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Aim: The aim of the present study was to characterize age-associated changes in the spatial configuration of cerebral hemispheres (including changes in spatial complexity and space-filling capacity) using fractal analysis of silhouette magnetic resonance
Oleksandr Stepanenko, Nataliia Maryenko
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Lung infection can evoke pulmonary and systemic inflammation, which is associated with systemic severe symptoms, such as skeletal muscle wasting. While N-chlorotaurine (also known as taurine chloramine; TauCl) has anti-inflammatory effects in cells, its ...
Nguyen Khanh Hoang +4 more
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Phenomenological model of diffuse global and regional atrophy using finite-element methods [PDF]
The main goal of this work is the generation of ground-truth data for the validation of atrophy measurement techniques, commonly used in the study of neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia.
Camara, O. +9 more
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Vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA) is a common and underreported condition associated with decreased estrogenization of the vaginal tissue. Symptoms include dryness, irritation, soreness, and dyspareunia with urinary frequency, urgency, and urge incontinence. It can occur at any time in a woman's life cycle, although more commonly in the postmenopausal phase ...
Maire B, Mac Bride +2 more
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PD-1 Alleviates Cisplatin-Induced Muscle Atrophy by Regulating Inflammation and Oxidative Stress
Skeletal muscle atrophy is an important characteristic of cachexia, which can be induced by chemotherapy and significantly contributes to functional muscle impairment.
Xiaoguang Liu +5 more
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Association between cognitive performance and cortical glucose metabolism in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease [PDF]
Background: Neuronal and synaptic function in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is measured in vivo by glucose metabolism using positron emission tomography (PET). Objective: We hypothesized that neuronal activation as measured by PET is a more sensitive index of
A. Drzezga +27 more
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Current evidence for treatment with nusinersen for spinal muscular atrophy : a systematic review [PDF]
Recent discovery of nusinersen, an antisense oligonucleotide drug, has provided encouragement for improving treatment of spinal muscular atrophy. No therapeutic options currently exist for this autosomal recessive motor neuron disorder.
Meylemans, Antoon, De Bleecker, Jan
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A Rare Case of Familial Progressive Ataxia with Palatal Tremors [PDF]
A 25-year-old female patient presented with insidious onset progressive difficulties of gait and balance. Onset of these symptoms first appeared nine years prior and evolved to include changes in speech, increased occurrence of falls and spastic ...
Abhilash Mishra +4 more
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Kufor-Rakeb syndrome, pallido-pyramidal degeneration with supranuclear upgaze paresis and dementia, maps to 1p36 [PDF]
Kufor-Rakeb syndrome is an autosomal recessive nigro-striatal-pallidal-pyramidal neurodegeneration. The onset is in the teenage years with clinical features of Parkinson’s disease plus spasticity, supranuclear upgaze paresis, and dementia.
Al-Din, A. +7 more
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ABSTRACT:Weakness of distal muscles of one upper limb which progresses over 1 year and then appears to arrest (“monomelic amyotrophy”) has been reported mainly in Japan and India. We report 5 cases of a similar syndrome occurring in Canada. In our cases the wasting affected the forearm muscles of one upper limb (sparing brachioradialis and extensor ...
J, Oryema, P, Ashby, S, Spiegel
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