Near-infrared spectroscopy–guided personalized repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for bipolar depression: a case report by Chun-Hung Chang, Chun-Hung Chang, Chun-Hung Chang, Wen-Chun Liu, Po-Han Chou

“…However, few reliable predictors or biomarkers are available for personalizing treatment protocols on the basis of a patient’s brain function. Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), a noninvasive neuroimaging tool that assesses functional changes in the brain during cognitive tasks, can measure a patient’s bilateral frontal lobe function in real time. …”
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DeepReducer: A linear transformer-based model for MEG denoising by Hui Xu, Li Zheng, Pan Liao, Bingjiang Lyu, Jia-Hong Gao

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Machine learning-driven identification of critical gene programs and key transcription factors in migraine by Lei Zhang, Yujie Li, Yunhao Xu, Wei Wang, Guangyu Guo

“…Following the annotation of brain region expression profiles and gene programs to the genome, we employed stratified linkage disequilibrium score regression (S-LDSC) to assess the associations between brain regions, gene programs, and migraine-related SNPs. …”
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Antenatal Steroids and the IUGR Fetus: Are Exposure and Physiological Effects on the Lung and Cardiovascular System the Same as in Normally Grown Fetuses? by Janna L. Morrison, Kimberley J. Botting, Poh Seng Soo, Erin V. McGillick, Jennifer Hiscock, Song Zhang, I. Caroline McMillen, Sandra Orgeig

“…The ability of the placenta or blood brain barrier to remove glucocorticoids from the fetal compartment or the brain is compromised in the IUGR fetus, which may have implications for lung, brain, and heart development. …”
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Refining α-synuclein seed amplification assays to distinguish Parkinson’s disease from multiple system atrophy by James A. Wiseman, Clinton P. Turner, Richard L. M. Faull, Glenda M. Halliday, Birger Victor Dieriks

“…Methods Optimal RT-QuIC assay conditions for α-Syn seeds extracted from PD and MSA patient brains were determined, and assay kinetics were assessed for α-Syn seeds from different pathologically relevant brain regions (medulla, substantia nigra, hippocampus, middle temporal gyrus, and cerebellum). …”
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fMRI Study on the Functional Connectivity of Nucleus Accumbens in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis by Yang XIAO, Jiao LIU, kun HU, Meiqin LIN, Youxue TU, Jing TAO, Lidian CHEN, Jia HUANG

“…Functional connectivity between bilateral nucleus accumbens and whole brain volume were analyzed in the two groups. Compared to the healthy control group, increased rsFC was found between bilateral NAc and bilateral anterior cingulate cortex, the left caudate and the right temporal pole. …”
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Morphological Neuroimaging Biomarkers for Tinnitus: Evidence Obtained by Applying Machine Learning by Yawen Liu, Haijun Niu, Jianming Zhu, Pengfei Zhao, Hongxia Yin, Heyu Ding, Shusheng Gong, Zhenghan Yang, Han Lv, Zhenchang Wang

“…For each subject, the gray matter volume of 61 brain regions was extracted as an original feature pool. …”
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Neuroprotective effects of quercetin on hippocampal CA1 neurons following middle cerebral artery ischemia‒reperfusion in male rats: a behavioral, biochemical, and histological stud... by Mehran Mahyar, Erfan Ghadirzadeh, Pedram Nezhadnaderi, Zahrasadat Moayedi, Parniyan Maboud, Arvin Ebrahimi, Ali Siahposht-Khachaki, Narges Karimi

“…Abstract Introduction Cerebral ischemic strokes cause brain damage, primarily through inflammatory factors. …”
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Effect of exogenous free Nε-(carboxymethyl)lysine on diabetes-associated cognitive dysfunction: neuroinflammation, and metabolic disorders by Huang Zhang, Lan Mo, Xi Chen, Mei Li, Maiquan Li, Yang Xu, Maomao Zeng, Zhiyong He, Qingwu Shen, Jie Chen, Wei Quan

“…In details, exogenous CML increased levels of oxidative stress, promoted the activation of glial cells in the brain, up-regulated the release of inflammatory cytokines interleukin-6, inhibited the protein expression of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor and thus led to neuroinflammation. …”
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Differences in central dopamine, but not serotonin, activity and welfare associated with age but not with preening cup use in commercial grow-out Pekin duck barns by M.M. Bergman, J.M. Schober, R. Novak, A. Grief, C. Plue, D. Frey, H. Parnin, G.S. Fraley

“…The brains were hemisected and dissected in three brain areas: caudal mesencephalon (CM), rostral mesencephalon (RM), and diencephalon (DI). …”
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Impairment of cocaine-mediated behaviours in mice by clinically relevant Ras-ERK inhibitors by Alessandro Papale, Ilaria Maria Morella, Marzia Tina Indrigo, Rick Eugene Bernardi, Livia Marrone, Francesca Marchisella, Andrea Brancale, Rainer Spanagel, Riccardo Brambilla, Stefania Fasano

