Number 615
Graduates presented progress of their main projects
They stand out for their social commitment, humanistic attitude and sensitivity
The Master’s Degree in Neurological Rehabilitation (MRN) of the Xochimilco Unit of the Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM) fulfills its mission of generating new knowledge on the aspects of comprehensive rehabilitation of those who present risks of deficiencies (sequelae), limitations in activity or restrictions in social participation at all levels of the health care pyramid.
Proof of this is the work of graduates who presented progress and aspects of their main projects in which they gave an account of their social commitment, humanistic attitude and sensitivity to work in an interdisciplinary manner in table 2: Research carried out within the framework of the Meeting for the 50 Years of this educational offer of the House open to time.
Dr. Rafael Santana Miranda, belonging to Generation 26, spoke about the importance of studying sleep in children and how it becomes essential for the functioning of the central nervous system, cleaning the brain and controlling the blood-brain barrier.
The above is significant, because the interruption of sleep or not getting enough sleep can have consequences such as problems with learning, memory, neurological development and cardiovascular disorders, among others.
Dr. Carmen Alicia Correa Jiménez, from Generation 28, addressed the project in which she participates titled Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) in the perinatal low-risk infant, a good model to talk about automatisms, regulation and development.
He indicated that this condition is easy to diagnose and is more common in premature babies or in patients with neurological damage, caused by temporary relaxations of the LES (lower esophageal sphincter) and motility alterations secondary to immaturity of the digestive tract.
However, he mentioned that healthy perinatal low-risk infants except for GERD are probably a high-risk group for presenting alterations in swallowing, sleep, and regulation and development.
Likewise, immaturity of the nervous system (CNS) in the early stages of life may play an etiological role in gastroesophageal reflux disease, contributing to a dysfunction in the reflux defense mechanism and affecting the coordinated reflexes that help expel gastric contents.
For her part, Dr. Angélica Vega García, from Generation 31, presented the presentation Epilepsy: immunity and neuroinflammation during early stages of postnatal neurodevelopment.
He explained that epileptogenesis is the complex and gradual process through which the brain, after initial damage, develops a predisposition to generate recurrent and unprovoked epileptic seizures.
The above implies a series of molecular, cellular and neuronal network changes that alter the excitability of the brain, transforming it from a non-epileptic state to an epileptic one.
Also, he presented his research carried out in his master’s and doctoral degrees based on the neuroprotective effect of Magnolia Officinalis in the short and long term to inhibit seizure behavior.
Finally, doctoral student Miguel Ángel Hernández, from Generation 40, announced part of the results of the project Postnatal growth patterns from birth to 6 months of age in preterm and term infants..
“The prenatal stage and the first months of life are going to be a sensitive and critical stage of human development and autogeny, since various processes of maturation, organization of organic systems and body functions are going to be carried out, therefore, coordinating prevention, diagnosis and timely intervention actions will be a key point to promote child health and well-being,” he noted.
The objective of the study was to analyze the difference between physical growth patterns between premature children and a group of full-term children. Among the key messages, it was found that the lack of consensus on the definition and diagnostic criteria to define extrauterine growth restriction makes monitoring and clinical decision-making difficult in the newborn population, and the use of fetal growth references can lead to an overestimation of cases of extrauterine growth restriction in premature infants.
