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28759998
Pharmacist Participation in Acute Ischemic Stroke Decreases Door-to-Needle Time to Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator.
Pharmacists are an important member of the stroke team and aid in obtaining medication and medical history, providing education, managing blood pressure, reviewing exclusion criteria for recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA), and facilitating reconstitution and administration of rtPA.</AbstractText To determine if pharmacist presence at bedside during acute ischemic stroke resulted in a reduction in door-to-needle (DTN) times.</AbstractText This was a retrospective cohort study between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2015 of patients who received rtPA for acute ischemic stroke in either the emergency department or hospital.</AbstractText Of the 125 included patients, 45 patients (36%) had a pharmacist present (PharmD group) and 80 patients (64%) did not (no PharmD group). Median DTN time was significantly shorter in the PharmD group: 48 minutes versus 73 minutes in the no PharmD group ( P &lt; 0.01). The goal of DTN &#x2264;60 minutes was met in 71% of patients in the PharmD group compared to 29% ( P &lt; 0.01). Pharmacist at the bedside was the only factor found to be independently associated with reduction DTN time (&#x3b2;coefficient -23.5 minutes, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] -38.6 to -8.50 minutes).</AbstractText A pharmacist at the bedside of emergency department or in-patient stroke codes reduced DTN time by a median of 23.5 minutes after adjusting for confounding factors and increased the percentage of patients meeting DTN goal time of &#x2264;60 minutes by 49%. These findings support the inclusion of a stroke-competent pharmacist in the bedside response team for acute ischemic stroke patients.</AbstractText
[ [ "27110714", "Correction for Inhibition Leads to an Allosteric Co-Agonist Model for Pentobarbital Modulation and Activation of α1β3γ2L GABAA Receptors.", "Pentobarbital, like propofol and etomidate, produces important general anesthetic effects through GABAA receptors. Photolabeling also indicates that...
[ [ "28285191", "Polychlorinated biphenyls-153 induces metabolic dysfunction through activation of ROS/NF-κB signaling via downregulation of HNF1b.", "Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) is a major type of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) that act as endocrine-disrupting chemicals. In the current study, w...
35993408
A Novel Dynamin 2 Mutation Causing Dominant Intermediate Charcot-Marie-Tooth Neuropathy: Case Report.
Dynamin 2 mutations are associated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy. We report two siblings with a novel missense heterozygous point mutation (c.1609 G&gt;A) in the highly conserved pleckstrin homology domain in exon 15 of Dynamin 2 presenting with progressive length-dependent sensorimotor polyneuropathy with mixed demyelinating and axonal features on electrodiagnostic studies. The previously unrecognized missense point mutation, which was inherited from their symptomatic but previously undiagnosed mother, was determined to be likely pathogenic based on a non-conservative amino acid substitution (p.Gly537Ser) that is predicted to damage secondary protein structure or function. This report emphasizes the importance of recognizing inherited neuropathies in clinical practice and evaluating suspected pathogenic gene variants initially classified to be of undetermined clinical significance in family cohorts. These cases add to the spectrum of pathogenic Dynamin 2 mutations associated with dominant-intermediate Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy.</AbstractText
[ [ "31069783", "A novel WARS mutation (p.Asp314Gly) identified in a Chinese distal hereditary motor neuropathy family.", "Distal hereditary motor neuropathy (dHMN) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of inherited neuropathies characterized by distal limb muscle wasting and weakness with n...
[ [ "34686764", "Altered functional brain dynamics in chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome during facial affect processing.", "Chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS) is a multisystem disorder associated with multiple congenital anomalies, variable medical features, and neurodevelopmental differe...
40269690
Prediction model and scoring system for the risk of atrial fibrillation recurrence in patients with atrial fibrillation and obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome: a retrospective case-control study.
The high prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) imposes a substantial disease burden on public healthcare, making it a significant health concern in the current era. However, there is currently a lack of risk assessment tools for AF recurrence in patients with AF and OSAS. Therefore, this study aims to explore the factors influencing AF recurrence in patients with AF and OSAS, and to establish a predictive model and scoring system for AF recurrence rates.</AbstractText The study included a total of 423 patients with AF and OSAS, who were randomly divided into train set (n&#x2009;=&#x2009;296) and test set (n&#x2009;=&#x2009;127) in a ratio of 7:3. Afterwards, the train set was split into a recurrence group and a non-recurrence group for further analysis of indicators while in hospital.</AbstractText Following Lasso regression screening, 8 variables were selected from a pool of 62 variables from patients with AF and OSAS. Additionally, the study incorporated the CHA<sub The predictive models and scoring systems developed in this study demonstrate good predictive ability in assessing the recurrence of AF in patients with OSAS, offering invaluable clinical guidance and references.</AbstractText Not applicable.</AbstractText
[ [ "20725915", "Blood oxygenation level-dependent activation in basal ganglia nuclei relates to specific symptoms in de novo Parkinson's disease.", "To aid the development of symptomatic and disease modifying therapies in Parkinson's disease (PD), there is a strong need to identify noninvasive measures o...
[ [ "40515391", "Gene Swin transformer: new deep learning method for colorectal cancer prognosis using transcriptomic data.", "Transcriptome sequencing has become essential in clinical tumor research, providing in-depth insights into the biology and functionality of tumor cells. However, the vast amount o...
22890939
SNR-optimized phase-sensitive dual-acquisition turbo spin echo imaging: a fast alternative to FLAIR.
Phase-sensitive dual-acquisition single-slab three-dimensional turbo spin echo imaging was recently introduced, producing high-resolution isotropic cerebrospinal fluid attenuated brain images without long inversion recovery preparation. Despite the advantages, the weighted-averaging-based technique suffers from noise amplification resulting from different levels of cerebrospinal fluid signal modulations over the two acquisitions. The purpose of this work is to develop a signal-to-noise ratio-optimized version of the phase-sensitive dual-acquisition single-slab three-dimensional turbo spin echo. Variable refocusing flip angles in the first acquisition are calculated using a three-step prescribed signal evolution while those in the second acquisition are calculated using a two-step pseudo-steady state signal transition with a high flip-angle pseudo-steady state at a later portion of the echo train, balancing the levels of cerebrospinal fluid signals in both the acquisitions. Low spatial frequency signals are sampled during the high flip-angle pseudo-steady state to further suppress noise. Numerical simulations of the Bloch equations were performed to evaluate signal evolutions of brain tissues along the echo train and optimize imaging parameters. In vivo studies demonstrate that compared with conventional phase-sensitive dual-acquisition single-slab three-dimensional turbo spin echo, the proposed optimization yields 74% increase in apparent signal-to-noise ratio for gray matter and 32% decrease in imaging time. The proposed method can be a potential alternative to conventional fluid-attenuated imaging.</AbstractText
[ [ "16155898", "New insights into the mechanisms of signal formation in RF-spoiled gradient echo sequences.", "RF spoiling is a well established method to produce T(1)-weighted images with short repetition-time gradient-echo sequences, by eliminating coherent transverse magnetization with appropriate RF ...
[ [ "23992544", "Evaluation of the insulin releasing and antihyperglycaemic activities of GPR55 lipid agonists using clonal beta-cells, isolated pancreatic islets and mice.", "G-protein coupled receptor (GPR)55 is a novel lipid sensing receptor activated by both cannabinoid endogenous ligands (endocannabi...
40772448
Wishes, conflicts, and support needs of informal caregivers of patients in the palliative phase: A qualitative study.
This study explored wishes, conflicts, beneficial, and wished support of informal caregivers (ICGs) providing care to a palliative ill close other. We interviewed five current and 15 bereaved ICGs (25-75&#x2009;years), and used thematic analyses. ICGs wished to continue life as normal as possible, spend time together and with their family, comfort their close other, and continue own activities. Caregivers experienced conflicts in balancing caregiving and own activities, quality time with each other and social contacts, the level of professional or informal support preferred, and in their shifting role from partner/child to nurse. ICGs experienced practical support, being heard, and good professional support as helpful. An overview of available support options, one contact for administrative issues, and an environment that pays attention to ICGs' wellbeing could make caregiving easier. Formal carers and digital tools can support caregivers in balancing wishes and boundaries with the requests of caregiving to decrease conflicts.</AbstractText
[ [ "38845595", "Staying in control: Characterizing the mechanisms underlying cognitive control in high and low arousal states.", "Throughout the day, humans show natural fluctuations in arousal that impact cognitive function. To study the behavioural dynamics of cognitive control during high and low arou...
[ [ "40132153", "Neuroimaging in Children With Inherited Metabolic Epilepsies.", "Inherited metabolic epilepsies (IMEs) represent inherited metabolic disorders in which seizures, various in types and typically intractable, are one of the predominant manifestations and primary determinants of the overall o...
40492610
MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for AUD: Bayesian analysis of WHO drinking risk level and exploratory analysis of drinking behavior and psychosocial functioning at 3 months follow-up.
