Technology first, sustainability later: a systematic review on the literature on the policy development of China’s smart city strategy by Ke Ge, Felix Creutzig, Marie Josefine Hintz

“…We suggest that mutual learning is possible by combining the net zero strategy and sustainable city strategy of cities like Copenhagen, Nairobi, Singapore and Toronto with the urban brain strategy of cities like Hangzhou.…”
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Dynamic Variation in Hippocampal Metabolism after Acute Stress Exposure: An In Vivo Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study at 9.4 T by Yoon Ho Hwang, Min-Hee Lee, Chang-Soo Yun, Yong-Tae Kim, Hyeon-Man Baek, Bong Soo Han, Dong Youn Kim

“…They have analyzed the metabolic alterations in the brain at a particular time after acute stress. This study explored the temporal variations of the brain metabolites in the hippocampus after acute restraint stress using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. …”
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Atypical early neural responses to native and non-native language in infants at high likelihood for developing autism by Lauren Wagner, Megan Banchik, Tawny Tsang, Nana J. Okada, Rebecca Altshuler, Nicole McDonald, Susan Y. Bookheimer, Shafali S. Jeste, Shulamite Green, Mirella Dapretto

“…Infants were presented with native (English) and novel (Japanese) speech while sleeping naturally in the scanner. Whole-brain and a priori region-of-interest analyses were conducted to evaluate neural differences in language processing based on likelihood group and language condition. …”
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A novel proficiency test to assess the animal diagnostic investigation process in identifying an unknown toxicant by Andriy Tkachenko, Yang Chen, Marissa Petrey, Scott Fritz, Tim Walsh, David Rotstein, Megan R. Miller, Bruce Williams, Michael Dark, Matthew Kmet, Ravinder Reddy, Gregory Tyson, Sarah M. Nemser

“…VDLs received a case description outlining neurological signs in cattle, a digitized brain histology slide, and liver and brain tissue samples for optional chemistry analysis. …”
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Regulation of energy balance by leptin as an adiposity signal and modulator of the reward system by Roshanak Asgari, Maria Caceres-Valdiviezo, Sally Wu, Laurie Hamel, Bailey E. Humber, Sri Mahavir Agarwal, Paul J. Fletcher, Stephanie Fulton, Margaret K. Hahn, Sandra Pereira

“…Major Conclusions: Additional research is necessary to understand how pathways engaged by leptin in different brain regions are interconnected in the control of energy balance.…”
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Multiple-Wearable-Sensor-Based Gait Classification and Analysis in Patients with Neurological Disorders by Wei-Chun Hsu, Tommy Sugiarto, Yi-Jia Lin, Fu-Chi Yang, Zheng-Yi Lin, Chi-Tien Sun, Chun-Lung Hsu, Kuan-Nien Chou

“…The 20 subjects selected to participate in this study were separated into two groups: stroke patients (11) and patients with neurological disorders other than stroke (brain concussion, spinal injury, or brain hemorrhage) (9). …”
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Exploring the role of metabolic pathways in TNBC immunotherapy: insights from single-cell and spatial transcriptomics by Shi-liang Chen, Yi-Ran Fei, Yi-Ran Fei, Xin-xian Cai, Xin-xian Cai, Cong Wang, Shi-yuan Tong, Zhe-zhong Zhang, Yan-xia Huang, Dan-dan Bian, Yi-bo He, Xiao-xiao Yang

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Immortalized Mesenchymal Stem Cells: A Safe Cell Source for Cellular or Cell Membrane-Based Treatment of Glioma by Yuxuan Zhang, Jie Liu, Yunzhao Mo, Zetao Chen, Taoliang Chen, Yan Li, Yaofeng Zheng, Shaokang Deng, Xiangdong Xu, Huajian Chen, Haoqi He, Jiansheng Chen, Tao Jin, Xinlin Sun, Yiquan Ke, Jihui Wang

“…Next, the engineered cells were injected into the brain of female BALB/c nude mice. Finally, the cell membranes of im-MSCs were labeled with DiO or DiR to detect their ability to be taken up by glioma cells and target in situ gliomas using the IVIS system. …”
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Associations of plasma biomarkers with cerebral perfusion and structure in Alzheimer’s disease by Yong He, Xiaojiao Liu, Fang Liu, Ping Che, Yanxin Zhang, Ruxue Fan, Yuan Li, Wen Qin, Nan Zhang

“…Plasma biomarkers exhibited varied correlations with brain perfusion, GM volume, and WM integrity and predicted their longitudinal changes in AD patients, suggesting their potential to reflect functional and structural changes and to monitor pathophysiological progression in the brain.…”
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Prevalence of anhedonia in women with deep endometriosis by Aida Mallorquí, Alessandra Fortuna, Emma Segura, Gemma Cardona, Marta Espinosa, Lara Quintas-Marquès, Meritxell Gracia, Elena Angulo-Antúnez, Francisco Carmona, María-Angeles Martínez-Zamora

