Scattering Improves Temporal Resolution of Vision: A Pilot Study on Brain Activity by Francisco J. Ávila

“…A compensation mechanism is proposed to explain neural adaptations to scattering based on reduced electrical activity in the visual cortex and increased wave oscillations in the temporal lobe. …”
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Relapse of Psychosis Status Post Meningioma Resection by Hamza Mohammad-Amin, Amber N. Edinoff, Haseeb A. Akuly, Prithvi Doppalapudi, Rita Horton, Anthony Sin, Donard Dwyer, City Mohammad Amin, Sana Shamim

“…Computer tomography of the brain showed a 4.5 cm mass near the anterior interhemispheric fissure and edema in the right frontal cortex. Meningioma resection resulted in the cessation of hallucinations and delusions for one week. …”
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Cholecystokinin facilitates the formation of long-term heterosynaptic plasticity in the distal subiculum by Fengwen Huang, Abdul Baset, Stephen Temitayo Bello, Xi Chen, Jufang He

“…Light activation of medial entorhinal cortex (MEC) derived CCK-positive neurons triggers the CCK release in the SUB. …”
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Cycle-based formulations in Distance Geometry by Liberti, Leo, Iommazzo, Gabriele, Lavor, Carlile, Maculan, Nelson

“…We present a new modelling technique for this problem where, instead of deciding vertex positions, the formulations decide the length of the segments representing the edges in each cycle in the graph, projected in every dimension. …”
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Intraneuronal binding of amyloid beta with reelin-Implications for the onset of Alzheimer's disease. by Asgeir Kobro-Flatmoen, Stig W Omholt

“…In a rat model used to study AD, it was recently shown that in layer II neurons of the anteriolateral entorhinal cortex expressing high levels of the glycoprotein reelin (Re+alECLII neurons), reelin and Aβ engage in a direct protein-protein interaction. …”
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Neural plasticity in early potters: Shape analysis and TMS-EEG co-registration trace the rise of a new motor skill. by Vanessa Forte, Luisa Sartori, Antonino Visalli, Mustafa Yildirim, Gaspare Galati, Massimo Vidale, Emanuela Faresin, Antonino Vallesi

“…Our findings suggest changes in the functional properties of the primary motor cortex (M1) responsible for the control and execution of actions. …”
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Gender differences in oxyhemoglobin (oxy-Hb) changes during drawing interactions in romantic couples: an fNIRS study by Xinxin Huang, Limin Bai, Yantong Chen, Hongsen Cui, Lishen Wang

“…Our findings indicated that males (vs. females) exhibited more pronounced oxy-Hb concentrations in Broca’s area, motor area, sensorimotor cortex, and temporal lobe areas than women in an interactive drawing task, suggesting a heightened goal-oriented engagement in social interaction. …”
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SDNN/RMSSD as a Surrogate for LF/HF: A Revised Investigation by Hui-Min Wang, Sheng-Chieh Huang

“…The first happened in resting supine state and the other was a group of prefrontal cortex patients. Both of their Pearson correlation coefficients reached 0.90, a reasonable criterion. …”
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Cortical Surface Reconstruction from High-Resolution MR Brain Images by Sergey Osechinskiy, Frithjof Kruggel

“…Reconstruction of the cerebral cortex from magnetic resonance (MR) images is an important step in quantitative analysis of the human brain structure, for example, in sulcal morphometry and in studies of cortical thickness. …”
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Local changes in potassium ions regulate input integration in active dendrites. by Malthe S Nordentoft, Naoya Takahashi, Mathias S Heltberg, Mogens H Jensen, Rune N Rasmussen, Athanasia Papoutsi

“…We here used mathematical formulations and biophysical modeling to explore the role of synaptic activity-dependent K+ changes in dendritic segments of a visual cortex pyramidal neuron, receiving inputs tuned to stimulus orientation. …”
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Brain magnetic resonance imaging findings in Mitochondrial Neurogastrointestinal Encephalomyopathy (MNGIE): A case-based review by Maria Veatriki Christodoulou, MD, MSc, Nikoletta Anagnostou, MD, MSc, Anastasia K. Zikou, MD, PhD