Safety and tolerability data from the first open-label feasibility study of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)-assisted psychotherapy for alcohol use disorder was recently published. This paper presents a Bayesian analysis of the impact of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy on treatment success, defined as 2-level reduction in the World Health Organization (WHO) drinking risk at the 3&#xa0;months follow-up. We also examined the impact on drinking behavior and psychosocial measures at 3&#xa0;months compared to baseline.</AbstractText Fourteen participants with a diagnosis of alcohol use disorder who had recently undergone detoxification completed an eight-week course of ten psychotherapy sessions, including two sessions with MDMA. Measures assessing drinking behavior, quality of life, sleep, self-compassion, and empathy were collected. Bayesian analysis using flat and skeptical priors was performed to determine treatment success defined as a 2-level reduction in WHO drinking risk.</AbstractText Bayesian analysis suggested that the probability of a 2-level reduction in WHO drinking risk from baseline to 3&#xa0;months post-treatment is 55%-63%, based upon either a flat or skeptical prior respectively. We present preliminary findings suggesting reductions in alcohol craving (measured by the Penn Alcohol Craving Scale and Obsessive Compulsive Drinking Scale) and improvements in sleep and aspects of psychosocial functioning at 3&#xa0;months follow-up compared to baseline.</AbstractText The Bayesian analysis provides a useful harm reduction endpoint interpretation of drinking in terms of a 2-level reduction in WHO drinking risk. Further findings provide preliminary insights into the potential impact of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy on quality of life and well-being in addition to reductions in drinking. ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04158778.</AbstractText
[ [ "38619933", "Suggesting a holistic framework for understanding healthcare services leadership competence - a critical interpretive synthesis.", "Healthcare providers are under pressure due to increasing and more complex demands for services. Increased pressure on budgets and human resources adds to an...
[ [ "39955842", "Hormones, brain and behavior in birds: The Lehrman legacy.", "This short essay is based on the presentation I gave at the meeting of the Society of Behavioral Neuroendocrinology held in Tours, France in June 2023 when I received the Lehrman award for career achievement. I conducted my PhD...
38412004
Characteristics of Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, and Syphilis Coinfection in People With HIV/AIDS Contracted Through Different Sources: Retrospective Study.
The burden of hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and syphilis coinfections remains disproportionately high among people living with HIV/AIDS. Hubei province is located in central China, where there are distinct regional characteristics of the distribution of people living with HIV/AIDS acquired via diverse transmission routes and the AIDS epidemic itself.</AbstractText We aimed to estimate the magnitude of HBV, HCV, or syphilis coinfections among people living with HIV/AIDS with blood-borne transmission, which includes former paid blood donors, contaminated blood recipients, and intravenous drug users, as well as among people with sex-borne HIV transmission (including heterosexual people and men who have sex with men) and people with mother-to-child HIV transmission.</AbstractText From January 2010 to December 2020, people living with HIV/AIDS were tested for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), HCV antibodies, and syphilis-specific antibodies. The positive patients were further tested for HBV markers, HBV DNA, and HCV RNA, and received a rapid plasma reagin circle card test. All people living with HIV/AIDS were first divided into transmission groups (blood, sex, and mother-to-child); then, people with blood-borne HIV transmission were divided into former paid blood donors, contaminated blood recipients, and intravenous drug users, while people with sex-borne HIV transmission were divided into heterosexual people and men who have sex with men.</AbstractText Among 6623 people living with HIV/AIDS, rates of chronic HCV infection were 80.3% (590/735) in former paid blood donors, 73.3% (247/337) in intravenous drug users, 57.1% (444/777) in contaminated blood recipients, 19.4% (21/108) in people with mother-to-child HIV transmission, 8.1% (240/2975) in heterosexual people, and 1.2% (21/1691) in men who have sex with men. Chronic HBV infection rates were similar among all people with blood-borne HIV transmission. However, compared to heterosexual people, the chronic HBV infection rate was greater in men who have sex with men (213/1691, 12.6% vs 308/2975, 10.4%; &#x3c7;<sup In people living with HIV/AIDS, HCV transmission intensity was significantly associated with specific exposure modes of blood or sexual contact. The rate of chronic HBV infection among men who have sex with men was higher than in any other population. Attention should be paid to the high prevalence of neurosyphilis in people living with HIV/AIDS who contract HIV by sexual intercourse.</AbstractText
[ [ "37795953", "Diagnostic value of cerebrospinal fluid chemokine c-x-c motif ligand 13 for neurosyphilis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.", "The diagnostic value of cerebrospinal fluid chemokine c-x-c motif ligand 13 (CSF CXCL13) for neurosyphilis was assessed by meta-analysis in this study. PubM...
[ [ "39391051", "Deciphering Proteomic Expression in Inflammatory Disorders: A Mass Spectrometry Exploration Comparing Infectious, Noninfectious, and Traumatic Brain Injuries in Human Cerebrospinal Fluid.", "The central nervous system (CNS) evokes a complex inflammatory response to injury. Inflammatory ca...
40102551
Hair cortisol as a marker of stress in mild traumatic brain injury: a challenging measure.
Cortisol is released through activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis by physiological and psychological stressors, such as mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). This hormone is accumulated in hair over longer periods of time, reflecting both acute and chronic forms of stress, allowing for retrospective analyses within certain timeframes. The main objectives of this study were to analyze pre- and post-injury hair cortisol concentrations, and to explore possible associations with personality and recovery after mTBI. Hair samples of 61 mTBI patients were collected at 4-6 weeks post-injury and divided into pre- (1&#xa0;cm) and post-injury (1&#xa0;cm) segments. For comparison, hair samples of 24 age, sex and education matched healthy controls (HC) were collected and divided into similar segments. Cortisol was quantified using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). At two weeks post-injury, post-traumatic symptoms (PTS), emotional distress (anxiety/depression), and the personality trait neuroticism were measured. At six months post-injury, PTS and functional recovery (Glasgow Outcome Scale Extended) were determined. A significant increase in hair cortisol concentration from pre- to post-injury was found for both mTBI patients and HC, likely due to washout effects, with similar concentrations in both groups. Neither hair cortisol, nor the interaction with neuroticism, were associated with long-term PTS or functional recovery. Additionally, no differences in hair cortisol were observed between patients with a higher and lower risk of developing persistent PTS based on a modified Post-Concussion Symptoms Rule (PoCS Rule) including demographics, acute symptoms, pre-injury mental health and head CT. Altogether, our findings do not support the current use of hair cortisol as a potential marker of stress in mTBI.</AbstractText
[ [ "34054681", "Traumatic Brain Injury Exposure Lowers Age of Cognitive Decline in AD and Non-AD Conditions.", "We aimed to detect the possible accelerating role of previous traumatic brain injury (TBI) exposures on the onset of later cognitive decline assessed across different brain diseases. We analyze...
[ [ "39333695", "Exploring the structure and dynamics of soft and hard cuticle of Bombyx mori using solid-state NMR techniques.", "This study conducts a comprehensive analysis and comparison of Bombyx mori cuticles across different developmental stages, ranging from larval to adult, utilizing advanced sol...
20883353
Identification of red-green colour deficiency: sensitivity of the Ishihara and American Optical Company (Hard, Rand and Rittler) pseudo-isochromatic plates to identify slight anomalous trichromatism.
Screening sensitivity, based on a specific number of errors, of the Ishihara plates and of the American Optical Company (Hardy, Rand and Rittler) plates (HRR plates) was determined by reviewing data obtained for 486 male anomalous trichromats identified and classified with the Nagel anomaloscope. Data were obtained for the 16 screening plates, with Transformation and Vanishing numeral designs, of the 38 plate Ishihara test, and for the four red-green screening plates (with six Vanishing designs) of the HRR test. Sensitivity of the Ishihara plates was found to be 97.7% on 4 errors and 98.4% on 3 errors. Only anomalous trichromats with slight deficiency, according to the anomaloscope matching range, made 8 errors or fewer. One screening error, a single missed figure, is normally allowed as a pass on the HRR test and 3 errors is often recommended as the fail criterion to eliminate false positive results. Twenty-three subjects made no error on the HRR screening plates and 12 subjects made a single error (35 anomalous trichromats). Screening sensitivity was therefore 92.8% using 2 errors as the fail criterion. Screening sensitivity was reduced to 87% when 3 errors was the fail criterion, and some deuteranomalous trichromats with moderate deficiency, according to the anomaloscope matching range, were not identified. Individuals who make a maximum of 2 errors on the HRR test, or on the Richmond HRR 4th Edition, should be re-examined with the Ishihara plates to determine their colour vision status. The present review confirms that the Ishihara test is a very sensitive screening test and identifies people with slight anomalous trichromatism. The HRR test is unsatisfactory for screening and should not be chosen solely for this purpose.</AbstractText
[ [ "15252758", "Signatures of selection and gene conversion associated with human color vision variation.", "Trichromatic color vision in humans results from the combination of red, green, and blue photopigment opsins. Although color vision genes have been the targets of active molecular and psychophysic...
[ [ "20428887", "The role of anterior insular cortex in social emotions.", "Functional neuroimaging investigations in the fields of social neuroscience and neuroeconomics indicate that the anterior insular cortex (AI) is consistently involved in empathy, compassion, and interpersonal phenomena such as fai...
28774650
Rapid anatomical brain imaging using spiral acquisition and an expanded signal model.
