Deficient Autophagy in Microglia Aggravates Repeated Social Defeat Stress-Induced Social Avoidance by Mai Sakai, Zhiqian Yu, Ryo Hirayama, Masa Nakasato, Yoshie Kikuchi, Chiaki Ono, Hiroshi Komatsu, Miharu Nakanishi, Hatsumi Yoshii, David Stellwagen, Tomoyuki Furuyashiki, Masaaki Komatsu, Hiroaki Tomita

“…This study was aimed at elucidating the autophagy signaling changes in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) under repeated social defeat (RSD) to investigate the involvement of microglial autophagy in RSD-induced behavioral changes. …”
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Hypergraph-based resource allocation for Device-to-Device underlay H-CRAN network by Pan Zhao, Wenlei Guo, Datong Xu, Zhiliang Jiang, Jie Chai, Lijun Sun, He Li, Weiliang Han

“…The first step is to solve a power allocation problem based on solid geometric programming with the vertex search method. Then, a channel allocation constructed by three-dimensional hypergraph matching is established, and the best result of this problem is obtained by a heuristic greed algorithm based on the bipartite conflict graph and µ -claw search. …”
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Sensorimotor Cortical Neuroplasticity in the Early Stage of Bell’s Palsy by Wenwen Song, Minhui Dai, Lihua Xuan, Zhijian Cao, Sisi Zhou, Courtney Lang, Kun Lv, Maosheng Xu, Jian Kong

“…Here, we use task-related and resting-state fMRI to investigate neuroplasticity in the primary sensory (S1) and motor cortex (M1) in patients with acute Bell’s palsy (BP). …”
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Altered brain dynamics of facial emotion processing in schizophrenia: a combined EEG/fMRI study by Philippa Hüpen, Barbara Schulte Holthausen, Christina Regenbogen, Thilo Kellermann, Han-Gue Jo, Ute Habel

“…Among six fMRI-informed EEG-DCM models, alterations in effective connectivity emerged between the primary visual cortex (V1) and the left occipital fusiform gyrus (lOFG). …”
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Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Unilateral Cerebral Palsy: A Pilot Study of Motor Effect by Emanuela Inguaggiato, Nadia Bolognini, Simona Fiori, Giovanni Cioni

“…Anodal tDCS (1.5 mA, 20 min) was delivered over the primary motor cortex (M1) of the ipsilesional hemisphere. Results showed, only following the active stimulation, an immediate improvement in unimanual gross motor dexterity of hemiplegic, but not of nonhemiplegic, hand in Box and Block test (BBT). …”
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Neural evidence of functional compensation for fluid intelligence in healthy ageing by Ethan Knights, Richard N Henson, Alexa Morcom, Daniel J Mitchell, Kamen A Tsvetanov

“…Whole-brain univariate analysis revealed that activity in bilateral cuneal cortex for hard vs. easy problems increased both with age and with performance, even when adjusting for an estimate of age-related differences in cerebrovascular reactivity. …”
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Current and future perspectives on clinical management of classic 21-hydroxylase deficiency by Analia Yogi, Kenichi Kashimada

“…For the appropriate management of classic 21OHD, the physician has to be well versed in the physiology of the adrenal cortex, growth, and reproductive function. Comprehensive understanding of patients’ requirements according to their life stage and sex is essential. …”
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Right Amygdalar and Temporofrontal Activation During Autobiographic, But Not During Fictitious Memory Retrieval by Hans J. Markowitsch, Alexander Thiel, Mechthild Reinkemeier, Josef Kessler, Adem Koyuncu, Wolf-Dieter Heiss

“…Selective activations of the right amygdala and the right ventral prefrontal cortex (at the level of the uncinate fascicle interconnnecting prefrontal and temporopolar areas) were found when subtracting fictitious from autobiographic retrieval. …”
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Evaluation of L-carnitine's protective properties against AlCl3-induced brain, liver, and renal toxicity in rats. by Haifa Ali Alqhtani

“…Furthermore, the histological structure of the cortex, hippocampus, and hepatic renal tissues appeared to change in response to AlCl3. …”
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Temporomandibular Disorders Related to Stress and HPA-Axis Regulation by Kordian Staniszewski, Henning Lygre, Ersilia Bifulco, Siv Kvinnsland, Lisa Willassen, Espen Helgeland, Trond Berge, Annika Rosén

“…Our findings indicate that patients with TMDs may have an upregulated HPA axis with higher F secretion from the adrenal cortex. Anxiety/depression and pain catastrophizing scores were significantly higher in the TMD group, and psychological factors may contribute to chronic upregulation of the HPA axis.…”
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The pathology of kidney abnormalities in caltle slaughtered at konya slaughterhouses by Zabit Yener, Hudaverdi Erer

“…In the other 2 cases amyloid deposition was located in the cortex and medulla. Glomerulonephritis was found in 14 cases (5,9%) and all of these were mesangioproliterative glomerulonephritis. …”
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Adrenal Incidentalomas in Cancer Patients Are Not Always “Innocent”: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Panagiota Economopoulou, Giannis Mountzios, Ioannis Kotsantis, Marios Bakogeorgos, Vassilios Ramfidis, Ioannis Kapiris, Efstratios Patsouris, Nikolaos Kentepozidis

