Nervous System and Brain Disorders

Dr. Michal

Katz-Leurer

Dr. Katz -Leurer, PhD, is at the Department of Physical Therapy at the School of Health Professions. Michal is a physiotherapist and completed her BA in statistics and sociology, and her MPH and PhD degrees in biostatistics and epidemiology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Brain injury impairment and rehabilitation

The autonomic nervous system regulates the activity of the internal organs according to the needs of the body in changing environments

The heart rate control system is also regulated by the autonomic nervous system . The heart rate system is easy to monitor and can provide us with simple and quantitative information on the activity of the autonomic system in both health and disease states Although the system is called "autonomic" - it is under control of high brain centers . After a brain injury, autonomic damage is quite a common phenomenon . This might be due to the primary brain damage or secondary to musculoskeletal or sensory systems impairment Identifying the source of the impairment and rehabilitation of this system function in populations post brain injury is my main research area .