We report the deployment of spiral acquisition for high-resolution structural imaging at 7T. Long spiral readouts are rendered manageable by an expanded signal model including static off-resonance and B<sub
[ [ "11810678", "Elimination of Nyquist ghosting caused by read-out to phase-encode gradient cross-terms in EPI.", "Echo-planar imaging (EPI) commonly suffers from ghosting artifacts caused by zero- or first-order phase differences between the odd and even echoes that constitute an EPI dataset. Small-bore...
[ [ "29872302", "Valium without dependence? Individual GABA(A) receptor subtype contribution toward benzodiazepine addiction, tolerance, and therapeutic effects.", "Benzodiazepines are one of the most prescribed medications as first-line treatment of anxiety, insomnia, and epilepsy around the world. Over ...
24711394
Homeostasis of functional maps in active dendrites emerges in the absence of individual channelostasis.
The maintenance of ion channel homeostasis, or channelostasis, is a complex puzzle in neurons with extensive dendritic arborization, encompassing a combinatorial diversity of proteins that encode these channels and their auxiliary subunits, their localization profiles, and associated signaling machinery. Despite this, neurons exhibit amazingly stereotypic, topographically continuous maps of several functional properties along their active dendritic arbor. Here, we asked whether the membrane composition of neurons, at the level of individual ion channels, is constrained by this structural requirement of sustaining several functional maps along the same topograph. We performed global sensitivity analysis on morphologically realistic conductance-based models of hippocampal pyramidal neurons that coexpressed six well-characterized functional maps along their trunk. We generated randomized models by varying 32 underlying parameters and constrained these models with quantitative experimental measurements from the soma and dendrites of hippocampal pyramidal neurons. Analyzing valid models that satisfied experimental constraints on all six functional maps, we found topographically analogous functional maps to emerge from disparate model parameters with weak pairwise correlations between parameters. Finally, we derived a methodology to assess the contribution of individual channel conductances to the various functional measurements, using virtual knockout simulations on the valid model population. We found that the virtual knockout of individual channels resulted in variable, measurement- and location-specific impacts across the population. Our results suggest collective channelostasis as a mechanism behind the robust emergence of analogous functional maps and have significant ramifications for the localization and targeting of ion channels and enzymes that regulate neural coding and homeostasis.</AbstractText
[ [ "12417672", "Response of neurons in the lateral intraparietal area during a combined visual discrimination reaction time task.", "Decisions about the visual world can take time to form, especially when information is unreliable. We studied the neural correlate of gradual decision formation by recordin...
[ [ "23893323", "An atypical case of SCN9A mutation presenting with global motor delay and a severe pain disorder.", "Erythromelalgia due to heterozygous gain-of-function SCN9A mutations usually presents as a pure sensory-autonomic disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of burning pain and redness o...
40056182
Review of 7T MRI imaging of pituitary microadenomas: are we there yet?
7T MRI imaging of the pituitary gland is an emerging technique. The purpose of this article is to review the current status of the 7T MRI of the pituitary gland, particularly in the context of pituitary microadenoma pathology. We will discuss technical challenges and parallel transmission opportunities.</AbstractText Follow-up study selection and data extraction were performed following PRISMA guidelines. We focused on diagnostic performance and acquisition protocols. Inclusion criteria were: MRI imaging studies of pituitary adenoma at 7T. Exclusion criteria were: Case reports and reviews; studies which did not report MRI protocols; surgical planning studies; studies focusing exclusively on macroadenomas for which ultra-high magnetic field imaging is less decisive than microadenomas in clinical practice.</AbstractText Six studies were included. 7T MRI outperformed 1.5 or 3T MRI for the detection of microadenomas. Acquisition protocols employed were heterogeneous, with two-dimensional T<sub 7T MRI is a promising tool for overcoming the difficulties encountered by conventional MRI, particularly in the case of Cushing disease. However, there is insufficient data to precisely define an optimal protocol yet.</AbstractText &#x2022; 7T MRI outperforms conventional MRI in detecting microadenomas. &#x2022; The increased in artifacts at 7T does not affect the interpretation of the data. &#x2022; A reference protocol cannot be defined, given the heterogeneity of practices.</AbstractText
[ [ "19449383", "A transmit/receive system for magnetic field monitoring of in vivo MRI.", "Magnetic field monitoring with NMR probes has recently been introduced as a means of measuring the actual spatiotemporal magnetic field evolution during individual MR scans. Receive-only NMR probes as used thus far...
[ [ "40503482", "Magnetic resonance defecography assessment of obstructed defecation syndrome in patients with chronic constipation in a tertiary care hospital.", "Obstructed defecation syndrome (ODS) is a subtype of constipation that is considered one of the major pelvic floor dysfunctions affecting the ...
40166768
Crossing the chasm: engaging Black men survivors of gun violence in mental health services.
Despite being high risk for post-traumatic stress disorder, Black men survivors of gun violence, and particularly young men aged 18-24, seldom participate in mental health services after injury. The aim of this study was to identify barriers to participation in mental health services for this population.</AbstractText Over a 2-year period, 1 hour-long focus group was conducted with three counselors of the local hospital-based violence intervention program and 21 individual, semistructured in-depth interviews were held with Black men who were hospitalized for a firearm-related injury. All interviews were recorded and transcribed. Transcripts were coded using open coding and grounded theory methodology and ultimately grouped into themes using MAXQDA V.2022 software.</AbstractText Median age of participants was 34 years (IQR=11). Barriers to participation revolved around competing priorities/stressors, expense, difficulty with trust and openness and the demands of street life. Motivating factors included cultural competence, persistence, availability, reliability and genuineness of the therapy staff. Most participants denied negative social stigma of therapy as a barrier but emphasized that the individual must value therapy to participate. Young, Black men were perceived as struggling with self and peer-imposed views of masculinity that conflicted with therapy participation.</AbstractText Black men who have experienced violent firearm injury face strong social pressures that conflict with participation in mental health services. Programs must be integrated with other social services and be responsive to community conditions to be successful.</AbstractText IV.</AbstractText
[ [ "25863813", "Cerebellar Contribution to Context Processing in Extinction Learning and Recall.", "Whereas acquisition of new associations is considered largely independent of the context, context dependency is a hallmark of extinction of the learned associations. The hippocampus and the prefrontal cort...
[ [ "40412529", "Surgical Nerve Decompression at Lower Extremity for Diabetic Neuropathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Time-Dependent Pain, Sensory Recovery, Amputation, Ulcer Recurrence, and Balance.", "This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the efficacy of surgical nerve decompre...
39570907
Functional near-infrared spectrometry for auditory speech stimuli in cochlear implant users: a systematic literature review.
This study aims to identify the acquisition features of functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) in cochlear implant users.</AbstractText A systematic literature review was conducted following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. PubMed, EMBASE, LILACS, Web of Science, Scopus, PsycINFO, IEEE Xplore, Google Scholar, and ProQuest Dissertations &amp; Theses Global were searched using the PECOS acronym. Inclusion criteria encompassed studies involving fNIRS with speech stimuli in cochlear implant users of any age, with information on acquisition parameters and features. Risk of bias assessment was performed using the Joanna Briggs Institute tool.</AbstractText Nineteen studies were included, with thirteen exhibiting a low risk of bias. Noteworthy uniformity was observed in certain fNIRS acquisition features among cochlear implant users, including the waking state (awake), auditory stimuli of words or phrases presented in a free field, visual stimuli displayed during data collection as a secondary task, recording of responses in the bilateral temporal lobe, and a three-centimeter distance between optodes. Variations in acquisition were attributed to differing study purposes.</AbstractText This review identifies common acquisition characteristics for fNIRS in cochlear implant users. Multicenter research efforts are advocated to further advance the utility of fNIRS in this population.</AbstractText
[ [ "25151264", "Dimensionality reduction for large-scale neural recordings.", "Most sensory, cognitive and motor functions depend on the interactions of many neurons. In recent years, there has been rapid development and increasing use of technologies for recording from large numbers of neurons, either s...
[ [ "38159612", "Association Between Quality of Life and Neurogenic Bowel Symptoms by Bowel Management Program in Spina Bifida.", "To compare differences in bowel-specific quality of life (QOL), overall qQOL, and neurogenic bowel dysfunction (NBD) severity by bowel management program in patients with spin...
40715419
Inter- and intra-bacterial strain diversity remains the "elephant in the (living) room".
Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic Gram-negative bacterial pathogen responsible for severe nosocomial infections worldwide. Resistance to last-resort antibiotics causes A. baumannii to be ranked as a top priority for the research and development of new antibiotics by the WHO and an urgent threat to public health by the CDC. It is also a member of the ESKAPE group comprising the most problematic antibiotic-resistant nosocomial pathogens. Resistance towards desiccation, disinfectants, reactive oxygen species, and the host immune system helps A. baumannii thrive in hospital settings and infect individuals compromised by lines, tubes, and indwelling devices. A. baumannii displays extensive genomic heterogeneity, yet recent studies show that this level of plasticity is also prevalent in lab strains widely used to study A. baumannii biology. Successive subculturing of widely used strains and spontaneous genetic variations results in significantly altered genotypes and phenotypes, often not recognized by the scientific community. In addition, the current strain designation methods do not allow efficient communication about such differences. Even presumably identical strains from established culture collections have been found to demonstrate genetic heterogeneity. The "elephant in the (living) room" refers to the risk but also the potential of the bi-partite problem concerning the high diversity amongst A. baumannii isolates (inter-strain variability), and the universal issue of microevolution (intra-strain variability). This is generally ignored as it is not referenced adequately in scientific publications. We aim to raise awareness about the current issues and the problematic consequences generated by intra- and inter-strain diversity based on modern examples of A. baumannii isolates. Therefore, this review provides cases of broadly used A. baumannii strains and their genetic and phenotypic differences.</AbstractText
[ [ "33495315", "Inhibition of Hedgehog Signaling Alters Fibroblast Composition in Pancreatic Cancer.", "Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a deadly disease characterized by an extensive fibroinflammatory stroma, which includes abundant cancer-associated fibroblast (CAF) populations. PDAC CAFs are...
