Tag: Brain
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Beneficial in Alzheimer Disease
Active tCDS improves cognitive functions in memory domain, including word recall, recall of test instructions, word recognition
Pupillary Light Reflex Can Predict Improvement With rTMS in Depression
Improvement in depression is better for those receiving intermittent theta burst stimulation versus 10 Hz stimulation
Hippocampal Atrophy Linked to Cognitive Decline in Older Adults
Association was independent of Aβ and tau, and accounted for 10 percent of the variance in cognitive decline
PTSD Symptoms Linked to Higher Carotid Atherosclerosis in Women
PTSD symptoms linked to greater whole-brain white matter hyperintensity volume, poorer cognition in APOE ε4 carriers
Alterations in Functional Network Reorganization ID’d in Meniere Disease
Degree of functional connectivity lower in MD versus healthy controls in 19 brain areas, including somatomotor, auditory networks
Neighborhood Greenspace, Income Linked to White Matter Grade
Combination of lower neighborhood income and lower greenspace may be risk factor for worsening white matter grade on MRI
Retinal Capillary Perfusion Tied to Cerebral Small Vessel Disease in Black Patients
Significant correlations seen for worse information processing, fluid cognition, and MRI biomarkers
Recommendations Developed for Determining Brain Death
Updated recommendations integrate guidance for adults and children into a single guideline
Four Genetic Variants ID’d for Risk for Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
All four risk variants were predicted to be deleterious and were located in two immune pathways
Risk for Intracerebral Hemorrhage May Be Transmissible Via Blood Transfusion
Risk was increased for those receiving transfusion from donors who later developed multiple spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhages
