À la recherche du substrat cognitif du submorphème SM- by Line Argoud

“…Drawing on various approaches of cognitive linguistics (Lakoff & Johnson, Langacker, Heine, Sweetser), I suggest a description of the way the brain conceptualizes the referents of ‘sm- words’, and I shall show the convergence with the etymological data.Ultimately, I claim that the meanings of most ‘sm- words’ access mental representations relating on the one hand to experiential information collected by the nose and/or the mouth, and on the other hand to physical expressions of emotions through movements or positions of these two body parts. …”
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The Value of Large Sections in Surgical Pathology by Maria P. Foschini, Chiara Baldovini, Yuko Ishikawa, Vincenzo Eusebi

“…Similarly LS have been used to study neoplastic, inflammatory, and degenerative diseases affecting various organs, as brain, lung, gastrointentinal tract, bone, urinary tract, prostate, and placenta. …”
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Different Views about the Nature of Gender-Related Asymmetries in Tasks Based on Biological or Artefact Categories by Guido Gainotti, Francesca Ciaraffa, Maria Caterina Silveri, Camillo Marra

“…Sex-related asymmetries in the ability to process different semantic categories have been reported both in normal subjects and in brain-damaged patients, but the nature of these asymmetries is still controversial. …”
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Hypoglycemia Induced by Insulin as a Triggering Factor of Cognitive Deficit in Diabetic Children by Vanessa Rodrigues Vilela, Any de Castro Ruiz Marques, Christiano Rodrigues Schamber, Roberto Barbosa Bazotte

“…Furthermore, the results suggest that there is a strong correlation between brain damage caused by hypoglycemia and cognitive deterioration. …”
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Seasonality of Freeze Tolerance in a Subarctic Population of the Wood Frog, Rana sylvatica by Jon P. Costanzo, M. Clara F. do Amaral, Andrew J. Rosendale, Richard E. Lee

“…Spring frogs had comparatively low levels of the urea in blood plasma, liver, heart, brain, and skeletal muscle, as well as a smaller hepatic reserve of glycogen, which is converted to glucose after freezing begins. …”
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Cytokines and Myelination in the Central Nervous System by Thomas Schmitz, Li-Jin Chew

“…Myelin abnormalities that reflect damage to developing and mature brains are often found in neurological diseases with evidence of inflammatory infiltration and microglial activation. …”
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Delta opioid receptors engage multiple signaling cascades to differentially modulate prefrontal GABA release with input and target specificity by Ryan P.D. Alexander, Kevin J. Bender

“…Summary: Opioids regulate circuits associated with motivation and reward across the brain. Of the opioid receptor types, delta opioid receptors (DORs) appear to have a unique role in regulating the activity of circuits related to reward without liability for abuse. …”
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Stress Response and Perinatal Reprogramming: Unraveling (Mal)adaptive Strategies by Laura Musazzi, Jordan Marrocco

“…Here, we discuss recent findings about stress remodeling of excitatory neurotransmission and brain morphology in animal models of behavioral stress. …”
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Treatment of Postpartum Depression with Neurosteroids by Reda Stankevičiūtė, Robertas Strumila

“… Neurosteroids, such as allopregnanolone, are primarily synthesized substances in the central nervous system which influence processes occurring in the brain. Fluctuations in the levels of neurosteroids can result in an increased anxiety and heightened sensitivity. …”
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What is “Hyper” in the ALS Hypermetabolism? by Alberto Ferri, Roberto Coccurello

“…The progressive and fatal loss of upper (brain) and lower (spinal cord) motor neurons and muscle denervation concisely condenses the clinical picture of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). …”
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Rare Suprasellar Chordoid Meningioma with INI1 Gene Mutation by Imad Fadl-Elmula, Rania Giha, Sawsan AH Deaf, Lamyaa Ahmed El Hassan, Ahmed M. Hassan, Mohamed AR Arbab

“…Background: Chordoid Meningioma is a rare brain tumour characterized genetically by loss of genetic material from chromosome 22q at cytogenetic level resulting in mutation of NF2 gene. …”
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Fostering effective hybrid human-LLM reasoning and decision making by Andrea Passerini, Aryo Gema, Pasquale Minervini, Burcu Sayin, Katya Tentori

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Neuroprotective Effects of Stem Cells in Ischemic Stroke by Weilin Xu, Jingwei Zheng, Liansheng Gao, Tao Li, Jianmin Zhang, Anwen Shao

“…The underlying mechanism involved antiapoptosis, anti-inflammation, promotion of angiogenesis and neurogenesis, formation of new neural cells and neuronal circuitry, antioxidation, and blood-brain barrier (BBB) protection. This review would focus on the types and neuroprotective actions of stem cells and its potential mechanisms for ischemic stroke.…”
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Septooptic Dysplasia with an Associated Arachnoid Cyst by Skyler V. McLaurin-Jiang, Julie K. Wood, David F. Crudo

“…Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain confirmed the known history of arachnoid cyst with hydrocephalus but also revealed anterior pituitary hypoplasia, absence of the posterior pituitary bright spot, a thin pituitary stalk, and bilateral optic nerve hypoplasia. …”
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Paradoxical Akathisia Caused by Clonazepam, Clorazepate and Lorazepam in Patients with Traumatic Encephalopathy and Seizure Disorders: A Subtype of Benzodiazepine-Induced Disinhibi... by A. B. Joseph, B. A. Wroblewski

“…It is also noted that all three patients had a history of traumatic brain injury and seizure disorder. The data support the hypothesis that atypical benzodiazepine-induced akathisia exists. …”
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Iterative Linear Quadratic Optimization for Nonlinear Control: Differentiable Programming Algorithmic Templates by Roulet, Vincent, Srinivasa, Siddhartha, Fazel, Maryam, Harchaoui, Zaid

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Prevalence And Morphometric Analysis Of Fossa Navicularis Magna In Dry Human Skulls by Maria Tasleem, Mohtasham Hina, Fauzia Qureshi, Imtiaz Aslam, Iram Atta, Raafea Tafweez

“…Lately few case reports presented this fossa as a cause of spread of infection from nasopharynx to brain resulting in meningitis and osteomyelitis. …”
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Psychiatric and Behavioral Complications of GPi DBS in an Adolescent with Myoclonus Dystonia by Graciela Kriegel, Melanie I. Stuckey

“…Myoclonus dystonia is a rare movement disorder that often causes significant disability. Deep brain stimulation of the internal pallidum (GPi DBS) is a recommended treatment for those who do not respond to pharmacotherapy or who have intolerable side effects. …”
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Evaluating the Outcome of an Unnecessary Request for CT Scan in Be’sat Hospital of Hamadan by Hossein Khosravi, Mohammad Hamidi, Safoora Nikzad, Leili Tapak

“…The highest and lowest percentages of unnecessary cases were related to CT scans of the brain (42.3%) and facial bones (2.3%), respectively. …”
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Evidence-Based Cerebral Vasospasm Surveillance by Heather Kistka, Michael C. Dewan, J. Mocco

“…Invasive strategies including brain tissue oxygen monitoring, microdialysis, thermal diffusion, and jugular bulb oximetry are examined. …”
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