[ [ "40413347", "Type-1 Diabetes Impacts Brain Microstructure and Anatomical Associations in Young and Well-Controlled Individuals.", "Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) progression has a direct impact on brain microstructural integrity and typical functional organization from the early stages of neurodevelo...
40461172
Medical management of ADHD in adults: part 2.
Methylphenidate and lisdexamfetamine are recommended as first-line pharmacological treatment options for adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Formulations of methylphenidate can generally be classified into three groups according to their duration of action: one group lasts 12 hours, another group lasts 8&#x2009;hours and the immediate-release group lasts 3-4&#x2009;hours. Patients are usually able to substitute brands with one of the equivalent release profiles without significant problems. Lisdexamfetamine is a prodrug which has a slow onset and long duration (approximately 12 hours), ensuring minimal potential for abuse compared with its active metabolite dexamfetamine. Second-line treatments such as atomoxetine are also available for those who cannot tolerate or do not respond to methylphenidate or lisdexamfetamine. In the UK, ADHD has been previously managed largely in tertiary clinics, but many cases could be managed by appropriately trained clinicians in secondary or primary care (as already happens in some countries), with great benefit for patients and job satisfaction for clinicians.</AbstractText
[ [ "39376970", "Relationships between screen time and childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a Mendelian randomization study.", "In previous observational studies and meta-analyses, childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is found to have a significant association with scre...
[ [ "40737393", "The β(2)-adrenergic receptor (Adrb2) entrains circadian gene oscillation and CD8(+) T cell differentiation in response to virus infection.", "Adaptive immune cells are regulated by circadian rhythms both under steady state conditions and during responses to infection. Cytolytic CD8<sup" ...
39853319
Neural mechanisms of behavioral addiction: An ALE meta-analysis and MACM analysis.
Behavioral addictions (BAs) represent complex and multifaceted disorders often associated with maladaptive neural alteration. To deepen our understanding of the essence of BAs, this study focuses on the neural mechanisms underlying its three stages: reward seeking, self-control, and decision-making. The aim of the current meta-analysis is to investigate the brain regions and neural networks involved in BAs.</AbstractText Adhering to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, we systematically searched for relevant articles published before September 1, 2024, in the Web of Science and PubMed databases, and supplemented our search with Google Scholar. We conducted analyses using activation likelihood estimation (ALE) meta-analysis and meta-analytic connectivity modeling (MACM) analyses.</AbstractText A total of 50 functional magnetic resonance imaging studies involving 906 participants were included. The findings showed that individuals with BAs exhibited hyperactivation in the right inferior frontal gyrus (IFG), bilateral caudate and left middle frontal gyrus (MFG), and a high degree of connectivity was found between the right caudate, left caudate, and right IFG. These findings indicated that BAs were associated with the fronto-striatal circuits. Individuals with BAs demonstrate specific neural activation patterns in the reward seeking, self-control, and decision-making stages, characterized by differences in activation and functional connectivity of brain regions associated with these stages.</AbstractText This study verifies the pivotal role of the fronto-striatal circuits in BAs and highlights the specific patterns of brain activity in different stages of addictive behavior. These findings expand our understanding of neural mechanisms underlying BAs and supports and provide partial support for the I-PACE model.</AbstractText
[ [ "26802508", "A failure of suppression within the default mode network in depressed adolescents with compulsive internet game play.", "Individuals who are chronic, compulsive video game players experience an elevated incidence of major depression. Excessive or problematic game play can interact with de...
[ [ "39804020", "Step Width Haptic Feedback for Gait Stability in Spinocerebellar Ataxia: Preliminary Results.", "Wider step width and lower step-to-step variability are linked to improved gait stability and reduced fall risk. It is unclear if patients with spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) can learn to adjust...
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The impact of acute and short-term methamphetamine abstinence on brain metabolites: A proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy chemical shift imaging study.
Abuse of methamphetamine (MA) is a global health concern. Previous <sup Adults with chronic MA dependence (n&#x202f;=&#x202f;31) and healthy controls (n&#x202f;=&#x202f;22) were recruited. Two-dimensional chemical shift <sup Acute MAA showed lower n-acetyl-aspartate (NAA) and n-acetyl-aspartate with n-acetyl-aspartyl-glutamate (NAA&#x202f;+&#x202f;NAAG) in left DLPFC, and glycerophosphocholine with phosphocholine (GPC&#x202f;+&#x202f;PCh) in left FWM. Short-term MAA showed lower NAA&#x202f;+&#x202f;NAAG and higher myo-inositol (mI) in right ACC, lower NAA and NAA&#x202f;+&#x202f;NAAG in the left DLPFC, and lower GPC&#x202f;+&#x202f;PCh in left FWM. Over time, MAA showed decreased NAA and NAA&#x202f;+&#x202f;NAAG and increased mI in right ACC, decreased NAA and NAA&#x202f;+&#x202f;NAAG in right FWM, and decreased in mI in left FWM.</AbstractText In acute MAA, there was damage to the integrity of neuronal tissue, which was enhanced with short-term MAA. From acute to short-term MAA, activation of neuroinflammatory processes are suggested. This is the first <sup
[ [ "24897622", "μHigh resolution-magic-angle spinning NMR spectroscopy for metabolic phenotyping of Caenorhabditis elegans.", "Analysis of model organisms, such as the submillimeter-size Caenorhabditis elegans, plays a central role in understanding biological functions across species and in characterizin...
[ [ "29905724", "Energy density and energy flux in the focus of an optical vortex: reverse flux of light energy.", "Using the Richards-Wolf formulas for an arbitrary circularly polarized optical vortex with an integer topological charge m, we obtain explicit expressions for all components of the electric ...
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Post-thalamotomy Changes Mimicking Cavernous Malformations on MRI: A Case Report of a Historical Surgical Treatment.
The patient was a 65-year-old man with cervical dystonia onset at age six who had been treated at Chiba University Hospital. He was diagnosed and followed up with cavernous malformations and chronic cerebral infarctions based on an MRI. However, during the re-evaluation of MRI, lesions with low signal intensity (SI) cores surrounded by high SI rims were observed in bilateral thalami and left subthalamic nucleus on T2-weighted images, which differed from typical cavernous malformations. In addition, symmetrical scarring changes were noted in the frontal lobes and bilateral parietal bones, potentially corresponding to the thalamic and subthalamic nucleus lesions. Upon reviewing medical history, it was revealed that the patient had undergone thalamotomy in 1963 and 1964. The literature review suggested the use of procaine-oil blocking during thalamotomies of that era. Chemical shift imaging was added, and the presence of fat was confirmed in bilateral thalamic lesions with high SI on in-phase and low SI on out-of-phase images. Imaging findings resulting from obsolete treatments can be unfamiliar and mistaken for pathological conditions. Investigating the history of suspected treatments can lead to definitive diagnoses through imaging studies.</AbstractText
[ [ "21666131", "Abnormal structure-function relationship in spasmodic dysphonia.", "Spasmodic dysphonia (SD) is a primary focal dystonia characterized by involuntary spasms in the laryngeal muscles during speech production. Although recent studies have found abnormal brain function and white matter organ...
[ [ "40446445", "Optimizing mesenchymal stromal cells priming strategies for tailored effects on the secretome.", "Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) have emerged as a promising tool in regenerative medicine, with recent focus shifting towards their secretome as a cell-free therapeutic approach. This study ...
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Comparative study of vestibular projection pathway connectivity in cerebellar injury patients and healthy adults.
Cerebellar injury can not only cause gait and postural instability, nystagmus, and vertigo but also affect the vestibular system. However, changes in connectivity regarding the vestibular projection pathway after cerebellar injury have not yet been reported. Therefore, in the current study, we investigated differences in the connectivity of the vestibular projection pathway after cerebellar injury using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) tractography.</AbstractText We recruited four stroke patients with cerebellar injury. Neural connectivity in the vestibular nucleus (VN) of the pons and medulla oblongata in patients with cerebellar injury was measured using DTI. Connectivity was defined as the incidence of connection between the VN on the pons and medulla oblongata and target brain regions such as the cerebellum, thalamus, parieto-insular vestibular cortex (PIVC), and parietal lobe.</AbstractText At thresholds of 10 and 30, there was lower connectivity in the ipsilateral hemisphere between the VN at the medullar level and thalamus in the patients than in healthy adults. At a threshold of 1 and 10, the patient group showed lower VN connectivity with the PIVC than healthy adults. At a threshold of 1, VN connectivity with the parietal lobe in the contralateral hemisphere was lower in the patients than in healthy adults. Additionally, at a threshold of 30, VN connectivity at the pons level with the cerebellum was lower in healthy adults than in the patients.</AbstractText Cerebellar injury seems to be associated with decreased vestibular projection pathway connectivity, especially in the ipsilateral thalamus, PIVC, and contralateral parietal lobe.</AbstractText
[ [ "29129392", "Targeting Obesity and Cachexia: Identification of the GFRAL Receptor-MIC-1/GDF15 Pathway.", "Macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1/growth differentiation factor 15 (MIC-1/GDF15) is a divergent transforming growth factor (TGF&#x3b2;) superfamily cytokine implicated in biological and disease pro...
