Glioblastoma Circulating Cells: Reality, Trap or Illusion? by A. Lombard, N. Goffart, B. Rogister

“…Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most frequent primary brain neoplasm, is mainly characterized by a dismal prognosis. …”
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Figure-ground segmentation based on motion in the archerfish by Svetlana Volotsky, Ronen Segev

“…Abstract Figure-ground segmentation is a fundamental process in visual perception that involves separating visual stimuli into distinct meaningful objects and their surrounding context, thus allowing the brain to interpret and understand complex visual scenes. …”
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Oral Iron Prophylaxis in Pregnancy: Not Too Little and Not Too Much! by Nils Milman

“…Iron is important for development of the fetal brain and cognitive abilities of the newborn. Children born to iron-deficient mothers will start their lives suffering from iron deficiency or even IDA. …”
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Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Induced Limbic Encephalitis during Treatment with Atezolizumab in a Patient with Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Koki Nakashima, Yoshiki Demura, Kosuke Kurokawa, Toshihiro Takeda, Norihiro Jikuya, Masahiro Oi, Toshihiko Tada, Masaya Akai, Tamotsu Ishizuka

“…We herein report a 66-year-old man with SCLC who developed disorientation, dysphagia, and gait disturbance after three courses of treatment with atezolizumab. Brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed a high-intensity area in the bilateral temporal lobes. …”
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Lessons from a Mouse Model Characterizing Features of Vascular Cognitive Impairment with White Matter Changes by Masafumi Ihara, Hidekazu Tomimoto

“…The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive summary of the achievements made with the model that shows good reproducibility of the white matter changes characterized by blood-brain barrier disruption, glial activation, oxidative stress, and oligodendrocyte loss following chronic cerebral hypoperfusion. …”
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Dandy-Walker Syndrome. Case Report and Literature Review by William Ernesto González Águila, Osiris Intento García, Nilda Beatriz Cortizo Martínez

“…In addition to the dilation of the lateral ventricles, a cyst in the choroid plexus and signs of brain atrophy were observed. She was diagnosed with Dandy-Walker syndrome, without surgical criteria because she did not present signs of hydrocephalus. …”
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Aging in Persons with Rett Syndrome: An Updated Review by Meir Lotan, Joav Merrick, Isack Kandel, Mohammed Morad

“…Rett syndrome (RS) is a neurological disease affecting mainly females, characterized by an arrest of brain development caused by an X-linked mutation. …”
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A Possible Change Process of Inflammatory Cytokines in the Prolonged Chronic Stress and Its Ultimate Implications for Health by Rui Tian, Gonglin Hou, Dan Li, Ti-Fei Yuan

“…Sustained stress triggers series of changes in the brain and the body. At the early stage of stress, the activated hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and sympathetic nervous system (SNS) axis can upregulate the levels of glucocorticoid (GCs) and catecholamines (CAs), respectively, and then they in turn inhibit the secretion of proinflammatory cytokines directly or indirectly while promoting the secretion of anti-inflammatory cytokines. …”
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Clinical and Biochemical Manifestations of Depression: Relation to the Neurobiology of Stress by Phillip W. Gold, Rodrigo Machado-Vieira, Maria G. Pavlatou

“…Aspects such as depression subtypes, inflammation, insulin resistance, oxidative stress, and prothrombotic states in critical brain circuits and periphery are critically appraised. …”
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Recovery of Chronic Stress-Triggered Changes of Hippocampal Glutamatergic Transmission by Min Lin, Gonglin Hou, Ying Zhao, Ti-Fei Yuan

“…Chronic stress results in neurochemical, physiological, immune, molecular, cellular, and structural changes in the brain and often dampens the cognition. The hippocampus has been one major focus in studying the stress responsivity and neural mechanisms underlying depression. …”
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CT and MRI image fusion based on variance and pixel significance by Boubakeur Latreche

“…We present an innovative and effective image fusion technique utilizing ILWT and DCT for combining brain-related medical images acquired through there are two steps to this strategy. …”
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Pitfalls in Genetic Testing for Consanguineous Pediatric Populations by Maha Saleh, Samantha Colaiacovo, Melanie P. Napier, Asuri N. Prasad, C. Anthony Rupar, Chitra Prasad

“…Our patient presented with global developmental delay, regression, microcephaly, spastic diplegia, and leukodystrophy confirmed on brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). She was found on whole exome sequencing (WES) to have dual genetic diagnoses. …”
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Central Mechanisms of Abnormal Sympathoexcitation in Chronic Heart Failure by Takuya Kishi, Yoshitaka Hirooka

“…Recently, the abnormalities in the central regulation of sympathetic nerve activity mediated by brain renin angiotensin system-oxidative stress axis and/or proinflammatory cytokines have been focused. …”
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Exploring environmental factors contributing to Parkinson’s disease in AfrAbian populations by Wael Mohamed

“…This study presents a plausible rationale for the adverse effects of environmental influences on the brain, which are pivotal in the progression or onset of Parkinson’s disease from an AfrAbian standpoint.…”
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Bone Metastasis as the Only Metastatic Site in a Patient with Pancreatic Cancer following Distal Pancreatectomy by Muhammad Wasif Saif, Natalie Galanina, L. Ravage-Mass, Kristin Kaley, Daniel Cornfeld, Lynne Lamb, David Chhieng

“…Other less common sites are the lung, brain, kidney, and bone. Skeletal metastases are less prevalent in occurrence but contribute to significant morbidity associated with pancreatic cancer. …”
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Leptin Promotes Glioblastoma by Johnathan E. Lawrence, Nicholas J. Cook, Richard A. Rovin, Robert J. Winn

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A Pharmacological and Toxicological Profile of Silver as an Antimicrobial Agent in Medical Devices by Alan B. G. Lansdown

“…Ag+ binds strongly to metallothionein, albumins, and macroglobulins and is metabolised to all tissues other than the brain and the central nervous system. Silver sulphide or silver selenide precipitates, bound lysosomally in soft tissues, are inert and not associated with an irreversible toxic change. …”
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Linezolid and serotonin syndrome by Haytham A. Wali

“…Despite its efficacy, linezolid can cause serotonin syndrome, a potentially fatal condition associated with excessive serotonin activity in the brain. This narrative review examined the pharmacological mechanisms of this interaction, particularly linezolid’s mild monoamine oxidase-inhibitory activity, which can trigger serotonin syndrome in combination with serotonergic drugs. …”
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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning during Pregnancy: Presentation of a Rare Severe Case with Fetal Bladder Complications by Myriam Delomenie, Floriane Schneider, Joëlle Beaudet, René Gabriel, Nathalie Bednarek, Olivier Graesslin

“…We report the case of a 22-year-old pregnant woman who at 30 weeks of gestation had carbon monoxide poisoning secondary to a fire in her home, complicated by cardiac arrest and severe fetal damage. The child had not brain damage, but presented bladder lesions not previously described, with urinary ascites complicating megacystis.…”
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BOLD Noise Assumptions in fMRI by Alle Meije Wink, Jos B. T. M. Roerdink

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