Targeting heterozygous dominant negative variant of using Gapmer ASO for the treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy.

A missense mutation c.1220C>G of gene was recently identified in an infant with epilepsy. encodes K1.

Recording of single-unit activities with flexible micro-electrocorticographic array in rats for decoding of whole-body navigation.

Micro-electrocorticographic (ECoG) arrays are able to record neural activities from the cortical surface, without the need to penetrate the brain parenchyma. Owing in part to small electrode sizes, previous studies have demonstrated that single-unit spikes could be detected from the cortical surface, and likely from Layer I neurons of the neocortex. Here we tested the ability to useECoG arrays to decode, in rats, body position during open field navigation, through isolated single-unit activities.

Comparison of functional outcome scales in paediatric acute encephalitis: Responsiveness and outcome predictors.

Purpose: To compare scoring systems and their ability to capture short and long-term recovery of paediatric patients with acute encephalitis. To identify clinical predictors of short-term outcomes by correlating functional outcome measures at 1 month post diagnosis of acute encephalitis.

Methods: Patients with encephalitis diagnosed between July 2011 and 2016 based on Granerod's criteria were studied in this retrospective cohort study.

Hospital-based observational study of neurological disorders in patients recently vaccinated with COVID-19 mRNA vaccines.

Purpose: We describe the spectrum of acute neurological disorders among hospitalized patients who recently had COVID-19 mRNA vaccination.

Method: We performed a prospective study at 7 acute hospitals in Singapore. Hospitalized patients who were referred for neurological complaints and had COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273, in the last 6 weeks were classified into central nervous system (CNS) syndromes, cerebrovascular disorders, peripheral nervous system (PNS) disorders, autonomic nervous system (ANS) disorders and immunization stress-related responses (ISRR).

Serial outcomes in acute necrotising encephalopathy of childhood: A medium and long term study.

Objective: Acute necrotising encephalopathy (ANEC) is a severe, debilitating childhood disorder. We used the ANEC scoring system (ANE-ss) and standardised neurodevelopmental scores to objectively characterise medium and long term outcomes.

Methods: Retrospective review of children with ANEC at KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, from 2005 to 2012.

Guiding follow-up of paediatric idiopathic intracranial hypertension with optical coherence tomography.

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is uncommon in the paediatric population. Papilloedema is the hallmark sign and patients can suffer permanent vision loss as a consequence. We describe the role of optical coherence tomography (OCT) in the follow-up of two paediatric patients with newly diagnosed IIH.

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis with isolated central nervous system reactivation and optic nerve involvement.

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis is a rare childhood disorder characterized by uncontrolled proliferation of benign lymphocytes and histiocytes in multiple organs. Neurological presentations of central nervous system involvement are highly variable. The authors present a case of familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in an 8-month-old girl with isolated central nervous system reactivation and optic nerve involvement.