[ [ "34449006", "Exploring the Concept of Spiritual Sensitivity from the Perspectives of Healthcare Providers in Iran.", "Spiritual sensitivity (SS) is defined as attention to the available spiritual values in a conflicting situation and awareness of one's roles and responsibilities in that situation. It ...
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LPS priming before plaque deposition impedes microglial activation and restrains Aβ pathology in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.
Microglia have an innate immunity memory (IIM) with divergent functions in different animal models of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD). AD is characterized by chronic neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration, tau tangles and &#x3b2;-amyloid (A&#x3b2;) deposition. Systemic inflammation has been implicated in contributing to the progression of AD. Multiple reports have demonstrated unique microglial signatures in AD mouse models and patients. However, the proteomic profiles of microglia modified by IIM have not been well-documented in an AD model. Therefore, in the present study, we investigate whether lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced IIM in the pre-clinical stage of AD alters the microglial responses and shapes the neuropathology. We accomplished this by priming 5xFAD and wild-type (WT) mice with an LPS injection at 6&#xa0;weeks (before the robust development of plaques). 140&#xa0;days later, we evaluated microglial morphology, activation, the microglial barrier around A&#x3b2;, and A&#x3b2; deposition in both 5xFAD primed and unprimed mice. Priming induced decreased soma size of microglia and reduced colocalization of PSD95 and Synaptophysin in the retrosplenial cortex. Priming appeared to increase phagocytosis of A&#x3b2;, resulting in fewer Thioflavin S<sup
[ [ "27766433", "Midbrain Synchrony to Envelope Structure Supports Behavioral Sensitivity to Single-Formant Vowel-Like Sounds in Noise.", "Vowels make a strong contribution to speech perception under natural conditions. Vowels are encoded in the auditory nerve primarily through neural synchrony to tempora...
[ [ "36808307", "Neurobiological correlates and attenuated positive social intention attribution during laughter perception associated with degree of autistic traits.", "Laughter plays an important role in group formation, signaling social belongingness by indicating a positive or negative social intentio...
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Towards the Standardization of Photothermal Measurements of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in Two Biological Windows.
A systematic study on laser-induced heating carried out in two biological windows (800 nm and 1053 nm) for Fe<sub
[ [ "34411327", "The Coax Dipole: A fully flexible coaxial cable dipole antenna with flattened current distribution for body imaging at 7 Tesla.", "The coax dipole antenna, a flexible antenna for body imaging at 7T is presented. Similar to the high impedance coil, this coaxial cable antenna is fed on the ...
[ [ "37738741", "Cell-specific alterations in autophagy-lysosomal activity near the chronically implanted microelectrodes.", "Intracortical microelectrodes that can record and stimulate brain activity have become a valuable technique for basic science research and clinical applications. However, long-term...
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Case series: Intraoperative neuromonitoring and angiography in the surgical treatment of vascular malformations.
In the surgical treatment of cerebral vascular malformations, e.g., aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations, the risk of ischemic complications is 6.7%, and a residual aneurysm is possible in 5.2% of these cases. Ischemic lesions can result in permanent neurological deficits, and a residual aneurysm can lead to the recurrence of the aneurysm in 2% of cases. In this article, we present five cases (two cases of ruptured aneurysms, two cases of non-ruptured aneurysms, and a case of arteriovenous malformation) in which we reduced the aforementioned risks with the use of intraoperative neuromonitoring and angiography. Intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) is used to measure motor and sensory-evoked potentials to detect brain hypoperfusion. Intraoperative angiography with the dye indocyanine green (ICG-A), which fluoresces in a vessel under a microscope after intravenous administration, helps to identify residual aneurysm sacs and distal blood flow. With the use of IONM and ICG-A, we identified abnormalities and adjusted our interventions and treatments. IONM and ICG-A can lead to a better outcome after surgical treatment of cerebral vascular abnormalities.</AbstractText
[ [ "25624933", "Scalp arteriovenous malformations in young.", "Scalp arteriovenous malformations are an exceptional group of vascular lesions with curious presentations and an elusive natural history. Their detection in the pediatric population is a rarer occurrence. We discuss our experience with five c...
[ [ "36427671", "The functional connectivity between left insula and left medial superior frontal gyrus underlying the relationship between rumination and procrastination.", "Procrastination is regarded as a prevalent problematic behavior that impairs people's physical and mental health. Although previous...
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Case series of CT-fusion and real-time US-guidance in percutaneous RF thermocoagulation for trigeminal rhizotomy.
This case series evaluates the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of real-time computed tomography fusion with ultrasound guidance (CTF-USG) in percutaneous radiofrequency thermocoagulation (RFT) for trigeminal rhizotomy. Traditional imaging modalities such as CT and fluoroscopy lack real-time visualization, increasing the risk of vascular injury and reducing procedural precision. The CTF-USG technique integrates CT imaging with real-time ultrasound via electromagnetic tracking, enabling accurate needle navigation and anatomical confirmation. Six patients with refractory trigeminal neuralgia affecting the V2 or V3 divisions underwent RFT guided by CTF-USG. All procedures achieved first-attempt needle placement success with no immediate complications. Postoperative assessments demonstrated significant reductions in pain scores at one and three months. The real-time imaging capability facilitated avoidance of critical structures, enhanced procedural safety. In conclusion, CTF-USG offers real-time imaging superior to C-arm fluoroscopy or standard CT, reducing complications and improving procedural accuracy. Primary technique efficacy was 100%. These advantages support its adoption in treating refractory trigeminal neuralgia.</AbstractText <b
[ [ "17274022", "Dissociation of response inhibition and performance monitoring in the stop signal task using event-related fMRI.", "We examined the neural substrate of motor response inhibition and performance monitoring in the stop signal task (SST) using event-related functional magnetic resonance imag...
[ [ "39810626", "Recommendations for the Safe Application of Temporal Interference Stimulation in the Human Brain Part II: Biophysics, Dosimetry, and Safety Recommendations.", "Temporal interference stimulation (TIS) is a new form of transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) that has been proposed as a me...
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Evaluation of 'Normal' Cognitive Functions and Correlation With MRI Volumetry: Towards a Definition of Vascular Cognitive Impairment.
Introduction It is important to establish criteria to define vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) in India as VCI is an image-based diagnosis and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) changes resulting from age with prevalent vascular risk factors may confound MRI interpretation. The objective of this study was to establish normative community data for MRI volumetry&#xa0;including white matter hyperintensity volume (WMHV), correlated with age-stratified cognitive scores and vascular risk factors (VRFs), in adults aged 40 years and above.&#xa0; Methods We screened 2651 individuals without known neurological morbidity, living in Mumbai and nearby rural areas, using validated Marathi translations of Kolkata Cognitive Battery (KCB) and geriatric depression score (GDS). We stratified 1961 persons with GDS &#x2264;9 by age and cognitive score, and randomly selected 10% from each subgroup for MRI brain volumetry. Crude volumes were standardized to reflect percentage of intracranial volume.&#xa0; Results MRI volumetry studies were done in 199 individuals (F/M = 90/109; 73 with body mass index (BMI) &#x2265;25; 44 hypertensives; 29 diabetics; mean cognitive score 76.3). Both grey and white matter volumes decreased with increasing age. WMHV increased with age and hypertension. Grey matter volume (GMV) decreased with increasing WMHV. Positive predictors of cognition included standardized hippocampal volume (HCV), urban living, education, and BMI, while WMHV and age were negative predictors. Urban dwellers had higher cognitive scores than rural, and, paradoxically, smaller HCV.&#xa0; Conclusion In this study of MRI volumetry correlated with age, cognitive scores and VRFs, increasing age and WMHV predicted lower cognitive scores, whereas urban living and hippocampal volume predicted higher scores. Age and WMHV also correlated with decreasing GMV. Further study is warranted into sociodemographic and biological factors that mutually influence cognition and brain volumes, including nutritional and endocrine factors, especially at lower cognitive score bands. In this study, at the lower KCB score bins, the lack of laboratory data pertaining to nutritional and endocrine deficiencies is a drawback that reflects the logistical limitations of screening large populations at the community level.&#xa0;Our volumetric data which is age and cognition stratified, and takes into account the vascular risk factors associated, nevertheless constitutes&#xa0;important baseline data for the Indian population. Our findings could&#xa0;possibly contribute to the formulation of baseline criteria for defining VCI in&#xa0;India and could help in early diagnosis and control of cognitive decline and its key risk factors.</AbstractText
[ [ "30962628", "Working memory revived in older adults by synchronizing rhythmic brain circuits.", "Understanding normal brain aging and developing methods to maintain or improve cognition in older adults are major goals of fundamental and translational neuroscience. Here we show a core feature of cognit...
