Stratifying vascular disease patients into homogeneous subgroups using machine learning and FLAIR MRI biomarkers by Karissa Chan, Corinne Fischer, Pejman Jabehdar Maralani, Sandra E. Black, Alan R. Moody, April Khademi

“…Abstract This study proposes a framework to stratify vascular disease patients based on brain health and cerebrovascular disease (CVD) risk using regional FLAIR biomarkers. …”
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Modulatory effect of Echium plantagineum oil on the n-3 LC-PUFA biosynthetic capacity of chicken (Gallus gallus) by Jesús Villora, José Antonio Pérez, Nieves Guadalupe Acosta, Deiene Rodríguez-Barreto, Pedro Juan Alonso, Mónica B. Betancor, Alexandr Torres, Sergio Álvarez, Covadonga Rodríguez

“…The dietary treatments did not affect the total lipid (TL) content (p>0.05) and did not substantially vary the lipid class (LC) profiles in the brain, liver, intestine, and muscle tissues. However, the inclusion of LO and EO equally increased n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) levels in the brain, liver, and intestine compared to animals fed with SO (p<0.05). …”
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SERT-Deficient Mice Fed Western Diet Reveal Altered Metabolic and Pro-Inflammatory Responses of the Liver: A Link to Abnormal Behaviors by Raymond Cespuglio, Anna Gorlova, Konstantin Zabegalov, Kirill Chaprov, Evgeniy Svirin, Kseniia Sitdikova, Alisa Burova, Boris Shulgin, Ksenia Lebedeva, Alexei V. Deikin, Sergey Morozov, Tatyana Strekalova

“…The significant correlations observed between behavioral measures and pro-inflammatory and metabolic alterations in WD-fed mice suggest the importance of liver-brain interactions and their role in the aberrant behaviors exhibited by Sert-/- mutants. …”
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MicroRNAs Expression Profile in MN1-Altered Astroblastoma by Francesca Gianno, Evelina Miele, Claudia Sabato, Elisabetta Ferretti, Simone Minasi, Francesca Romana Buttarelli, Debora Salerno, Natalia Pediconi, Giuseppe Rubens Pascucci, Francesca Guerrieri, Andrea Ciolfi, Simone Pizzi, Maura Massimino, Veronica Biassoni, Elisabetta Schiavello, Marco Gessi, Sofia Asioli, Angela Mastronuzzi, Antonio d’Amati, Giuseppina Catanzaro, Elisabetta Viscardi, David Capper, Felice Giangaspero, Manila Antonelli

“…Thirty-nine miRNAs were deregulated in tumor samples compared to normal brain tissue. Downregulated microRNAs exhibited an association with an increased risk of recurrence. …”
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Effect of Electroacupuncture at Shuigou Acupoint on L-type Voltage-gated Calcium Channels in hippocampal CA1 region of MCAO rats by Da LONG, Ling CHEN, Yu YAO, Mingan ZENG

“…Electroacupuncture at Shuigou acupoint may play an importment role in inhibiting calcium overload in nerve cells, promoting the recovery of nerve function in mice after cerebral ischemia reperfusion and playing a role in brain protection.…”
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Middle-age cerebral small vessel disease and cognitive function in later life: a population-based prospective cohort studyResearch in context by Ali Tanweer Siddiquee, Yoon Ho Hwang, Soriul Kim, Sung Jin Shin, Ji Soo Lee, June Christoph Kang, Min-Hee Lee, Hyeon Jin Kim, Seung Ku Lee, Chol Shin

