Association of serum uric acid levels with risk of epilepsy: A national population-based study.

Background: Uric acid (UA) serves as a crucial endogenous antioxidant in the body, offering protection against oxidative stress, whichmaycontributetoepilepsypathogenesis. The association between serum UA levels and epilepsy remains uncertain. This study aimed to examine the potential connections between serum UA levels and epilepsy in US adults.

Concomitant rapidly growing aneurysm of intracavernous carotid artery and cavernous sinus thrombosis: Case report and review of the literature.

Rationale: Intracavernous infectious aneurysm (ICIA), represents a rare entity that is always described in the form of case reports in the literature. The coexistence of ICIA and cavernous sinus thrombosis (CST) is extremely rare and poorly understood.

Patient Concerns: A 53-year-old female patient presented to our hospital with headache, nausea and fatigue for 3 weeks.

Preliminary Analysis of Potentially Overlapping Differentially Expressed Proteins in Both the Spinal Cord and Brain of SOD1 G93A Mice.

Objective: Proteomic elucidation is an essential step in improving our understanding of the biological properties of proteins in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Methods: Preliminary proteomic analysis was performed on the spinal cord and brain of SOD1 G93A (TG) and wild-type (WT) mice using isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation.

Results: Partial up- and downregulated proteins showing significant differences between TG and WT mice were identified, of which 105 proteins overlapped with differentially expressed proteins in both the spinal cord and brain of progression mice.

Bilateral thalamic and brainstem anaplastic astrocytoma: A case report.

Rationale: Bilateral thalamic glioma is extremely rare and characterized by strictly limited involvement of bilateral thalami. To investigate its clinical and neuroimaging features, we herein reported a rare case of anaplastic astrocytoma (AA) involving both thalami and the brainstem and reviewed the literature.

Patient Concerns: A-33-year-old Chinese woman was referred to our department owing to persistent headache and nausea and vomiting.

METTL14 Regulates the m6A Modification of TRAF6 to Suppress Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Ferroptosis in Dopaminergic Neurons via the cGAS-STING Pathway.

Objectives: The degeneration of dopaminergic (DA) neurons has emerged as a crucial pathological characteristic in Parkinson's disease (PD). To enrich the related knowledge, we aimed to explore the impact of the METTL14-TRAF6-cGASSTING axis in mitochondrial dysfunction and ferroptosis underlying DA neuron degeneration.

Methods: 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium ion (MPP) was used to treat DA neuron MN9D to develop the PD cell models.

5-Hydroxytryptamine: a potential therapeutic target in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Previous studies have indicated that the pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is closely linked to 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT). To investigate this further, we administered 5-HT receptor antagonists to SOD1*G93A transgenic (ALS mouse model) and wide-type mice. This involved intraperitoneal injections of either granisetron, piboserod, or ritanserin, which inhibit the 5-HT3, 5-HT4, and 5-HT2 receptors, respectively.

Case Report: Rheumatoid meningitis with positive NMDAR antibody: A case treated with intravenous immunoglobulin.

As a rare complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the central nervous system (CNS), rheumatoid meningitis (RM) mainly affects the meninges and has various clinical symptoms. The diagnostic and treatment approaches currently used are not practical. RM cases with positive NMDAR antibodies (Abs) have never been reported.

Vinpocetine and coenzyme Q10 combination alleviates cognitive impairment caused by ionizing radiation by improving mitophagy.

Objective: This research was designed to ascertain the effect and mechanism of vinpocetine (VIN) and coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) combination on cognitive impairment induced by ionizing radiation (IR).

Methods: Cognitive impairment in mice was induced by 9-Gy IR, and they were intraperitoneally injected with VIN, CoQ10, or VIN + CoQ10. Then novel object recognition and Morris water maze tests were used to detect cognitive function.

Research progress and clinical application prospects of miRNAs in oral cancer.