“…Herein, we report an unusual case of a 78-year-old woman with synchronous presentation of sigmoid cancer and a nonfunctioning primary adrenal cortex carcinoma, who developed superior vena cava syndrome due to metastatic lymphadenopathy from the latter malignancy. …”
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Association Of Maternal Age And Hemoglobin Level With Apgar Score Of Newborns In A Tertiary Care Hospital Of Suburbs Of Islamabad by Muhammad Hassaan Farooq, Afnan Rizwan, Irfan Afzal Mughal, Syed Haider Raza Rizvi, Amna Faruqi, Asma Irfan

“…Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted on mothers (n=306) delivering live, full-term, singleton babies by spontaneous vertex delivery. Women who suffered stillbirths had babies of unknown gestational age or showed co-morbidities were excluded. …”
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System Consolidation of Spatial Memories in Mice: Effects of Enriched Environment by Joyce Bonaccorsi, Simona Cintoli, Rosa Mastrogiacomo, Sigrid Baldanzi, Chiara Braschi, Tommaso Pizzorusso, Maria Cristina Cenni, Nicoletta Berardi

“…We found that activation of the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), suggested to have a privileged role in processing remote spatial memories, was evident at shorter time intervals after learning in EE mice; in addition, EE induced the progressive activation of a distributed cortical network not activated in non-EE mice. …”
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Total flavonoids of Abelmoschus manihot ameliorate lipid deposition in HK-2 cells by inhibiting fatty acid uptake mediated by CD36 by Xiaofang Wang, Chenquan Tang, Yi Jiang, Yi Xue, Enchao Zhou

“… This study aimed to explore the mechanism by which total flavones of Abelmoschl manihot reduce intracellular lipid deposition in HK-2 cells (Human renal cortex proximal tubule epithelial cells) and thus reduce cell apoptosis. …”
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Generalized Extension of Referred Trigeminal Pain due to Greater Occipital Nerve Entrapment by Jung-woo Hyung, Byung-chul Son

“…A 42-year-old female patient presented with chronic pain in her gums, jaw angle, submandibular region, retro-auricular suboccipital, and temporo-occipital vertex that had been ongoing for four years. As the patient’s head pain and facial pain became severe, severe spontaneous pain occurred in the arm, waist, and both lower extremities. …”
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Decreased impulsiveness and MEG normalization after AI-digital therapy in ADHD children: a RCT by Danylyna Shpakivska Bilan, Irene Alice Chicchi Giglioli, Pablo Cuesta, Elena Cañadas, Ignacio de Ramón, Fernando Maestú, Jose Alda, Josep Antoni Ramos-Quiroga, Jorge A. Herrera, Alfonso Amado, Javier Quintero

“…Notably, improvements in inhibitory control correlated with spectral profile normalization in the parieto-temporal cortex. Improvements in inhibitory control, linked to normalized spectral profiles, suggest AI-driven digital cognitive therapy can reduce impulsiveness in ADHD children by enhancing neurophysiological efficiency. …”
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Evolution of Cerebral Atrophy in a Patient with Super Refractory Status Epilepticus Treated with Barbiturate Coma by Christopher R. Newey, Pravin George, Premkumar Nattanmai, Christine Ahrens, Stephen Hantus, Aarti Sarwal

“…Radiological sequelae of status epilepticus include diffusion weighted abnormalities and T2/FLAIR cortical hyperintensities corresponding to the epileptogenic cortex. However, progressive generalized cerebral atrophy from status epilepticus is underrecognized and may be related to neuronal death. …”
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Asymmetric projection of introspection reveals a behavioural and neural mechanism for interindividual social coordination by Kentaro Miyamoto, Caroline Harbison, Shiho Tanaka, Marina Saito, Shuyi Luo, Sara Matsui, Pranav Sankhe, Ali Mahmoodi, Mingming Lin, Nadescha Trudel, Nicholas Shea, Matthew F. S. Rushworth

“…Metacognitive projection is associated with a specific activity pattern in anterior lateral prefrontal cortex (alPFC47). Manipulation of alPFC47 activity altered metacognitive projection and impaired interpersonal social coordination. …”
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Improved motor imagery skills after repetitive passive somatosensory stimulation: a parallel-group, pre-registered study by Kyoko Kusano, Masaaki Hayashi, Masaaki Hayashi, Seitaro Iwama, Junichi Ushiba, Junichi Ushiba

“…Participants were randomly divided into an intervention group, which received somatosensory stimulation, and a control group, which remained at rest without stimulation.ResultsThe intervention group exhibited a significant increase in SMR-ERD compared to the control group, indicating that somatosensory stimulation contributed to improving MI ability.DiscussionThis study demonstrates that somatosensory stimulation, combining electrical and mechanical stimuli, can improve MI capability and enhance the excitability of the sensorimotor cortex in healthy individuals.…”
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