Exposure to Early Life Stress Results in Epigenetic Changes in Neurotrophic Factor Gene Expression in a Parkinsonian Rat Model by Thabisile Mpofana, Willie M. U. Daniels, Musa V. Mabandla

“…Chronic early life stress may alter neurotrophic factor gene expression including those for brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and glial cell derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) that are important in neuronal growth, survival, and maintenance. …”
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Probiotics in irritable bowel syndrome – is the quest for the right strain over? Rapid review of existing guidelines and recommendations by Wojciech Marlicz, Karolina Skonieczna-Żydecka, Patrycja Krynicka, Igor Łoniewski, Grażyna Rydzewska

“…Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) – functional gastrointestinal disorder (FGIDs) and disorder of gut-brain interaction (DGBIs) – has emerged as an important medical problem with an impact on health care systems, affecting patients’ quality of life. …”
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No impact of story context and avatar power on performance in a stop-signal game by Linus Held, Johannes Pannermayr, Alina Kaufmann, Marouscha Scheffer, Paola Flores, Martin Dechant, Maximilian A. Friehs

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Demystifying authenticity: Behavioral and neurophysiological signatures of self-positivity for authentic and presented selves by Chengli Huang, Constantine Sedikides, Douglas J. Angus, William E. Davis, James W. Butterworth, Alexiss Jeffers, Rebecca Schlegel, Nicholas J. Kelley

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A single-cell RNA sequencing dataset of peripheral blood cells in long COVID patients on herbal therapy by Karolina Hanna Prazanowska, Tae-Hun Kim, Jung Won Kang, Young-Hee Jin, Sunoh Kwon, Su Bin Lim

“…Here, we present a single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) dataset of peripheral whole blood cells derived from participants in a clinical study involving three commercially available herbal medicines, targeting fatigue and brain fog in long COVID. The dataset comprises 181,205 quality control (QC)-passed cells, along with clinical metadata, enabling a comparative analysis of immune cell populations before and after treatment. …”
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Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Papillopathy due to Hormonal Changes during Pregnancy by Marco Mafrici, Francesca Tona, Serena Fragiotta, Umberto Lorenzi, Lorenzo Gitto, Laura Toscani

“…Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed features consistent with chronic idiopathic intracranial hypertension, which resolved after delivery. …”
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Syntalos: a software for precise synchronization of simultaneous multi-modal data acquisition and closed-loop interventions by Matthias Klumpp, Lee Embray, Filippo Heimburg, Ana Luiza Alves Dias, Justus Simon, Alexander Groh, Andreas Draguhn, Martin Both

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A network analysis of postpartum depression and mother-to-infant bonding shows common and unique symptom-level connections across three postpartum periods by Norihiro Harasawa, Chong Chen, Sumiyo Okawa, Ryo Okubo, Toshio Matsubara, Shin Nakagawa, Takahiro Tabuchi

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Levofloxacin-induced visual hallucinations: A case report and review of the literature by Valentina Raffaelli, Giulia Cantoni, Gabriella Nucera, Pietro Marino

“…The patient underwent EEG and brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which resulted normal. …”
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How does the tea L-theanine buffer stress and anxiety by Liwen Wang, Margaret Brennan, Shiming Li, Hui Zhao, Klaus W. Lange, Charles Brennan

“…As a naturally occurring structural analogue of glutamate, L-theanine competes for the receptors with glutamate and is able to pass the blood-brain barrier to exert its relaxation effect. This review focuses on the relaxation effect of L-theanine, including animal models and the latest human trials as well as the potential molecular mechanisms regarding neuron stem cells. …”
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Clinical Significance of NKD Inhibitor of WNT Signaling Pathway 1 (NKD1) in Glioblastoma by Lijun Li, Ruiying Gao, Weizhong Huangfu, Fang Zhang, Ruixia Wang

