Transcriptomic and morphologic vascular aberrations underlying FCDIIb etiology by Chuantao Fang, Xiaodan Zhang, Lin Yang, Licheng Sun, Yujia Lu, Yi Liu, Jingjing Guo, Min Wang, Yanfeng Tan, Jinsen Zhang, Xin Gao, Li Zhu, Guoping Liu, Maozhi Ren, Jianbo Xiao, Fayong Zhang, Shaojie Ma, Rui Zhao, Xinyu Mei, Dashi Qi

“…Abstract Focal cortical dysplasia type II (FCDII) is a major cause of drug-resistant epilepsy, but genetic factors explain only some cases, suggesting other mechanisms. …”
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Recent applications of EEG-based brain-computer-interface in the medical field by Xiu-Yun Liu, Wen-Long Wang, Miao Liu, Ming-Yi Chen, Tânia Pereira, Desta Yakob Doda, Yu-Feng Ke, Shou-Yan Wang, Dong Wen, Xiao-Guang Tong, Wei-Guang Li, Yi Yang, Xiao-Di Han, Yu-Lin Sun, Xin Song, Cong-Ying Hao, Zi-Hua Zhang, Xin-Yang Liu, Chun-Yang Li, Rui Peng, Xiao-Xin Song, Abi Yasi, Mei-Jun Pang, Kuo Zhang, Run-Nan He, Le Wu, Shu-Geng Chen, Wen-Jin Chen, Yan-Gong Chao, Cheng-Gong Hu, Heng Zhang, Min Zhou, Kun Wang, Peng-Fei Liu, Chen Chen, Xin-Yi Geng, Yun Qin, Dong-Rui Gao, En-Ming Song, Long-Long Cheng, Xun Chen, Dong Ming

“…This paper aims to offer a comprehensive review of recent electroencephalogram (EEG)-based BCI applications in the medical field across 8 critical areas, encompassing rehabilitation, daily communication, epilepsy, cerebral resuscitation, sleep, neurodegenerative diseases, anesthesiology, and emotion recognition. …”
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Prevalence, genetic and clinical characteristics in first-degree relatives of patients with familial cerebral cavernous malformations in China by Bin Gao, Ke Ma, Huimin Wang, Fuxin Lin, Qiu He, Zhuyu Gao, Dengliang Wang, Yuanxiang Lin, Dezhi Kang, Lingjun Yan, Qixuan Li, Chunwang Li, Lingyun Zhuo, Yaqing Kang, Penghui Liu, Weilin Huang, Shuna Huang, Xinru Lin, Weiheng Zhuang, Haojie Wang, Darong Chen, Xuegang Niu, Yajun Jing, Shaowei Lin, Siying Wu

“…Furthermore, 53.13% of patients were asymptomatic, 17.19% were intracranial haemorrhage and 9.38% were epilepsy. The mean age of symptom onset analysed by KM was 46.67 (40.56–52.78) years.Conclusion Based on MRI and genetic analysis, the prevalence of CCMs in the FDRs of families with FCCMs in China was 36.5%. …”
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Home Respiratory Therapies in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Value-based Care Model in Spain by Irene Cano-Pumarega, Candela Caballero-Eraso, Valentín Cabriada, Mar Mosteiro, Juan Fernando Masa, Ferran Barbé

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Neurological Disorders in Takotsubo Syndrome: Clinical Phenotypes and Outcomes by Francesco Santoro, Iván J. Núñez Gil, Luca Arcari, Enrica Vitale, Tommaso Martino, Ibrahim El‐Battrawy, Federico Guerra, Giuseppina Novo, Enrica Mariano, Beatrice Musumeci, Luca Cacciotti, Pasquale Caldarola, Roberta Montisci, Ilaria Ragnatela, Rosa Cetera, Oscar Vedia, Emilia Blanco, Javier Lopez Pais, Agustin Martin, Alberto Pérez‐Castellanos, Jorge Salamanca, Francesco Bartolomucci, Ibrahim Akin, Holger Thiele, Ingo Eitel, Thomas Stiermaier, Natale Daniele Brunetti