“…Ras-ERK signalling in the brain plays a central role in drug addiction. However, to date, no clinically relevant inhibitor of this cascade has been tested in experimental models of addiction, a necessary step toward clinical trials. …”
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Automated cell annotation in multi-cell images using an improved CRF_ID algorithm by Hyun Jee Lee, Jingting Liang, Shivesh Chaudhary, Sihoon Moon, Zikai Yu, Taihong Wu, He Liu, Myung-Kyu Choi, Yun Zhang, Hang Lu

“…Previously, we developed an automated cell identification method called CRF_ID and demonstrated its high performance in Caenorhabditis elegans whole-brain images (Chaudhary et al., 2021). However, because the method was optimized for whole-brain imaging, comparable performance could not be guaranteed for application in commonly used C. elegans multi-cell images that display a subpopulation of cells. …”
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Anatomical and Functional MRI Changes after One Year of Auditory Rehabilitation with Hearing Aids by M. R. Pereira-Jorge, K. C. Andrade, F. X. Palhano-Fontes, P. R. B. Diniz, M. Sturzbecher, A. C. Santos, D. B. Araujo

“…Our data provide the first evidence that one year of HA use is related to functional and anatomical brain changes, notably in auditory and language systems, extending to multimodal cortices.…”
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Amyloid-β and heart failure in Alzheimer’s disease: the new vistas by Hayder M. Al-Kuraishy, Ghassan M. Sulaiman, Hamdoon A. Mohammed, Sohaib G. Mohammed, Ali I. Al-Gareeb, Ali K. Albuhadily, Retaj A. Dawood, Amer Al Ali, Mohammed H. Abu-Alghayth

“…Of note, Aβ is not only originated from the brain but also produced peripherally and, via the blood–brain barrier (BBB), can accumulate in the brain and result in the development of AD. …”
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Diagnosis and treatment of descending optic neuritis developed as a manifestation of local viral encephalitis (a clinical case) by N.V. Korsakova, E.I. Korsakova

“…Unfortunately, for practicing ophthalmologists and neurologists it is difficult to find a relationship between optical neuritis and inflammation of the brain tissue (especially when it is limited by a certain part of the brain) which underlies the diagnosis of opticoencephalitis. …”
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In Vivo Structural and Functional Abnormalities of the Striatums Is Related to Decreased Astrocytic BDNF in Itpr2-/- Mice Exhibiting Depressive-Like Behavior by Shanmei Zeng, Kai Liu, Jingyu Zhang, Chunhui Chen, Yihua Xu, Yulan Wu, Yanjia Deng, Xuegang Sun, Ge Wen, Linlin Jing

“…Voxel-based morphometry and seed-based voxel-wise functional connectivity (FC) were, respectively, calculated to assess the gray matter volume and the functional activities of the brain in vivo. Second, the sample of relevant changed brain regions was extracted to detect the expression of BDNF. …”
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The Left Superior Longitudinal Fasciculus within the Primary Sensory Area of Inferior Parietal Lobe Plays a Role in Dysgraphia of Kana Omission within Sentences by Nobusada Shinoura, Akira Midorikawa, Toshiyuki Onodera, Ryozi Yamada, Yusuke Tabei, Yasumitsu Onda, Chihiro Itoi, Seiko Saito, Kazuo Yagi

“…Functional neurological changes after surgery combined with diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) tractography can directly provide evidence of anatomical localization of brain function. Using these techniques, a patient with dysgraphia before surgery was analyzed at our hospital in 2011. …”
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Gestational Choriocarcinoma Presenting with Lacrimal Gland Metastasis: A First Reported Case by Naushad A. B. Ahamed, Khalid Sait, Nisreen Anfnan, Khader Farwan, S. H. M. Nizamuddin, Saleh S. Baeesa

“…A metastatic imaging screening revealed multiple metastases in the lungs, brain, and adrenal gland, in addition to the choroid and lacrimal gland. …”
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PKA Inhibitor H89 (N-[2-p-bromocinnamylamino-ethyl]-5-isoquinolinesulfonamide) Attenuates Synaptic Dysfunction and Neuronal Cell Death following Ischemic Injury by Juhyun Song, So Yeong Cheon, Won Taek Lee, Kyung Ah Park, Jong Eun Lee

“…The data suggest that H89 may contribute to brain recovery after ischemic stroke by regulating neuronal death and proteins related to synaptic plasticity.…”
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Nanoparticle Therapy Is a Promising Approach in the Management and Prevention of Many Diseases: Does It Help in Curing Alzheimer Disease? by Lamyaa M. Kassem, Nada A. Ibrahim, S. Ayesha Farhana

“…Treatment of brain diseases is always limited by the physiological nature of the highly selective blood-brain barrier (BBB) and the electrostatic charge of the nanoporous extracellular matrix. …”
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