Toxoplasmosis in Pork Meat: a Health Risk by Mildre Mercedes Vidal del Río, María Fernanda Latorre Barragán, Darwin Rafael Villamarín Barragán, Aldemar Alejandro Monsalve Guamán

“…Toxoplasmosis is a disease caused by a protozoan called Toxoplasma gondii, it manifests itself with great morbidity and mortality in fetuses, newborns and immunocompromised patients, however, toxoplasmosis can also manifest itself in immunocompetent patients suffering from: chorioretinitis, lymphadenopathy, pneumonia, brain abscess, myositis, myocarditis and hepatitis. …”
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Biological Properties and Clinical Significance of Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2 in Ischemic Stroke by Shuang Zhang, Shuchun Huang, Dingju Hu, Fenglong Jiang, Yanli Lv, Guoqi Liu

“…Ischemic stroke, which occurs following blockage of the blood supply to the brain, is a leading cause of death worldwide. Its main cause is atherosclerosis, a disease of the arteries characterized by the deposition of plaques of fatty material on the inner artery walls. …”
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Identifying preseizure state in intracranial EEG data using diffusion kernels by Dominique Duncan, Ronen Talmon, Hitten P. Zaveri, Ronald R. Coifman

“…In addition, this method is adapted to the icEEG data and enables the extraction of the underlying brain activity.   The algorithm is tested on icEEG data recorded from several electrode contacts from a patient being evaluated for possible epilepsy surgery at the Yale-New Haven Hospital. …”
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Cerebral Sinus Thrombosis Secondary to SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Mojtaba Khazaei, Kiana Karimi, Parinaz Sedighi, Salman Khazaei

“…Treatment was initiated with phenytoin. Brain CT scan showed right transverse sinus and cortical vein thrombosis with subarachnoid hemorrhage. …”
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Marchiafava-Bignami Disease in a Nonalcoholic Diabetic Patient by Sisira Yadala, Jin Jun Luo

“…Neurologic examination showed dysarthria, dysmetria, and ataxia but, otherwise, normal cranial nerves, motor and sensory functions, and tendon reflexes. Brain MRI showed symmetric abnormalities in the splenium of the corpus callosum. …”
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The (Draft) European Charter of the Commons – Between Opportunities and Challenges by Anna Simonati

“…An expression of this idea is the draft European Charter of the Commons, which is the result of a collective brain-storming by a group of scholars rather than a source of law. …”
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Functional Expression Study of Igf2 Antisense Transcript in Mouse by Carolina Duart-Garcia, Martin H. Braunschweig

“…The Igf2as gene was also expressed in placenta and in brain. The expression data suggests that the Igf2as gene plays a role in early development of the mouse and in placenta. …”
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MicroRNA as a Potential Biomarker and Treatment Strategy for Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Mingming Cao, Wenjing Song, Runyu Liang, Lili Teng, Mei Zhang, Jiyao Zhang, Luwen Zhu

“…Ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury is a progressive injury that aggravates the pathological state when the organ tissue restores blood supply after a certain period of ischemia, including the myocardial, brain, liver, kidney, and intestinal. With growing evidence that microRNAs (miRNAs) play an important role as posttranscription gene silencing mediators in many I/R injury, in this review, we highlight the microRNAs that are related to I/R injury and their regulatory molecular pathways. …”
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Whiplash Injuries: An Update by Robert W Teasell, Allan P Shapiro

“…The impact of compensation on recovery remains controversial, while the concept that mild traumatic brain injury occurs in the absence of loss of consciousness has been largely refuted. …”
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Recurrent Renal Cell Carcinoma with Synchronous Tumor Growth in Azygoesophageal Recess and Duodenum: A Rare Cause of Anemia and Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding by Vamshidhar R. Vootla, Muhammad Kashif, Masooma Niazi, Suresh K. Nayudu

“…The common sites of metastases include the lungs, bones, liver, renal fossa, and brain. RCCs metastasize rarely to the duodenum, and duodenal metastasis presenting with acute gastrointestinal bleed is infrequently reported in literature. …”
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A High-Performance Lossless Compression Scheme for EEG Signals Using Wavelet Transform and Neural Network Predictors by N. Sriraam

“…Of the different 1D medical signals, electroencephalography (EEG) data is of great importance to the neurologist for detecting brain-related disorders. The volume of digitized EEG data generated and preserved for future reference exceeds the capacity of recent developments in digital storage and communication media and hence there is a need for an efficient compression system. …”
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Catecholamines Mediate Multiple Fetal Adaptations during Placental Insufficiency That Contribute to Intrauterine Growth Restriction: Lessons from Hyperthermic Sheep by D. T. Yates, A. S. Green, S. W. Limesand

“…Catecholamines suppress insulin secretion to promote glucose sparing for insulin-independent tissues (brain, nerves) over insulin-dependent tissues (skeletal muscle, liver, and adipose). …”
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Genetic screening of South African families with Parkinson’s disease by S Bardien, A Braun, R van Coller, F Hassan Amod, J Carr, S Moosa

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Kinetic Modeling of the Mitochondrial Energy Metabolism of Neuronal Cells: The Impact of Reduced α-Ketoglutarate Dehydrogenase Activities on ATP Production and Generation of Reacti... by Nikolaus Berndt, Sascha Bulik, Hermann-Georg Holzhütter

“…Reduced activity of brain α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex (KGDHC) occurs in a number of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. …”
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Late Onset Atypical Pantothenate-Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration by Natalie Diaz

“…Pantothenate-kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN) is a rare genetic disease and a form of neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA). It most commonly begins in the first two decades of life but should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients at any age with an atypical progressive extrapyramidal disorder and cognitive impairment. …”
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Valence and salience encoding in the central amygdala by Mi-Seon Kong, Ethan Ancell, Daniela M Witten, Larry S Zweifel

“…The central amygdala (CeA) has emerged as an important brain region for regulating both negative (fear and anxiety) and positive (reward) affective behaviors. …”
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Fatal Idiopathic Hyperammonemia after Induction Chemotherapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Christophe Angelo, Marie-Françoise Vincent, Mina Komuta, Philippe Hantson, Nicole Straetmans, Edwige Boulet

“…Despite intensive care management and extrarenal epuration, the patient was declared brain dead two days after hyperammonemia onset.…”
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Cerebrospinal fluid leak-associated ventriculitis – a case report by Amir Waheed, Faryal Amir

“…A gadolinium-enhanced MRI brain showed high signal in the occipital horns of the lateral ventricles with diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and a low signal with DWI-apparent diffusion coefficient (DWI-ADC), consistent with ventriculitis. …”
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Currently important pathogenic Listeria species affecting animals and birds (review) by P. N. Shastin

“…Listeria can cross the intestinal, placental and blood-brain barriers. The manifestations of listeriosis include encephalitis, meningitis, gastritis, meningoencephalitis, mastitis, abortions, endometritis, etc. …”
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Psychology of Smell: Its Influence on the Consumer in the Boutiques of the City of Riobamba by Andrea Alexandra Paca Quispillo, Diana Lisbeth Guevara Narváez, Jorge Antonio Vasco Vasco, Carlos Fernando Veloz Navarrete

“…The equipment records the electrical activity of the brain, these impulses generate levels of meditation and attention before the influence of an aroma. …”
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