[ [ "36748121", "Detecting and treating the protean manifestations of diabetic autonomic neuropathy.", "The manifestations of diabetic autonomic neuropathy (DAN) are protean and clinically involve multiple systems, including the cardiovascular system, the gastrointestinal system, the genitourinary system ...
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Stroke Cohort Construction Using an Automated Clinical Data Collection System: An Experience of a Single Cerebrovascular Specialty Hospital in South Korea.
The growing volume of clinical data necessitates efficient management of Electronic Health Records (EHR) data. Traditional labor-intensive EHR management methods have led to significant risks, including high error rates and data omissions. This study modified and developed EHR templates focusing on key cohort-specific variables and developed a C#-based automated system for extracting and managing data from patients with acute stroke. The system reduced data entry time per patient from 35 minutes to 19 seconds. The data error rate decreased from 2.32% to 0.15%. This system enhances data management efficiency and is expected to support the construction of various cohorts through further expansion.</AbstractText
[ [ "24345399", "Worldwide epidemiology of atrial fibrillation: a Global Burden of Disease 2010 Study.", "The global burden of atrial fibrillation (AF) is unknown.</AbstractText We systematically reviewed population-based studies of AF published from 1980 to 2010 from the 21 Global Burden of Disease regio...
[ [ "39481376", "Combinatorial transcription factor binding encodes cis-regulatory wiring of mouse forebrain GABAergic neurogenesis.", "Transcription factors (TFs) bind combinatorially to cis-regulatory elements, orchestrating transcriptional programs. Although studies of chromatin state and chromosomal i...
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Live-attenuated Toxoplasma gondii PruΔpp2a-c mutant elicits protective immunity against toxoplasmosis in mice and cats.
Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic protozoan pathogen capable of infecting humans and nearly all warm-blooded animals, and causing substantial economic losses to the livestock industry. Developing an effective vaccine against T. gondii remains an urgent priority for controlling the spread of this zoonotic parasite. In this study, we evaluated the protective efficacy of a live-attenuated T. gondii Pru&#x394;pp2a-c mutant in both mice and cats. Immunization with Pru&#x394;pp2a-c elicited strong cellular (IL-2, IL-4, IL-10, IL-12, and IFN-&#x3b3;) and humoral (IgG, IgG1, and IgG2a) immune responses in mice, conferring protection against lethal challenge with various T. gondii strains, including highly virulent Type I (RH), mildly virulent ToxoDB#9 (PYS), and less virulent Type II (Pru) strains. While partial protection was observed against virulent strains, almost complete immune protection was achieved against both acute and chronic infections by the less virulent Pru strain, along with a significant reduction in brain cyst burden (P &lt; 0.01). Notably, vaccination of cats with Pru&#x394;pp2a-c induced high antibody titers and led to a 94.5% reduction in fecal oocyst shedding (P &lt; 0.001) following homologous challenge, thereby significantly decreasing the potential for environmental transmission. These findings demonstrate that Pru&#x394;pp2a-c provides strong cross-protection against various T. gondii strains and substantially limits oocyst shedding. The dual efficacy observed in both intermediate and definitive hosts highlights Pru&#x394;pp2a-c as a promising live-attenuated vaccine candidate for preventing transmission of T. gondii by cats.</AbstractText
[ [ "27432990", "Dynamic neural activity during stress signals resilient coping.", "Active coping underlies a healthy stress response, but neural processes supporting such resilient coping are not well-known. Using a brief, sustained exposure paradigm contrasting highly stressful, threatening, and violent...
[ [ "40037512", "A novel ferroptosis inhibitor phenothiazine derivative reduces cell death and alleviates neurological impairments after cerebral hemorrhage.", "The precise etiology of brain injury induced by intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) remains unclear. Currently, there are no effective therapeutic opt...
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Treatment outcomes for ARUBA-eligible brain arteriovenous malformations: a comparison of real-world data from the NVQI-QOD AVM registry with the ARUBA trial.
Significant controversy exists about the management of unruptured cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). Results from A Randomized Trial of Unruptured Brain Arteriovenous Malformations (ARUBA) suggested that intervention increases the risk of stroke/death compared with medical management. However, numerous study limitations raised concerns about the trial's generalizability.</AbstractText To assess the rate of stroke/death and functional outcomes in ARUBA-eligible patients from a multicenter database, the Neurovascular Quality Initiative-Quality Outcomes Database (NVQI-QOD).</AbstractText We performed a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data of ARUBA-eligible patients who underwent intervention at 18 participating centers. The primary endpoint was stroke/death from any cause. Secondary endpoints included neurologic, systemic, radiographic, and functional outcomes.</AbstractText 173 ARUBA-eligible patients underwent intervention with median follow-up of 269 (25-722.5) days. Seventy-five patients received microsurgery&#xb1;embolization, 37 received radiosurgery, and 61 received embolization. Baseline demographics, risk factors, and general AVM characteristics were similar between groups. A total of 15 (8.7%) patients experienced stroke/death with no significant difference in primary outcome between treatment modalities. Microsurgery&#xb1;embolization was more likely to achieve AVM obliteration (P&lt;0.001). Kaplan-Meier survival curves demonstrated no difference in overall death/stroke outcomes between the different treatment modalities' 5-year period (P=0.087). Additionally, when compared with the ARUBA interventional arm, our patients were significantly less likely to experience death/stroke (8.7% vs 30.7%; P&lt;0.001) and functional impairment (mRS score &#x2265;2 25.4% vs 46.2%; P&lt;0.01).</AbstractText Our results suggest that intervention for unruptured brain AVMs at comprehensive stroke centers across the United States is safe.</AbstractText
[ [ "26156615", "Management of a solitary pulmonary arteriovenous malformation by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and anatomic lingula resection: video and review.", "Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations are abnormal communications between the pulmonary arterial and venous vasculature leading to a r...
[ [ "39595016", "The Impact of Virtual Reality as a Rehabilitation Method Using TRAVEE System on Functional Outcomes and Disability in Stroke Patients: A Pilot Study.", "Stroke is the third leading cause of disability. Virtual reality (VR) has shown promising results in post-stroke rehabilitation. The VR ...
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Neural mechanisms of CALM intervention to improve CRCI in breast cancer survivors: an fMRI-based study.
Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully (CALM) intervention's impact on chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment (CRCI) in breast cancer survivors (BCs) was investigated through resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) to elucidate the underlying neural mechanisms involved.</AbstractText 68 BCs were randomly assigned to either the CALM group (33 patients) or the care-as-usual (CAU) group (35 patients). Cognitive function was assessed before and after the intervention in both groups using the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) scale. Pre- and post-intervention rs-fMRI data were also collected for regional homogeneity (ReHo) and functional connectivity (FC) analyses in the CALM group. A total of 68 BCs were randomly assigned to either the CALM group (n = 33) or the care-as-usual (CAU) group (n = 35). Cognitive function was evaluated pre- and post-intervention using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). In the CALM group, rs-fMRI data were acquired before and after the intervention to assess alterations in regional homogeneity (ReHo) and functional connectivity (FC).</AbstractText CALM intervention demonstrated a greater enhancement in cognitive function compared to CAU (<i CALM intervention mitigates CRCI in BCs, with the middle frontal gyrus may play a critical.</AbstractText
[ [ "33308061", "Why do imagery and perception look and feel so different?", "Despite the past few decades of research providing convincing evidence of the similarities in function and neural mechanisms between imagery and perception, for most of us, the experience of the two are undeniably different, why...
[ [ "39707024", "Mechanical signaling through membrane tension induces somal translocation during neuronal migration.", "Neurons migrate in a saltatory manner by repeating two distinct steps: extension of the leading process and translocation of the cell body. The former step is critical for determining t...
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Antitrust as a Guardrail for Socially Responsible Neurotechnology Design.
The neurotechnology sector is likely to develop under pressure towards commercialized, nonmedical products and may also undergo market consolidation. This possibility raises ethical, social, and policy concerns about the future responsibility of neurotechnology innovators and companies for high-consequence design decisions. Present-day internet technology firms furnish an instructive example of the problems that arise when providers of communicative technologies become too big for accountability. As a guardrail against the emergence of similar problems, concerned neurotechnologists may wish to draw inspiration from antitrust law and direct efforts, where appropriate, against undue consolidation in the commercial neurotechnology market.</AbstractText
[ [ "24904404", "Decoding spectrotemporal features of overt and covert speech from the human cortex.", "Auditory perception and auditory imagery have been shown to activate overlapping brain regions. We hypothesized that these phenomena also share a common underlying neural representation. To assess this,...
[ [ "36889873", "Predicting Malignant Ventricular Arrhythmias Using Real-Time Remote Monitoring.", "Although implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapies are associated with increased morbidity and mortality, the prediction of malignant ventricular arrhythmias has remained elusive.</AbstractText...
