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Guillain may refer to: People * Georges Guillain (1876–1961), French neurologist * Gilles Guillain (born 1982), Colombian-born French actor * Robert Guillain (1908–1998), French journalist and author of several books on Japan Medical * Guillain–Barré syndrome Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rapid-onset muscle weakness caused by the immune system damaging the peripheral nervous system. Typically, both sides of the body are involved, and the initial symptoms are changes in sensation or pain often ..., an acute polyneuropathy, a disorder affecting the peripheral nervous system * Triangle of Guillain-Mollaret, the myoclonic triangle, an important feedback circuit of the brainstem See also * Guillan (other) {{disambiguation ...
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Guillain–Barré Syndrome
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rapid-onset muscle weakness caused by the immune system damaging the peripheral nervous system. Typically, both sides of the body are involved, and the initial symptoms are changes in sensation or pain often in the back along with muscle weakness, beginning in the feet and hands, often spreading to the arms and upper body. The symptoms may develop over hours to a few weeks. During the acute phase, the disorder can be life-threatening, with about 15% of people developing weakness of the breathing muscles and, therefore, requiring mechanical ventilation. Some are affected by changes in the function of the autonomic nervous system, which can lead to dangerous abnormalities in heart rate and blood pressure. Although the cause is unknown, the underlying mechanism involves an autoimmune disorder in which the body's immune system mistakenly attacks the peripheral nerves and damages their myelin insulation. Sometimes this immune dysfunction is trig ...
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Robert Guillain
Robert Guillain (4 September 1908 – 29 December 1998) was a French journalist who spent most of his career in Asia at times of momentous events, such as the Pacific War. He wrote several books on Asia, especially Japan. Guillain was considered by his colleagues and many readers as one of the most experienced and knowledgeable Western journalists in and on Asia, especially Japan and China, over the second half of the 20th century. He spent most of his professional career in Asia as correspondent for the French news agency Agence Havas (since renamed Agence France-Presse) and then for the French daily ''Le Monde'' which he joined after the war, in 1947. During his long presence in Asia, he witnessed and reported on some of the most dramatic and historic developments, from the Second Sino-Japanese War to World War II in Japan including the nuclear bombing of Japan at the end of the war, the decolonization conflicts and processes in India and Vietnam, the Chinese Civil War, the Kore ...
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Georges Guillain
Georges Charles Guillain () (3 March 1876 – 29 June 1961) was a French neurologist born in Rouen. He studied medicine in Rouen and Paris, where he learned clinical education at several hospitals. He developed an interest in neurology, and his first important scientific work involved lesions of the plexus brachialis. He earned his medical doctorate at Paris in 1898. He later became ''chef de clinique'' for nervous disease, and in 1910 acquired his agrégation. After the end of World War I, he worked at Charité Hospital in Paris, followed by a professorship of neurology at the Salpêtrière (1923). Guillain was a prolific writer. In 1920 with his friend Jean Barré (1880-1967), he published a major work titled ''Travaux neurologiques de guerre'', a book that described the two doctors' clinical experiences during wartime. He was a member of French, American and Japanese academies of science, and in 1949 was appointed commander of the Légion d'honneur. He died in Paris at ...
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Gilles Guillain
Gilles Guillain (born 11 May 1982) is a Colombian-born French actor. His breakthrough role was in the film, '' Brief Crossing'' in 2001. Filmography External links * Official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Guillain, Gilles French male film actors 1982 births Living people ...
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Triangle Of Guillain-Mollaret
The myoclonic triangle (also known by its eponym Triangle of Guillain-Mollaret or dentato-rubro-olivary pathway) is an important feedback circuit of the brainstem and deep cerebellar nuclei which is responsible for modulating spinal cord motor activity. The circuit is thus composed: # Fibers of the rubro-olivary tract project from the parvocellular red nucleus via the central tegmental tract to the ipsilateral inferior olivary nucleus. # The inferior olivary nucleus sends its afferents via climbing fibers in the inferior cerebellar peduncle to Purkinje cells of the contralateral cerebellar cortex. # The Purkinje cells send their afferents to the ipsilateral dentate nucleus. # Dentatorubral tract fibers: the dentate nucleus afferents travel via the superior cerebellar peduncle to the contralateral red nucleus, thus completing the circuit. Of note, this circuit contains a double decussation, implying that a lesion in this tract wi ...
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