“…NKD1 shows a lower expression level in glioblastoma compared to that in the normal brain or other glioma subtypes, which is independently correlated to a worse prognosis in both the TCGA cohort and our retrospective cohort. …”
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Occult Orbital Injury with Dagger Fragment with Resulting Pneumocephalus by Lucía Jáñez-García, Enrique Mencía-Gutiérrez, Esperanza Gutiérrez-Díaz, Luis F. Moreno-García-Rubio, Laura Zarratea-Herreros, Álvaro Bengoa-González, Silvia Pérez-Trigo

“…In patients with disturbed conscious level, an extensive examination should be performed in the emergency unit to rule out transorbital penetrating brain injury. A 25-year-old male was attacked with a dagger. …”
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Novel Therapeutic Approaches to the Treatment of Chronic Abdominal Visceral Pain by Franca Patrizi, Steven D. Freedman, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Felipe Fregni

“…Recently, the development of tools for brain investigation, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging, has provided new insights on the pathophysiology of chronic pain. …”
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Transient Complete Unilateral Oculomotor Nerve Palsy following Clipping of Ruptured Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm: An Abstruse Phenomenon by Joe M. Das, Rashmi Sapkota, Manish Mishra

“…Computed Tomogram and Magnetic Resonance Imaging scans of the brain did not yield any useful information regarding its etiology. …”
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Stroke Lesion Prediction by Bille-Viper-Segmentation with Tandem-MU-net Model by Beevi Fathima, N Santhi Dr, N Ramasamy Dr

“…Stroke is a critical condition marked by the death of brain cells due to inadequate blood flow, necessitating improved predictive models for stroke lesions. …”
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Mathematically modeling the biological properties of gliomas: A review by Nikolay L. Martirosyan, Erica M. Rutter, Wyatt L. Ramey, Eric J. Kostelich, Yang Kuang, Mark C. Preul

“…Imaging is also a crucial component in simulating clinically relevant tumors and their influence on the surrounding anatomical structures in the brain.…”
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Timing of pre-retrieval warnings matters in reducing memory errors in a repeated testing misinformation study by Alia N. Wulff, Jessica Karanian, Elizabeth Race, Ayanna K. Thomas

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Implementation assessment of the national program for the prevention and control of cerebro-vascular diseases in Cienfuegos. Period 2000-2004. by Rubén Bembibre Taboada, Miguel Angel Buergo Zuaznábar, Julio Cortizo Hernández, Niurka Galende Hernández, Roberto Travieso Peña, Roxilena Manso Martín., Marcos D. Iraola Ferrer

“…An increment of favorable evolution in patients with brain attack and subarachnoid hemorrhage was notified, it did not happened with intracerebral hemorrhage. …”
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Abnormal Amygdala Subregion Functional Connectivity in Patients with Crohn’s Disease with or without Anxiety and Depression by Jingwen Sun, Wei Sun, Kecen Yue, Yin Zhang, Xintong Wu, Wenjia Liu, Ling Zou, Haifeng Shi

“…A total of 33 patients with CD and with anxiety or depression (CDad group), 31 patients with CD but without anxiety or depression (CDnad group), and 29 age-, sex-, and education level-matched HCs underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging. rsFC analysis was used to analyze the FC between the amygdala subregions and other areas of the brain. Results. Compared with the HC group, the CDad group demonstrated decreased rsFC between the right laterobasal subregion and the left hippocampus (P<.001) and right middle frontal gyrus (P<.001) and between the left superficial subregion and the left insula (P<.001). …”
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A Study on Knowledge, Awareness, and Medication Adherence in Patients with Hypertension from a Tertiary Care Centre from Northern Sri Lanka by S. Pirasath, T. Kumanan, M. Guruparan

“…Results. 73 of 303 patients were males. 69.9% of patients had adequate knowledge about hypertension. 40.5% of patients were unaware of their disease status. 75.8% of patients could not recall their blood pressure values at the time of diagnosis. 72.3% of patients were unaware of their values of blood pressure during their last outpatient clinic visit. 48.2% of patients had awareness of target organ damage due to hypertension (kidney, 72, 23.7%; heart, 128, 42.2%; brain, 140, 46.7%; eye, 42, 13.8%). Most of the patients had poor drug compliance. …”
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