Injectable Hierarchical Bioactive Hydrogels with Fibroblast Growth Factor 21/Edaravone/Caffeic Acid Asynchronous Delivery for Treating Parkinson's Disease by Junpeng Xu, Peng Dai, Chen Zhang, Na Dong, Caiyan Li, Chonghui Tang, Zhihao Jin, Shih‐Ho Lin, Luyang Ye, Tianmiao Sun, Yukai Jin, Fenzan Wu, Lihua Luo, Ping Wu, Shengcun Li, Xiaokun Li, Shan‐hui Hsu, Dawei Jiang, Zhouguang Wang

“…The triple‐loaded hydrogel is injected into the brains of PD rats, showing behavioral improvement. …”
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When Stroke Disguises as Dementia: A Case of Missed Cerebral Venous Thrombosis by Tina Moghadam Fard, Mehrnaz Hosseinzadeh, MohammadAli Shokri, Mostafa Almasi‐Dooghaee, Fatemeh Sadat Mirfazeli

“…She was reevaluated by a neurologist, and her cognitive test results were impaired. Her brain MRI revealed a previously undetected left transverse sinus cerebral venous thrombosis with subcortical white matter lesions. …”
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Interpreting Intervention Induced Neuroplasticity with fMRI: The Case for Multimodal Imaging Strategies by Lee B. Reid, Roslyn N. Boyd, Ross Cunnington, Stephen E. Rose

“…Direct measurement of recovery from brain injury is an important goal in neurorehabilitation, and requires reliable, objective, and interpretable measures of changes in brain function, referred to generally as “neuroplasticity.” …”
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Hyperechogenicity of the Substantia Nigra in Parkinson’s Disease: Insights from Two Brothers with Markedly Different Disease Durations by Julie M. Hall, Matthew J. Georgiades, Deborah A. Hammond, Xiaoting Feng, Ahmed A. Moustafa, Simon J. G. Lewis, Gabrielle Todd

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Assessing the Impact of Physical Activity on Dementia Progression Using Clustering and the MRI-Based Kullback–Leibler Divergence by Agnieszka Wosiak, Małgorzata Krzywicka, Katarzyna Żykwińska

“…Our findings suggest that a higher BMI and greater muscle mass may slow down brain atrophy, suggesting a protective effect on the brain. …”
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A light in the darkness: Early phases of development and the emergence of cognition by Elisa Cainelli, Giulia Stramucci, Patrizia Bisiacchi

“…However, the specific nature of the human nervous system, intended for brain plasticity that is varied by brain area and prolonged over time, requires much time for environmental experiences to shape the cerebral circuitries. …”
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A left-to-right bias in number-space mapping across ages and cultures by Elena Eccher, Mathilde Josserand, Serge Caparos, Esther Boissin, Marco Buiatti, Manuela Piazza, Giorgio Vallortigara

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A systematic review of progenitor survival and maturation in Parkinsonian models by Giulia Comini, Eilís Dowd

“…Stem cell–based brain repair is a promising emergent therapy for Parkinson’s disease based on years of foundational research using human fetal donors as a cell source. …”
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Classification of Resting-State Status Based on Sample Entropy and Power Spectrum of Electroencephalography (EEG) by Ahmed M. A. Mohamed, Osman N. Uçan, Oğuz Bayat, Adil Deniz Duru

“…An electroencephalogram (EEG) is a significant source of diagnosing brain issues. It is also a mediator between the external world and the brain, especially in the case of any mental illness; however, it has been widely used to monitor the dynamics of the brain in healthy subjects. …”
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Radiation-Induced Growth Retardation and Microstructural and Metabolite Abnormalities in the Hippocampus by Shaefali P. Rodgers, Janice A. Zawaski, Iman Sahnoune, J. Leigh Leasure, M. Waleed Gaber

“…Cranial radiotherapy (CRT) increases survival in pediatric brain-tumor patients but can cause deleterious effects. …”
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Neurocognitive dynamics and behavioral differences of symmetry and asymmetry processing in working memory: insights from fNIRS by Izabela Maria Sztuka, Simone Kühn

