Bing-Neel Syndrome Case Report: A Previously Undocumented IgG Variant with MRI, PET/CT, and PET/MRI Imaging by Daniel Halperin, Simon Hallam, Athar Haroon, Tom Butler, Samir Agrawal

“…In rare cases, cells can infiltrate the central nervous system; this is known as Bing-Neel syndrome. We report the case of a 57-year-old male with lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma of the IgG-subtype with neurological symptoms and the consequent finding of lymphoplasmacytoid cells in his cerebrospinal fluid as well as deposits on MRI and PET-CT imaging. …”
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A Case of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presenting as Guillain-Barré Syndrome by Helen Chioma Okoh, Sandeep Singh Lubana, Spencer Langevin, Susan Sanelli-Russo, Adriana Abrudescu

“…Among the severe potential fatal complications are those of the central and peripheral nervous system which usually develop during the course of the disease and very rarely from the outset of the disease. …”
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Glutamate Receptors in Neuroinflammatory Demyelinating Disease

“…<p>Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic demyelinating disease of the human central nervous system (CNS). The condition predominantly affects young adults and is characterised by immunological and inflammatory changes in the periphery and CNS that contribute to neurovascular disruption, haemopoietic cell invasion of target tissues, and demyelination of nerve fibres which culminate in neurological deficits that relapse and remit or are progressive. …”
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The Plastic Glial-Synaptic Dynamics within the Neuropil: A Self-Organizing System Composed of Polyelectrolytes in Phase Transition by Vera Maura Fernandes de Lima, Alfredo Pereira

“…These waves have been detected in a small scale experimental model of the central nervous system, the in vitro retina. We suggest that the brain, as the heart and kidney, is a system for which the state of water is functional. …”
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Sympathetic Renal Innervation and Resistant Hypertension by Vito M. Campese, Elaine Ku, Jeanie Park

“…Although the role of sodium retention, total body volume expansion, and hyperactivity of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) are well recognized, increasing evidence suggests that afferent impulses from the injured kidney may increase sympathetic nervous system activity in areas of the brain involved in noradrenergic regulation of blood pressure and contribute to the development and maintenance of hypertension associated with kidney disease. …”
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Primary Intraocular Lymphoma in a Patient with Bilateral Epstein-Barr Virus Panuveitis by Seyedeh Maryam Hosseini, Mojtaba Abrishami, Elham Barashki, Ghodsieh Zamani

“…A significant improvement was observed following serial intravitreal rituximab and methotrexate injections. The central nervous system and lungs were involved after 6 months, and the patient expired despite systemic chemotherapy. …”
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A Neonate with CLOVES Syndrome by Dilek Sarici, Mustafa Ali Akin, Selim Kurtoglu, Filiz Tubas, Serdar Umit Sarici

“…The name CLOVE was subsequently extended to CLOVES to emphasize the association with scoliosis/skeletal and spinal anomalies and seizures/central nervous system malformations. We herein report a very rare case of CLOVES syndrome with the findings of lipomatous overgrowth in the cheek (facial asymmetry), vascular malformation (hemangiomas), epidermal nevi (large port wine stains), and skeletal abnormalities (widened first interdigital space, dystrophia in the nail of the first digit of the right foot, and bilateral hypertrophy of the first digits of the feet).…”
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Attention Deficit Disorder and Allergic Rhinitis: Are They Related? by Isaac Melamed, Melinda Heffron

“…We conclude that ADHD and allergic rhinitis may have common mechanism and represent a comorbid condition that links the nervous system to the immune system. Further studies are needed.…”
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Asexual Reproduction in Holothurians by Igor Yu. Dolmatov

“…Asexual reproduction is obviously controlled by the integrated systems of the organism, primarily the nervous system. Special molecular mechanisms appear to determine the location where fission occurs along the anterior-posterior axis of the body. …”
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Heat Stroke: A Medical Emergency Appearing in New Regions by Sofie Søndergaard Mørch, Johnny Dohn Holmgren Andersen, Morten Heiberg Bestle

