Clinical and Translational Neuroscience, Volume 7, Issue 3

The primary target was an investigation of the factors predicting a good clinical outcome of patients with acute ischemic stroke after treatment with mechanical thrombectomy. Additionally, we compared the treatment results in known and unknown sympto...

Nearly 25 years have passed since the ground-breaking discovery that hypocretin deficiency underlies human narcolepsy with cataplexy. Over time, it has become increasingly evident that hypocretin deficiency goes beyond the conventional core symptoms,...

Insomnia is characterized by frequent and persistent difficulties initiating and maintaining sleep, along with impaired daytime functioning. Blended treatments are increasingly popular for treating psychological disorders such as depression. Blended...

Introduction. Spinal cord ischemia (SCI) accounts for less than 1% of all strokes, and mostly affects the anterior cord. The ascending aorta (AA) is the rarest site of localization for aortic thrombi (5%). We report a singular case of posterior SCI d...

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This systematic review and meta-analysis of global peer-reviewed neuroimaging findings preliminarily assessed the magnitude of effect sizes (ES) of the influences of family poverty/low socioeconomic status (SES) on children’s neurocognition and...

Neuromuscular disorders (NMDs) encompass a highly diverse group of conditions that affect the skeletal muscles, peripheral nervous system, or motor endplate. Depending on the underlying disease, common characteristics include progressive muscle weakn...

Study objectives: Sleep and circadian rhythms disorders are frequent in the acute stroke. Sleep modifications are likely to contribute to the development of stroke-related delirium, a common neuropsychiatric complication of acute stroke. This systema...

Severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) may cause disorders of consciousness (DoC) in the form of coma, unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS), or minimally conscious state (MCS). Despite significant advancements made over the last two decades in detect...

Background: The relationship between sleep and creativity is a topic of much controversy. General benefits of napping have been described not only in sleep-deprived individuals and in shift workers, but also in people with sufficient night sleep. How...