“…Neuroimaging data showed distinct brain activation patterns when participants processed symmetrical stimuli, particularly in the memory-straining condition. …”
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Plasma phospho-tau217 as a predictive biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease in a large south American cohort by Neetesh Pandey, Zikun Yang, Basilio Cieza, Dolly Reyes-Dumeyer, Min Suk Kang, Rosa Montesinos, Marcio Soto-Añari, Nilton Custodio, Lawrence S. Honig, Giuseppe Tosto

“…Compared to other p-tau isoforms, plasma p-tau217 exhibits stronger associations with AD hallmarks in CSF and brain. However, most studies have been conducted in non-Hispanic Whites, limiting our understanding of the performances and utility of these biomarkers across ethnicities. …”
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Remimazolam Suppresses Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis in Cerebral Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury by Regulating AKT/GSK-3β/NRF2 Pathway by Duan M, Yu N, Liu J, Zhao Y, Zhang J, Song S, Wang S

“…Decreased GSH-Px, SOD and Elevated MDA, ROS induced by OGD/R-injured SY5Y cells and brain I/R-injured rats were moderated by remimazolam. …”
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Modulation of glymphatic system by visual circuit activation alleviates memory impairment and apathy in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease by Wen Wu, Yubai Zhao, Xin Cheng, Xiaoru Xie, Yixiu Zeng, Quan Tao, Yishuai Yang, Chuan Xiao, Zhan Zhang, Jiahui Pang, Jian Jin, Hongbo He, Yangyang Lin, Boxing Li, Junxian Ma, Xiaojing Ye, Wei-Jye Lin

“…Our findings reveal that light treatment prevents memory decline in 4-month-old 5xFAD mice and motivation loss in 14-month-old 5xFAD mice, accompanied by restoration of glial water channel aquaporin-4 polarity, improved brain drainage efficiency, and a reduction in hippocampal lipid accumulation. …”
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Effects of Simultaneously Performed Dual-Task Training with Aerobic Exercise and Working Memory Training on Cognitive Functions and Neural Systems in the Elderly by Hikaru Takeuchi, Daniele Magistro, Yuka Kotozaki, Kosuke Motoki, Keyvan Kashkouli Nejad, Rui Nouchi, Hyeonjeong Jeong, Chiho Sato, Salvatore Sessa, Ryoichi Nagatomi, Massimiliano Zecca, Atsuo Takanishi, Ryuta Kawashima

“…SDAEWMT also resulted in an increase in brain activity during the 2-back working memory task in brain areas involved in attentional reorientation. …”
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Memantine Differentially Regulates Tau Phosphorylation Induced by Chronic Restraint Stress of Varying Duration in Mice by Yunsheng Liu, Lan Cao, Xiaoxu Zhang, Yan Liang, Yuxia Xu, Cuiqing Zhu

“…CRS administered for 16 or 28 consecutive days (1 h daily) induced significant tau phosphorylation in the brain. MEM treatment suppressed the elevation of phosphorylated tau (P-tau) levels induced by 16-day CRS in a dose-dependent manner. …”
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H3K9 post-translational modifications regulate epiblast/primitive endoderm specification in rabbit blastocysts by Wilhelm Bouchereau, Hong-Thu Pham, Worawalan Samruan, Van-Hong Vu, Thierry Joly, Marielle Afanassieff, Pierre Savatier, Rangsun Parnpai, Nathalie Beaujean

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Low-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Stroke-Induced Upper Limb Motor Deficit: A Meta-Analysis by Lan Zhang, Guoqiang Xing, Shiquan Shuai, Zhiwei Guo, Huaping Chen, Morgan A. McClure, Xiaojuan Chen, Qiwen Mu

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Extracting the fingerprints of sequences of random rhythmic auditory stimuli from electrophysiological data. by Fernando A Najman, Antonio Galves, Marcela Svarc, Claudia D Vargas

“…It has been classically conjectured that the brain assigns probabilistic models to sequences of stimuli. …”
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Editorial: Artificial intelligence applications for cancer diagnosis in radiology by Abhirup Banerjee, Abhirup Banerjee, Hongming Shan, Ruibin Feng

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