Heart Rate Monitoring During Behavioral Stress Tests in Bold and Shy Rainbow Trout (<i>Oncorhynchus mykiss</i>) by Eleftherios Kasiouras, Gautier Riberolles, Albin Gräns, Andreas Ekström, Johan Höjesjö, Jonathan A. C. Roques, Erik Sandblom, Lynne U. Sneddon

“…To determine whether personality affects the sympathetic nervous system, heart rate was measured during three potentially stressful events as a proxy for sympathetic nervous system responses. …”
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Lyme neuroborreliosis as initial expression of Lyme disease in an elderly patient by Emidio Mata, Bárbara Lage Garcia, André Pereira, Joana Rego, Flávia Santos, Carlos Fernandes, Jorge Cotter

“…Background: Lyme disease (LD) is a multisystemic infection caused by Borrelia burgdorferi and transmitted by Ixodes ticks, affecting the skin, nervous system, heart and joints. Neuroborreliosis (LNB), a nervous system manifestation of LD, occurs in 10–15% of cases and may present with neurological symptoms at varying stages. …”
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Clinical Practice Guidelines for Hypertensive Emergency Treatment by Carlos Garcia Gomez, Raúl Nieto Cabrera

“…It has been defined as the abrupt increase of systolic and diastolic blood pressure (usually ≥ 220/140 mmHg) associated with organic damage mainly of the central nervous system, heart or kidneys. This document includes concepts, different presentations, diagnosis and treatment, stressing the function of the most frequent hypotensive medications. …”
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Haematologic and Urologic Manifestations of Cryptococcus neoformans by Jessica Morgan, John Vardanega, Mimi Yue, Ian Gassiep

“…Cryptococcus neoformans classically causes pulmonary and central nervous system (CNS) infection in immunocompromised hosts and can lead to disseminated disease. …”
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Corrigendum: Research progress of breast cancer surgery during 2010–2024: a bibliometric analysis by Jiawei Kang, Nan Jiang, Munire Shataer, Tayier Tuersong

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A Reversible Cytotoxic Lesion of the Corpus Callosum Developing after a Rapid Alteration in Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure/Volume in a Patient with New Daily Persistent Headache by Todd D. Rozen, Hector A. Robles

“…This is the first documentation that rapid alterations of CSF pressure/volume may trigger cytotoxic lesions in the central nervous system.…”
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Collagen XVII: A Shared Antigen in Neurodermatological Interactions? by Allan Seppänen

“…In addition, collagen XVII has been found to be present in the central nervous system, thus offering an explanation for the statistical association between bullous pemphigoid, in which autoimmunity is directed against dermal collagen XVII, and neurological diseases. …”
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Gamification Assisted Language Learning for Japanese Language Using Expert Point Cloud Recognizer by Yogi Udjaja

“…This method is used to stimulate the sensory and motor nervous system and motivate students (players) to study harder. …”
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Incontinentia Pigmenti in a Newborn. A Case Report by Yahiris García Rodríguez, Grethel Castillo Maspons

“…Incontinentia pigmenti, also known as Bloch-Sulzberger syndrome, is an X-linked dominant neurocutaneous syndrome, which variably affects the tissues derived from the neuroectoderm and mesoderm including the skin, hair, nails, eyes, central nervous system and teeth. Differential diagnoses such as bullous impetigo, bullous pemphigoid, neonatal herpes, cytomegalovirus, mastocytosis and epidermolysis bullosa are considered in the neonatal period. …”
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Cladophialophora bantiana Brain Abscess in an Immunocompetent Patient by Sanjay G. Revankar

“…Cladophialophora bantiana is a dematiaceous mold with a predilection for causing central nervous system infection, particularly in normal hosts. …”
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Psychiatric Symptoms due to Thyroid Disease in a Female Adolescent by Nelly Capetillo-Ventura, Inmaculada Baeza

