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Brain Sciences, Volume 11, Issue 5

May 2021 - 146 articles

Cover Story: Participants suffering from autism show self-paradoxical symptoms. On one hand, they are isolated from others and focus only on themselves especially on body and its physical self. On the other hand, they rarely refer to themselves in the first-person, they display weak autobiographical memory, and they are unaware of their own emotional feelings – their mental self is weakened. What is the neural basis of such paradoxical symptoms? This review highlighted the consistent hypofunction in anterior and posterior regions of the default-mode network (DMN) in both rest and task with decreased self-non-self differentiation – this relates to the weakened mental self. While, at the same time, the non-DMN and subcortical regions are relatively stronger increasing subjects’ focus on their physical self. View this paper
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Articles (146)

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
7,036 Views
21 Pages

Changes in the Brain Activity and Visual Performance of Patients with Strabismus and Amblyopia after a Compete Cycle of Light Therapy

  • Danjela Ibrahimi,
  • Jorge D. Mendiola-Santibañez,
  • Enoé Cruz-Martínez,
  • Alfonso Gómez-Espinosa and
  • Irineo Torres-Pacheco

This research assesses the brain activity and visual performance at baseline and after light therapy (LTH), of seventeen patients with strabismus and amblyopia (SA), and eleven healthy controls (HCs) from Querétaro, México. Quantitative electroenceph...

  • Review
  • Open Access
51 Citations
5,813 Views
16 Pages

The Participation of Microglia in Neurogenesis: A Review

  • Diego R. Pérez-Rodríguez,
  • Idoia Blanco-Luquin and
  • Maite Mendioroz

Adult neurogenesis was one of the most important discoveries of the last century, helping us to better understand brain function. Researchers recently discovered that microglia play an important role in this process. However, various questions remain...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,650 Views
21 Pages

Active avoidance learning is a complex form of aversive feedback learning that in humans and other animals is essential for actively coping with unpleasant, aversive, or dangerous situations. Since the functional circuits involved in two-way avoidanc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,232 Views
16 Pages

Autobiographical memories (ABMs) produce rich phenomenological experiences. Although few standardized and comprehensive measures of the phenomenology of ABMs have been developed, a web-based assessment of the full range of phenomenological properties...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,999 Views
13 Pages

Proteomic Profile of Saliva in Parkinson’s Disease Patients: A Proof of Concept Study

  • Monika Figura,
  • Ewa Sitkiewicz,
  • Bianka Świderska,
  • Łukasz Milanowski,
  • Stanisław Szlufik,
  • Dariusz Koziorowski and
  • Andrzej Friedman

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder. It affects many organs. Lewy bodies—a histopathological “hallmark” of PD—are detected in about 75% of PD submandibular gland samples. We hypothesize that saliva can be a source of...

  • Comment
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,081 Views
4 Pages

In the recent review published in Brain Sciences, Othman and Tan suggested several preconditioning strategies to improve stem cell therapy after ischemic brain injury [...]

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
135 Citations
33,934 Views
38 Pages

Developmental Language Disorder: Early Predictors, Age for the Diagnosis, and Diagnostic Tools. A Scoping Review

  • Alessandra Sansavini,
  • Maria Elena Favilla,
  • Maria Teresa Guasti,
  • Andrea Marini,
  • Stefania Millepiedi,
  • Maria Valeria Di Martino,
  • Simona Vecchi,
  • Nadia Battajon,
  • Laura Bertolo and
  • Olga Capirci
  • + 18 authors

Background. Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) is frequent in childhood and may have long-term sequelae. By employing an evidence-based approach, this scoping review aims at identifying (a) early predictors of DLD; (b) the optimal age range for th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,018 Views
18 Pages

Gross and Micro-Anatomical Study of the Cavernous Segment of the Abducens Nerve and Its Relationships to Internal Carotid Plexus: Application to Skull Base Surgery

  • Grzegorz Wysiadecki,
  • Maciej Radek,
  • R. Shane Tubbs,
  • Joe Iwanaga,
  • Jerzy Walocha,
  • Piotr Brzeziński and
  • Michał Polguj

The present study aims to provide detailed observations on the cavernous segment of the abducens nerve (AN), emphasizing anatomical variations and the relationships between the nerve and the internal carotid plexus. A total of 60 sides underwent gros...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,051 Views
9 Pages

Assessment of a Reliable Fractional Anisotropy Cutoff in Tractography of the Corticospinal Tract for Neurosurgical Patients

  • Tim Wende,
  • Johannes Kasper,
  • Florian Wilhelmy,
  • Eric Dietel,
  • Gordian Hamerla,
  • Cordula Scherlach,
  • Jürgen Meixensberger and
  • Michael Karl Fehrenbach

Background: Tractography has become a standard technique for planning neurosurgical operations in the past decades. This technique relies on diffusion magnetic resonance imaging. The cutoff value for the fractional anisotropy (FA) has an important ro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,748 Views
12 Pages

One-Year Demographical and Clinical Indices of Patients with Chronic Disorders of Consciousness

  • Julia Nekrasova,
  • Mikhail Kanarskii,
  • Ilya Borisov,
  • Pranil Pradhan,
  • Denis Shunenkov,
  • Alexey Vorobiev,
  • Maria Smirnova,
  • Vera Pasko,
  • Marina V. Petrova and
  • Elena Luginina
  • + 1 author

This work aims to evaluate the prognostic value of the demographical and clinical data on long-term outcomes (up to 12 months) in patients with severe acquired brain injury with vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (VS/UWS/UWS) or a min...

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