Paper Title: Human Dorsal Root Ganglia Are Either Preserved or Completely Lost After Deafferentation by Brachial Plexus Injury Authors: Annemarie Sodmann, Johannes Degenbeck, Annemarie Aue, Magnus Schindehütte, Felicitas Schlott, Panagiota Arampatzi, Thorsten Bischler, Max Schneider, Alexander Brack, Camelia M. Monoranu, Tom Gräfenhan, Michael Bohn...
Academic Report on the Study “Exposure to School Racial Segregation and Late-Life Cognitive Outcomes” In recent years, the prevalence of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia among the elderly has been on the rise. In the U.S., significant disparities in cognitive health exist between non-Hispanic Black individuals and non-Hispanic White individuals. R...
Changes in Stroke Incidence in Californians with Sickle Cell Disease: A Population-Based Study in the Context of the STOP Trial Background and Objective Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a hereditary blood disorder characterized by abnormal hemoglobin, causing red blood cells to deform into a sickle shape under low-oxygen conditions. This deformation in...
Academic Background Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a major cause of central vision loss among the elderly, particularly in its neovascular (NV) form, where choroidal neovascularization (CNV) leads to rapid and severe vision loss. Current AMD treatments primarily rely on intravitreal injections of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (...
Research Background Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the deposition of amyloid-beta (Aβ) plaques and abnormal phosphorylation of tau protein. Recent studies have increasingly highlighted the role of cerebrovascular alterations in the pathogenesis of AD. Specifically, endothelial cell damage and inflam...
FBXL16: A New Regulator of Neuroinflammation and Cognition in Alzheimer’s Disease through Ubiquitination-Dependent Degradation of Amyloid Precursor Protein Academic Background Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is an age-related neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive cognitive decline. With the global aging population, the incidence of neuro...
Association of Plasma GFAP and p-tau-181 with Synaptic Density in Alzheimer’s Disease Academic Background Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a multifactorial neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques and tau protein aggregates in the brain. Recent research has shown that multiple factors are involved in the dev...
Research Background Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD) is an autoimmune central nervous system disease characterized by severe onset and relapse events, including optic neuritis, longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM), brainstem and/or hypothalamic syndromes, and encephalitis. Most patients have serum immunoglobulin G (IgG)...
Multimodal Neuroimaging Study of Structural and Functional Brain Alterations in Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder Academic Background Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) is a complex chronic condition that has multifaceted negative impacts on an individual’s life and is closely associated with an increased risk of mortality. In 2021, over 80,000 deaths in...
Report on the Use of MR Spectroscopy to Assess Muscle Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Long COVID Academic Background The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on global health, with many patients experiencing prolonged symptoms even after recovery, commonly referred to as “Long COVID” or “Post–COVID-19 Condition” (PCC). These symptoms include fa...