Genetic Variants Associated with Suspected Neonatal Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy: A Study in a South African Context.

Neonatal encephalopathy suspected to be due to hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (NESHIE) carries the risk of death or severe disability (cognitive defects and cerebral palsy). Previous genetic studies on NESHIE have predominantly focused on exomes or targeted genes. The objective of this study was to identify genetic variants associated with moderate-severe NESHIE through whole-genome, unbiased analysis.

Behavioral and neural effects of temporoparietal high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation in logopenic variant primary progressive aphasia: a preliminary study.

Background: High-definition-tDCS (HD-tDCS) is a recent technology that allows for localized cortical stimulation, but has not yet been investigated as an augmentative therapy while targeting the left temporoparietal cortex in logopenic variant PPA (lvPPA). The changes in neuronal oscillatory patterns and resting-state functional connectivity in response to HD-tDCS also remains poorly understood.

Objective: We sought to investigate the effects of HD-tDCS with phonologic-based language training on language, cognition, and resting-state functional connectivity in lvPPA.

Speech-language therapists' views of oral feeding of infants on high-flow oxygen.

Background: Introduction of oral feeding for young children receiving high-flow oxygen has recently gained interest. With limited literature, there are varied opinions regarding the safety of oral feeding in this population.

Aim: This study describes speech-language therapists' (SLTs) views on oral feeding for infants receiving high-flow oxygen.

Genomic Characterization of Circulating Dengue Virus, Ethiopia, 2022-2023.

In Ethiopia, dengue virus (DENV) infections have been reported in several regions; however, little is known about the genetic diversity of circulating viruses. We conducted clinical surveillance of DENV during the 2023 nationwide outbreak in Ethiopia. We enrolled patients at 3 sentinel hospital sites.

Audiovisual Synchrony in Left-hemisphere Brain-lesioned Individuals with Aphasia.

We investigated the ability of 40 left-hemisphere brain-lesioned individuals with various diagnoses of aphasia to temporally synchronize the audio of a spoken word to its congruent video using a maximum-likelihood adaptive psychophysical procedure. We found a statistically significant effect of aphasia type, not explained by lesion volume, on measures of audiovisual (AV) synchrony. Brain-lesioned individuals with no symptoms of aphasia, and those with conduction aphasia performed on the synchrony task more similarly to age-matched neurotypical controls, whereas those with anomic aphasia performed the poorest.