The (Draft) European Charter of the Commons – Between Opportunities and Challenges by Anna Simonati

“…An expression of this idea is the draft European Charter of the Commons, which is the result of a collective brain-storming by a group of scholars rather than a source of law. …”
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Functional Expression Study of Igf2 Antisense Transcript in Mouse by Carolina Duart-Garcia, Martin H. Braunschweig

“…The Igf2as gene was also expressed in placenta and in brain. The expression data suggests that the Igf2as gene plays a role in early development of the mouse and in placenta. …”
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MicroRNA as a Potential Biomarker and Treatment Strategy for Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Mingming Cao, Wenjing Song, Runyu Liang, Lili Teng, Mei Zhang, Jiyao Zhang, Luwen Zhu

“…Ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury is a progressive injury that aggravates the pathological state when the organ tissue restores blood supply after a certain period of ischemia, including the myocardial, brain, liver, kidney, and intestinal. With growing evidence that microRNAs (miRNAs) play an important role as posttranscription gene silencing mediators in many I/R injury, in this review, we highlight the microRNAs that are related to I/R injury and their regulatory molecular pathways. …”
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Whiplash Injuries: An Update by Robert W Teasell, Allan P Shapiro

“…The impact of compensation on recovery remains controversial, while the concept that mild traumatic brain injury occurs in the absence of loss of consciousness has been largely refuted. …”
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Recurrent Renal Cell Carcinoma with Synchronous Tumor Growth in Azygoesophageal Recess and Duodenum: A Rare Cause of Anemia and Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding by Vamshidhar R. Vootla, Muhammad Kashif, Masooma Niazi, Suresh K. Nayudu

“…The common sites of metastases include the lungs, bones, liver, renal fossa, and brain. RCCs metastasize rarely to the duodenum, and duodenal metastasis presenting with acute gastrointestinal bleed is infrequently reported in literature. …”
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A High-Performance Lossless Compression Scheme for EEG Signals Using Wavelet Transform and Neural Network Predictors by N. Sriraam

“…Of the different 1D medical signals, electroencephalography (EEG) data is of great importance to the neurologist for detecting brain-related disorders. The volume of digitized EEG data generated and preserved for future reference exceeds the capacity of recent developments in digital storage and communication media and hence there is a need for an efficient compression system. …”
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Catecholamines Mediate Multiple Fetal Adaptations during Placental Insufficiency That Contribute to Intrauterine Growth Restriction: Lessons from Hyperthermic Sheep by D. T. Yates, A. S. Green, S. W. Limesand

“…Catecholamines suppress insulin secretion to promote glucose sparing for insulin-independent tissues (brain, nerves) over insulin-dependent tissues (skeletal muscle, liver, and adipose). …”
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Genetic screening of South African families with Parkinson’s disease by S Bardien, A Braun, R van Coller, F Hassan Amod, J Carr, S Moosa

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Kinetic Modeling of the Mitochondrial Energy Metabolism of Neuronal Cells: The Impact of Reduced α-Ketoglutarate Dehydrogenase Activities on ATP Production and Generation of Reacti... by Nikolaus Berndt, Sascha Bulik, Hermann-Georg Holzhütter

“…Reduced activity of brain α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex (KGDHC) occurs in a number of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. …”
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Late Onset Atypical Pantothenate-Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration by Natalie Diaz

“…Pantothenate-kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN) is a rare genetic disease and a form of neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA). It most commonly begins in the first two decades of life but should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients at any age with an atypical progressive extrapyramidal disorder and cognitive impairment. …”
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Fatal Idiopathic Hyperammonemia after Induction Chemotherapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Christophe Angelo, Marie-Françoise Vincent, Mina Komuta, Philippe Hantson, Nicole Straetmans, Edwige Boulet

“…Despite intensive care management and extrarenal epuration, the patient was declared brain dead two days after hyperammonemia onset.…”
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Cerebrospinal fluid leak-associated ventriculitis – a case report by Amir Waheed, Faryal Amir

“…A gadolinium-enhanced MRI brain showed high signal in the occipital horns of the lateral ventricles with diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and a low signal with DWI-apparent diffusion coefficient (DWI-ADC), consistent with ventriculitis. …”
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Currently important pathogenic Listeria species affecting animals and birds (review) by P. N. Shastin

“…Listeria can cross the intestinal, placental and blood-brain barriers. The manifestations of listeriosis include encephalitis, meningitis, gastritis, meningoencephalitis, mastitis, abortions, endometritis, etc. …”
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Intraneuronal binding of amyloid beta with reelin-Implications for the onset of Alzheimer's disease. by Asgeir Kobro-Flatmoen, Stig W Omholt

“…Numerous studies of the human brain supported by experimental results from rodent and cell models point to a central role for intracellular amyloid beta (Aβ) in the onset of Alzheimer's disease (AD). …”
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Local Thrombolysis for Successful Treatment of Acute Stroke in an Adolescent with Cardiac Myxoma by Natig Gassanov, Amir M. Nia, Kristina M. Dahlem, Stefan Ederer, Inga Wedemeyer, Evren Caglayan, Erland Erdmann, Fikret Er

“…Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed an ischemic stroke without evidence of acute bleeding. …”
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Relapsing Ipsilateral Vestibular Neuritis by Duilio Emiliano De Schutter, Nicolás Pérez Fernández

“…Contrast MRI was performed without relevant brain findings.…”
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Atypical Parkinsonism Revealing a Late Onset, Rigid and Akinetic Form of Huntington's Disease by A. Ciammola, J. Sassone, B. Poletti, N. Mencacci, R. Benti, V. Silani

“…Genetic analysis revealed expansion of 40 CAG repeats, and brain MRI showed both severe caudate nuclei and cortical atrophy. …”
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Lasting Developmental Effects of Neonatal Fentanyl Exposure in Preweanling Rats by Dora Catré, Maria Francelina Lopes, António Silvério Cabrita

“…The present study aimed to determine whether neonatal treatment with fentanyl has lasting effects on stressed developing brain. Six-day-old rats were assigned to one of three groups (10 males/group): (1) fentanyl (incision+fentanyl), (2) saline (incision+0.9% saline), and (3) unoperated (unoperated sham). …”
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Multiple Approaches to Investigate the Transport and Activity-Dependent Release of BDNF and Their Application in Neurogenetic Disorders by David Hartmann, Jana Drummond, Erik Handberg, Sharday Ewell, Lucas Pozzo-Miller

“…Studies utilizing genetic and pharmacological manipulations in rodent models and neuronal cultures have revealed myriad roles of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). Currently, this knowledge of BDNF function is being translated into improvement strategies for several debilitating neurological disorders in which BDNF abnormalities play a prominent role. …”
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State-of-the-Art Techniques to Causally Link Neural Plasticity to Functional Recovery in Experimental Stroke Research by Anna-Sophia Wahl

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