Svyatoslav Medvedev, Institute of the Human Brain RAS, Russia
Importance of physiological researches of the altered states of consciousness (ASC) arising at adaptation of the person to performance of a certain activity is known (for example illusions of monototy in pilots, cosmonauts, operators of complex systems). This importance follows at least from the fact that the majority of accidents are caused by a h [....] » Read More
Title : New ideas and approaches in treatments for chronic and complex neurological conditions
Ken Ware, NeuroPhysics Therapy Institute and Research Centre, Australia
An initial study involving a random selection of 5 patients who were diagnosed MND positive and who were in at a moderately advanced stage (e.g. not able to walk unassisted, voice impedance and moderate upper limb and discriminative fine motor impairments), was implemented initially out of curiosity and patient desperation requests, to determine if [....] » Read More
Title : Functional Neuroimaging for Prognostics and Diagnostics in Brain Disorders
Radu Mutihac, University of Bucharest, Romania
Although the diagnosis of neurological disorders still depends on clinical criteria, recent advances in neuroimaging techniques, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET), single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), diffusion spectroscopic imaging (DSI), tractography, magnet [....] » Read More
Title : Dynamics for/with fractals and applications
Marat Akhmet, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
The comprehension of the world through fractals promises to be one of the effective ways for creative scientific, biological, social, medical, and industrial activities. We are confident that self-similarity extended to arbitrary small scales of real world subjects is in the core of effectiveness of researches of the universe and helps to optimize [....] » Read More
Title : Exploring the therapeutic value of infrared thermography during NeuroPhysics Therapy
Jeff Erichsen, NeuroPhysics Therapy Rehabilitation, Australia
The distribution of emitted thermal energy and more predominately calculated temperatures from the skin have long been explored as a method in determining symmetry, balance and health in the human system; or lack thereof. In recent years, the Infrared Thermography (IRT) camera has come to the forefront as a fast and accurate evaluation tool in this [....] » Read More
Title : Quantitative and Pathological Specific MRI Biomarkers of Spinal Cord Injury
Li Min Chen, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA
SCI has devastating consequences for patients with severe impairments of motor and/or sensory functions, and has a significant impact on quality of life, life expectancy and economic burden. There are no fully restorative therapies for SCI as yet, but preclinical studies have found that SCI creates tissue cavities, disrupts the proper functioning o [....] » Read More
Title : Bullying at Workplace and Brain-Imaging Correlates
Alberto Negro, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy
The relationship between psychosocial stress at work and mental health outcome is well-known. Brain-imaging studies hypothesize morphological brain modifications connected to work-related stress.To our knowledge this is the first study describing the link between work c haracteristics and brain imaging in a sample of work-related psychiatric patien [....] » Read More
Title : Heterochromatization of a large-scale duplication in 3p26.3 region involving the CNTN6 gene in a patient with neurodevelopmental disorders and intellectual disability
Maria Gridina, Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Russia
Copy number variations (CNVs) of the 3p26.3 region are often the cause of neurodevelopmental disorders, including intellectual disability, developmental delay and autism spectrum disorder. Recently, a publication appeared with description a patient-carrier of a duplication involving the CNTN6 (encoding contactin-6) gene with manifestation neurodeve [....] » Read More
Title : Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: a retrospective analysis of 104 cases
Jia-Tang Zhang, Department of Neurology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
Background Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) is an extremely rare fatal and infectious neurodegenerative brain disorder characterized by rapidly progressive dementia, cerebellar ataxia and visual disturbance. This study summarized 104 sCJD cases in the First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital from 2003 to 2019. Methods A retr [....] » Read More
Title : What Big Data Analytics can do for Stroke Patients
Deanna Anderlini, The University of Queensland, Australia
Introduction Data from UK and USA’ studies show that the average age of stroke patients is falling. Give that stroke is the main cause of adult disability, it becomes essential for policy makers to know the trends and the outcomes of the prevention campaigns/therapies. Methods Our retrospective study included 244,276 admissions to Hosp [....] » Read More
Title : The role of branched-chain amino acids in the epileptic brain: recent advances and controversies
Shaun Gruenbaum, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Epilepsy is a heterogeneous group of chronic neurological disorders characterized by recurrent, spontaneous seizures. Epilepsy affects approximately 1% of the population worldwide and carries a significant societal burden. The treatment of epilepsy is focused on reducing the frequency and severity of seizures, minimizing side effects of treatment, [....] » Read More