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What degenerative change can occur in the cell body of a neuron that has been injured?

An occupational therapist uses prolonged stretch and warmth to decrease spasticity prior to functional activity. According to the Rood approach, these techniques are classified as 

A patient can no longer reliably detect a tuning fork vibration on the feet and has difficulty sensing toe position when the eyes are closed. Which pathway is most responsible for carrying these sensory signals to the brain?

Which statement BEST describes the primary clinical purpose of hemiplegic chair positioning following stroke?

During the cross-bridge cycle, the myosin head must be “cocked” into a high-energy configuration before it can generate the next power stroke. Which event most directly provides the energy for this cocking step?

Sensory fibers in the anterolateral system synapse in the dorsal horn and then second-order neurons ascend to terminate at:

Fast pain differs from slow pain in that fast pain is transmitted by:

You are working with a client who presents with a generalized response to stimuli. When you put pressure on their nailbed, you note that the head jerks back. They are most likely at which Ranchos Level 

Fast pain transmission in the spinal cord primarily involves which neurotransmitter at the first synapse in the dorsal horn?

The medial lemniscus is formed by: