Primary Sjögren's Syndrome Presenting with Rapidly Progressive Dementia: A Case Report.

Background: Rapidly progressive dementias (RPDs) are dementias that progress subacutely over a time period of weeks to months. Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is an autoimmune disease that can affect any organ system and may present with a wide range of clinical features that may mimic a plethora of medical conditions and, in rare cases, may manifest as RPD. We describe a unique case of pSS, in which rapidly progressive dementia (RPD) was the first disease manifestation, and the patient's radiological and electroencephalogram findings were compatible with Creutzfeldt- Jakob disease (CJD).

Source localization of ictal epileptic activity based on high-density scalp EEG data.

Objective: Electrical source imaging (ESI) is a well-established approach to localizing the epileptic focus in drug-resistant focal epilepsy. So far, ESI has been used primarily on interictal events. Emerging evidence suggests that ictal ESI is also feasible and potentially useful.

Adult zebrafish heart as a model for human heart? An electrophysiological study.

The zebrafish has recently emerged as an excellent model for studies of heart development and regeneration. The physiology of the zebrafish heart has been suggested to resemble that of the human heart in many aspects, whereas, in contrast to mammals, the zebrafish has a remarkable ability to regenerate after heart injury. Thus, zebrafish have been proposed as a cost-effective model for genetic and pharmacological screens of factors affecting heart function and repair.