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Brain Sciences, Volume 15, Issue 3

March 2025 - 110 articles

Cover Story: Sleep appears to have a central role in Freud’s original model, since dreaming is considered the guardian of sleep. The function of dreaming is to protect sleep from disruption, thereby preserving its biological integrity. Freud also recognized sleep as an active process, given that human beings voluntarily withdraw from the external world to sleep. The discovery of REM sleep in the 1950s led psychoanalysts to view sleep as the necessary backdrop against which dreaming occurs. Although Freud dismissed the clinical importance of sleep disturbances, authors have since suggested that sleep disturbances might have specific psychological significance. Thanks to Freud’s work, the desire to sleep assumes an important role as a psychological, active factor that contributes to the occurrence and function of sleep. View this paper
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Articles (110)

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,348 Views
14 Pages

Purpose: Impaired balance leads to loss of function, e.g., the inability to walk safely. Therefore, restoring balance is a common goal of rehabilitation after a stroke. An innovative motor imaging and robotic device, the Erigo®Pro walking table,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,240 Views
11 Pages

Background: People with multiple sclerosis (MS) often demonstrate both cognitive and physical dysfunctions, particularly with greater age and lower physical activity levels, and there is evidence of a relationship between these outcomes (i.e., cognit...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
8,179 Views
51 Pages

Quality of Assessment Tools for Aphasia: A Systematic Review

  • Francescaroberta Panuccio,
  • Giulia Rossi,
  • Anita Di Nuzzo,
  • Ilaria Ruotolo,
  • Giada Cianfriglia,
  • Rachele Simeon,
  • Giovanni Sellitto,
  • Anna Berardi and
  • Giovanni Galeoto

Background/Objectives: Aphasia is a neurological condition affecting the ability to understand and/or express language fluently and accurately, and can occur following stroke, traumatic injuries, or other brain pathologies. The aim of the following s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,401 Views
27 Pages

Background/Objectives: Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS), also known as transcutaneous electroacupuncture stimulation, delivers electrical pulses to the skin over acupuncture points (“acupoints”) via surface electrodes...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,359 Views
16 Pages

Background: In normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) there is blood–brain barrier (BBB) disruption, which should increase the CSF formation rate (CSFfr) and, therefore, also increase the intracranial pressure (ICP). However, the ICP is normal in...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,469 Views
20 Pages

The search for biological markers that can be reliably linked to aggression and antisocial behavior has been central to the work of biological criminology. One such marker, uric acid, has long been suspected to play a causative role in promoting ange...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,163 Views
14 Pages

The Role of Life History Questionnaires in Defining Individualised Goals of Care for Clinical Cognitive Motor Dissociation Patients: A Pilot Study

  • Yago Rodriguez Mateos,
  • Karin Diserens,
  • Jennyfer Becquet,
  • Etienne Rochat,
  • Ralf J. Jox and
  • Ivo A. Meyer

Background/Objectives: The aim of this pilot study is to qualitatively describe the use of life history questionnaires in an acute neurorehabilitation setting to define individualised goals of care for patients with clinical cognitive motor dissociat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,674 Views
11 Pages

Objectives: Accurate survival prediction for brain metastasis patients undergoing stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) is crucial for personalized treatment planning and improving patient outcomes. This study aimed to develop a machine learning model to e...

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Brain Sci. - ISSN 2076-3425