Impact of the Ketogenic Diet on Neurological Diseases: A Review by Carmen Rubio, Alejandro López-Landa, Hector Romo-Parra, Moisés Rubio-Osornio

“…Glial cells play an essential role in the utilization of ketone bodies (KBs) within the central nervous system’s metabolism, particularly during ketosis induced by the KD. …”
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Botanicals as Modulators of Neuroplasticity: Focus on BDNF by Enrico Sangiovanni, Paola Brivio, Mario Dell’Agli, Francesca Calabrese

“…The involvement of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in different central nervous system (CNS) diseases suggests that this neurotrophin may represent an interesting and reliable therapeutic target. …”
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Chronic Fluoxetine Treatment Suppresses Plasticity (Long-Term Potentiation) in the Mature Rodent Primary Auditory Cortex In Vivo by Hans C. Dringenberg, Leora R. Branfield Day, Deanna H. Choi

“…., ocular dominance shifts) in the adult central nervous system. Here, we assessed whether fluoxetine enhances long-term potentiation (LTP) in the thalamocortical auditory system of mature rats, a developmentally regulated form of plasticity that shows a characteristic decline during postnatal life. …”
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Designation of modern management in education by Šormaz Goran, Anđelić Slavica, Marković-Blagojević Marija

“…Education represents the "central nervous system" of every society - the pedagogic, educational, cultural chain that constantly vibrates. …”
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Acute cerebral edema: a lethal neurological complication in a patient with COVID-19 infection. Case report and literature review by M. Puodžiūnaitė, R. Sadeckaitė, A. Čikotienė

“…COVID-19 can damage the nervous system by direct viral damage to the neural cells or by immunopathology. …”
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Autoimmune Gastrointestinal Paralysis: Failure of Conventional Treatment without Immunomodulation by Craig Weinkauf, Sean McPhillips, Robert Krouse, Ira Levine

“…The treatment of the rare enteric nervous system (ENS) manifestations of paraneoplastic syndromes, which are most frequently associated with small cell lung cancer (SCLC), is poorly understood and described. …”
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The Prevalence of Autoantibodies in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I by Maaike Dirckx, Marco W. J. Schreurs, Marissa de Mos, Dirk L. Stronks, Frank J. P. M. Huygen

“…Antineuronal antibodies are autoantibodies directed against antigens in the central and/or peripheral nervous system. The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of these antibodies in CRPS patients with the normal values of those antibodies in the healthy population. …”
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The Role of the Innate Immune System in Alzheimer’s Disease and Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration: An Eye on Microglia by Elisa Ridolfi, Cinzia Barone, Elio Scarpini, Daniela Galimberti

“…A key role is played by microglia, which represent the immune effector cells in the central nervous system (CNS). They are extremely sensitive to the environmental changes in the brain and are activated in response to several pathologic events within the CNS, including altered neuronal function, infection, injury, and inflammation. …”
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Induction of Cell Activation Processes by Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields by Myrtill Simkó

“…Electromagnetic fields (EMF) such as those from electric power transmission and distribution lines (50/60 Hz) have been associated with increased risk of childhood leukemia, cancer of the nervous system, and lymphomas. Several in vitro studies on EMF effects were performed to clarify the existing controversies, define the risks, and determine the possible mechanisms of adverse effects. …”
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Anti-amoebic effects of selected herbal extracts against Acanthamoeba species isolated from different borehole water samples from Budiriro District in Harare, Zimbabwe by Kudzai Fambisai, Petros Muchesa, Farisai Chidzwondo, Rumbidzai Mangoyi

“… Acanthamoeba species are the major cause of Acanthamoeba Keratitis (AK) of eyes, Acanthamoeba meningoencephalitis of the central nervous system, and fatal Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis (GAE) of the brain in humans. …”
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EEG Microstate as a Marker of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis by M. Rubega, E. Passarotto, M. Paramento, E. Formaggio, S. Masiero

“…The pathophysiology of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) is not yet fully understood, but multifactorial hypotheses have been proposed that include defective central nervous system (CNS) control of posture, biomechanics, and body schema alterations. …”
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Multiple sclerosis diagnosis with brain MRI retrieval: A deep learning approach by R.M. Haggag, Eman M. Ali, M.E. Khalifa, Mohamed Taha

“…Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an auto-immune disorder affecting the central nervous system, affecting 2.8 million people worldwide. …”
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The Proviral Reservoirs of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection by Andrey I. Murzin, Kirill A. Elfimov, Natalia M. Gashnikova

“…These cells form a heterogeneous group, represented by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), tissue-resident lymphoid and monocytic cells, and glial cells of the central nervous system. The importance of studying the properties of proviral reservoirs is connected with the inaccessibility of integrated HIV proviral DNA for modern anti-retroviral therapies (ARTs) that block virus reproduction. …”
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Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem Cells Alleviate Cold Allodynia in a Rat Spinal Nerve Ligation Model of Neuropathic Pain by Hyeon Seok Jwa, Yong Ho Kim, Jaehee Lee, Seung-Keun Back, Chul-Kyu Park

“…Neuropathic pain caused by lesions or nervous system dysfunction is a neuroimmune disease with limited therapeutic options. …”
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Neratinib and the Role of Anti‐HER2 Therapy in Salivary Duct Carcinoma by Martina Napolitano, Lucia Trudu, Enrica Martinelli, Chiara Santini, Massimo Dominici, Federica Bertolini

“…Even with central nervous system involvement at diagnosis, a durable clinical response was obtained with a PFS of 11 months and no significant toxicities to manage. …”
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Psychobiotic effects of probiotics and prebiotics by V. T. Ivashkin, K. V. Ivashkin

“…Intestinal microbiome is a factor of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis formation that is involved in regulation of immunomodulation, lipid metabolism, energy balance and electrophysiologic activity of enteric nervous system. Summary. Comparison of probiotic affects in animal and human experimental studies demonstrates their equivalence. …”
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The Contribution of α-Synuclein Spreading to Parkinson’s Disease Synaptopathy by Francesca Longhena, Gaia Faustini, Cristina Missale, Marina Pizzi, PierFranco Spano, Arianna Bellucci

“…In addition, recent findings indicate that α-synuclein pathology spreads into the brain and can affect the peripheral autonomic and somatic nervous system. Indeed, monomeric, oligomeric, and fibrillary α-synuclein can move from cell to cell and can trigger the aggregation of the endogenous protein in recipient neurons. …”
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Pharmacovigilance of carbamazepine at the Marta Abreu Polyclinic. Santa Clara, 2022 by Adrián Ruíz López

“…<p><strong>Background:</strong> in practice, the term narcotic is applied to pharmaceutical specialties that contain active ingredients that act on the central nervous system, modifying it, and to master formulas with the same active ingredients.…”
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Adherence to disease modifying therapies in patients with multiple sclerosis by D. Pileckė, N. Giedraitienė

“…Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. Disease modifying treatment tends to reduce the risk for relapses rate and disease progression, therefore adherence to treatment is essential for outcome. …”
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Bacterial Spinal Epidural and Psoas Abscess in Pregnancy Associated with Intravenous Drug Use by Tirtza N. Spiegel Strauss, Sarah L. Pachtman, Burton Rochelson

“…Spontaneous spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is a rare infection of the central nervous system. We report a case of a 25-year-old G3 P0020 at 36 weeks of gestational age with history of intravenous drug abuse presenting with acute-onset and severe back pain. …”
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