“…The most represented neurological conditions were previous cerebrovascular events (39%), followed by neurodegenerative disorders (30.7%), migraine (10%), epilepsy (9.5%), and brain tumors (5%). During hospitalization, patients with neurological disorders had longer in‐hospital stay (8 [interquartile range, 5–12] versus 6 [interquartile range, 5–9] days; P<0.01) and more often experienced in‐hospital complications (27% versus 16%; P=0.01) mainly driven by cardiogenic shock and in‐hospital death (12% versus 7.6% and 6.5% versus 2.8%, respectively; both P<0.01). …”
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A public benchmark for human performance in the detection of focal cortical dysplasia by Lennart Walger, Matthias H. Schmitz, Tobias Bauer, David Kügler, Fabiane Schuch, Christophe Arendt, Tobias Baumgartner, Johannes Birkenheier, Valeri Borger, Christoph Endler, Franziska Grau, Christian Immanuel, Markus Kölle, Patrick Kupczyk, Asadeh Lakghomi, Sarah Mackert, Elisabeth Neuhaus, Julia Nordsiek, Anna‐Maria Odenthal, Karmele Olaciregui Dague, Laura Ostermann, Jan Pukropski, Attila Racz, Klaus von derRopp, Frederic Carsten Schmeel, Felix Schrader, Aileen Sitter, Alexander Unruh‐Pinheiro, Marilia Voigt, Martin Vychopen, Philip vonWedel, Randi vonWrede, Ulrike Attenberger, Hartmut Vatter, Alexandra Philipsen, Albert Becker, Martin Reuter, Elke Hattingen, Alexander Radbruch, Rainer Surges, Theodor Rüber

“…Plain Language Summary Focal cortical dysplasias (FCDs) are malformations of cortical development and one of the most common causes of drug‐resistant focal epilepsy. Once found, FCDs can be neurosurgically resected, which leads to seizure freedom in many cases. …”
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The precise molecular diagnosis of novel GLDC compound heterozygous variants highlights the benefits for a Chinese family with nonketotic hyperglycinemia by Fang Yuan, Xiaozhen Song, Rongrong Yin, Xiaoping Lan, Jingjing Sun, Xiaojun Tang, Wuhen Xu, Shaohua Hu, Man Xiao, Hong Zhang, Wenhao Weng, Yuanfeng Zhang, Shengnan Wu

“…Clinical manifestations mainly include varying degrees of hypotonia, apneic episodes, epilepsy, psychomotor delay during the neonatal period or early infancy. …”
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Towards accredited clinical training in brain stimulation: Proceedings from the brain stimulation subspecialty summits by Shan H. Siddiqi, Leo Chen, Nicholas T. Trapp, Noreen Bukhari-Parlakturk, Joseph J. Taylor, Aaron D. Boes, Joshua C. Brown, Tracy Barbour, Joan A. Camprodon, Michael D. Fox, Brian H. Kopell, Carlene MacMillan, Alfonso Fasano, Robert S. Fisher, Ziad Nahas, Gonzalo J. Revuelta, Patricio Riva-Posse, John D. Rolston, Katherine Scangos, Mouhsin M. Shafi, Andrew H. Smith, Joshua Wong, Casey H. Halpern, Helen S. Mayberg, Nolan R. Williams

“…While individual programs may have a specific area of focus (e.g. interventional psychiatry or epilepsy), our expectation is that accredited brain stimulation programs will provide training experiences that cross specialties and stimulation modalities. …”
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Neurocisticercose: incidência, diagnóstico e formas clínicas by Horácio M. Canelas

“…The incidence of generalized and focal seizures was approximately the same. Psychomotor epilepsy was clinically diagnosed in 5 cases, 2 of which presented temporal foci in the EEG examination. …”
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Methylphenidate versus placebo for fatigue in patients with advanced cancer: the MePFAC randomised controlled trial by Patrick Stone, Ollie Minton, Alison Richardson, Peter Buckle, Zinat E Enayat, Louise Marston, Nick Freemantle

“…Principal exclusions Pregnancy; glaucoma; pheochromocytoma; planned general anaesthesia; hyperthyroidism; severe psychiatric disorders; hypertension; severe cardiovascular disorders; cerebrovascular disorders; anaemia; thrombocytopenia; leucopenia; infection; renal or liver impairment; concomitant clonidine, warfarin, monoamine oxidase inhibitors or modafinil; alcohol or drug dependency; epilepsy. Interventions Methylphenidate 5 mg tablets or matching placebo. …”
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A phase II double-blind multicentre, placebo-controlled trial to assess the efficacy and safety of alpelisib (BYL719) in paediatric and adult patients with Megalencephaly-CApillary... by Jean-Marc Treluyer, Benedicte Demeer, Laurence Faivre, Marc Bardou, Nathalie Boddaert, Paul Kuentz, Florence Petit, Christine Francannet, Pierre Vabres, Nadia Bahi-Buisson, Estelle Colin, Laurent Guibaud, Romaric Loffroy, Maxime Luu, Caroline Racine, Aurore Garde, Philippe Khau Van Kien, Aurore Curie, Nawale Hadouiri, Aurélie Espitalier, Agnès Maurer, Maud Carpentier, Adélaide Rega, Mouna Chebbi, Julie Charligny, Guillaume Canaud, Camille Fleck, Amelie Cransac, Elise Boucher-Brischoux, Adélaïde Brosseau-Beauvir, Florian Cherik, Alice Phan, Michaela Semeraro, Marion Nys, Charles Joris Roux, Alinoë Lavillaureix, Isabelle Maruani

