Diffusion Tensor Imaging Analysis of Fine Motor Dysfunction and Recovery Following Cranioplasty.

We report a case of a 42-year-old woman who developed fine motor dysfunction after decompressive craniectomy for traumatic brain injury (TBI), despite the absence of obvious lesions on conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to explain the motor deficits. Following cranioplasty, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) revealed an increase in fractional anisotropy (FA) in the primary motor cortex, which correlated with significant improvement in motor function. These findings highlight DTI's potential as a valuable tool for capturing subtle brain changes not apparent on conventional imaging techniques.

Enhanced Circularly Polarized Luminescence by a Homochiral Guest-Host Interaction in Gyroidal MOFs, [Ru(bpy)] [M(ox)] (bpy = 2,2'-Bipyridyl, ox = Oxalate, M = Zn, Mn).

We report the circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) for [Ru(bpy)]I () and [Ru(bpy)][M(ox)] (M = Zn (), Mn ()). Whereas compound is a simple salt of [Ru(bpy)], and are MOFs in which the chiral [Ru(bpy)] ions are encapsulated in a homochiral gyroidal skeleton of [M(ox)]. Whereas the solution of exhibited weak CPL with a luminescence dissymmetry factor of || ∼ 10, the CPL was significantly enhanced in solid-state - with || = 2 × 10 for , 4 × 10 for , and 1 × 10 for .

Stroke Systems of Care During the COVID-19 Epidemic in Kobe City.

Background: The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak raised concerns over healthcare systems' ability to provide suitable care to stroke patients. In the present study, we examined the provision of stroke care in Kobe City during the COVID-19 epidemic, where some major stroke centers ceased to provide emergency care.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study.

[A Case of Spinal Epidural Hematoma Presenting with Transient Hemiplegia].

We report a rare case of a patient with spinal epidural hematoma who presented with transient hemiplegia. A 90-year-old man awakened from sleep due to sudden neck pain. Fifteen minutes later, the man experienced progressively worsening weakness in his left hand, and was transported in an ambulance to our hospital.

Platelet function and spontaneous thrombolytic activity of patients with cerebral infarction assessed by the global thrombosis test.

Measurements of platelet reactivity and assessment of the efficacy of antiplatelet drugs are widely recognized as pre-requisite for the diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients. A recently established shear-induced platelet reactivity test using non-anticoagulated blood (the Global Thrombosis Test) has facilitated measurements of physiologically relevant platelet function and thrombolytic activity. 195 healthy volunteers, not taking antiplatelet drugs or anticoagulants, and 185 patients with acute cerebrovascular diseases were enrolled.

A rare case of malignant glioma suspected to have arisen from a cavernous sinus.

A 55-year-old woman presented with a right trigeminal dysfunction (dysesthesia) initially, followed by right oculomotor and abducens paresis lasting 1 month. Neuroimaging studies showed an enhanced mass in the right cavernous sinus extending to the trigeminal ganglion. The extraparenchymal tumor located around the right trigeminal ganglion was totally removed, except for an intracavernous lesion, by the orbitozygomatic approach.

Severe graves ophthalmopathy accompanied by HTLV-1-associated uveitis (HAU) and anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-related vasculitis: a case report and a review of the literature of HAU with Graves disease.

A 50-year-old woman was admitted because of severe exophthalmos associated with Graves disease. She underwent methimazole (MMI) and methylprednisolone pulse therapy against exophthalmos. She noticed photophobia and blurred vision 3 weeks after the start of pulse therapy and she was diagnosed as having uveitis.

Effects of dietary treatment alone or diet with voglibose or glyburide on abdominal adipose tissue and metabolic abnormalities in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes.

Unlabelled: OBJECTIVE; To examine the effects of diet and diet with voglibose or glyburide on abdominal adiposity and metabolic abnormalities in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Research Design And Methods: A total of 36 Japanese patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes (50.8 +/- 8.