Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures (PNES) in the Setting of Trauma and Schizophrenia by Sikander Chohan, Ali Chohan, Muhamid Asif

“…Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) are nonepileptic events characterized by seizure-like manifestations without abnormal electrical activity in the brain. Our case report illustrates the diagnostic journey of a young female with a history of schizophrenia and childhood trauma who had an initial misdiagnosis of epilepsy. …”
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Spinal Cord Injury Research in Mice: 2008 Review by Inge Steuer, Pierre A. Guertin

“…Spinal cord injury (SCI) is an irreversible condition causing damage to myelinated fiber tracts that carry sensation and motor signals to and from the brain. SCI is also associated with gray matter damage and often life-threatening secondary complications. …”
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Editorial: NeuroCOVID. Insights into the clinical manifestations and pathophysiology by Alina González-Quevedo, Alina González-Quevedo, Pedro A. Valdés Sosa, Pedro A. Valdés Sosa, Calixto Machado Curbelo, Calixto Machado Curbelo, Joel Gutiérrez Gil, Joel Gutiérrez Gil

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Cerebral Mycobacterium avium abscesses: Late immune reconstitution syndrome in an HIV-1-infected patient receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy by Claude Fortin, Danielle Rouleau

“…The recurrence, manifested as brain abscesses in the central nervous system, was an uncommon form of MAC disease usually reported postmortem. …”
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Hypertension and Its Impact on Stroke Recovery: From a Vascular to a Parenchymal Overview by Benjamin Maïer, Nathalie Kubis

“…Here, we sought to review the impact of isolated hypertension or hypertension associated to stroke on brain atrophy, neuron connectivity and neurogenesis, and phenotype modification of microglia and astrocytes. …”
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Colonic Metastasis with Anemia Leading to a Diagnosis of Primary Lung Adenocarcinoma by Vasa Jevremovic, Amer Abboud, Stuart Krauss

“…Metastasis occurs with 50% of lung carcinomas, most commonly to lymph nodes, adrenal glands, liver, bone, and brain. It is extremely rare for lung cancer to present with symptoms of a gastrointestinal metastasis and even more so pertaining to the colon. …”
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Can the Spinal Cord Learn and Remember? by Pierre A. Guertin

“…Learning and memory traditionally have been associated with cellular processes occurring in a specialized region of the brain called the hippocampus. However, recent data have provided strong evidence to suggest that comparable processes are also expressed in the spinal cord. …”
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Communication, latéralité et cerveau chez les primates humains et non humains : vers une origine gestuelle ou multimodale du langage ? by Adrien Meguerditchian, Hélène Cochet, Catherine Wallez, Jacques Vauclair

“…In the present paper, after emphasising the tight relation between gestures and language in human infants, we underlie the specific significance of communicative gestures and of the progressive control of the oro-facial system and the vocal tract in the course of the language evolution by reviewing the findings related to lateralization and brain correlates of both vocal and gestural systems in nonhuman primates.…”
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Importance of Imaging in Congenital Unilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis: A Case of Neck Neuroblastoma Presenting with Unilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis by W. X. Yeo, C. Y. Chan, K. K. H. Tan

“…Therefore, unless an obvious cause of unilateral VFP is present (such as cardiac surgery or birth trauma), routine imaging of the brain, neck, and mediastinum should be performed for congenital unilateral VFP. …”
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Retinal Ischemia as a Presenting Ocular Sign of Neurofibromatosis Type 2 by Binbin Zhao, Yan Yan

“…The fundus examination and optical coherence tomography revealed optic disc hamartoma in the right eye and paracentral acute middle maculopathy (PAMM) and cotton wool spot indicating retinal ischemia in the left eye. Brain MRI showed bilateral acoustic neuroma, parasellar meningioma, and cervical extramedullary tumor. …”
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The Involvement of Microglial Cells in Japanese Encephalitis Infections by Thananya Thongtan, Chutima Thepparit, Duncan R. Smith

“…The virus is transmitted to humans by Culex mosquitoes, and, while the majority of human infections are asymptomatic, up to 30% of JE cases admitted to hospital die and 50% of the survivors suffer from neurological sequelae. Microglia are brain-resident macrophages that play key roles in both the innate and adaptive immune responses in the CNS and are thus of importance in determining the pathology of encephalitis as a result of JEV infection.…”
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Vagus Nerve Stimulation Affects Pain Perception in Depressed Adults by Jeffrey J Borckardt, F Andrew Kozel, Berry Anderson, Angela Walker, Mark S George

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What Remains to Be Discovered? by Pavel Nováček

“…Among the most promising challenges on the border between science and our imaginations, is an exploration of our universe, and potential contact with an extra-terrestrial civilisation, better understanding of space, time, matter, and energy (including “dark matter” and “dark energy”) and, of course, the “unthinkable” potential of the human brain. It seems that what may never be discovered is scientific evidence of life after death. …”
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Le sujet neurocognitif et l’éducation : un paradoxe ? by Claude Caussidier

“…Within this framework, learning difficulties are then regarded as dysfunctions of the brain compared to definite biological standards. …”
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An Inguinal Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Tumor Metastatic to the Orbit by Zofia Tynski, Way Chiang, Albert Barrett

“…Herein, we report a 20-year-old woman with a left inguinal mass metastatic to orbit, brain, lumbar spine, and skin at presentation. To our knowledge, this is the first case of metastatic PEComa to the orbit. …”
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Intensive Care Management of Patients with Acute Liver Failure with Emphasis on Systemic Hemodynamic Instability and Cerebral Edema: A Critical Appraisal of Pathophysiology by Fin Stolze Larsen, Bent Adel Hansen, Andres T Blei

“…The most dramatic impact of ALF is on the brain, as hepatic encephalopathy and intracranial hypertension (IH) develop. …”
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Sympathetic Prions by Markus Glatzel

“…The process by which prions invade the brain is termed neuroinvasion[4]. We and others have speculated that, depending on the amount of infectious agent injected, the injection site, and the strain of prions employed, neuroinvasion can occur either directly via peripheral nerves or first through the lymphoreticular system and then via peripheral nerves[5].…”
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Conscious and unconscious processes in vision and homeostasis by Athanassios S. Fokas, Nikos K. Logothetis

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Amniotic Stem Cells: Potential in Regenerative Medicine by Mahmud Bani-Yaghoub, Patricia Wilson, Markus Hengstschläger, Toshio Nikaido, Duanqing Pei

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An Interesting Case of Bilateral Facial Palsy due to Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis by Rajish Sanjit Kumar Shil, Jamal Ali Teir

“…In rare instances, it has shown involvement of the brain and cranial nerves as well. We are reporting a case of granulomatosis with polyangiitis, complicated by bilateral facial palsy due to lower motor neuron involvement of the facial nerve, which has responded well to immunosuppressive treatment, particularly rituximab. …”
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