“…Secondary objectives are safety, VABS improvement at 6 months, impact on the quality of life, epilepsy and hypotonia. 20 patients aged 2 to 40 years with an MCAP diagnosis and neurodevelopmental disorders of various degrees, will be followed monthly in local centres, centrally assessed (clinical, biological, neuropsychological and functional evaluation) at baseline and every 6 months. …”
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Medical management and intervention (using neurosurgical resection or stereotactic radiosurgery) versus medical management alone for symptomatic brain cavernoma: the CARE pilot RCT by Rustam Al-Shahi Salman, Neil Kitchen, Laura Forsyth, Vijeya Ganesan, Peter S Hall, Kirsty Harkness, Peter JA Hutchinson, Steff C Lewis, Matthias WR Radatz, Carole Turner, Julia Wade, David CS White, Philip M White

“…A cavernoma is a cluster of blood vessels in the brain, which can bleed and cause a stroke, or cause a seizure or epilepsy. Intervention involves surgery to remove the cavernoma or stereotactic radiosurgery to stabilise the cavernoma with focused radiation. …”
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The “state of the art” of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring: An Italian neurosurgical survey by Riccardo Antonio Ricciuti, Fabrizio Mancini, Giusy Guzzi, Daniele Marruzzo, Alessandro Dario, Alessandro Della Puppa, Alessandro Ricci, Andrea Barbanera, Andrea Talacchi, Andreas Schwarz, Antonino Germanò, Antonino Raco, Antonio Colamaria, Antonio Santoro, Riccardo Boccaletti, Carlo Conti, Carlo Conti, Nunzia Cenci, Christian Cossandi, Claudio Bernucci, Corrado Lucantoni, Giovanni Battista Costella, Diego Garbossa, Donato Carlo Zotta, Federico De Gonda, Felice Esposito, Flavio Giordano, Giancarlo D'Andrea, Gianluca Piatelli, Gianluigi Zona, Giannantonio Spena, Giovanni Tringali, Giuseppe Barbagallo, Carlo Giussani, Maurizio Gladi, Andrea Landi, Angelo Lavano, Letterio Morabito, Luciano Mastronardi, Marco Locatelli, Michele D'Agruma, Michele Maria Lanotte, Nicola Montano, Orazio Santo Santonocito, Angelo Pompucci, Raffaele de Falco, Franco Randi, Sara Bruscella, Ivana Sartori, Francesco Signorelli, Luigino Tosatto, Roberto Trignani, Vincenzo Esposito, Gualtiero Innocenzi, Sergio Paolini, Vincenzo Vitiello, Michele Alessandro Cavallo, Francesco Sala

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Cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome and immunodeficiency: data from an international multicenter cohort by Benedetta Elena Di Majo, Benedetta Elena Di Majo, Chiara Leoni, Eleonora Cartisano, Eleonora Cartisano, Chiara Fossati, Germana Viscogliosi, Valentina Trevisan, Lucia Pia Bruno, Francesca Conti, Mattia Moratti, Emilia Monaco, Donato Rigante, Donato Rigante, Beatrice Rivalta, Beatrice Rivalta, Caterina Cancrini, Caterina Cancrini, Aleksandra Szczawińska-Popłonyk, Aleksander Jamsheer, Aleksander Jamsheer, Monika Obara-Moszyńska, Viktoria Zakharova, Anna Shcherbina, Julija Rodina, Beyhan Tüysüz, Saumya Shekhar Jamuar, Saumya Shekhar Jamuar, Jiin Ying Lim, Jeannette Goh, Anna Cereda, Teresa Agovino, Ilaria Contaldo, Maria Luigia Gambardella, Adriana Cristina Balduzzi, Adriana Cristina Balduzzi, Alessia Cherubino, Giovanni Antonio Marrocco, Silvia Bellesi, Valentina Carusi, Gabriele Rumi, Andrea Biondi, Giuseppe Zampino, Giuseppe Zampino, Francesco Saettini, Francesco Saettini

