Takayuki Kuwabara

Abstract Positioning head tilt (PHT) is a dynamic clinical neurological sign that is characterized by a head tilt to the opposite side of a voluntary lateral turn of the head. Based on recent publications, various etiologies are proposed for the occurrence of PHT in dogs and cats. One suggested cause is a lack of inhibitory input to the vestibular nuclei due to dysfunction of the cerebellar nodulus and uvula (NU).

Protocol At the beginning of the session, we assessed MVC of the right index finger abduction. Participants were instructed to gradually increase force from 0 to maximum over 3 s, and then to hold the maximum force for 3 s with verbal encouragement. MVC was recorded at least three times with resting periods of 90 s between trials. If MVC forces were within 5% of each other, we adopted the highest value as the maximum. If not, additional trials were performed until the 5% criterion was achieved.

High performance photoanodic catalyst prepared from an active organic photovoltaic cell – high potential gain from visible light† Keiji Nagai, *a Takayuki Kuwabara,‡b Mohd Fairus Ahmad, ac Masahiro Nakano, b Makoto Karakawa, d Tetsuya Taimad and Kohshin Takahashi*b Author affiliations * Corresponding authors a Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, R1-26, Suzukake-dai, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Kanagawa, Japan E-mail:...