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Attention-based generative adversarial networks improve prognostic outcome prediction of cancer from multimodal data.
The prediction of prognostic outcome is critical for the development of efficient cancer therapeutics and potential personalized medicine. However, due to the heterogeneity and diversity of multimodal data of cancer, data integration and feature selection remain a challenge for prognostic outcome prediction. We proposed a deep learning method with generative adversarial network based on sequential channel-spatial attention modules (CSAM-GAN), a multimodal data integration and feature selection approach, for accomplishing prognostic stratification tasks in cancer. Sequential channel-spatial attention modules equipped with an encoder-decoder are applied for the input features of multimodal data to accurately refine selected features. A discriminator network was proposed to make the generator and discriminator learning in an adversarial way to accurately describe the complex heterogeneous information of multiple modal data. We conducted extensive experiments with various feature selection and classification methods and confirmed that the CSAM-GAN via the multilayer deep neural network (DNN) classifier outperformed these baseline methods on two different multimodal data sets with miRNA expression, mRNA expression and histopathological image data: lower-grade glioma and kidney renal clear cell carcinoma. The CSAM-GAN via the multilayer DNN classifier bridges the gap between heterogenous multimodal data and prognostic outcome prediction.</AbstractText
[ [ "32300047", "Categorical Signaling of the Strongest Stimulus by an Inhibitory Midbrain Nucleus.", "The nucleus isthmi pars magnocellularis (Imc), a group of inhibitory neurons in the midbrain tegmentum, is a critical component of the spatial selection network in the vertebrate midbrain. It delivers lo...
[ [ "37043357", "Connexin 43-mediated neurovascular interactions regulate neurogenesis in the adult brain subventricular zone.", "The subventricular zone (SVZ) is the largest neural stem cell (NSC) niche in the adult brain; herein, the blood-brain barrier is leaky, allowing direct interactions between NSC...
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Advanced imaging reveals enhanced malignancy in glioblastomas involving the subventricular zone: evidence of increased infiltrative growth and perfusion.
Glioblastoma's infiltrative growth and heterogeneity are influenced by neural, molecular, genetic, and immunological factors, with the precise origin of these tumors remaining elusive. Neurogenic zones might serve as the tumor stem cells' nest, with tumors in contact with these zones exhibiting worse outcomes and more aggressive growth patterns. This study aimed to determine if these characteristics are reflected in advanced imaging, specifically diffusion and perfusion data.</AbstractText In this monocentric retrospective study, 137 glioblastoma therapy-naive patients (IDH-wildtype, grade 4) with advanced preoperative MRI, including perfusion and diffusion imaging, were analyzed. Tumors and neurogenic zones were automatically segmented. Advanced imaging metrics, including cerebral blood volume (CBV) from perfusion imaging, tissue volume mask (TVM), and free water corrected fractional anisotropy (FA-FWE) from diffusion imaging, were extracted.</AbstractText SVZ infiltration positively correlated with CBV, indicating higher perfusion in tumors. Significant CBV differences were noted between high and low SVZ infiltration cases at specific percentiles. Negative correlation was observed with TVM and positive correlation with FA-FWE, suggesting more infiltrative tumor growth. Significant differences in TVM and FA-FWE values were found between high and low SVZ infiltration cases.</AbstractText Glioblastomas with SVZ infiltration exhibit distinct imaging characteristics, including higher perfusion and lower cell density per voxel, indicating a more infiltrative growth and higher vascularization. Stem cell-like characteristics in SVZ-infiltrating cells could explain the increased infiltration and aggressive behavior. Understanding these imaging and biological correlations could enhance the understanding of glioblastoma evolution.</AbstractText
[ [ "26798224", "Pre-Operative Perfusion Skewness and Kurtosis Are Potential Predictors of Progression-Free Survival after Partial Resection of Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma.", "To determine whether pre-operative perfusion skewness and kurtosis derived from normalized cerebral blood volume (nCBV) histogram...
[ [ "40726664", "A retrospective observational study of clinical and electrophysiological types of Guillain-Barre syndrome from Delhi.", "To understand the demographic characteristics (age, sex and comorbidities), distribution of electrodiagnostic subtypes, and severity and prognosis of Guillain-Barre syn...
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Childhood family socioeconomic status is linked to adult brain electrophysiology.
A large body of research has linked childhood family socioeconomic status (SES) to neurodevelopment in childhood and adolescence. However, it remains unclear to what extent childhood family SES relates to brain functioning in adulthood. To address this gap, the present study investigated the associations between retrospective accounts of objective and subjective childhood family SES and two well-established electrophysiological indices of brain functioning in adulthood-the MMN and P3b event-related potentials (ERP) components, as neural correlates of automatic change detection and cognitive control respectively. Higher objective childhood family SES, as proxied by parent educational attainment in childhood, was associated with larger (more positive) P3b amplitudes in adulthood. In contrast, there was no association between childhood parent educational attainment and the magnitude of MMN. Adult reports of subjective family SES during childhood were not related to the magnitude of MMN or P3b. These findings suggest that the links between childhood parent educational attainment and brain functioning may extend into adulthood, especially for brain functions supporting cognitive control. These results also imply that, when using retrospective accounts of childhood family SES, objective and subjective reports likely proxy different childhood experiences that have distinct links with specific neurodevelopmental outcomes, and that some of these links may not persist into adulthood. Our findings lay the groundwork for future investigations on how and why childhood family SES relates to brain functioning in adulthood.</AbstractText
[ [ "15131523", "The role of GABA in the pathophysiology and treatment of anxiety disorders.", "Mechanisms underlying the pathological characteristics of the various anxiety disorders have yet to be fully elucidated. One of the most widely accepted mediators known to play a central role in the pathophysio...
[ [ "38472551", "Ocrelizumab use in multiple sclerosis: a real-world experience in a changing therapeutic scenario.", "CD20-depleting therapies are a real milestone in the treatment of&#xa0;multiple sclerosis (MS). This study examined the ocrelizumab (OCR) use in patients with primary progressive (PP) and...
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Pyrrolidine Dithiocarbamate Ameliorates Sepsis-Associated Encephalopathy by Inhibiting Autophagy and Inflammation in the Brain.
Sepsis-associated encephalopathy (SAE) is common and has poor clinical outcome. Sepsis increases autophagy in the brain. This study was designed to determine the role of autophagy on SAE including the brain structures related to learning and memory and the effects of pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC), an anti-inflammatory agent, on autophagy and SAE. Six- to eight-week old CD-1 male mice were subjected to cecal ligation and puncture (CLP). Some mice received intracerebroventricular injection of the autophagy suppressor 3-methyladenine (3-MA) or intraperitoneal injection of PDTC immediately at the completion of the CLP. ELISA was used to measure interleukin (IL)-1&#x3b2;, IL-6, IL-10, and tumor necrosis factor &#x3b1;. Autophagy-related protein expression in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus was analyzed by Western blotting. The cognitive functions of mice were analyzed by Barnes maze and fear conditioning tests. CLP increased microtubuleassociated protein light chain 3 II (LC3II) and Beclin 1 and decreased p62 in the brain. CLP also increased proinflammatory cytokines and impaired learning and memory. These effects were inhibited by 3-MA and PDTC. Spine proliferation and maturation were impaired by CLP, which was attenuated by PDTC and 3MA. Abundant autophagic vacuoles were observed by transmission electron microscopy in CLP group. LC3II immunostaining was co-localized with that of ionized calcium-binding adapter molecule 1 and microtubule-associated protein-2. The co-staining was attenuated by 3-MA and PDTC. Our results suggest that sepsis increases autophagy in the microglia and neurons. Inhibiting autophagy improves SAE and brain structures related to learning and memory in mice. Autophagy and inflammation in the brain may regulate each other during sepsis.</AbstractText
[ [ "37331262", "Treatment outcomes of Veteran men in a comprehensive dialectical behavior therapy program: Characterizing sex differences in symptom trajectories.", "Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is one of the primary psychosocial treatments for reducing suicidal behaviors and improving psychosocial...
[ [ "40543407", "Exploring gastrocnemius medialis behavior during gait in children with cerebral palsy across different gait patterns.", "Children with spastic cerebral palsy show varied gait patterns and muscle morphological alterations. We explored gastrocnemius medialis behavior during gait in typicall...
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Selenium ameliorates mercuric chloride-induced brain damage through activating BDNF/TrKB/PI3K/AKT and inhibiting NF-κB signaling pathways.
Mercuric chloride (HgCl<sub
[ [ "3025747", "A new mechanism for induced vitamin D deficiency in calcium deprivation.", "Synthesis of vitamin D in the skin in response to ultraviolet light is the main determinant of vitamin D status in man and it is therefore surprising that rickets and osteomalacia, clinical signs of vitamin D defic...
[ [ "36685218", "Sources of residual autocorrelation in multiband task fMRI and strategies for effective mitigation.", "Analysis of task fMRI studies is typically based on using ordinary least squares within a voxel- or vertex-wise linear regression framework known as the general linear model. This use pr...
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Improvement of sensitivity and specificity for laminar BOLD fMRI with double spin-echo EPI in humans at 7 T.