“…It is characterized by distinctive craniofacial dysmorphism, congenital heart defects, skin abnormalities, gastrointestinal dysfunction, neurocognitive impairment, and epilepsy. Emerging evidence suggests an association with hypogammaglobulinemia, but a comprehensive characterization of immunological abnormalities in CFCS is lacking.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective, multicenter observational study to investigate the immunological phenotype of CFCS. …”
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PROJETO PILOTO: AVALIAÇÃO DO TREINAMENTO DE ALUNOS DE UMA INSTIRUIÇÃO DE ENSINO PROFISSIONAL PRIVADA DE QUALIFICAÇÃO DE AUXILIARES E TÉCNICOS DE ENFERMAGEM DE RIBEIRÃO PRETO – SP,... by Débora Luiza Silva, Margarita Antônia Villar Luis, Clarissa Mendonça Corradi-Webster, Marina Liberale

“…Training the trainers and dissemining information: a strategy to educate health professionals on epilepsy. Arquivos de Neuropsiquiatria, n. 65, supl. 1, p. 14-22, 2007. 11-    NOVAES, H. …”
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PROJETO PILOTO: AVALIAÇÃO DO TREINAMENTO DE ALUNOS DE UMA INSTIRUIÇÃO DE ENSINO PROFISSIONAL PRIVADA DE QUALIFICAÇÃO DE AUXILIARES E TÉCNICOS DE ENFERMAGEM DE RIBEIRÃO PRETO – SP,... by Débora Luiza Silva, Margarita Antônia Villar Luis, Clarissa Mendonça Corradi-Webster, Marina Liberale

“…Training the trainers and dissemining information: a strategy to educate health professionals on epilepsy. Arquivos de Neuropsiquiatria, n. 65, supl. 1, p. 14-22, 2007. 11-    NOVAES, H. …”
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PROJETO PILOTO: AVALIAÇÃO DO TREINAMENTO DE ALUNOS DE UMA INSTIRUIÇÃO DE ENSINO PROFISSIONAL PRIVADA DE QUALIFICAÇÃO DE AUXILIARES E TÉCNICOS DE ENFERMAGEM DE RIBEIRÃO PRETO – SP,... by Débora Luiza Silva, Margarita Antônia Villar Luis, Clarissa Mendonça Corradi-Webster, Marina Liberale

“…Training the trainers and dissemining information: a strategy to educate health professionals on epilepsy. Arquivos de Neuropsiquiatria, n. 65, supl. 1, p. 14-22, 2007. 11-    NOVAES, H. …”
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Intersecting factors of disadvantage and discrimination and their effect on daily life during the coronavirus pandemic: the CICADA-ME mixed-methods study by Carol Rivas, Amanda P Moore, Alison Thomson, Kusha Anand, Zainab Zuzer Lal, Alison Fang-Wei Wu, Ozan Aksoy

“…The groups ‘food-relevant’, ‘neurodivergent’, ‘cancer’ and ‘brain hyperexcitability’ (e.g. migraines, epilepsy) followed advisory group advice, and we also used adaptations of the UK Government Statistical Service ‘harmonised’ themes: mental health, mobility, dexterity, stamina/breathing/fatigue, sensorial (hearing/vision loss), cognitive (intellectual/memory impairment). …”
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Connectivity guided intermittent theta burst stimulation versus repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in moderately severe treatment resistant depression by Richard Morriss, Lucy Webster, Luke Ingram, Mohamed Abdelghani, Adriana Anton, Shaun Barber, Peter Bates, Paul Briley, Clement Boutry, Cassandra Brookes, Edward Cox, Beth Hall, Marilyn James, Matthew Keane, Micheal Kurkar, Sudheer Lankappa, Peter Liddle, Hamish McAllister-Williams, Hyerin Oh, Alexander O’Neill-Kerr, Jehill Parikh, Stefan Pszczolkowski, Ana Suazo Di Paola, Louise Thomson, Yvette Walters, Dorothee Auer

“…Neurological conditions, for example brain neoplasm, cerebrovascular events, epilepsy, neurodegenerative disorders and prior brain surgery. …”
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Age Factors and Antiepileptic Drug Withdrawal by J Gordon Millichap

“…Age dependent factors concerning the withdrawal of antiepileptic drugs (AED) and seizure relapse rates, after a seizure-free period longer than 3 years, were evaluated in 304 patients with childhood epilepsies treated at the Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama City, Japan.…”
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