Is a “floater” always a floater? Case report and short review of sphenoid meningiomas’ ocular manifestation by Dominik Sokalski, Jacek P. Szaflik, Joanna Przybek-Skrzypecka

“…Meningiomas are the most common primary brain tumours. The incidence of meningiomas increases progressively with age and might be related to general diseases, e.g. neurofibromatosis type 2 and exposure to radiation. …”
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Bioactive Volatile Content of the Stem and Root of Centaurea carduiformis DC. subsp. carduiformis var. carduiformis by Ibrahim Demirtas, Ayse Sahin

“…In the present study, antiproliferative activity of hexane extract from stems and roots of Centaurea carduiformis DC. subsp. carduiformis var. carduiformis (CCS and CCR) on Vero cells (African green monkey kidney), C6 cells (Rat Brain tumor cells), and HeLa cells (human uterus carcinoma) was investigated in vitro. …”
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Pain: A Culturally Informed Experience by David Ng

“…Pain, as I believed for a long time, was a bodily sensation with an expression that was more or less universal; to me, pain was simply the sensation that the brain experiences as a response to noxious stimuli. …”
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Diencephalic Syndrome: A Rare Entity with Its Anaesthetic Management and Post-operative Complications of Diabetes Insipidus and Thrombocytopenia by Sakshi Kadian, Sarin John, Siddharth Chakraborty, Sanjay Agrawal

“…The child had bilateral optic atrophy; however, hormonal profiles were within normal limits. MRI of the brain gave an impression of craniopharyngioma.…”
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Advances in the study of apathy related to cerebral small vessel disease by Shuo-han Bu, Shuo-han Bu, Xin-zhu Hu, Zhe Su, Li-tao Li, Li-tao Li

“…Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) is a complex clinical-imaging pathological syndrome caused by small vessel lesions in the brain, which is characterized by aging-related, insidious onset and slow progression. …”
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Two Mixed-Ligand Cu(II) Polymers: Treatment Activity on Acute Cerebral Infarction Combined with Alteplase by Wen-Ping Liu, Tao Xue, Yangchun Li, Ruoyu Cui

“…In addition to this, the real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay was conducted, and the inflammatory response in the brain was also determined.…”
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The underappreciated contribution of Oskar Fischer to the knowledge of Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration by Eliasz Engelhardt, Lea Tenenholz Grinberg

“…The historical development of FTD concept is rooted in the pioneering work of Arnold Pick, who first described clinical cases of focal brain atrophy. Oskar Fischer significantly advanced this field by detailing the histopathological features of these conditions, such as the ‘spongiform cortical wasting’, and identifying characteristic neuronal changes such as the ‘ballooned cells’. …”
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Transport of Alzheimer's associated amyloid-β catalyzed by P-glycoprotein. by James W McCormick, Lauren McCormick, Gang Chen, Pia D Vogel, John G Wise

“…P-glycoprotein (P-gp) is a critical membrane transporter in the blood brain barrier (BBB) and is implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD). …”
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Unexpected Diagnosis of Both Adenocarcinoma of the Colon and Metastatic Lobular Carcinoma of the Breast in the Gastrointestinal Tract by Tegan Miller, Carol Ross, Haitham Al-Rawi, Barry Taylor, Mohammad Al-Jafari

“…Lobular carcinoma more commonly metastasises to the uterus and appendages, peritoneum, and gastrointestinal tract than other types of breast cancer, while ductal carcinoma has a propensity to metastasise to the lungs, liver, and brain. We describe the case of a patient with no known history of breast cancer, whose primary presentation of lobular breast cancer was with malignant small intestinal and colonic strictures, with coexisting previously undiagnosed adenocarcinoma of the colon.…”
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Long-Lasting Unruptured Large Intracranial Aneurysm in Bilateral Moyamoya Disease: Case Report by Eunyoung Chae, Soomin Jeong, Chan-Hyuk Lee

“…She exhibited weakness in the left upper and lower extremities and dysarthria and was taking aspirin. The brain magnetic resonance imaging showed complete occlusion in the bilateral MCA proximal (M1) and a large 11 × 11 mm nonruptured cerebral aneurysm in the A3 segment of the left anterior cerebral artery. …”
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Neurosyphilis Presenting as Asymptomatic Optic Perineuritis by Sarah E. Parker, John H. Pula

“…A 41-year-old man was found to have bilateral disc edema on a routine exam. Brain MRI was unremarkable, and lumbar puncture revealed a normal opening pressure, with an elevated cerebrospinal fluid white cell count. …”
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Eradication of HIV by Transplantation of CCR5-Deficient Hematopoietic Stem Cells by Gero Hütter, Susanne Ganepola

“…In the analysis of peripheral blood cells and different tissue samples, including gut, liver, and brain, no viral load or proviral DNA could be detected. …”
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Co-developing sleep-wake and sensory foundations for cognition in the human fetus and newborn by Kimberley Whitehead

“…Finally, the argument is made that taking account of sleep-wake state during perinatal functional neuroimaging can better index sensorimotor, language, and cognitive brain activities, potentially improving its diagnostic and prognostic value. …”
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Editorial: To Know or Not to Know: causes and evolution of lack of awareness of cognitive decline in neurodegenerative diseases, volume II by Federica Cacciamani, Federica Cacciamani, Kristy A. Nielson, Kristy A. Nielson, Bernard J. Hanseeuw, Bernard J. Hanseeuw, Geoffroy P. Gagliardi, Geoffroy P. Gagliardi, Patrizia Vannini, Patrizia Vannini

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The biological foundations of fixation: a general theory by Robert A. Dielenberg

“…This leads to the idea that the brain functions as a fixation-projection machine. …”
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Anton’s Syndrome due to Bilateral Ischemic Occipital Lobe Strokes by Sanela Zukić, Osman Sinanović, Lejla Zonić, Renata Hodžić, Svjetlana Mujagić, Edina Smajlović

“…., visual anosognosia with confabulations), who developed bilateral occipital lobe infarct. Bilateral occipital brain damage results in blindness, and patients start to confabulate to fill in the missing sensory input. …”
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Updates on the development of vaccines and therapeutic options against rabies by Roshan Arjun Ananda, Hooi-Leng Ser, Vengadesh Letchumanan

“…During the initial stage of infection, affected individuals usually show weakess at the bitten extremities and the virus can ultimately travel to the brain causing neurological signs. In attenuated (inactivated) form, the currently in use vaccines have been recommended by WHO for the prevention (i.e. pre-exposure prophylaxis, PrEP) and treatment (i.e. post-exposure prophylaxis, PEP) regime against the rabies virus (RABV). …”
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Robots as social companions for space exploration by Matthieu J. Guitton

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Sympathetic Renal Innervation and Resistant Hypertension by Vito M. Campese, Elaine Ku, Jeanie Park

“…Although the role of sodium retention, total body volume expansion, and hyperactivity of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) are well recognized, increasing evidence suggests that afferent impulses from the injured kidney may increase sympathetic nervous system activity in areas of the brain involved in noradrenergic regulation of blood pressure and contribute to the development and maintenance of hypertension associated with kidney disease. …”
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Understanding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs): Toward Identification of a Behavioral Phenotype by Kelly Nash, Erin Sheard, Joanne Rovet, Gideon Koren

“…The damaging effects of alcohol on the developing brain have a cascading impact on the social and neurocognitive profiles of affected individuals. …”
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