Pediatric optic neuritis: literature review by S. Bubnytė, J. Andrulionytė

“…In children, optic neuritis is rarely associated with multiple sclerosis, more often it can be associated with specific infections, such as diseases of the adjacent sinuses or orbital structures and infectious or infiltrative diseases of the brain or meninges, or it may develop as a separate pathological condition. …”
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West Syndrome in an Infant with Complete Corpus Callosal Agenesis by S. Sheetal, Nikhil Gladson, Rakesh John, Yamuna P. Kurup

“…Hereby, we describe the case of a female infant who presented with IS; EEG showed a modified hypsarrhythmia pattern in the form of burst suppression, and magnetic resonance imaging brain showed complete corpus callosal agenesis. She was initiated on injection of adrenocorticotropic hormone and showed marked improvement in epileptic spasms.…”
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Descartes on Natural Signs and the Case of Sensory Perception

“…The objective of this paper is to counter this view and present two related points: first, Descartes’ identification of brain states with signs established by nature in the Treatise on Light (AT XI.4/G.4) amounts to a genuine attempt at understanding the causal structure of sensory perception. …”
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Plastin Family of Actin-Bundling Proteins: Its Functions in Leukocytes, Neurons, Intestines, and Cancer by Hiroto Shinomiya

“…T-plastin is expressed in cells from solid tissues, such as neurons in the brain. I-plastin expression is restricted to intestine and kidney; the isoform plays a vital role in the function of absorptive epithelia in these organs. …”
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Development of Action and the Clinical Continuum by Brian Hopkins

“…Particular attention is paid to early detection and it is recommended that further improvements to this aspect of the clinical continuum can be derived from combining serial qualitative and quantitative (kinematic) assessments with brain-imaging techniques. It is emphasized that quantitative assessments should incorporate experimental manipulations of perception, movement or posture during transitional periods in development. …”
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A Case Report of Acupuncture Treatment on Antiphospholipid Syndrome Complicated by Cerebral Infarction by Chaoji XU, Jian ZHENG

“…The patient was treated with acupuncture to promote consciousness restoration, reduce intracranial pressure and decrease brain oedema. In total, the patient underwent 24 session of acupuncture along with regular therapies.Results:After four acupuncture sessions, the patient regained spontaneous breathing, weaned off mechanical ventilation subsequently and successfully extubated. …”
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Intracavitary Irradiation as a Safe Alternative for Cystic Craniopharyngiomas: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Alejandro Enriquez-Marulanda, Melibea Sierra-Ruiz, Luz Maritza Pabón, Javier Lobato-Polo

“…There are many treatment alternatives; however one of them (intracavitary irradiation) seeks to control this type of benign brain tumor using minimally invasive techniques, with the specific aim of avoiding causing significant damage to important structures surrounding the sellar/suprasellar region. …”
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Combined Therapy for Distant Metastasis of Sacral Chordoma by Birol Özkal, Can Yaldız, Peyker Temiz, Cüneyt Temiz

“…Metastasis of chordomas is common in liver, lung, lymph nodes, peritoneum, and brain. The treatment approaches, including surgery, have been discussed in the literature before. …”
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Eikenella corrodens Sepsis with Cerebrospinal Fluid Pleocytosis in a Very Low Birth Weight Neonate by Christopher Sawyer, Dimitrios Angelis, Robert Bennett

“…The patient presented with signs and symptoms of sepsis and was treated for suspected meningitis with intravenous ampicillin and gentamicin for 7 days, with cefotaxime added for three weeks. He had a normal brain MRI at discharge and normal development at 6 months of life. …”
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A data-motivated density-dependent diffusion model of in vitro glioblastoma growth by Tracy L. Stepien, Erica M. Rutter, Yang Kuang

“…Glioblastoma multiforme is an aggressive brain cancer that is extremely fatal. It is characterized by both proliferation and large amounts of migration, which contributes to the difficulty of treatment. …”
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Anti-amphiphysin antibody-induced paraneoplastic-autoimmune encephalitis: case report and literature review by E. Kavaliauskaitė, R. Mameniškienė

“… Anti-amphiphysin antibody-induced encephalitis is an immune-mediated inflammatory disease of the brain caused by onconeuronal antibodies. Amphiphysin antibodies are associated with various paraneoplastic neurological syndromes and tumours. …”
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CBGTPy: An extensible cortico-basal ganglia-thalamic framework for modeling biological decision making. by Matthew Clapp, Jyotika Bahuguna, Cristina Giossi, Jonathan E Rubin, Timothy Verstynen, Catalina Vich

“…Here we introduce CBGTPy, a virtual environment for designing and testing goal-directed agents with internal dynamics that are modeled on the cortico-basal-ganglia-thalamic (CBGT) pathways in the mammalian brain. CBGTPy enables researchers to investigate the internal dynamics of the CBGT system during a variety of tasks, allowing for the formation of testable predictions about animal behavior and neural activity. …”
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Prevention and Regression of Atherosclerosis: Emerging Treatments by Aliosvi Rodríguez Rodríguez, Gretchen Rodríguez Jaime

“…Atherosclerosis destabilizes the normal protective mechanism provided by the endothelium and this mechanism has been involved in the pathophysiology of acute coronary disease and brain stroke. Main efforts focus on prevention, especially at early ages. …”
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A Study on the 3D Hopfield Neural Network Model via Nonlocal Atangana–Baleanu Operators by Shahram Rezapour, Pushpendra Kumar, Vedat Suat Erturk, Sina Etemad

“…Hopfield neural network (HNN) is considered as an artificial model derived from the brain structures and it is an important model that admits an adequate performance in neurocomputing. …”
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An Extremely Rare Cause of Isolated Congenital Anosmia by Chia Saw, Noel David Friesen, Anthony Bartley

“…A “noncontrast high-resolution MRI-brain scan with Anosmia-Protocol” was requested as the first-line investigation of choice by the treating paediatrician. …”
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Speech and the Right Hemisphere by E. M. R. Critchley

“…Two facts are well recognized: the location of the speech centre with respect to handedness and early brain damage, and the involvement of the right hemisphere in certain cognitive functions including verbal humour, metaphor interpretation, spatial reasoning and abstract concepts. …”
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Understanding glioblastoma at the single-cell level: Recent advances and future challenges. by Yahaya A Yabo, Dieter Henrik Heiland

“…Glioblastoma, the most aggressive and prevalent form of primary brain tumor, is characterized by rapid growth, diffuse infiltration, and resistance to therapies. …”
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Correction: CD2AP deficiency aggravates Alzheimer’s disease phenotypes and pathology through p38 MAPK activation by Yan-Yan Xue, Zhe-Sheng Zhang, Rong-Rong Lin, Hui-Fen Huang, Ke-Qing Zhu, Dian-Fu Chen, Zhi-Ying Wu, Qing-Qing Tao

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Stupidity in Polish and Bulgarian Phraseologisms with a ‘Head’ Component by Joanna Mleczko

“…These phrasemes can be categorised into two main groups: (a) those reflecting faults in the functioning of the mental apparatus, and (b) those indicating the absence of a brain or its substitution with low-value replacements. …”
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The Many Difficulties and Subtleties in the Cognitive Assessment of Chronic Hepatitis C Infection by Jefferson Abrantes, Daniel Simplicio Torres, Carlos Eduardo Brandão – Mello

“…Often, patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) complain of cognitive impairment even before the development of hepatic cirrhosis, which they described as “brain fog.” Several studies have proposed a link between chronic HCV infection and the development of cognitive alterations, but the inclusion of confounding factors in their samples significantly limits the analysis of the results. …”
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