The Modifying of Functional Connectivity Induced by Peripheral Nerve Field Stimulation using Electroacupuncture for Migraine: A Prospective Clinical Study.

Objective: We examined the functional connectivity (FC) in patients with migraine compared with healthy subjects before and after C2 peripheral nerve field stimulation with electroacupuncture (EA-C2-PNfS) to evaluate the effect of EA-C2-PNfS and elucidate the mechanism of migraine.

Methods: Twenty-six patients with migraine and 24 healthy controls were recruited. All patients underwent resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging before and after 3 months of EA-C2-PNfS.

Clinical Effect of C2 Peripheral Nerve Field Stimulation Using Electroacupuncture for Primary Headache.

Objective: We applied C2 peripheral nerve field stimulation using electroacupuncture (EA-C2-PNfS) for primary headache, and investigated its clinical effectiveness.

Materials And Methods: Fifty-four primary headache patients (10 men, 44 women) with a mean age of 48.6 ± 15.

Distinct transcriptional and metabolic profiles associated with empathy in Buddhist priests: a pilot study.

Background: Growing evidence suggests that spiritual/religious involvement may have beneficial effects on both psychological and physical functions. However, the biological basis for this relationship remains unclear. This study explored the role of spiritual/religious involvement across a wide range of biological markers, including transcripts and metabolites, associated with the psychological aspects of empathy in Buddhist priests.

Smartphone-Based Real-time Assessment of Swallowing Ability From the Swallowing Sound.

Dysphagia can cause serious challenges to both physical and mental health. Aspiration due to dysphagia is a major health risk that could cause pneumonia and even death. The videofluoroscopic swallow study (VFSS), which is considered the gold standard for the diagnosis of dysphagia, is not widely available, expensive and causes exposure to radiation.

[Functional neurosurgery for spasticity].

The basic concept of neurosurgical procedures to treat spasticity is to decrease the hyperactivity of the stretch reflex. Selective peripheral neurotomy is a method to partially resect the peripheral motor nerve. The alpha motor and Ia afferent nerves are resected, but the latter is essential owing to its lasting effect in reducing spasticity.

[A case of bilateral chronic subdural hematoma due to spontaneous intracranial hypotension without orthostatic headache].

We herein present a case of bilateral chronic subdural hematoma(bilateral CSDH)caused by spontaneous intracranial hypotension(SIH)without orthostatic headache. A 67-year-old male patient with mild head injury suffered from a chronic, non-postural headache. Computed tomography of the brain showed bilateral CSDH.

Cerebral venous thrombosis after ventriculoperitoneal shunting: a case report.

Ventriculoperitoneal shunting (VPS) is a simple procedure, but there are several potential complications. We describe the first reported case of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) after VPS. A 69-year-old man suffering from normal pressure hydrocephalus underwent left VPS.

Language areas involving the inferior temporal cortex on intraoperative mapping in a bilingual patient with glioblastoma.

A 40-year-old bilingual man underwent removal of glioblastoma multiforme with intraoperative language mapping, mainly using the picture-naming and auditory responsive-naming tasks under cortical stimulation. Multiple language areas were identified, including one located in the middle of the inferior temporal cortex (ITC). Individual mapping for glioma patients must be performed because language areas might be located in various and unexpected regions, including the ITC.

The patient had a normal magnetic resonance imaging and temporal lobe epilepsy secondary to a porencephalic cyst but showed structural lesions (hippocampal sclerosis).

Patients with a porencephalic cyst frequently develop intractable temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). We report a surgically-treated male patient with intractable mesial TLE (mTLE) secondary to a porencephalic cyst. Although magnetic resonance imaging showed no hippocampal abnormalities, long-term video-electrocorticography revealed seizure onset discharges in the hippocampus.

Histologically proven venous congestive myelopathy without concurrent vascular malformation: Case reports and review of the literature.

Background: Venous congestive myelopathy is a progressive myelopathy that is generally caused by a spinal dural arteriovenous fistula.

Case Description: We report a patient with histologically confirmed venous congestive myelopathy without concurrent vascular malformations in radiological and intraoperative findings.

Conclusions: The definitive underlying etiology of this congestive myelopathy was unclear.

[Laparoscopy-assisted ventriculoperitoneal and lumboperitoneal shunt surgery].

Recently, laparoscopy (also referred to as minimally invasive surgery) has been used during peritoneal catheter implantation in shunt placement for hydrocephalus; however, the procedure and devices for this technique have not yet been well established. We adopted umbilical and paraumbilical laparoscopy for peritoneal catheter insertion. In this paper, we describe the technique we used and its clinical results and benefits.

Navigation-guided endoscopic biopsy for intraparenchymal brain tumor.

To evaluate the efficacy of intraparenchymal brain tumor biopsy using endoscopy and a navigation system (navigation-guided endoscopic biopsy) as a diagnostic tool, a case series of intraparenchymal tumor biopsies was reviewed. Navigation-guided endoscopic biopsy was applied in 9 cases, stereotactic needle biopsy in 16 cases, and open biopsy with or without navigation system in 34 cases. In all biopsy cases, 84.

Magnetoencephalography using total intravenous anesthesia in pediatric patients with intractable epilepsy: lesional vs nonlesional epilepsy.

Purpose: Magnetoencephalography (MEG) provides source localization of interictal spikes. We use total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) with propofol to immobilize uncooperative children. We evaluate the effect of TIVA on interictal spikes in children who have intractable epilepsy with or without MRI lesions.

Reversible dementia in patients with chronic subdural hematomas.

Object: Neuropsychiatric changes following surgery for chronic subdural hematomas (CSDHs) were analyzed in 26 patients (21 men and five women) by using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Hasegawa Dementia Scale-Revised (HDS-R) to determine factors that potentially contribute to neuropsychiatric recovery.

Methods: Burr hole irrigation was performed in every patient to treat the CSDH. The patients' profiles, including age and sex, neuroimaging findings (such as hematoma volume and thickness, as well as midline shift), and preoperative and postoperative scores on the MMSE, HDS-R, and activities of daily living (ADL) scale were recorded.