INTERROGATING ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN SELECTED NIGERIAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES by Otega Okinono, Okpan Samuel O.

“…The paper identified inadequate funding, lack of equipment, facilities and materials, lack of awareness, lack of implementation of research results, low rating in human capital indices, brain-drain, underemployment, etc, as challenges of research and human capital development in Nigeria. …”
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The impact of channel density, inverse solutions, connectivity metrics and calibration errors on OPM-MEG connectivity analysis: A simulation study by Shengjie Qi, Xinda Song, Le Jia, Hongyu Cui, Yuchen Suo, Tengyue Long, Zhendong Wu, Xiaolin Ning

“…A thorough framework for analyzing brain connectivity networks was provided herein.…”
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Atypical early neural responses to native and non-native language in infants at high likelihood for developing autism by Lauren Wagner, Megan Banchik, Tawny Tsang, Nana J. Okada, Rebecca Altshuler, Nicole McDonald, Susan Y. Bookheimer, Shafali S. Jeste, Shulamite Green, Mirella Dapretto

“…Infants were presented with native (English) and novel (Japanese) speech while sleeping naturally in the scanner. Whole-brain and a priori region-of-interest analyses were conducted to evaluate neural differences in language processing based on likelihood group and language condition. …”
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Prevalence of anhedonia in women with deep endometriosis by Aida Mallorquí, Alessandra Fortuna, Emma Segura, Gemma Cardona, Marta Espinosa, Lara Quintas-Marquès, Meritxell Gracia, Elena Angulo-Antúnez, Francisco Carmona, María-Angeles Martínez-Zamora

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Acute effects of physical exercise on cognitive function and neurotrophins in patients with type 1 diabetes: A systematic review by Emanuele Zanardo, Giulia Quinto, Francesca Battista, Federica Duregon, Marco Vecchiato, Chiara Bergia, Kirk Erickson, Andrea Ermolao, Daniel Neunhaeuserer

“…In contrast, higher levels of neurotrophins, such as brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), may be associated with better brain health. …”
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Behavioral representations within the endogenous dual attentional pathways during audiovisual integration processing by Zhongtian Guan, Mingli Yan, Miao He, Yubo Liu, Zhixi Zhang, Chunlin Li

“…The brain showed consistent activation in the frontal eye field, inferior parietal lobule, supplementary motor area, superior temporal gyrus, middle occipital gyrus and cuneus. …”
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Sequencing and Integration of Cervical Manual Therapy and Vestibulo-oculomotor Therapy for Concussion Symptoms: Retrospective Analysis by Christopher Kevin Wong, Lauren Ziaks, Samantha Vargas, Tessia DeMattos, Chelsea Brown

“…# Background After concussion many people have cervicogenic headache, visual dysfunction, and vestibular deficits that can be attributed to brain injury, cervical injury, or both. While clinical practice guidelines outline treatments to address the symptoms that arise from the multiple involved systems, no preferred treatment sequence for post-concussion syndrome has emerged…”
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Estimation of median LC50 and toxicity of environmentally relevant concentrations of thiram in Labeo rohita by Sana Alam, Gulnaz Afzal, Riaz Hussain, Hafiz Muhammad Ali, Amtul Sami, Rabbiah Manzoor Malik, Raheela Jabeen, Farid Shokry Ataya, Kun Li

“…Moreover, comet assay revealed significant (p < 0.05) DNA damage in the isolated cells of kidneys, heart and brain at higher doses (80 μg/L and 120 μg/L) of thiram that was further confirmed by histo-pathological alterations in these tissues. …”
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Erdheim–Chester disease misdiagnosed as meningioma of the pontocerebellar angle: A case report and review of literature by Ali Riza Guvercin, Beyhan Guvercin, Emel Çakır, Uğur Yazar

“…It most commonly affects the long bones, lungs, heart, retroperitoneum, eyes, and kidneys and less commonly the brain and spinal cord. Although there are very few cases of supratentorial ECD mimicking intracranial meningioma reported in literature, to the best of our knowledge, there are no reports on ECD mimicking infratentorial pontocerebellar angle meningioma. …”
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Editorial: NeuroCOVID. Insights into the clinical manifestations and pathophysiology by Alina González-Quevedo, Alina González-Quevedo, Pedro A. Valdés Sosa, Pedro A. Valdés Sosa, Calixto Machado Curbelo, Calixto Machado Curbelo, Joel Gutiérrez Gil, Joel Gutiérrez Gil

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Conscious and unconscious processes in vision and homeostasis by Athanassios S. Fokas, Nikos K. Logothetis

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Exploring gender differences in vocational education and training through the lens of neuroscience by Jinjiao Zhou, Shuo Chen, yuzhuo Gong

