Successful carotid artery stenting with a double-layer micromesh stent for spontaneous extracranial internal carotid artery dissection: a case report.

Extracranial internal carotid artery dissection is a relatively rare disease in Japan. We herein report a case of a 60-year-old woman with spontaneous left internal carotid artery dissection with a dilated and dissected cavity. Following the identification and measurement of the true and false lumens using intravascular ultrasound, a double-layer micromesh stent (Casper stent; Microvention, Terumo, Tustin, CA, USA) was deployed for post-dilation.

Experimental verification for perceptual and cognitive processing of visual aesthetic experiences.

Theoretical studies suggest that several mechanisms underlie human visual aesthetic experiences: perceptual processing, which has small variability among individuals (shared properties) and strong correlation with image statistics (e.g. color statistics); cognitive processing, which is idiosyncratic and has weak correlation with image statistics; and emotional processing, which determines the affective part of the aesthetic experience.

Development of stereotaxic recording system for awake marmosets (Callithrix jacchus).

The common marmoset has been proposed as a potential alternative to macaque monkey as a primate model for neuroscience and medical research. Here, we have newly developed a stereotaxic neuronal recording system for awake marmosets under the head-fixed condition by modifying that for macaque monkeys. Using this system, we recorded neuronal activity in the cerebral cortex of awake marmosets and successfully identified the primary motor cortex by intracortical microstimulation.