Cortical activation and functional connectivity during a verbal fluency task in patients with chronic insomnia: A multi-channel NIRS study.

Background: Patients with chronic insomnia exhibit varying degrees of cognitive dysfunction. Functional connectivity of different brain regions contributes to the understanding of underlying cognitive processes in the cerebral cortex. However, this has not yet been studied in patients with chronic insomnia.

Impact of twice-a-day transcranial direct current stimulation intervention on cognitive function and motor cortex plasticity in patients with Alzheimer's disease.

Background: Non-invasive brain stimulation has improved cognitive functions in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), and some studies suggest a close relationship between cognition and plasticity. However, the clinical benefits of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in patients still need to be evaluated.

Aims: This study examined the role of tDCS in improving cognition and whether the improved cognition is related to altered cortical plasticity.

Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Clinical Correlates of Insomnia in China College Student During the COVID-19.

The 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) broke out in Hubei Province and spread rapidly to the whole country, causing huge public health problems. College students are a special group, and there is no survey on insomnia among college students. The purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence and related factors of insomnia in college students during the period of COVID-19.

Cortical plasticity is correlated with cognitive improvement in Alzheimer's disease patients after rTMS treatment.

Objective: Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been widely used in non-invasive treatments for different neurological disorders. Few biomarkers are available for treatment response prediction. This study aims to analyze the correlation between changes in long-term potentiation (LTP)-like cortical plasticity and cognitive function in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) that underwent rTMS treatment.

Association between B- proto-oncogene and the development of malignant tumors.

B-Myb is a critical transcription factor in regulating cell cycle. Dysregulated expression of B-Myb promotes tumor formation and development. B- is a proto-oncogene ubiquitously expressed in proliferating cells, which maintains normal cell cycle progression.

Role of homocysteine in the development and progression of Parkinson's disease.

Homocysteine is an essential intermediate product of biochemical reactions that is present in various tissues of the human body. Homocysteine may be associated with the development and progression of Parkinson's disease. Plasma homocysteine levels in patients with Parkinson's disease are elevated compared to those of healthy individuals.