Human Herpesvirus 6 is Associated with Status Epilepticus and Hyponatremia after Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation by Fernanda Leite de Souza Franceschi, Jaime Green, Zuzan Cayci, Evan Mariash, Mustapha Ezzeddine, Veronika Bachanova, Celalettin Ustun

“…Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain showed symmetric T2 hyper-intensity bilaterally in the mesial temporal lobes, and T2 hyperintensi-ties and restricted diffusion of bilateral putamina. …”
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Marchiafava–Bignami Disease Associated with Spinal Involvement by Jhon Perea, María Belén Luis, Luciana Grimanesa Lázaro, Sergio Scollo, Agustina Tamargo, José Crespo, Maira Avalle, Horacio Solarz, Nora Fernández Liguori, Ricardo Alonso

“…The clinical features and radiologic images suggested spinal cord involvement. Brain histopathologic findings were consistent with MBD. …”
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Does Dopamine Depletion Trigger a Spreader Lexical-Semantic Activation in Parkinson’s Disease? Evidence from a Study Based on Word Fluency Tasks by S. Zabberoni, G. A. Carlesimo, A. Peppe, C. Caltagirone, A. Costa

“…Our results show that semantic spreading was not altered in the PD sample examined; this suggests that in early PD the functioning of the semantic system is relatively independent from the activity of dopamine brain networks.…”
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Optical coherence tomography angiography in patients with focal epilepsy by Flora Rider, Alla Guekht, Alla Guekht, Alexander Shpak, Alexander Shpak

“…These findings suggest that OCTA parameters could serve as potential biomarkers for assessing ASM effects on small vessels and capillaries in the brain.…”
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Cord Blood Bilirubin as a Predictor of Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia by Saman Beg, Uzma Firdaus, Syed Manazir Ali

“…Some newborns experience noticeable, potentially dangerous bilirubin levels, which can directly increase the risk of severe brain damage, despite it being a benign, postnatal, transitory phenomenon. …”
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All-Trans Retinoic Acid-Induced Pseudotumor Cerebri during Induction Therapy for Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia: A Case Report and Literature Review by Dylan Holmes, Prakash Vishnu, Russell K. Dorer, David M. Aboulafia

“…PC is a rare disorder characterized by neurologic and ocular signs and symptoms of increased intracranial pressure, but with normal cerebrospinal fluid composition and normal brain imaging. Most of the previous studies suggest that PC, as a complication of ATRA therapy, occurs predominantly in the pediatric age group. …”
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An overview of methods for the treatment and diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies. Clinical case analysis by M. Š. Markevičiūtė, M. Karnickas, A. Bagdonaitė

“…A distinctive pathological feature of DLB is the multiple Lewy bodies – eosinophilic hyaline inclusions in the cytoplasm of neurons that are detected in the brain at autopsy. Although DLB is the third most common type of dementia in the elderly, after Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia, it is still too rarely diagnosed. …”
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A Foreign Speech Accent in a Case of Conversion Disorder by Jo Verhoeven, Peter Mariën, Sebastiaan Engelborghs, Hugo D’Haenen, Peter De Deyn

“…This syndrome is generally related to focal brain damage. Only in few reported cases the Foreign Accent Syndrome is assumed to be of psychogenic and/or psychotic origin. …”
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Biomechanics of Heading a Soccer Ball: Implications for Player Safety by Charles F. Babbs

“…Focus on teaching proper technique, the re-design of age-appropriate balls for young players with reduced weight and inflation pressure, and avoidance of head contact with fast, rising balls kicked at close range can substantially reduce risk of subtle brain injury in players who head soccer balls.…”
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Analiza rysunków/szkiców i wypowiedzi werbalnych dzieci na temat budowy anatomicznej człowieka by Eliza Rybska, Maciej Błaszak

“…The latest findings from neuroscience suggest that there are three networks involved in our brain – default, executive, and salient. Each of these networks generates different energy costs, involves different ways of processing information, or different effects resulting from its recruitment. …”
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El estrés postraumático como precursor de daños en salud mental y cognición en víctimas de violencia by Edna Johanna Herrera Merchán, Dora Cristina Cañas Betancur

“…Las palabras claves fueron: salud mental*violencia, psicopatología*violencia, daño cognitivo*violencia, mental health*violence, cognitive imparment*violence, war*mental health, traumatic stres*brain injury, entre los años 2008-2018. Los resultados indican que los daños en salud mental más frecuentes derivados de actos violentos son el trastorno por estrés postraumático (tept) que genera daños cognitivos en atención, memoria de trabajo, y aprendizaje. …”
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Fatal H1N1-Related Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy in an Adult by Yu-Jin Lee, D. Scott Smith, Vivek A. Rao, Robert D. Siegel, Jon Kosek, Carol A. Glaser, Alexander C. Flint

“…Neuroimaging and postmortem analysis both showed widespread brain edema, necrosis, and hemorrhage, but molecular studies and postmortem pathology revealed no evidence of direct viral involvement of the CNS. …”
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Human, almost human: how many human species are there? by Thierry Hoquet

“…We also explore the difficulty of providing a physical (anatomical) criterion to recognise what is human: it is still unclear whether anthropology should rely more on the hand, on the brain or on the use of tools, or on a combination of all three. …”
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Case report: Primary cardiac synovial sarcoma with suspected connective tissue disease diagnosed by EBUS-TBMB by Yanmei Feng, Chunxia Wu, Jing Chi, Linying Li, Pu Wang, Rui Guo

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Recent advances in bio-integrated electrochemical sensors for neuroengineering by Shulin Chen, Tzu-Li Liu, Yizhen Jia, Jinghua Li

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VARX Granger analysis: Models for neuroscience, physiology, sociology and econometrics. by Lucas C Parra, Aimar Silvan, Maximilian Nentwich, Jens Madsen, Vera E Parra, Behtash Babadi

“…Complex systems, such as in brains, markets, and societies, exhibit internal dynamics influenced by external factors. …”
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Maternal Thyroid Dysfunction and Risk of Seizure in the Child: A Danish Nationwide Cohort Study by Stine Linding Andersen, Peter Laurberg, Chun Sen Wu, Jørn Olsen

“…Thyroid hormones are essential for brain development, and maternal thyroid disease may affect child neurocognitive development. …”
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Norm Values of Head Circumference in Turkish Children by Haluk Yavuz, M. Akif Bakır, Saime Sündüs Uygun

“…Objective: Measuring head circumference is a quick, simple, cheap, noninvasive and reliable procedure for determining underlying brain size and provides information about risk for medical problems. …”
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Diagnosis of Turner syndrome after presenting with ischemic cardiomyopathy: A case report by Hui Zheng, Liting Guo, Yanwei Wei, Yunqiang Zhang, Yanfang Guan

“…We report a 44-year-old Chinese woman who was diagnosed with Turner syndrome owing to symptoms of ischemic cardiomyopathy and heart failure confirmed through cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, coronary angiography, and abnormal brain natriuretic peptide levels. The patient had a short stature, underdeveloped uterus with primary amenorrhea, and congenital left upper pulmonary vein reflux to the right atrium; she was diagnosed with Turner syndrome through karyotype analysis. …”
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Prognostic Factors of Functional Recovery from Left Hemispheric Stroke by Siriphan Kongsawasdi, Jakkrit Klaphajone, Kanokwan Watcharasaksilp, Pakorn Wivatvongvana

“…Although lateralization of the brain affects some specialized cortical functions, there are still limited data to address its influence on clinically important outcomes. …”
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