Oral cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors worldwide, and it is also one of the most important and difficult clinical problems to be solved. Due to the regional differences in diet culture, some areas have taken the 'hardest hit' of oral cancer cases. However, the existing clinical treatment methods (surgery as the main treatment method, radiotherapy and chemotherapy as the auxiliary ones) do not have satisfactory treatment effects; therefore, new diagnosis and treatment methods need to be developed and utilized.

Potential of nobiletin against Alzheimer's disease through inhibiting neuroinflammation.

Objective: This study aimed to explore the mechanism of Nobiletin attenuating Alzheimer's disease (AD) by inhibiting neuroinflammation.

Methods: The expression of inflammatory cytokines and HMGB-1 in serum of AD patients were examined. Microglia (MGs) were treated with different doses of Nobiletin before LPS and Nigericin induction.

The clinical and neuroradiological features of patients of coexisting atraumatic convexity subarachnoid hemorrhage and large artery atherosclerosis stroke: A retrospective observational study.

Atraumatic convexity subarachnoid hemorrhage (c-SAH) concomitant with large artery atherosclerosis (LAA) stroke has been rarely discussed in the literature. Our aim in this study is to characterize the clinical and neuroradiological features of patients with LAA stroke and c-SAH.A retrospective study from a single institution was performed between January 2016 and June 2020.

The rs2619566, rs10260404, and rs79609816 Polymorphisms Are Associated With Sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in Individuals of Han Ancestry From Mainland China.

The pathogenesis of sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (sALS) remains unknown; however, recent research suggests that genetic factors may play an important role. This study aimed at investigating possible genetic risk factors for the pathogenesis of sALS. In our previous study, we conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) in 250 sALS patients and 250 control participants of Han ancestry from mainland China (HACM) and retrospectively analyzed the previously reported candidate loci related with sALS including our GWAS investigated results.

Unilateral cerebral cortical encephalitis (CCE) with positive anti-MOG antibodies: A case report.

Rationale: Nowadays, myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG)-antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) is regarded as an independent inflammatory demyelinating disease. Here, we report a rare case of unilateral cerebral cortical encephalitis (CCE) with positive anti-MOG antibodies.

Patient Concerns: A 19-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital owing to acute onset fever and headache.

Association between kidney stones and risk of developing stroke: a meta-analysis.

Background: Many studies have described the relationship between kidney stones and stroke, but the results are controversial, so we conducted this meta-analysis to estimate the relationship between kidney stones and the risk of developing stroke.

Methods: Studies were marked with a comprehensive search of PubMed, EMBASE, Google, and ISI Web of Science databases through 25 March 2020. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were extracted, and a random-effects model or fix-effects model was used to compute the pooled combined risk estimate.

Simvastatin improves cerebrovascular injury caused by ischemia‑reperfusion through NF‑κB‑mediated apoptosis via MyD88/TRIF signaling.

Cerebrovascular injury is the most prevalent human cerebrovascular disease and frequently results in ischemic stroke. Simvastatin may be a potential therapeutic agent for the treatment of patients with cerebrovascular injury. The present study aimed to investigate the efficacy of and the potential mechanisms regulated by simvastatin in a rat model of ischemia‑reperfusion (I/R)‑induced cerebrovascular injury.

Bilateral wallerian degeneration of the middle cerebellar peduncles secondary to pontine infarction: A case series.

Objective: Wallerian degeneration (WD) of middle cerebellar peduncles (MCPs) secondary to pontine infarction is rarely reported in the literature. Our aim in this study is to characterize its clinical and neuroradiological features.

Methods: A retrospective review of 7 patients from a single institution was conducted.

Association between restless legs syndrome and hypertension: a meta-analysis of nine population-based studies.

Previous population-based studies evaluating the association between restless legs syndrome (RLS) and cardiovascular risk factors have showed inconsistent results, especially for the relationship between RLS and hypertension. We, therefore, aimed to meta-analyze to assess the association between RLS and hypertension. PubMed and Embase databases were systematically searched to identify eligible studies.