Liver Transplantation in Well-Selected Class III Obese Recipients Yields Good Outcomes.

Introduction: Previous guidelines considered body mass index (BMI) over 40 kg/m a relative contra-indication to liver transplantation (LT). The aims were to examine the selection process and study outcomes of patients with Class I-III obesity.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of outcomes of obese patients assessed for LT at our center between 2010 and 2023, divided into three groups: Class I (BMI30-34.

Monosynaptic ventral tegmental area glutamate projections to the locus coeruleus enhance aversive processing.

Distinct excitatory synaptic inputs to the locus coeruleus (LC) modulate behavioral flexibility. Here we identify a novel monosynaptic glutamatergic input to the LC from the ventral tegmental area (VTA). We show robust VTA axonal projections provide direct glutamatergic transmission to LC.

Wireless Modular Implantable Neural Device with One-touch Magnetic Assembly for Versatile Neuromodulation.

Multimodal neural interfaces open new opportunities in brain research by enabling more sophisticated and systematic neural circuit dissection. Integrating complementary features across distinct functional domains, these multifunctional neural probes have greatly advanced the interrogation of complex neural circuitry. However, introducing multiple functionalities into a compact form factor for freely behaving animals presents substantial design hurdles that complicate the device or require more than one device.

Septic shock after a saline infusion hysterosalpingosonogram in a woman with stage IV endometriosis and infertility: A case report.

Saline infusion sonohysterography/hysterosalpingo-contrast sonography is commonly used in the work-up of infertility. Overall, pelvic infection following these investigations is rare, but risk may be increased in patients with deep infiltrating endometriosis. Antibiotic prophylaxis is not professionally recommended in patients with advanced endometriosis, a point that requires reconsideration.

Psychedelic 5-HT2A receptor agonism: neuronal signatures and altered neurovascular coupling.

Psychedelics hold therapeutic promise for mood disorders due to rapid, sustained results. Human neuroimaging studies have reported dramatic serotonin-2A receptor-(5-HT2AR)-dependent changes in functional brain reorganization that presumably reflect neuromodulation. However, the potent vasoactive effects of serotonin have been overlooked.