Relative deficiency in interferon-γ-secreting CD4+ T cells is strongly associated with poorer COVID-19 vaccination responses in older adults by Ho, Vanda W. T., Boon, Low Heng, Cui, Jianzhou, Juequn, Zhou, Shunmuganathan, Bhuvaneshwari, Gupta, Rashi, Tan, Nikki Y. J., Qian, Xinlei, Purushotorman, Kiren, Fong, Siew-Wai, Renia, Laurent, Ng, Lisa F. P., Angeli, Veronique, Chen, Jinmiao, Kennedy, Brian K., Ong, Catherine W. M., Macary, Paul A.

“…Further exploration into the aetiology is needed and would be integral in developing novel vaccination strategies and improving infection outcomes in older adults.…”
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Autoimmune encephalitis by Irani, SR

“…Forms of autoimmune encephalitis are more prevalent than infectious encephalitis and represent treatable neurologic syndromes for which early immunotherapies lead to the best outcomes.…”

Employment of a high throughput functional assay to define the critical factors that influence vaccine induced cross-variant neutralizing antibodies for SARS-CoV-2 by Gu, Yue, Shunmuganathan, Bhuvaneshwari, Qian, Xinlei, Gupta, Rashi, Tan, Rebecca S. W., Kozma, Mary, Purushotorman, Kiren, Murali, Tanusya M., Tan, Nikki Y. J., Preiser, Peter Rainer, Lescar, Julien, Nasir, Haziq, Somani, Jyoti, Tambyah, Paul A., Smith, Kenneth G. C., Renia, Laurent, Ng, Lisa F. P., Lye, David C., Young, Barnaby E., MacAry, Paul A.

“…The scale and duration of neutralizing antibody responses targeting SARS-CoV-2 viral variants represents a critically important serological parameter that predicts protective immunity for COVID-19. …”
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A tymovirus from Calopogonium mucunoides in Malaysia is not clitoria yellow vein tymovirus: brief report by Gibbs, A.J., Mackenzie, A.M., Abdul-Samad, N.

“…A tymovirus isolated from Malaysian crops of Calopogonium mucunoides has been shown to have virions that are serologically indistinguishable from those of clitoria yellow vein tymovirus. …”

Characterization of Salmonella spp. isolated from patients below 3 years old with acute diarrhoea by Shobirin, M.H. Anis, Shuhaimi, M., Abu‐Bakar, F., Ali, A.M., Ariff, A., Nur‐Atiqah, N.A., Yazid, A.M.

“…The isolates were tested for their susceptibility to a range of antimicrobial agents, and typed by serological tests and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) fingerprinting. …”
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Anticholinergic burden and cognitive function in psychosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mancini, V, Latreche, C, Fanshawe, J, Varvari, I, Chambrez-Zita, Z, McGinn, N, Ana, C, Pillinge, T, McGuire, PK, McCutcheon, RA

“…</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> Of 1,337 citations retrieved, 40 met inclusion criteria, comprising 25 anticholinergic burden studies (4,620 patients), six serological anticholinergic activity studies (382 patients), and nine tapering studies (186 patients). …”

Progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity: a Taiwanese case and review of literature by Chang, A, Lin, K-Y, Chuang, K-J, Waters, P, Irani, SR, Mgbachi, V, Yeh, H-L, Lien, L-M, Chiu, H-C, Chen, W-H

“…However, the outcome is still variable with different serological and tumor associations, and the elements to good response with less relapse is yet to be elucidated. …”

Spectrum on non-surgical causes of internal jugular vein thrombosis in otorhinolaryngology practice by Mohamed, Mohd Hazmi, Ishak, Azlan Iskandar, Wan Sulaiman, Wan Aliaa

“…Internal jugular vein thrombosis is an uncommon entity secondary to various aetiologies. In the pre-antibiotic era, it was commonly associated with Lemierre syndrome, a septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein secondary to oropharyngeal infection. …”
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Lipid-mediated resolution of inflammation and survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by Yildiz, O, Hunt, GP, Schroth, J, Dhillon, G, Spargo, TP, Al-Chalabi, A, Koks, S, Turner, MR, Shaw, PJ, Henson, SM, Iacoangeli, A, Malaspina, A

“…Specialized pro-resolving mediator blood concentrations were measured at baseline and in one additional visit in 20 pwALS and 10 non-neurological controls (Cohort 1). Flow cytometry was used to study the GPR32 and GPR18 resolvin receptors’ expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from 40 pwALS and 20 non-neurological controls (Cohort 2) at baseline and in two additional visits in 17 pwALS. …”

Lower serum uric acid and impairment of right cerebral hemisphere structural brain networks are related to depressive symptoms in cerebral small vessel disease: a cross-sectional s... by Yu, Lei, Yi, Ming, Guo, Jiayu, Li, Jinbiao, Zeng, Huixing, Cui, Liqian, Xu, Xiangming, Liu, Gang, Fan, Yuhua, Zeng, Jinsheng, Xing, Shihui, Chen, Yicong, Wang, Meng, Tan, Shuangquan, Jin, Leow Yi, Kumar, Dilip, Vipin, Ashwati, Ann, Soo See, Fatin Zahra Binte Zailan, Sandhu, Gurveen Kaur, Kandiah, Nagaendran, Dang, Chao