“…Brain MRI revealed lesions in the cerebral deep white matter and the pons, with sparing of the subcortical U-fibers and the cerebral cortex and no apparent involvement of the cerebellum, basal ganglia, and thalamus. …”
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Decision-Making Approach with Fuzzy Type-2 Soft Graphs by Sundas Shahzadi, Musavarah Sarwar, Muhammad Akram

“…The fuzzy type-2 soft graph is an efficient model for dealing with uncertainty occurring in vertex-neighbors structure and is applicable in computational analysis, applied intelligence, and decision-making problems. …”
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Leakage Characteristics of Dual-Cannula Fenestrated Tracheostomy Tubes during Positive Pressure Ventilation: A Bench Study by Thomas Berlet, Mathias Marchon

“…This study compared the leakage characteristics of different types of dual-cannula fenestrated tracheostomy tubes during positive pressure ventilation. Fenestrated Portex® Blue Line Ultra®, TRACOE® twist, or Rüsch® Traceofix® tracheostomy tubes equipped with nonfenestrated inner cannulas were tested in a tracheostomy-lung simulator. …”
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The Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on the Cognitive Functions in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Pilot Study by Pablo Cruz Gonzalez, Kenneth N. K. Fong, Ted Brown

“…The aim of this pilot study was to investigate whether the use of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex could boost the effects of a cognitive stimulation (CS) programme using a tablet on five older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). …”
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The GABA-Withdrawal Syndrome: A Model of Local Status Epilepticus by Carmen Silva-Barrat, Jean Champagnat, Christian Menini

“…The GABA-withdrawal syndrome (GWS) is a model of local status epilepticus following the interruption of a chronic GABA infusion into the rat somatomotor cortex. GWS is characterized by focal epileptic electroencephalographic discharges and associated contralateral myoclonus. …”
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On the Eccentric Connectivity Polynomial of ℱ-Sum of Connected Graphs by Muhammad Imran, Shehnaz Akhter, Zahid Iqbal

“…The eccentric connectivity polynomial (ECP) of a connected graph G=VG,EG is described as ξcG,y=∑a∈VGdegGayecGa, where ecGa and degGa represent the eccentricity and the degree of the vertex a, respectively. The eccentric connectivity index (ECI) can also be acquired from ξcG,y by taking its first derivatives at y=1. …”
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Dynamic Task Distribution Model for On-Chip Reconfigurable High Speed Computing System by Mahendra Vucha, Arvind Rajawat

“…In this paper, we have described the DTD-MLF model and verified its effectiveness by distributing some of real life benchmark applications onto RHSCS configured on Virtex-5 FPGA device. Some benchmark applications are represented as DAG and are distributed to the resources of RHSCS based on DTD-MLF model. …”
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Effects of the Air Inlet Angle on the Combustion and Ablation Environment of a Hybrid Powder-Solid Ramjet by Jinjin Wang, Yihao Wen, Bailin Zha, Zhigao Xu, Tianhao Zhang

“…The results showed that the global flow field and the distribution of the vortexes in the afterburner that had a significant influence on the ablation environment of the inner wall and the combustion efficiency were determined by the impact effect and the squeezing effect of the ram air on the primary fuel gas, which was affected by the air inlet angle. …”
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Functional connectivity within sensorimotor cortical and striatal regions is regulated by sepsis in a sex-dependent manner by Quan Vo, Zachary D. Simon, Gwoncheol Park, Dina C Nacionales, Carmelina Gorski, Evan L Barrios, Gemma Casadesus, Philip A Efron, Lyle L Moldawer, Ravinder Nagpal, Paramita Chakrabarty, Marcelo Febo

“…Analysis of resting-state functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) data collected from the post-septic mice revealed that while connectivity to the somatosensory cortex were affected equally in both sexes, intra-network connectivity strength in the striatum preferentially increased in post-septic males but remained near baseline in post-septic female mice. …”
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High-resolution awake mouse fMRI at 14 tesla by David Hike, Xiaochen Liu, Zeping Xie, Bei Zhang, Sangcheon Choi, Xiaoqing Alice Zhou, Andy Liu, Alyssa Murstein, Yuanyuan Jiang, Anna Devor, Xin Yu

“…Cross-correlation analysis with designated VRA responses revealed early positive BOLD signals at the contralateral barrel cortex (BC) occurring 2 s prior to the air-puff in awake mice with repetitive stimulation, which was not detected using a randomized stimulation paradigm. …”
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