence between autonomic and reflex (otherwise, why mention both?)
Peer comment(s):
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ormiston
: your references & comments surely warrant an agree
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Thank you, ormiston.
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