Gray matter volume differences in intimate partner violence perpetrators and its role in explaining dropout and recidivism.

Aim: Psychological instruments that are employed to adequately explain treatment compliance and recidivism of intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrators present a limited ability and certain biases. Therefore, it becomes necessary to incorporate new techniques, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), to be able to surpass those limitations and measure central nervous system characteristics to explain dropout (premature abandonment of intervention) and recidivism.

Method: The main objectives of this study were: 1) to assess whether IPV perpetrators (n = 60) showed differences in terms of their brain's regional gray matter volume (GMV) when compared to a control group of non-violent men (n = 57); 2) to analyze whether the regional GMV of IPV perpetrators before starting a tailored intervention program explain treatment compliance (dropout) and recidivism rate.

Executive dysfunction and cortical variations among intimate partner violence perpetrators and the association with sexism.

Malfunctioning in executive functioning has been proposed as a risk factor for intimate partner violence (IPV). This is not only due to its effects on behavioral regulation but also because of its association with other variables such as sexism. Executive dysfunctions have been associated with frontal and prefrontal cortical thickness.

The contribution of brain volume to explain autonomous imbalance during recovery from acute stress in batterers.

Aim: Many authors have suggested that intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrators present an imbalance between both branches of the autonomous nervous system when coping with acute stress. Concretely, there is a predominance of the sympathetic branches over the parasympathetic ones when recovering from stress. This imbalance can be explained by their tendency toward anger rumination, and more concretely, by their focus on thoughts of revenge during this period.

The role of intimate partner violence perpetrators' resting state functional connectivity in treatment compliance and recidivism.

To expand the scientific literature on how resting state functional connectivity (rsFC) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (or the measurement of the strength of the coactivation of two brain regions over a sustained period of time) can be used to explain treatment compliance and recidivism among intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrators. Therefore, our first aim was to assess whether men convicted of IPV (n = 53) presented different rsFC patterns from a control group of non-violent (n = 47) men. We also analyzed if the rsFC of IPV perpetrators before staring the intervention program could explain treatment compliance and recidivism one year after the intervention ended.

vol2Brain: A New Online Pipeline for Whole Brain MRI Analysis.

Automatic and reliable quantitative tools for MR brain image analysis are a very valuable resource for both clinical and research environments. In the past few years, this field has experienced many advances with successful techniques based on label fusion and more recently deep learning. However, few of them have been specifically designed to provide a dense anatomical labeling at the multiscale level and to deal with brain anatomical alterations such as white matter lesions (WML).

Ultrasound-guided lumbar puncture for nusinersen administration in spinal muscular atrophy patients.

Background And Purpose: The purpose was to report the results of ultrasound-guided lumbar puncture for the administration of nusinersen in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) patients with complex spines.

Methods: Eighteen SMA patients (five children, five adolescents and eight adults) with either severe scoliosis or spondylodesis were evaluated for ultrasound-guided lumbar puncture. Ultrasound was performed with a 3.

Multi-parametric MR Imaging Biomarkers Associated to Clinical Outcomes in Gliomas: A Systematic Review.

Purpose: To systematically review evidence regarding the association of multiparametric biomarkers with clinical outcomes and their capacity to explain relevant subcompartments of gliomas.

Materials And Methods: Scopus database was searched for original journal papers from January 1st, 2007 to February 20th, 2017 according to PRISMA. Four hundred forty-nine abstracts of papers were reviewed and scored independently by two out of six authors.

Lung brain metastasis pseudoprogression after nivolumab and ipilimumab combination treatment.

Immunotherapy has revolutionized the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer; however, its role in the treatment response of lung brain metastasis is unknown. Understanding immunotherapy activity in the central nervous system is important in order to avoid additional toxicity, such as that associated with the use of cerebral radiotherapy. We present two cases with clinical and radiological progression with increases in size and perilesional edema of brain lesions after treatment with a combination of ipilimumab and nivolumab.

Stroke and temporal arteritis: A study of 6 cases.

Introduction: Though uncommon, ischaemic stroke due to temporal arteritis carries serious difficulties for diagnosis and subsequent management and requires a high level of suspicion.