“…By location, cSVD were mostly found in the frontal lobe followed by basal ganglia area of the brain. None of the cognitive test scores, except Trail Making Test–A, were significantly different between the cSVD groups at baseline. …”
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School-based mindfulness training in early adolescence: what works, for whom and how in the MYRIAD trial? by Susan Ball, Obioha C Ukoumunne, Tamsin Ford, Sarah Byford, Tim Dalgleish, Willem Kuyken, Jesus Montero-Marin, Kate Tudor, Alice Tickell, Catherine Crane, Ariane Petit, Elise Sellars, Laura Taylor, Maris Vainre, Benjamin Jones, Kirsty Griffiths, Elizabeth Nuthall, J Mark G Williams, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Katie Fletcher, Emma Medlicott, Anam Raja, Matthew Allwood, Louise Aukland, Tríona Casey, Nicola Dalrymple, Katherine De Wilde, Eleanor-Rose Farley, Jennifer Harper, Nils Kappelmann, Maria Kempnich, Liz Lord, Lucy Palmer, Alice Philips, Isobel Pryor-Nitsch, Lucy Radley, Anna Sonley, Jem Shackleford, Mark T Greenberg, Verena Hinze, Saz Ahmed, Marc Bennett, Lucy Foulkes, Cait Griffin, Konstantina Komninidou, Rachel Knight, Suzannah Laws, Jovita Leung, Jenna Parker, Blanca Piera Pi-Sunyer, Ashok Sakhardande, Lucy Warriner, Brian Wainman

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Noncoding variants and sulcal patterns in congenital heart disease: Machine learning to predict functional impact by Enrique Mondragon-Estrada, Jane W. Newburger, Steven R. DePalma, Martina Brueckner, John Cleveland, Wendy K. Chung, Bruce D. Gelb, Elizabeth Goldmuntz, Donald J. Hagler, Jr., Hao Huang, Patrick McQuillen, Thomas A. Miller, Ashok Panigrahy, George A. Porter, Jr., Amy E. Roberts, Caitlin K. Rollins, Mark W. Russell, Martin Tristani-Firouzi, P. Ellen Grant, Kiho Im, Sarah U. Morton

“…Summary: Neurodevelopmental impairments associated with congenital heart disease (CHD) may arise from perturbations in brain developmental pathways, including the formation of sulcal patterns. …”
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Effectiveness and tolerability of rimegepant in the acute treatment of migraine: a real-world, prospective, multicentric study (GAINER study) by Luigi Francesco Iannone, Gloria Vaghi, Gabriele Sebastianelli, Francesco Casillo, Antonio Russo, Marcello Silvestro, Francesca Pistoia, Giorgio Dalla Volta, Matteo Cortinovis, Alberto Chiarugi, Danilo Antonio Montisano, Maria Pia Prudenzano, Sabina Cevoli, Edoardo Mampreso, Gianluca Avino, Marina Romozzi, Mariarosaria Valente, Carla Fasano, Stefania Battistini, Antonio Granato, Elisa Maria Piella, Innocenzo Rainero, Raffaele Ornello, Roberto De Icco, On behalf of the Italian Headache Registry (RICe) Study Group

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Cardio-metabolic-related plasma proteins reveal biological links between cardiovascular diseases and fragility fractures: a cohort and Mendelian randomisation investigationResearch... by Karl Michaëlsson, Rui Zheng, John A. Baron, Tove Fall, Alicja Wolk, Lars Lind, Jonas Höijer, Carl Brunius, Eva Warensjö Lemming, Olga E. Titova, Bodil Svennblad, Susanna C. Larsson, Shuai Yuan, Håkan Melhus, Liisa Byberg, Hannah L. Brooke

“…Mendelian randomisation (MR) analysis supported causality since genetically predicted levels of SOST (Sclerostin), CCDC80 (Coiled-coil domain-containing protein 80), NT-proBNP (N-terminal prohormone brain natriuretic peptide), and BNP (Brain natriuretic peptide) were associated with risk of hip fracture. …”
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Pediatric bacterial meningitis in southern China: analysis of 838 cases by Lianfeng Chen, Wen-Lin Wu, Yuanyuan Gao, Xiaojing Li, Sida Yang, Huici Liang, Kelu Zheng, Yani Zhang, Haixia Zhu, Yang Tian, Bingwei Peng, Haisheng Lin, Xiuying Wang, Shuyao Ning, Yinyan Gan, Chi Hou, Yinting Liao, Huiling Sheng, Wen-Xiong Chen, Wen-Xiong Chen