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Age- and Sex-Based Developmental Biomarkers in Eye Movements by Carrick, Frederick Robert, Hunfalvay, Melissa, Bolte, Takumi, Azzolino, Sergio F., Abdulrahman, Mahera, Hankir, Ahmed, Antonucci, Matthew M., Al-Rumaihi, Nouf

“…Background: Eye movement research serves as a critical tool for assessing brain function, diagnosing neurological and psychiatric disorders, and understanding cognition and behavior. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Steinmetz, JD, Seeher, KM, Schiess, N, Bennett, DA, Maude, RJ, Newton, CRJ, Rodriguez, JAB

“…Previous publications from the Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factor Study estimated the burden of 15 neurological conditions in 2015 and 2016, but these analyses did not include neurodevelopmental disorders, as defined by the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-11, or a subset of cases of congenital, neonatal, and infectious conditions that cause neurological damage. …”

Transcriptome analysis of ischemic stroke recovery induced by neural stem cell preconditioned with baicalein-enriched fraction of oroxylum indicum by Satar, Asmaa’ Mohd

“…The ET-1 induced ischemic stroke rat models were randomly assigned into 3 subgroups, namely Group 1: Non-treated (control group, n = 5), Group 2: Treated with non-preconditioned NSCs (n = 5) and Group 3: Treated with BEF-preconditioned NSCs (n = 5). The animal neurological behaviours were monitored and scored based on modified neurological severity score (mNSS) test, cylinder test and grid-walking test for 14 days (p-value < 0.05). …”
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Single-cell laser imaging analysis of neuron using deep learning by Li, Ningnan

“…Here the goal of this dissertation is to build a deep learning model to study how different types of neurological cells evolve for better improvement in biomedical detection.…”
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AB078. Patterns of treatment delay in patients with symptomatic metastatic epidural spinal cord compression by Hui, Si Jian, Kumar, Naresh, Tan, Cherie Lin Hui, Chua, Eugene Khye Gin, Hallinan, James Thomas Patrick Decourcy, Chan, Yiong Huak, Sree, Karuna, Tan, Jiong Hao

“…One hundred and thirty-nine (78.1%) of patients had symptoms of cord compression and 93 (52.3%) had neurological deficits on presentation. On multivariate analysis, pre-operative neurological deficits (P=0.01) and symptoms of cord compression (P=0.01) were significantly associated with post-operative ambulatory function. …”
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Chronic neuropsychiatric sequelae of SARS-CoV-2: protocol and methods from the Alzheimer's Association Global Consortium by de Erausquin, GA, Snyder, H, Brugha, TS, Newton, C

“…More than one third of patients with COVID-19 develop neurologic problems during the acute phase of the illness, including loss of sense of smell or taste, seizures, and stroke. …”

Using biothesiometer, Neuropathy Symptom Score, and Neuropathy Disability Score for the early detection of peripheral neuropathy: a cross-sectional study by Mooi, Ching Siew, Lee, Kai Wei, Yusof Khan, Abdul Hanif Khan, Devaraj, Navin Kumar, Cheong, Ai Theng, Hoo, Fan Kee, Sulaiman, Wan Aliaa Wan, Loh, Wei Chao, Jian, Leong Yong, Hui, Teh Xian, Ramachandran, Vasudevan

“…The peripheral neuropathy test was conducted based on VPT tools on both feet using the digital biothesiometer. Following that, Neurological Symptom Score (NSS) and Neurological Disability Score (NDS) were taken from the participants to assess the neurological symptoms. …”
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Hypothesis of a potential BrainBiota and its relation to CNS autoimmune inflammation by Elkjaer, Maria L., Simon, Lukas, Frisch, Tobias, Bente, Lisa-Marie, Kacprowski, Tim, Thomassen, Mads, Reynolds, Richard, Baumbach, Jan, Röttger, Richard, Illes, Zsolt

“…Infectious agents have been long considered to play a role in the pathogenesis of neurological diseases as part of the interaction between genetic susceptibility and the environment. …”
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Psychotropic taxonomies: constructing a therapeutic framework for psychiatry by McCutcheon, RA, Cowen, P, Nour, MM, Pillinger, T

“…Finally, we consider how data-driven methods might address the issue of classification at an intermediate level, based around transdiagnostic neurobiological and psychopathological markers.</p>…”

Encephalitis: diagnosis, management and recent advances in the field of encephalitides by Alam, AM, Easton, A, Nicholson, TR, Irani, SR, Davies, NWS, Solomon, T, Michael, BD

“…They may also exhibit focal neurological deficits, seizures, movement disorders and/or autonomic instability. …”