Methods: We analysed a series of 6 patients with biopsy-proven temporal arteritis presenting with ischaemic stroke. We discuss clinical characteristics, difficulties of assessment, short- and long-term progression, treatment, and the usefulness of new diagnostic techniques.

Short- and long-term outcomes in non-aneurysmal non-perimesencephalic subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Objective: Our aim was to assess the short- and long-term prognosis in patients suffering from non-aneurysmal non-perimesencephalic SAH (Na-NPM-SAH).

Methods: Based on admission CT-scan, SAH was categorized as perimesencephalic (PM) or non-perimesencephalic (NPM). Based on digital subtraction angiography (DSA) results, patients were classified as normal DSA (Na-SAH) or aneurysmal SAH (aSAH).

Tendencies in cerebral aneurism treatment: Analysis of a hospital series.

Introduction And Objective: To discover if there have been changes in the treatment time for SAH in our hospital environment.

Material And Methods: Comparative analysis of 571 patients treated at Hospital Universitari la Fe during 2 different time periods. The SAH-OLD group consisted of 462 patients attended consecutively between April 1997 and March 2005, while SAH-NEW comprised 109 patients attended consecutively between March 2007 and April 2010.

Automated glioblastoma segmentation based on a multiparametric structured unsupervised classification.

Automatic brain tumour segmentation has become a key component for the future of brain tumour treatment. Currently, most of brain tumour segmentation approaches arise from the supervised learning standpoint, which requires a labelled training dataset from which to infer the models of the classes. The performance of these models is directly determined by the size and quality of the training corpus, whose retrieval becomes a tedious and time-consuming task.

Diabetes does not affect outcome of symptomatic carotid stenosis treated with endovascular techniques.

Background: The influence of diabetes on carotid revascularization techniques is controversial, with few data regarding angioplasty and stenting (CAS). Our purpose was to analyze whether its presence constitutes a risk factor for poor outcome of patients with carotid stenosis treated with CAS.

Methods: We compared 30-day and long term morbidity and mortality, as well as restenosis rates, of non diabetic and diabetic patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis treated with endovascular techniques.

Late clinical and radiological complications of stereotactical radiosurgery of arteriovenous malformations of the brain.

Introduction: Post-radiation injury of patients with brain arteriovenous malformations (AVM) include blood-brain barrier breakdown (BBBB), edema, and necrosis. Prevalence, clinical relevance, and response to treatment are poorly known. We present a series of consecutive brain AVM treated with stereotactic radiosurgery describing the appearance of radiation injury and clinical complications.

Postradiosurgery hemorrhage rates of arteriovenous malformations of the brain: influencing factors and evolution with time.

Background And Purpose: The long-term benefit of radiosurgery of brain arteriovenous malformations (AVM), especially nonhemorrhagic cases, is controversial. We calculated hemorrhage rates pre- and posttreatment and analyzed the risk factors for bleeding based on cases followed at our site.

Methods: One hundred eight patients, age 36 ± 17 years, 56 men.

Long-term outcome in patients with carotid artery stenting and contralateral carotid occlusion: a single neurovascular center prospective analysis.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to analyze the clinical features and early and late outcome of patients treated with carotid artery stenting for carotid stenosis with occlusion of the contralateral vessel (CAS-CCO), and compare them to patients without occlusion (CAS-NO).

Methods: From 1999 through 2010, 426 patients with 479 procedures were prospectively recorded, 61 patients (14.3%) CAS-CCO, and 365 patients CAS-NO.

Angioplasty and stenting of symptomatic and asymptomatic vertebral artery stenosis: to treat or not to treat.

Background And Purpose: Comprehensive indications for treatment of symptomatic vertebral stenosis remain unavailable. Even less is known about endovascular treatment of asymptomatic cases. We treated symptomatic and asymptomatic vertebral ostium stenosis with angioplasty and stenting and investigated the long term outcome.

Focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH): a potential cause of false-positive positron emission tomography.

Positron emission tomography (PET) using F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) has been proven to be a useful tool in the differential diagnosis of liver tumors. Focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) is an uncommon benign liver lesion, which can be difficult to differentiate from other benign and malignant liver pathologies. FDG PET imaging usually shows uptake similar or even decreased compared to that of the normal liver.