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Sleep profile in patients with septo-optic-pituitary dysplasia: protocol for a prospective cohort study by Romina Romaniello, Sabrina Signorini, Elena Ballante, Valentina Franco, Valentina De Giorgis, Ludovica Pasca, Guido Catalano, Federica Morelli, Carlo Alberto Quaranta, Helene Vitali, Francesca Dattrino, Francesca Crema, Paola Rota, Costanza Varesio

“…Both anomalies in midline brain structures and decreased visual input could potentially impact melatonin secretion, although a distinct melatonin profile for SOD patients has yet to be identified. …”
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Outcomes and predictors of unplanned intensive care unit admission for pediatric trauma patients by Tyler Liang, MD, Areg Grigorian, MD, Robert Painter, MD, James Jeng, MD, Theresa Chin, MD, Laura F. Goodman, MD MPH, Yigit S. Guner, MD, Catherine Kuza, MD, Jeffry Nahmias, MD MHPE

“…Significant predictors of UIA include ureteral, esophageal and brain injury.…”
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PD-1 suppresses human CD38+ circulating Tfr cells and regulates humoral immunity by Heng Zhang, Hui Zheng, Lin Guo, Ying Tong, Xiaolu Ma, Yanchun Wang, Renquan Lu, Cuncun Chen, Suhong Xie

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A novel anti-epileptogenesis strategy of temporal lobe epilepsy based on nitric oxide donor by Xian-Hui Zhu, Ya-Ping Zhou, Qiao Zhang, Ming-Yi Zhu, Xiao-Wei Song, Jun Li, Jiang Chen, Yun Shi, Kang-Jian Sun, Yong-Jie Zhang, Jing Zhang, Tian Xia, Bao-Sheng Huang, Fan Meng, Qi-Gang Zhou

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Platelets tune fear memory in mice by Stefano Garofalo, Alessandro Mormino, Letizia Mazzarella, Germana Cocozza, Arianna Rinaldi, Erika Di Pietro, Maria Amalia Di Castro, Eleonora De Felice, Laura Maggi, Giuseppina Chece, Diego Andolina, Rossella Ventura, Donald Ielpo, Roberto Piacentini, Myriam Catalano, Lucia Stefanini, Cristina Limatola

“…Summary: Several lines of evidence have shown that platelet-derived factors are key molecules in brain-body communication in pathological conditions. …”
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Two distinct neural pathways for mechanical versus digital technology by Giovanni Federico, Mathieu Lesourd, Arnaud Fournel, Alexandre Bluet, Chloé Bryche, Maximilien Metaireau, Dario Baldi, Maria Antonella Brandimonte, Andrea Soricelli, Yves Rossetti, François Osiurak

“…Results revealed a key dissociation: mechanical tools extensively activated the dorsal and ventro-dorsal visual streams, which are motor- and action-oriented brain systems. Conversely, digital tools largely engaged the ventral visual stream, associated with conceptual and social cognition. …”
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Closing the gap in dementia research by community-based cohort studies in the Chinese populationResearch in context by Xiaowen Zhou, Zhenxu Xiao, Wanqing Wu, Yuntao Chen, Changzheng Yuan, Yue Leng, Yao Yao, Qianhua Zhao, Albert Hofman, Eric Brunner, Ding Ding

“…We identified critical research gaps and propose future directions, including enhancing sample representativeness, investigating China-specific risk factors, expanding exposure measurements to the whole life-span, collecting objective data, conducting administer-friendly domain-specific cognitive assessments, adopting pathological diagnostic criteria, standardizing biobank construction, verifying multi-modal biomarkers, examining social and genetic-environmental aspects, and monitoring post-COVID cognitive health, to approach high quality of dementia studies that can provide solid evidence to policy making and promote global brain health research.…”
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Acute effects of physical exercise on cognitive function and neurotrophins in patients with type 1 diabetes: A systematic review by Emanuele Zanardo, Giulia Quinto, Francesca Battista, Federica Duregon, Marco Vecchiato, Chiara Bergia, Kirk Erickson, Andrea Ermolao, Daniel Neunhaeuserer

“…In contrast, higher levels of neurotrophins, such as brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), may be associated with better brain health. …”
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The transcriptional response of cortical neurons to concussion reveals divergent fates after injury by Mor R. Alkaslasi, Eliza Y. H. Lloyd, Austin S. Gable, Hanna Silberberg, Hector E. Yarur, Valerie S. Tsai, Mira Sohn, Gennady Margolin, Hugo A. Tejeda, Claire E. Le Pichon

“…Abstract Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a risk factor for neurodegeneration, however little is known about how this kind of injury alters neuron subtypes. …”
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Exploring Cortical Thickness Alteration in Parkinson Disease Patients with Freezing of Gaits by E. Li, Xiuhang Ruan, Yuting Li, Guoqin Zhang, Mengyan Li, Xinhua Wei

“…The cortical thickness (CTh), segmentation volume without ventricles (BrainSegVolNotVent) and estimated total intracranial volume (eTIV) were analysed using the FreeSurfer pipeline. …”
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