Hybrid brain/neural interface and autonomous vision-guided whole-arm exoskeleton control to perform activities of daily living (ADLs) by José M. Catalán, Emilio Trigili, Marius Nann, Andrea Blanco-Ivorra, Clemente Lauretti, Francesca Cordella, Eugenio Ivorra, Elaine Armstrong, Simona Crea, Mariano Alcañiz, Loredana Zollo, Surjo R. Soekadar, Nicola Vitiello, Nicolás García-Aracil

“…Assistive robots have been developed to help people with motor or cognitive disabilities to perform activities of daily living (ADLs) independently. …”
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The dementia and disability project in Thai elderly: rational, design, methodology and early results by Senanarong Vorapun, Harnphadungkit Kamolthip, Poungvarin Niphon, Vannasaeng Sathit, Chongwisal Samut, Chakorn Tipa, Jamjumrus Piyanuch, Raksthaput Atthapon, Chaichanettee Sinisa, Aoonkaew Nattapol, Udompunthurak Suthipol, Doody Rachelle S, Cummings Jeffrey L

“…The DDP is the first study to look at the prevalence and etiology of dementia and of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in Thai elders and to explore the relationship of cognition, disability, small vessel diseases and cortical degeneration with neuroimaging in Thai elderly people. 1998 Thai elders were screened in 2004–2006 and diagnosed as having MCI or dementia. 223 elders with MCI or dementia and cognitively normal elderly had brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or at baseline. 319 elders from the 3 groups had blood tests to investigate the risks and possible etiologies of dementia including genotyping at baseline.…”
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TRPV1 mediates astrocyte activation and interleukin-1β release induced by hypoxic ischemia (HI) by Xing-Liang Yang, Xin Wang, Lin Shao, Guang-Tong Jiang, Jia-Wei Min, Xi-Yu Mei, Xiao-Hua He, Wan-Hong Liu, Wen-Xian Huang, Bi-Wen Peng

“…Children surviving from HIE often have severe long-term sequela including cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and cognitive disabilities. The severity of HIE in infants is tightly associated with increased IL-1β expression and astrocyte activation which was regulated by transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1), a non-selective cation channel in the TRP family. …”
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Cerebrospinal fluid shunt surgery reduces the risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: a nationwide population... by Pao-Hui Tseng, Wan-Ting Huang, Jen-Hung Wang, Bor-Ren Huang, Hsin-Yi Huang, Sheng-Tzung Tsai

“…Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt implantation is a treatment used to improve the motor and cognitive disabilities of these patients; however, its effect on the risk of developing dementing disorders remains unclear. …”
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Environmental enrichment improves declined cognition induced by prenatal inflammatory exposure in aged CD-1 mice: Role of NGPF2 and PSD-95 by Ming-Zhu Ni, Yue-Ming Zhang, Yun Li, Qi-Tao Wu, Zhe-Zhe Zhang, Jing Chen, Bao-Ling Luo, Xue-Wei Li, Gui-Hai Chen

“…EE exposure could partially restore the accelerated decline in age-related cognitive function and in Psd-95 expression, especially in aged mice.DiscussionOverall, the aggravated cognitive disabilities in aged mice may be related to the alterations in Ngpf2 and Psd-95 expression and in systemic state of inflammation due to prenatal inflammatory exposure, and long-term EE exposure may ameliorate this cognitive impairment by upregulating Psd-95 expression.…”
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Neurorehabilitation for Multiple Sclerosis Patients with Emotional Dysfunctions by Hung, Yuwen, Yarmak, Pavel

“…Patients with MS, a heterogeneous central nervous system disease causing focal brain lesions and diffuse demyelination, suffer from pronounced physical and cognitive disabilities (3). Though retaining their intellectual abilities, MS patients exhibit various cognitive deficits involving both verbal and non-verbal memory, attention and speed of processing, as well as executive functioning. …”
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Our Research Regarding Neurorehabilitation Outcomes of The Treatment with Calf Blood Deproteinized Medicine (Actovegin®) in Subacute/Subchronic Stages of Ischemic Stroke Patients –... by Florentina Carmen FIRAN, Corneliu Dan BLENDEA, Gelu ONOSE

“…In the central nervous system’s diseases panel, stroke is mentioned as a leader in incidence as well as medical and economic matter causing to patients major long-term physical, emotional and cognitive disabilities. The medicine Actovegin® is considered to have many beneficial effects although scarcely studied in ischemic stroke. …”
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