Acute administration of NLX-101, a Serotonin 1A receptor agonist, improves auditory temporal processing during development in a mouse model of Fragile X Syndrome by Xin Tao, Katilynne Croom, Adrian Newman-Tancredi, Mark Varney, Khaleel A. Razak

“…Consistent with findings in FXS human studies, the mouse model of FXS, the Fmr1 knock out (KO) mouse, shows auditory hypersensitivity and temporal processing deficits. In electroencephalograph (EEG) recordings from humans and mice, these deficits manifest as increased N1 amplitudes in event-related potentials (ERP), increased gamma band single trial power (STP) and reduced phase locking to rapid temporal modulations of sound. …”
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Periodontal Health and Caries Prevalence Evaluation in Patients Affected by Parkinson's Disease by Marco Cicciù, Giacomo Risitano, Giuseppe Lo Giudice, Ennio Bramanti

“…The oral health of 45 consecutive PD patients (study group) with neurologic diagnosis based on United Kingdom Brain Bank Criteria has been compared with that of another 45 no PD patients of the same age (control group). …”
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Brain and Brown Adipose Tissue Metabolism in Transgenic Tg2576 Mice Models of Alzheimer Disease Assessed Using F-FDG PET Imaging by Robert A. Coleman PhD, Christopher Liang BS, Rima Patel BS, Sarah Ali BS, Jogeshwar Mukherjee PhD

“…Conclusion: Our results suggest that 18 F-FDG uptake in the Tg2576 mice brain show 18 F-FDG deficits only when blood glucose is taken into consideration.…”
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Access to context-specific lexical-semantic information during discourse tasks differentiates speakers with latent aphasia, mild cognitive impairment, and cognitively healthy adult... by Brielle C. Stark, Brielle C. Stark, Sarah Grace Dalton, Alyssa M. Lanzi, Alyssa M. Lanzi

“…This study evaluates the potential for variables derived through core lexicon analysis to differentiate two clinical groups (latent aphasia, MCI) from each other, and from a cognitively healthy adult group, across three different discourse tasks (Aim 1). Innovatively, it also contrasts the sensitivity with which each task differentiates the groups based on this metric (Aim 2).MethodsTranscribed connected speech data from TalkBank were analyzed for three discourse tasks (i.e., Sandwich Procedure, Cat Rescue Picture Description, and Cinderella Story) from three participant groups [Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) n = 30, stroke-induced latent aphasia n = 29, and Cognitive Healthy Adults (CHA) n = 56]. …”
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Preoperative mapping techniques for brain tumor surgery: a systematic review by Augusto Leone, Augusto Leone, Francesco Carbone, Francesco Carbone, Uwe Spetzger, Peter Vajkoczy, Giovanni Raffa, Flavio Angileri, Antonino Germanó, Melina Engelhardt, Thomas Picht, Thomas Picht, Antonio Colamaria, Tizian Rosenstock, Tizian Rosenstock

“…Repetitive nTMS speech mapping offers valuable negative predictive value, allowing clinicians to evaluate whether a patient should undergo awake or asleep surgery. Language function monitoring heavily relies on the specific expertise and experience available at each center, making it challenging to establish general recommendations.…”
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Role of BDNF-TrkB signaling in the improvement of motor function and neuroplasticity after ischemic stroke in rats by transcranial direct current stimulation by Yu Chen, Lin Mao, Qinxiang Zhou, Dingqun Bai, Yuhan Kong

“…Background: Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has an impact on improving cognitive and motor dysfunction induced by ischemia-reperfusion injury. …”
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