Narrowing of the Parent Artery Angle Is Associated With Intracranial Aneurysm Growth.

Objective: Although risk factors for intracranial aneurysm growth have been reported, studies investigating the influence of the parent artery angle are limited. In this study, we examined the relationship between intracranial aneurysm growth and parent artery angle narrowing by analyzing long-term follow-up magnetic resonance angiography data.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed data of patients with untreated aneurysms and those treated by simple coil embolization, who were followed up by magnetic resonance angiography for over 24 months at the Steel Memorial Yawata Hospital between August 2007 and March 2023.

Association between abdominal adiposity and clinical outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke.

Background: It is unclear whether abdominal adiposity has an additional effect on post-stroke outcomes. This study aimed to determine whether waist circumference (WC) is independently associated with clinical outcomes after acute ischemic stroke.

Methods: We enrolled patients with acute ischemic stroke from a multicenter hospital-based stroke registry in Fukuoka, Japan.

Non-linear association between body weight and functional outcome after acute ischemic stroke.

This study aimed to determine whether body weight is associated with functional outcome after acute ischemic stroke. We measured the body mass index (BMI) and assessed clinical outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke. The BMI was categorized into underweight (< 18.

Midbrain Slice Culture as an Ex Vivo Analysis Platform for Parkinson's Disease.

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects the motor system. PD is characterized by the accumulation of intracellular protein aggregates, Lewy bodies, and Lewy neurites, composed primarily of the protein α-synuclein. Thus, PD is classified as the most common synucleinopathy.

Epstein-Barr Virus-Associated Encephalopathy Presenting with Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus in an Immunosuppressive State.

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection is occasionally accompanied by central nervous system (CNS) complications, particularly in immunosuppressed patients. However, the symptoms and clinical features of EBV infection in the CNS are rather heterogeneous and remain unknown. We herein describe the first reported adult case manifesting nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE), possibly associated with reactivation of EBV in an immunosuppressive state.