“…Differences in symptoms, pathogens, CSF results, brain MRI, and GOS points were observed across age groups (neonate [29 days, 12 months) and aged ≥12 months). …”
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The Effects of GABAergic System under Cerebral Ischemia: Spotlight on Cognitive Function by Juan Li, Luting Chen, Feng Guo, Xiaohua Han

“…The GABAergic system has a significant effect in promoting neural development and formation of local neural circuits of the brain, which is the structural basis of cognitive function. …”
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Enhanced Neuroplasticity by the Metabolic Enhancer Piracetam Associated with Improved Mitochondrial Dynamics and Altered Permeability Transition Pore Function by Carola Stockburger, Davide Miano, Thea Pallas, Kristina Friedland, Walter E. Müller

“…The mitochondrial cascade hypothesis of dementia assumes mitochondrial dysfunction leading to reduced energy supply, impaired neuroplasticity, and finally cell death as one major pathomechanism underlying the continuum from brain aging over mild cognitive impairment to initial and advanced late onset Alzheimer’s disease. …”
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Toward Authentication of Videos: Integer Transform Based Motion Vector Watermarking by Rafi Ullah, Sultan Daud Khan, Mohib Ullah, Fadi Al-Machot, Habib Ullah

“…Due to the advanced low-cost and easily available multimedia/communication tools and softwares, manipulation of the content is a no-brain task. Thus, the protection of digital content originality is a challenge for the content owners and researchers before it can be produced in court or used for some other purpose. …”
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Transcranial direct current stimulation improves time perception in children with ADHD by Vahid Nejati, Fateme Mirikaram, Michael A. Nitsche

“…In the present study, we aimed to explore if modulation of the excitability of these areas with non-invasive brain stimulation alters time perception in ADHD. …”
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Feline Neural Progenitor Cells I: Long-Term Expansion under Defined Culture Conditions by Jing Yang, Jinmei Wang, Ping Gu, X. Joann You, Henry Klassen

“…Primary cultures were derived from fetal brain tissue and passaged in DMEM/F12-based or Ultraculture-based proliferation media, both in the presence of EGF + bFGF. …”
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Metabolomic and lipidomic pathways in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage by Bosco Seong Kyu Yang, Spiros L. Blackburn, Philip L. Lorenzi, Huimahn A. Choi, Aaron M. Gusdon

“…They are comprised of a wide variety of subspecies and are critical for cellular energy metabolism, the integrity of the blood-brain barrier, the formation of cell membranes, and intercellular signaling including neuroinflammation and ferroptosis. …”
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Successful Damage Control Resuscitation with Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta in a Pediatric Patient by Yoonjung Heo, Sung Wook Chang, Dong Hun Kim

“…After successful bleeding control with small bowel resection for mesenteric avulsion, thorough radiologic evaluations revealed hypoxic brain injury. The patient died from deterioration of disseminated intravascular coagulation. …”
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Induced Neurocysticercosis in Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta) Produces Clinical Signs and Lesions Similar to Natural Disease in Man by N. Chowdhury, A. Saleque, N. K. Sood, L. D. Singla

“…On necropsy, all the infected monkeys showed numerous cysticerci in the brain. Histopathologically, heavily infected monkeys revealed liquefactive necrosis and formation of irregular cystic cavities lined by atrophied parenchymal septa with remnants of neuropil of the cerebrum. …”
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Uniform hyperscanning paradigm to study cooperation and competition by Pablo A. Nogueira-Islas, Paola V. Olguín-Rodríguez, Hugo Tlahuext-Aca, Markus F. Müller

“…Here we present an experimental protocol that allows • The same paradigm for different modalities • Tasks demands a continuous interaction during a period of minutes • Contains two different control conditions to differentiate between inter-brain synchronization provoked by genuine interpersonal interactions and accidental synchronization via common external stimuli.…”
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