The Role of Er-yag Glass Laser in Skin Resurfacing.

Following our survey, we can appreciate that a variety of laser platforms exist to rejuvenate the skin by resurfacing the outer layer of the skin as well as heating the lower layers of the dermis. Based on reliable clinical effectiveness and a limited side effect profile, we can confirm that nonablative fractionated technologies greatly improve the appearance of lentigines, rhytids; eliminate sun damage, attenuate scarring due to acne and other causes; and treat hyperpigmentation. The Fraxel (Solta Medical) laser system delivers pulses across a wide range of density and energy levels.

Penile Lichen Sclerosus Treated with 1927 nm Thulium Fiber Laser and Photodynamic Therapy: A New Possible Therapeutic Approach.

Objective: We treated two patients with recalcitrant lichen sclerosus (LS) of the penis with a combination of 1927 nm thulium fiber laser and methyl-aminolevulinate (MAL) photodynamic therapy (PDT).

Background Data: Therapy of LS is based on topical potent steroids, emollients, and topical calcineurin inhibitors. Circumcision is effective, but not always accepted.

Neuropsychological benefits of a narrative cognitive training program for people living with dementia: A pilot study.

Unlabelled: Many areas in the cortex are active during reading of narrative material, and these activations in the brain produce significant changes in connectivity. Following previous results showing cognitive benefits in memory domains of a narrative training program in nursing home patients living with dementia, the aim of the present study was to perform a more in depth investigation of the effects of this training on memory domains and other cognitive areas.

Methods: An experimental group of eight patients underwent auditory narrative training of 60 hours.

Attentional modulation in visual cortex is modified during perceptual learning.

Practicing a visual task commonly results in improved performance. Often the improvement does not transfer well to a new retinal location, suggesting that it is mediated by changes occurring in early visual cortex, and indeed neuroimaging and neurophysiological studies both demonstrate that perceptual learning is associated with altered activity in visual cortex. Theoretical treatments tend to invoke neuroplasticity that refines early sensory processing.