Publications by authors named "S Muneeswari Surya"
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is underused, logistically challenging for those who are justice-involved, and laced with ethical problems for those on death row. Herein we describe a case of a man without history of long-standing psychiatric illness who, after more than 15 years on death row, was hospitalized for altered mental status. After medical stabilization, the altered mental status persisted.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnhancing mental health literacy and care through community-driven solutions in rural Bangladesh.
Front Glob Womens Health
December 2024
Women in rural Bangladesh encounter significant barriers to seeking mental healthcare, primarily due to stigmatization rooted in a lack of knowledge about mental health. To address this issue, community-based participatory research (CBPR) has been identified as a promising approach. CBPR involves the active collaboration of community members and stakeholders in the research process to tackle pressing community issues.
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- The study investigates the role of a master regulator gene in the development of excitatory neurons, specifically focusing on its function in cerebellar granule neuron progenitors (GNPs).
- Researchers found that dysfunction of this gene in GNPs reduced their proliferation and led to various cerebellar abnormalities, including hypoplasia and imbalances in neuron ratios.
- The findings suggest that deletion of this gene during early development can cause autism-like behaviors in mice and highlight uncharacterized gene variants associated with autism spectrum disorder in humans.
Dermatophytosis is a prevalent fungal infection and public health burden, majorly caused by the attack of zoophilic fungi genera of Trichophyton and Microsporum. Among them, T. mentagrophytes and M.
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