“…Heat stroke is an acute, life-threatening emergency characterized clinically by elevated body temperature and central nervous system dysfunction. Early recognition and treatment including aggressive cooling and management of life-threatening systemic complications are essential to reduce morbidity and mortality. …”
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Complete and Partial Lesions of the Pyramidal Tract in the Rat Affect Qualitative Measures of Skilled Movements: Impairment in Fixations as a Model for Clumsy Behavior by Ian Q. Whishaw, Dionne M. Piecharka, Felicia R. Drever

“…The tract traverses the entire central nervous system and, through direct and indirect connections to the brainstem and spinal cord sensory and motor nuclei, is involved in the learning and execution of skilled movements. …”
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Transverse Myelitis Associated with Cryptococcus neoformans in an Immunocompetent Patient by David B. Villafuerte, Marco F. Passeri, Rayan Qazi, Moulika Baireddy, Fernando L. Sanchez

“…In immunosuppressed patients, infections involving the central nervous system (CNS) usually present as meningitis or meningoencephalitis. …”
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Recurrent Candida albicans Ventriculitis Treated with Intraventricular Liposomal Amphotericin B by Demet Toprak, Sevliya Öcal Demir, Eda Kepenekli Kadayifci, Özden Türel, Ahmet Soysal, Mustafa Bakir

“…Central nervous system (CNS) infection with Candida is rare but significant because of its high morbidity and mortality. …”
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Autoimmune encephalitis: case reports of anti-NMDAR and anti-CASPR2 encephalitides and literature review by J. Kazlauskaitė, N. Giedraitienė, R. Masaitienė, A. Klimašauskienė

“… Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) is a group of inflammatory brain disorders involving the central nervous system (CNS) that currently includes more than 10 distinct types of the disease. …”
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The Association of −330 Interleukin-2 Gene Polymorphism with Its Plasma Concentration in Iranian Multiple Sclerosis Patients by Arezou Sayad, Abolfazl Movafagh

“…Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neuroinflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. The cytokine genes are involved in autoimmune diseases such as MS. …”
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Anti-MuSK-Positive Myasthenia Gravis in a Patient with Parkinsonism and Cognitive Impairment by S. Lanfranconi, S. Corti, P. Baron, G. Conti, L. Borellini, N. Bresolin, A. Bersano

“…The pattern of involvement of both peripheral and central nervous system dysfunction might suggest a common pathogenic mechanism, involving impaired cholinergic transmission.…”
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Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus Complicating Epstein-Barr Virus Encephalitis in a Child by Filippo Greco, Maria Donatella Cocuzza, Pierluigi Smilari, Giovanni Sorge, Lorenzo Pavone

“…Pediatric NCSE is a heterogeneous clinical entity with poor outcome and different etiologies, including central nervous system infection, stroke, toxic-metabolic syndrome, and epileptic syndrome. …”
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Diagnosis of Infections Caused by Pathogenic Free-Living Amoebae by Bruno da Rocha-Azevedo, Herbert B. Tanowitz, Francine Marciano-Cabral

“…N. fowleri causes Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis, a rapidly fatal disease of the central nervous system, while Acanthamoeba spp. and B. mandrillaris cause chronic granulomatous encephalitis. …”
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Persistent Upbeat Positional Nystagmus in a Patient with Bilateral Posterior Canal Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo by Akihide Ichimura, Shigeto Itani

“…Here, we report a patient with persistent positional upbeat nystagmus in a straight supine position with no evident abnormal central nervous system findings. A 43-year-old woman with rotatory positional vertigo and nausea visited our clinic 7 days after the onset. …”
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Dynamic assignment and maintenance of positional identity in the ventral neural tube by the morphogen sonic hedgehog. by Eric Dessaud, Vanessa Ribes, Nikolaos Balaskas, Lin Lin Yang, Alessandra Pierani, Anna Kicheva, Bennett G Novitch, James Briscoe, Noriaki Sasai

“…An example is Sonic hedgehog (Shh), which acts in several developing vertebrate tissues, including the central nervous system, to provide positional information during embryonic patterning. …”
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