Dysfunction of the lenticular nucleus is thought to contribute to neurological symptoms in Wilson’s disease (WD). However, very little is known about whether and how the lenticular nucleus influences dystonia by interacting with the cerebral co...
Background: Diabetic striatopathy (DS) is a rare condition with a debated pathophysiology; a local metabolic dysfunction is the most likely hypothesis. We present a case of DS mimicking an acute stroke, outline a few uncommon/atypical features, and r...
West Nile virus (WNV) is an arthropod-borne flavivirus first identified in 1937. Over time, WNV has spread globally and is now endemic in Italy. Although most human WNV infections are asymptomatic (80%), less than 1% progress to a neuroinvasive disea...
Biallelic variants in NDUFS6, encoding an accessory subunit of mitochondrial complex I, were initially associated with lethal neonatal mitochondrial encephalopathy and Leigh syndrome. Recent studies have demonstrated that NDUFS6 variants can also cau...