关键词： Neurological disorders   motor impairment   communication   leisure   smartphone   tablet  

摘要： Objective To assess a simple technology solution to support basic communication and leisure in people with neurological disorders, extensive motor impairment, and absence of speech. Design The design was a non-concurrent multiple baseline across participants. Methods The study included eight participants and assessed a technology setup including a Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 LTE tablet and a Samsung Galaxy A3 smartphone. The smartphone, automated via MacroDroid, presented the participant with leisure, messages, and caregiver options. Choosing leisure or messages (by activating the smartphone's proximity sensor) led the smartphone to present the alternatives available for that option and eventually verbalize the alternative selected. This verbalization triggered the tablet's Google Assistant and led the tablet to present a leisure event or start a message exchange. Choosing the caregiver led the smartphone to invite the caregiver to interact with the participant. Results During baseline (i.e., when a standard smartphone was available), the participants did not activate any of the options. During intervention and post-intervention (i.e., with the technology described above), participants activated all options and spent most of the session time positively engaged with them. Conclusions The aforementioned technology seems to be a useful tool for individuals like those involved in this study.

关键词： Mild hypothermia   tsBMSCs   TBI   glucose metabolism  

摘要： Background To explore the combined influences of temperature-sensitive bone mesenchymal stem cells (tsBMSCs) and mild hypothermia (MH) on neurological function and glucose metabolism in rats with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Methods SD rats were randomly divided into sham, TBI, TBI + MH, TBI + BMSCs and TBI + MH +tsBMSCs groups. Then, the brain water content, serum-specific proteins (S100 beta, NSE, LDH, and CK), and blood glucose at different time points were measured. Furthermore, GLUT-3 expression was detected by Western blotting, and apoptotic rate was determined by TUNEL staining. Results After TBI rat establishment, the brain injury resulted in significant increases in mNSS scores and brain water content, and upregulations in serum levels of S100 beta, NSE, LDH and CK, and blood glucose, with the elevated cell apoptotic rate in the injured cortex. However, these changes were reversed by MH alone, BMSCs alone, or combination treatment of MH and tsBMSCs in varying degrees, and the combination treatment was superior to the treatment with BMSCs or MH alone. Conclusion Combination therapy of tsBMSCs and MH can reduce the neuronal apoptosis in severe TBI rats, with the suppression of serum biomarkers and hyperglycemia, contributing to the recovery of neurological functions.

关键词： Systemic inflammation   NLRP3 inflammasome   Cytokine   Cognition   Neurodegeneration   Neuroinflammation   Decline  

摘要： Increasing evidence suggests that infection with Sars-CoV-2 causes neurological deficits in a substantial proportion of affected patients. While these symptoms arise acutely during the course of infection, less is known about the possible long-term consequences for the brain. Severely affected COVID-19 cases experience high levels of proinflammatory cytokines and acute respiratory dysfunction and often require assisted ventilation. All these factors have been suggested to cause cognitive decline. Pathogenetically, this may result from direct negative effects of the immune reaction, acceleration or aggravation of pre-existing cognitive deficits, or de novo induction of a neurodegenerative disease. This article summarizes the current understanding of neurological symptoms of COVID-19 and hypothesizes that affected patients may be at higher risk of developing cognitive decline after overcoming the primary COVID-19 infection. A structured prospective evaluation should analyze the likelihood, time course, and severity of cognitive impairment following the COVID-19 pandemic.

关键词： neurological   psychaitric   cognitive   brain-derived proteins   protein quantitative trait loci   Mendelian randomization   genetic colocalization   phenome-wide association study  

摘要： Leveraging high-dimensional molecular datasets can help us develop mechanistic insight into associations between genetic variants and complex traits. In this study, we integrated human proteome data derived from brain tissue to evaluate whether targeted proteins putatively mediate the effects of genetic variants on seven neurological phenotypes (Alzheimer disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, depression, insomnia, intelligence, neuroticism, and schizophrenia). Applying the principles of Mendelian randomization (MR) systematically across the genome highlighted 43 effects between genetically predicted proteins derived from the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and these outcomes. Furthermore, genetic colocalization provided evidence that the same causal variant at 12 of these loci was responsible for variation in both protein and neurological phenotype. This included genes such as DCC, which encodes the netrin-1 receptor and has an important role in the development of the nervous system (p = 4.29 x 10(-11) with neuroticism), as well as SARM1, which has been previously implicated in axonal degeneration (p = 1.76 x 10(-08) with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). We additionally conducted a phenome-wide MR study for each of these 12 genes to assess potential pleiotropic effects on 700 complex traits and diseases. Our findings suggest that genes such as SNX32, which was initially associated with increased risk of Alzheimer disease, may potentially influence other complex traits in the opposite direction. In contrast, genes such as CTSH (which was also associated with Alzheimer disease) and SARM1 may make worthwhile therapeutic targets because they did not have genetically predicted effects on any of the other phenotypes after correcting for multiple testing.