“…The hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis is involved in the production of thyroid hormone which is needed to maintain the normal functioning of various organs and systems, including the central nervous system. This study reports a case of hypothyroidism in a fifteen-year-old female adolescent who was attended for psychiatric symptoms. …”
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Ion Channels and Zinc: Mechanisms of Neurotoxicity and Neurodegeneration by Deborah R. Morris, Cathy W. Levenson

“…This paper discusses the role of the excitotoxic influx and accumulation of zinc, the mechanisms responsible for its cytotoxicity, and a number of disorders of the central nervous system that have been linked to these neuronal ion channels and zinc toxicity including ischemic brain injury, traumatic brain injury, and epilepsy.…”
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Neurocysticercosis by Christina M. Coyle, Herbert B. Tanowitz

“…Neurocysticercosis, the infection caused by the larval form of the tapeworm Taenia solium, is the most common parasitic disease of the central nervous system and the most common cause of acquired epilepsy worldwide. …”
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Cortical Lewy Body Dementia by W. R. G. Gibb

“…In cortical Lewy body dementia the distribution of Lewy bodies in the nervous system follows that of Parkinson's disease, except for their greater profusion in the cerebral cortex. …”
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miRNAs Participate in MS Pathological Processes and Its Therapeutic Response by Ting Wu, Guangjie Chen

“…Multiple sclerosis is the most common autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. It is believed that the increased migration of autoreactive lymphocytes across the blood-brain barrier (BBB) may be responsible for axonal demyelination of neurons. …”
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Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Lumbar Spine: The Great Mimicker—Report of the Fifth Case by Amer Sebaaly, Lara Raffoul, Ronald Moussa

“…Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is a rare neoplasm occurring in the central nervous system. It rarely occurs in the spine. This paper reports the fifth case of SFT in a 34-year-old female and focusses on differential diagnosis and importance of surgical treatment.…”
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Cerebral Edema Associated with Ventricular Reservoirs in Two Patients: A Case Report by Marshall C. Cress, Angela N. Spurgeon, Douglas C. Miller, N. Scott Litofsky

“…Placement of ventricular reservoirs is a common practice to treat various tumors of the central nervous system (CNS). Ventricular catheter-reservoir-associated edema has been noted in the literature, but a thorough review of this literature identified no articles that examine this particular complication in neurooncology patients, specifically. …”
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Recurrent Macroprolactinoma with Malignant Conversion to Carcinoma with Spinal Metastasis by Madeline Mori, Amanda Frugoli, Udesh Shah, Brad Barrows, Tricia Westhoff, David Westra

“…Pituitary carcinomas can arise from any pituitary tumor cell line and are determined to be carcinomas when there is distant metastasis or central nervous system dissemination. In this case vignette, we describe a rare case of malignant prolactinoma with intraspinal metastasis, and we also provide a review of relevant literature and treatment.…”
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Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Activity-Dependent GABAergic Synapse Development and Plasticity and Its Implications for Neurodevelopmental Disorders by Bidisha Chattopadhyaya

“…Emphasizing the molecular mechanisms of GABAergic synapse formation, in particular basket cell perisomatic synapses, this paper draws attention to the links between critical period plasticity, GABAergic synapse maturation, and the consequences of its dysfunction on the development of the nervous system.…”
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Adrenal Disorders and the Paediatric Brain: Pathophysiological Considerations and Clinical Implications by Vincenzo Salpietro, Agata Polizzi, Gabriella Di Rosa, Anna Claudia Romeo, Valeria Dipasquale, Paolo Morabito, Valeria Chirico, Teresa Arrigo, Martino Ruggieri

“…Based on literature review and on personal case-studies and case-series we focused on the pathophysiological and clinical implications of glucocorticoid-related, mineralcorticoid-related, and catecholamine-related paediatric nervous system involvement. Childhood Cushing syndrome can be associated with long-lasting cognitive deficits and abnormal behaviour, even after resolution of the hypercortisolism. …”
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