SERT-Deficient Mice Fed Western Diet Reveal Altered Metabolic and Pro-Inflammatory Responses of the Liver: A Link to Abnormal Behaviors by Raymond Cespuglio, Anna Gorlova, Konstantin Zabegalov, Kirill Chaprov, Evgeniy Svirin, Kseniia Sitdikova, Alisa Burova, Boris Shulgin, Ksenia Lebedeva, Alexei V. Deikin, Sergey Morozov, Tatyana Strekalova

“…The significant correlations observed between behavioral measures and pro-inflammatory and metabolic alterations in WD-fed mice suggest the importance of liver-brain interactions and their role in the aberrant behaviors exhibited by Sert-/- mutants. …”
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MicroRNAs Expression Profile in MN1-Altered Astroblastoma by Francesca Gianno, Evelina Miele, Claudia Sabato, Elisabetta Ferretti, Simone Minasi, Francesca Romana Buttarelli, Debora Salerno, Natalia Pediconi, Giuseppe Rubens Pascucci, Francesca Guerrieri, Andrea Ciolfi, Simone Pizzi, Maura Massimino, Veronica Biassoni, Elisabetta Schiavello, Marco Gessi, Sofia Asioli, Angela Mastronuzzi, Antonio d’Amati, Giuseppina Catanzaro, Elisabetta Viscardi, David Capper, Felice Giangaspero, Manila Antonelli

“…Thirty-nine miRNAs were deregulated in tumor samples compared to normal brain tissue. Downregulated microRNAs exhibited an association with an increased risk of recurrence. …”
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Middle-age cerebral small vessel disease and cognitive function in later life: a population-based prospective cohort studyResearch in context by Ali Tanweer Siddiquee, Yoon Ho Hwang, Soriul Kim, Sung Jin Shin, Ji Soo Lee, June Christoph Kang, Min-Hee Lee, Hyeon Jin Kim, Seung Ku Lee, Chol Shin

“…By location, cSVD were mostly found in the frontal lobe followed by basal ganglia area of the brain. None of the cognitive test scores, except Trail Making Test–A, were significantly different between the cSVD groups at baseline. …”
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School-based mindfulness training in early adolescence: what works, for whom and how in the MYRIAD trial? by Susan Ball, Obioha C Ukoumunne, Tamsin Ford, Sarah Byford, Tim Dalgleish, Willem Kuyken, Jesus Montero-Marin, Kate Tudor, Alice Tickell, Catherine Crane, Ariane Petit, Elise Sellars, Laura Taylor, Maris Vainre, Benjamin Jones, Kirsty Griffiths, Elizabeth Nuthall, J Mark G Williams, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Katie Fletcher, Emma Medlicott, Anam Raja, Matthew Allwood, Louise Aukland, Tríona Casey, Nicola Dalrymple, Katherine De Wilde, Eleanor-Rose Farley, Jennifer Harper, Nils Kappelmann, Maria Kempnich, Liz Lord, Lucy Palmer, Alice Philips, Isobel Pryor-Nitsch, Lucy Radley, Anna Sonley, Jem Shackleford, Mark T Greenberg, Verena Hinze, Saz Ahmed, Marc Bennett, Lucy Foulkes, Cait Griffin, Konstantina Komninidou, Rachel Knight, Suzannah Laws, Jovita Leung, Jenna Parker, Blanca Piera Pi-Sunyer, Ashok Sakhardande, Lucy Warriner, Brian Wainman

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Cardio-metabolic-related plasma proteins reveal biological links between cardiovascular diseases and fragility fractures: a cohort and Mendelian randomisation investigationResearch... by Karl Michaëlsson, Rui Zheng, John A. Baron, Tove Fall, Alicja Wolk, Lars Lind, Jonas Höijer, Carl Brunius, Eva Warensjö Lemming, Olga E. Titova, Bodil Svennblad, Susanna C. Larsson, Shuai Yuan, Håkan Melhus, Liisa Byberg, Hannah L. Brooke

“…Mendelian randomisation (MR) analysis supported causality since genetically predicted levels of SOST (Sclerostin), CCDC80 (Coiled-coil domain-containing protein 80), NT-proBNP (N-terminal prohormone brain natriuretic peptide), and BNP (Brain natriuretic peptide) were associated with risk of hip fracture. …”
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Pediatric bacterial meningitis in southern China: analysis of 838 cases by Lianfeng Chen, Wen-Lin Wu, Yuanyuan Gao, Xiaojing Li, Sida Yang, Huici Liang, Kelu Zheng, Yani Zhang, Haixia Zhu, Yang Tian, Bingwei Peng, Haisheng Lin, Xiuying Wang, Shuyao Ning, Yinyan Gan, Chi Hou, Yinting Liao, Huiling Sheng, Wen-Xiong Chen, Wen-Xiong Chen

“…Differences in symptoms, pathogens, CSF results, brain MRI, and GOS points were observed across age groups (neonate [29 days, 12 months) and aged ≥12 months). …”
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The Effects of GABAergic System under Cerebral Ischemia: Spotlight on Cognitive Function by Juan Li, Luting Chen, Feng Guo, Xiaohua Han