“…Neuroscientific studies can contribute to resolving the disparity between genders in vocational education by examining the distinct brain functions and structures associated with perception, cognition, emotion, and social skills. …”
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Altered thermal preference by preoptic estrogen receptor alpha neurons in postpartum females by Nan Zhang, Meng Yu, Qianru Zhao, Bing Feng, Yue Deng, Jonathan C. Bean, Qingzhuo Liu, Benjamin P. Eappen, Yang He, Kristine M. Conde, Hailan Liu, Yongjie Yang, Longlong Tu, Mengjie Wang, Yongxiang Li, Na Yin, Hesong Liu, Junying Han, Darah Ave Threat, Nathan Xu, Taylor Smiley, Pingwen Xu, Lulu Chen, Tianshu Zeng, Yanlin He, Chunmei Wang

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Side-Stream Based Marine Solubles From Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) Modulate Appetite and Dietary Nutrient Utilization in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) and can Replace Fish Meal by Hanne Jorun Sixten, Ivar Rønnestad, André S. Bogevik, Tone Aspevik, Åge Oterhals, Ana S. Gomes, Floriana Lai, Ingvill Tolås, Virginie Gelebard, Marie Hillestad, Katerina Kousoulaki

“…Besides general performance, gut and brain gene expression for selected hormones and key neuropeptides involved in the control of appetite and digestive processes were studied during feeding and postprandial, and possible reference levels for Atlantic salmon were established. …”
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Synergistic strategies for glioblastoma treatment: CRISPR-based multigene editing combined with immune checkpoint blockade by Xiaolin Liu, Xiao Liu, Xiaonan Luo, Maorong Zhu, Nannan Liu, Juan Li, Qi Zhang, Cheng Zou, Yuxin Wu, Zhengcong Cao, Shuangxin Ma, Weizhong Wang, Guangzhao Yang, Jintao Gu, Wei Liu, Meng Li, Anan Yin, Yalong He, Wei Lin

“…Abstract Glioblastoma (GBM) is a primary brain tumor known for its high levels of aggressiveness and resistance to current treatments such as radiotherapy and chemotherapy. …”
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Sex differences in the neuroinflammatory signaling pathway: effect of miRNAs on fatty acid synthesis in microglia by Haolin Zheng, Akiko Mizokami, Sergio Romera-Giner, Jaime Llera-Oyola, Yosuke Yamawaki, Tomomi Sano, Eijiro Jimi, Francisco García-García, Takashi Kanematsu

“…Notably, testosterone has been reported to regulate cognitive functions in the brain, with low serum testosterone levels correlating with increased AD risk. …”
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Comparison of Nasopharyngeal Airway with Endoscopic Respiratory Mask for Hypoxemia in Painless Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in Obese Outpatients: Study Protocol for a Randomized Cont... by Xiang D, Deng L, Zhou R, Zhang X, Tian L, Jiang W, Zhou Y, Chen W, Peng Y

“…Dongmei Xiang,1,&ast; Lei Deng,2,&ast; Rui Zhou,3– 5 Xianjie Zhang,1 Lei Tian,1 Wencai Jiang,1 Yukai Zhou,1 Wenya Chen,1 Yanhua Peng1 1Department of Anesthesiology, the Deyang People’s Hospital, Deyang City, Sichuan Province, 618000, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Gastroenterology, the Deyang People’s Hospital, Deyang City, Sichuan Province, 618000, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Shanghai Fourth People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200434, People’s Republic of China; 4Translational Research Institute of Brain and Brain-Like Intelligence, Shanghai Fourth People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200434, People’s Republic of China; 5Clinical Research Center for Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200434, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Yanhua Peng, Department of Anesthesiology, the Deyang People’s Hospital, No. 173 section 1 Mount Taishan North Road Jingyang District, Deyang City, Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China, Email pyhuaa@163.comIntroduction: Sedatives and anesthetics can modify airway tone and induce respiratory depression, exacerbating the gas exchange impairments associated with obesity. …”
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Lutein and inflammation: a comprehensive review of its mechanisms of action by Paradentavida Prathyusha, Geetha Viswanathan, Anjilikal Tomy Tomcy, Ponnamparambil P. Binitha, Smitha V. Bava, Edakkadath R. Sindhu

“…In the central nervous system (CNS), lutein supports brain homeostasis through its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, increasing interleukin-10 (IL-10) and reducing tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α). …”
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Evaluating pre-processing and deep learning methods in medical imaging: Combined effectiveness across multiple modalities by Thien B. Nguyen-Tat, Tran Quang Hung, Pham Tien Nam, Vuong M. Ngo

“…These datasets include two X-ray collections: the COVID-19 Pneumonia Normal Chest PA Dataset and the Osteoporosis Knee X-ray Dataset; two CT scan datasets: the Chest CT-Scan Images Dataset and the Brain Stroke CT Image Dataset; two MRI datasets: the Breast Cancer Patients MRI and the Brain Tumor MRI Dataset; and two ultrasound datasets: the Ultrasound Breast Images for Breast Cancer and the MT Small Dataset. …”
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