Rare Suprasellar Chordoid Meningioma with INI1 Gene Mutation by Imad Fadl-Elmula, Rania Giha, Sawsan AH Deaf, Lamyaa Ahmed El Hassan, Ahmed M. Hassan, Mohamed AR Arbab

“…Background: Chordoid Meningioma is a rare brain tumour characterized genetically by loss of genetic material from chromosome 22q at cytogenetic level resulting in mutation of NF2 gene. …”
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Neuroprotective Effects of Stem Cells in Ischemic Stroke by Weilin Xu, Jingwei Zheng, Liansheng Gao, Tao Li, Jianmin Zhang, Anwen Shao

“…The underlying mechanism involved antiapoptosis, anti-inflammation, promotion of angiogenesis and neurogenesis, formation of new neural cells and neuronal circuitry, antioxidation, and blood-brain barrier (BBB) protection. This review would focus on the types and neuroprotective actions of stem cells and its potential mechanisms for ischemic stroke.…”
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Septooptic Dysplasia with an Associated Arachnoid Cyst by Skyler V. McLaurin-Jiang, Julie K. Wood, David F. Crudo

“…Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain confirmed the known history of arachnoid cyst with hydrocephalus but also revealed anterior pituitary hypoplasia, absence of the posterior pituitary bright spot, a thin pituitary stalk, and bilateral optic nerve hypoplasia. …”
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Paradoxical Akathisia Caused by Clonazepam, Clorazepate and Lorazepam in Patients with Traumatic Encephalopathy and Seizure Disorders: A Subtype of Benzodiazepine-Induced Disinhibi... by A. B. Joseph, B. A. Wroblewski

“…It is also noted that all three patients had a history of traumatic brain injury and seizure disorder. The data support the hypothesis that atypical benzodiazepine-induced akathisia exists. …”
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Iterative Linear Quadratic Optimization for Nonlinear Control: Differentiable Programming Algorithmic Templates by Roulet, Vincent, Srinivasa, Siddhartha, Fazel, Maryam, Harchaoui, Zaid

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Prevalence And Morphometric Analysis Of Fossa Navicularis Magna In Dry Human Skulls by Maria Tasleem, Mohtasham Hina, Fauzia Qureshi, Imtiaz Aslam, Iram Atta, Raafea Tafweez

“…Lately few case reports presented this fossa as a cause of spread of infection from nasopharynx to brain resulting in meningitis and osteomyelitis. …”
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Psychiatric and Behavioral Complications of GPi DBS in an Adolescent with Myoclonus Dystonia by Graciela Kriegel, Melanie I. Stuckey

“…Myoclonus dystonia is a rare movement disorder that often causes significant disability. Deep brain stimulation of the internal pallidum (GPi DBS) is a recommended treatment for those who do not respond to pharmacotherapy or who have intolerable side effects. …”
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Evaluating the Outcome of an Unnecessary Request for CT Scan in Be’sat Hospital of Hamadan by Hossein Khosravi, Mohammad Hamidi, Safoora Nikzad, Leili Tapak

“…The highest and lowest percentages of unnecessary cases were related to CT scans of the brain (42.3%) and facial bones (2.3%), respectively. …”
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Evidence-Based Cerebral Vasospasm Surveillance by Heather Kistka, Michael C. Dewan, J. Mocco

“…Invasive strategies including brain tissue oxygen monitoring, microdialysis, thermal diffusion, and jugular bulb oximetry are examined. …”
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Impact of Artifacts Caused by Intraoral Dental Materials in Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Divya Josephraj, Ravindranath Vineetha, Priya Pattath Sankaran, Prakashini Koteshwara, Mathangi Kumar, Kalyana Chakravarthy Pentapati

“…Material and Methods: A clinical examination was conducted on forty-six patients who underwent magnetic resonance imaging for various brain pathologies. Parameters were recorded, including the location, span, and type of intraoral dental material. …”
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Ocular Tuberculosis with Multiple Cerebral Abscesses by Saidin Nor-Masniwati, Embong Zunaina, Yaakub Azhany

“…The computerized tomography scan of the brain revealed multiple cerebral abscesses. A clinical diagnosis of right ocular tuberculosis with multiple cerebral abscesses was made. …”
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Colorectal Metastasis From Lung Adenocarcinoma With Initial Gastrointestinal Symptoms: A Case Report and Literature Review by Yu Xin, Dan Liu, Dan Zang, Yan Sun, Jun Chen

“…LC usually metastasizes from the lungs to the liver, adrenal glands, brain, and bone, but rarely to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. …”
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Facial Emotion Recognition in Parkinson's Disease: An fMRI Investigation. by Albert Wabnegger, Rottraut Ille, Petra Schwingenschuh, Petra Katschnig-Winter, Mariella Kögl-Wallner, Karoline Wenzel, Anne Schienle

“…Therefore, the present investigation additionally used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in order to compare brain activation during emotion perception between PD patients and healthy controls.…”
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Bilateral Vocal Cord Paralysis and Cervicolumbar Radiculopathy as the Presenting Paraneoplastic Manifestations of Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Case Report and Literature Review by Jeffrey C. Yeung, C. Elizabeth Pringle, Harmanjatinder S. Sekhon, Shaun J. Kilty, Kristian Macdonald

“…Cross-sectional imaging of the brain and vagus nerves was negative. An antiparaneoplastic antibody panel was positive for anti-Hu antibodies. …”
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A Rare Complication of Tracheal Intubation: Tongue Perforation by Loreto Lollo, Tanya K. Meyer, Andreas Grabinsky

“…A 65-year-old female with intraparenchymal brain hemorrhage with rapidly progressive neurologic deterioration had the airway secured prior to arrival at the referral institution. …”
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Therapeutic Use of Botulinum Toxin in Neurorehabilitation by Domenico Intiso

“…Its use for the reduction of focal spasticity following stroke, brain injury, and cerebral palsy is provided. Although the reduction of spasticity is widely demonstrated with BTX type A injection, its impact on the improvement of dexterity and functional outcome remains controversial. …”
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3D Wavelet Subbands Mixing for Image Denoising by Pierrick Coupé, Pierre Hellier, Sylvain Prima, Charles Kervrann, Christian Barillot

“…Quantitative validation was carried out on synthetic datasets generated with the BrainWeb simulator. The results show that our NL-means filter with wavelet subbands mixing outperforms the classical implementation of the NL-means filter in terms of denoising quality and computation time. …”
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Delirium with Concurrent Use of Lithium and ECT and the Safety Implications: Case Reports and Review of the Literature by Mustafa Ali, Barikar C. Malathesh, Seshadri Sekhar Chatterjee, Soumitra Das, Prakriti Pokhrel, Mary Elizabeth Trejo Hernandez, John C. Murnin

“…Additionally, alterations in blood-brain barrier permeability, such as those caused by electroconvulsive therapy and age, increased the likelihood of delirium. …”
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Amperometric Biosensor Detecting Dopamine Based on Polypyrrole/Reduced Graphene Oxide/Nickel Oxide/Glassy Carbon Electrode by Shindy Ayu Netania Priyanto, Elly Septia Yulianti, Ahmad Zakiyuddin, Siti Fauziyah Rahman

“…However, abnormal levels of DA in the brain can lead to Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, or schizophrenia diseases. …”
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Simultaneous tACS-fMRI reveals state- and frequency-specific modulation of hippocampal-cortical functional connectivity by Max Kaiser, Yuejuan Wang, Sanne Ten Oever, Felix Duecker, Alexander T. Sack, Vincent van de Ven

“…Our findings are promising for targeted network modulations of deep brain structures for research and clinical intervention.…”
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