Mapping mesoscopic cortical functional units such as columns or laminae is increasingly pursued by ultra-high field (UHF) functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The most popular approach for high-resolution fMRI is currently gradient-echo (GE) blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) fMRI. However, its spatial accuracy is reduced due to its sensitivity to draining vessels, including pial veins, whereas spin-echo (SE) BOLD signal is expected to have higher spatial accuracy, albeit with lower sensitivity than the GE-BOLD signal. Here, we introduce a new double spin-echo (dSE) echo-planar imaging (EPI) method to improve the sensitivity of SE-BOLD contrast by averaging two spin-echoes using three radiofrequency pulses. Human fMRI experiments were performed with slices perpendicular to the central sulcus between motor and sensory cortices at 7 T during fist-clenching with touching. First, we evaluated the feasibility of single-shot dSE-EPI for BOLD fMRI with 1.5&#xa0;mm isotropic resolution and found that dSE-BOLD fMRI has higher signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), temporal SNR (tSNR), and higher functional sensitivity than conventional SE-BOLD fMRI. Second, to investigate the laminar specificity of dSE-BOLD fMRI, we implemented a multi-shot approach to achieve 0.8-mm isotropic resolution with sliding-window reconstruction. Unlike GE-BOLD fMRI, the cortical profile of dSE-BOLD fMRI peaked at ~ 1.0&#xa0;mm from the surface of the primary motor and sensory cortices, demonstrating an improvement of laminar specificity in humans over GE-BOLD fMRI. The proposed multi-shot dSE-EPI method is viable for high spatial resolution UHF-fMRI studies in the pursuit of resolving mesoscopic functional units.</AbstractText
[ [ "32936488", "Segmented K-space blipped-controlled aliasing in parallel imaging for high spatiotemporal resolution EPI.", "A segmented k-space blipped-controlled aliasing in parallel imaging (skipped-CAIPI) sampling strategy for EPI is proposed, which allows for a flexible choice of EPI factor and phas...
[ [ "23103517", "Towards a neural circuit model of verbal humor processing: an fMRI study of the neural substrates of incongruity detection and resolution.", "The present study builds on our previous study within the framework of Wyer and Collin's comprehension-elaboration theory of humor processing. In t...
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Adaptive Matching Transmitter With Dual-Band Antenna for Intraoral Tongue Drive System.
The intraoral Tongue Drive System (iTDS) is a wireless assistive technology that detects users' voluntary tongue gestures, and converts them to user-defined commands, enabling them to access computers and navigate powered wheelchairs. In this paper, we presented a transmitter (Tx) with adaptive matching and three bands (27, 433, and 915&#xa0;MHz) to create a robust wireless link between iTDS and an external receiver (Rx) by addressing the effects of external RF interference and impedance variations of the Tx antenna in the dynamic mouth environment. The upper two Tx bands share a dual-band antenna, while the lower band drives a coil. The Tx antenna is simulated in a simplified human mouth model in HFSS as well as a real human head model. The adaptive triple-band Tx chip was fabricated in a 0.35-&#x3bc;m 4P2M standard CMOS process. The Tx chip and antenna have been characterized in a human subject as part of an iTDS prototype under open-and closed-mouth scenarios, which present the peak gain of -24.4 and -15.63 dBi at 433 and 915&#xa0;MHz, respectively. Two adaptive matching networks for these bands compensate variations of the Tx antenna impedance via a feedback mechanism. The measured S<sub
[ [ "23556919", "A prototype MR insertable brain PET using tileable GAPD arrays.", "The aim of this study was to develop a prototype magnetic resonance (MR)-compatible positron emission tomography (PET) that can be inserted into a MR imager and that allows simultaneous PET and MR imaging of the human brai...
[ [ "29446125", "Feasibility of high spatiotemporal resolution for an abbreviated 3D radial breast MRI protocol.", "To develop a volumetric imaging technique with 0.8-mm isotropic resolution and 10-s/volume rate to detect and analyze breast lesions in a bilateral, dynamic, contrast-enhanced MRI exam.</Abs...
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Forsythoside B ameliorates neuroinflammation via inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome of glial cells in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis mice.
Neuroinflammation mediated by glial cells plays a crucial role in demyelination in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), a multiple sclerosis (MS) model. Forsythoside B (FTS&#xb7;B), a natural phenylethanoid glycoside isolated from the dried fruits and leaves of Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl, has been found to have antioxidant, anti-apoptotic, and anti-inflammatory properties. However, there is currently no report or research on the effectiveness of FTS&#xb7;B treatment for EAE. The aim of this study was to investigate the neuroprotective properties of (FTS&#xb7;B) on EAE and reveal its potential mechanisms. Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein-induced EAE mice were randomly categorized into the control, EAE model, and FTS&#xb7;B treatment groups. Behavioral testing, pathology, immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence staining, and western blot analysis of spinal cord tissue were used to determine the effects and mechanisms of FTS&#xb7;B on EAE in mice. We found that FTS&#xb7;B treatment could significantly alleviate and reduce the clinical symptoms and morbidity of EAE, respectively. In addition, FTS&#xb7;B administration reduced inflammatory response and demyelination by inhibiting glial cell activation in the spinal cord of EAE mice. Further experiments confirmed that FTS&#xb7;B inhibited the formation of NLRP3 inflammasome in microglia and astrocytes, thereby suppressing neuroinflammation and GSDMD-mediated pyroptosis. Altogether, these results suggest that FTS&#xb7;B treatment attenuates central neuroinflammation and pyroptosis by inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome of glial cells in EAE mice.</AbstractText
[ [ "31740269", "Mitochondrial impairment activates the Wallerian pathway through depletion of NMNAT2 leading to SARM1-dependent axon degeneration.", "Wallerian degeneration of physically injured axons involves a well-defined molecular pathway linking loss of axonal survival factor NMNAT2 to activation of...
[ [ "39934999", "MacaqueNet: Advancing comparative behavioural research through large-scale collaboration.", "There is a vast and ever-accumulating amount of behavioural data on individually recognised animals, an incredible resource to shed light on the ecological and evolutionary drivers of variation in...
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Constitutive neuronal expression of CCR2 chemokine receptor and its colocalization with neurotransmitters in normal rat brain: functional effect of MCP-1/CCL2 on calcium mobilization in primary cultured neurons.
Chemokines and their receptors are well described in the immune system, where they promote cell migration and activation. In the central nervous system, chemokine has been implicated in neuroinflammatory processes. However, an increasing number of evidence suggests that they have regulatory functions in the normal nervous system, where they could participate in cell communication. In this work, using a semiquantitative immunohistochemistry approach, we provide the first neuroanatomical mapping of constitutive neuronal CCR2 localization. Neuronal expression of CCR2 was observed in the anterior olfactory nucleus, cerebral cortex, hippocampal formation, caudate putamen, globus pallidus, supraoptic and paraventricular hypothalamic nuclei, amygdala, substantia nigra, ventral tegmental area, and in the brainstem and cerebellum. These data are largely in accordance with results obtained using quantitative autoradiography with [(125)I]MCP-1/CCL2 and RT-PCR CCR2 mRNA analysis. Furthermore, using dual fluorescent immunohistochemistry we studied the chemical phenotype of labeled neurons and demonstrated the coexistence of CCR2 with classical neurotransmitters. Indeed, localization of CCR2 immunostaining is observed in dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta and in the ventral tegmental area as well as in cholinergic neurons in the substantia innominata and caudate putamen. Finally, we show that the preferential CCR2 ligand, MCP-1/CCL2, elicits Ca(2+) transients in primary cultured neurons from various rat brain regions including the cortex, hippocampus, hypothalamus, and mesencephalon. In conclusion, the constitutive neuronal CCR2 expression in selective brain structures suggests that this receptor could be involved in neuronal communication and possibly associated with cholinergic and dopaminergic neurotransmission and related disorders.</AbstractText
[ [ "36857176", "Positive and negative allosteric modulation of GluK2 kainate receptors by BPAM344 and antiepileptic perampanel.", "Kainate receptors (KARs) are a subtype of ionotropic glutamate receptors that control synaptic transmission in the central nervous system and are implicated in neurological, ...
[ [ "38010204", "Associations between white matter integrity of the cingulum bundle, surrounding gray matter regions, and cognition across the dementia continuum.", "Previous Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD) research studies have illustrated the significance of studying alterations in w...
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in pregnancy: the use of modified RT-QuIC to determine infectivity in placental tissues.
Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (sCJD) rarely affects women of childbearing age. There is currently no evidence of vertical transmission. Given the biosafety implications of performing Caesarean sections (C-section) in these patients, we used sensitive real-time quaking-induced conversion (RT-QuIC) assays to test for the infectious prion protein (PrP<sup
[ [ "29186501", "The Amygdala as a Locus of Pathologic Misfolding in Neurodegenerative Diseases.", "Over the course of most common neurodegenerative diseases the amygdala accumulates pathologically misfolded proteins. Misfolding of 1 protein in aged brains often is accompanied by the misfolding of other p...
[ [ "33143627", "Diabetes and Its Complications: Therapies Available, Anticipated and Aspired.", "Worldwide, diabetes ranks among the ten leading causes of mortality. Prevalence of diabetes is growing rapidly in low and middle income countries. It is a progressive disease leading to serious co-morbidities...
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