International Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Open Access
ISSN: 2329-9096
+44 1300 500008
ISSN: 2329-9096
+44 1300 500008
Department of Neurosciences, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
Dr. Michel Lacour is a distinguished neuroscientist specializing in posture, balance, and neurorehabilitation. He completed his Ph.D. in Neurosciences and a Master's in Psychology in 1981 at Aix-Marseille Université. Currently, Dr. Lacour holds a prominent position at Aix-Marseille Université, where he leads the Laboratory of Integrative and Adaptive Neurobiology and heads the Research Federation “Brain, Behaviour, and Cognition” within the Fédération de Recherche 3C in Marseille, France. With extensive expertise in areas such as posture rehabilitation, postural balance, motion analysis, and cognitive and clinical neuroscience, Dr. Lacour has made significant contributions to understanding how the brain integrates sensory information to support motor functions. His work in behavioral neuroscience and neurorehabilitation has advanced therapeutic approaches to improve patient outcomes in cognitive and functional recovery. Dr. Lacour’s research continues to influence the field of neuroscience, contributing to a deeper understanding of brain-behavior relationships and adaptive neurobiology.
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Vestibular Rehabilitation Normalizes the Impaired Vestibular Functions
Author(s): Michel Lacour* and Souad Haijoub
Vestibular disorders induce ocular motor, posturo-locomotor, perceptive, and cognitive disorders that are severe handicaps for patients in their everyday life, and they significantly reduce their quality of life. Animal models of unilateral vestibular loss showed that the vestibular syndrome was composed of both static and dynamics deficits which compensation was achieved by different recovery mechanisms. While the static deficits oberved in stationary animals resulted from the imbalance between the Vestibular Nuclei (VN) on both sides, and their compensation by the restoration of the electrophysiological homeostasis in these nuclei over time, the dynamic deficits found in active animals moving head and body in space were poorly recovered and required the whole brain to elaborate new strategies, new learned behaviors. How does Vestibular Rehabilitation therapy (VR) influence and affec.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2329-9096.24.12.738