关键词： Epilepsy   Epileptic attack   school absenteeism   Childhood epilepsy   Epilepsy in Ethiopia  

摘要： BackgroundEpilepsy is the most common chronic neurological disease seen in Pediatrics Neurology Units in many developing countries. It affects negatively on school attendance and academic performance. This study tries to assess the extent and factors contributing school absenteeism among school-aged children and adolescents among epilepsy cases attending at Tikur Anbessa Hospital, Addis Ababa, *** hospital based follow-up study was conducted among school-aged children and adolescents with epilepsy between the ages of 7-18years attending an outpatient Pediatric Neurology Clinic. A sample of consecutive 183 children and adolescents were included in the study full filling criteria of "attended school for at least 6 months in an academic year and walk by themselves with no disability." The participants (children and their parents/caregivers) gave information concerning the socio-demographic characteristics of the child and the primary caregiver, and review of the child's presentation and school absenteeism was defined as the average missed days per month over 6 months period and was asked in the questionnaire. Medical charts were thoroughly reviewed on the diagnosis and treatment they received. Study participants characteristics were described using frequency tables and factors associated with school absenteeism were analyzed using logistic *** absenteeism (>= 1days/month) over 6 month period among children aged 7-18years with epilepsy was 69.4%. Factors which correlated with school absenteeism included female sex (AOR 2.19, 95% CI 1.03-4.84), children with known causes for seizures (AOR 2.51, 95% CI 1.09-5.86), not experiencing seizure at school (AOR 0.39(0.17-0.89) and longer epilepsy duration (AOR 2.36: 1.09, 5.15). The mean age at onset Epilepsy was 4.6years (SD=3.6). One hundred and thirty two (72.1%) had generalized epilepsy, 49(26.8%) had focal epilepsy and the remaining 2(1.1%) had unclassified epilepsy. One hundred and thirty

摘要： Our previous study delivered zinc finger nucleases to treat mice with mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS I), resulting in a phase I/II clinical trial (***: NCT02702115). However, in the clinical trial, the efficacy needs to be improved due to the low transgene expression level. To this end, we designed a proprietary system (PS) gene editing approach with CRISPR to insert a promoterless alpha-L-iduronidase (IDUA) cDNA sequence into the albumin locus of hepatocytes. In this study, adeno-associated virus 8 (AAV8) vectors delivering the PS gene editing system were injected into neonatal and adult MPS I mice. IDUA enzyme activity in the brain significantly increased, while storage levels were normalized. Neurobehavioral tests showed that treated mice had better memory and learning ability. Also, histological analysis showed efficacy reflected by the absence of foam cells in the liver and vacuolation in neuronal cells. No vector-associated toxicity or increased tumorigenesis risk was observed. Moreover, no off-target effects were detected through the unbiased genome-wide unbiased identification of double-stranded breaks enabled by sequencing (GUIDE-seq) analysis. In summary, these results showed the safety and efficacy of the PS in treating MPS I and paved the way for clinical studies. Additionally, as a therapeutic platform, the PS has the potential to treat other lysosomal diseases.

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关键词： 科研人员   神经病学   仁济医院   精神科临床   读者对象   神经康复学   专业学术期刊   ISSN  

摘要： 《神经病学与神经康复学杂志》(CN:31-1927/R;ISSN:1672-7061)由上海市卫生和计划生育委员会主管,上海市中西医结合学会、上海交通大学医学院附属仁济医院主办,是国内外公开发行的神经病学与神经康复学领域的专业学术期刊,以神经科、神经康复科和精神科临床医师及相关领域的科研人员及在校师生为主要读者对象,旨在报道国内外神经病学与神经康复学领域的最新进展、重要成果、优秀经验.

关键词： 编辑出版工作   临床神经病学   新一届编委会   期刊   献计献策   杂志   第七届   委员会  

摘要： 截至2018年底,《临床神经病学杂志》第六届编辑委员会的任期已经届满。为更好地促进期刊的发展,《临床神经病学杂志》成立了第七届编辑委员会。期待新一届编委会能够继续帮助和支持编辑部的工作,为本刊献计献策。自《临床神经病学杂志》第六届编辑委员会成立以来,编委会全体成员对《临床神经病学杂志》的编辑出版工作作出了极大的贡献。对此,我们表示衷心的感谢!

关键词： 神经内科   硕士生导师   特色专科   神经病学   出院病人   防治中心   医疗组   科室  

摘要： 贵州医科大学附属医院神经内科成立于1956年,由我省著名神经病学专家卢亮教授创建。经过半个多世纪的发展,目前我科室已拥有4个病区,5个医疗组,共有病床120张,成为集医疗、教学、科研为一体的特色专科。现年出院病人近4000余人,门诊年平均接诊病人35000余人次。科室有医护技人员85人,其中具有高级职称20人,博士5人,硕士17人,硕士生导师9人。