“…The GABAergic system has a significant effect in promoting neural development and formation of local neural circuits of the brain, which is the structural basis of cognitive function. …”
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Enhanced Neuroplasticity by the Metabolic Enhancer Piracetam Associated with Improved Mitochondrial Dynamics and Altered Permeability Transition Pore Function by Carola Stockburger, Davide Miano, Thea Pallas, Kristina Friedland, Walter E. Müller

“…The mitochondrial cascade hypothesis of dementia assumes mitochondrial dysfunction leading to reduced energy supply, impaired neuroplasticity, and finally cell death as one major pathomechanism underlying the continuum from brain aging over mild cognitive impairment to initial and advanced late onset Alzheimer’s disease. …”
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Toward Authentication of Videos: Integer Transform Based Motion Vector Watermarking by Rafi Ullah, Sultan Daud Khan, Mohib Ullah, Fadi Al-Machot, Habib Ullah

“…Due to the advanced low-cost and easily available multimedia/communication tools and softwares, manipulation of the content is a no-brain task. Thus, the protection of digital content originality is a challenge for the content owners and researchers before it can be produced in court or used for some other purpose. …”
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Feline Neural Progenitor Cells I: Long-Term Expansion under Defined Culture Conditions by Jing Yang, Jinmei Wang, Ping Gu, X. Joann You, Henry Klassen

“…Primary cultures were derived from fetal brain tissue and passaged in DMEM/F12-based or Ultraculture-based proliferation media, both in the presence of EGF + bFGF. …”
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Metabolomic and lipidomic pathways in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage by Bosco Seong Kyu Yang, Spiros L. Blackburn, Philip L. Lorenzi, Huimahn A. Choi, Aaron M. Gusdon

“…They are comprised of a wide variety of subspecies and are critical for cellular energy metabolism, the integrity of the blood-brain barrier, the formation of cell membranes, and intercellular signaling including neuroinflammation and ferroptosis. …”
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Successful Damage Control Resuscitation with Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta in a Pediatric Patient by Yoonjung Heo, Sung Wook Chang, Dong Hun Kim

“…After successful bleeding control with small bowel resection for mesenteric avulsion, thorough radiologic evaluations revealed hypoxic brain injury. The patient died from deterioration of disseminated intravascular coagulation. …”
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Induced Neurocysticercosis in Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta) Produces Clinical Signs and Lesions Similar to Natural Disease in Man by N. Chowdhury, A. Saleque, N. K. Sood, L. D. Singla

“…On necropsy, all the infected monkeys showed numerous cysticerci in the brain. Histopathologically, heavily infected monkeys revealed liquefactive necrosis and formation of irregular cystic cavities lined by atrophied parenchymal septa with remnants of neuropil of the cerebrum. …”
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Successful Renal Transplantation after Presumed Cyanide Toxicity Treated with Hydroxocobalamin and Review of the Literature by Ryan J. Hendrix, Paulo N. Martins, Jeffrey S. Stoff, Aaron Ahearn, Adel Bozorgzadeh, Babak Movahedi

“…We report two cases of successful renal transplantation with allografts from donors who suffered anoxic brain injury as the primary cause of death from house fires. …”
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Cognitive Reflection and Religious Belief: A Test of Two Models by Fırat Şeker, Ensar Acem, Fatih Bayrak, Burak Dogruyol, Ozan Isler, Hasan G. Bahçekapili, Onurcan Yilmaz

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Specyfika rozwoju osobniczego Homo sapiens na tle ssaków łożyskowych i Naczelnych by Sławomir Kozieł, Anna Siniarska

“…In the evolution of human ontogeny, two new stages occurred: The first one is „childhood" which is manifested by slow body growth and intense brain development. The second one is named „adolescence" and includes pubertal spurt of many body variables. …”
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β-Carboline Alkaloids and Essential Tremor: Exploring the Environmental Determinants of One of the Most Prevalent Neurological Diseases by Elan D. Louis, Wei Zheng

“…Replication studies of populations outside of New York and studies of brain harmane levels in ET have yet to be undertaken. …”
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The Relevance and Potential Role of Orbital Fat in Inflammatory Orbital Diseases: Implications for Diagnosis and Treatment by Prince Dadson, Peter Ngum, Luis Eduardo Juarez-Orozco, Michael Ntodie, Piotr Loba

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Blastomycosis in Quebec (1981–90): Report of 23 Cases and Review of Published Cases from Quebec by G St-Germain, G Murray, R Duperval

“…Of the 21 culture-positive cases, 12 strains of Blastomyces dermatitidis were isolated from lungs, nine from skin, and one each from bone and brain. Serodiagnostic tests by immunodiffusion or complement fixation were positive for only one of the 10 patients known to have been tested. …”
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A Functional Neuroimaging Analysis of the Trail Making Test-B: Implications for Clinical Application by Mark D. Allen, Tyler E. Owens, Alina K. Fong, Douglas R. Richards

“…Subjects (N = 32) were administered the Functional Trail Making Test-B (f-TMTB). Brain region activations elicited by the f-TMTB were consistent with expectations given by prior TMT neurophysiological studies, including significant activations in the ventral and dorsal visual pathways and the medial pre-supplementary motor area. …”
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