11 articles in this issue
Ewelina Bratek, Apolonia Ziembowicz and Elzbieta Salinska
Hypoxia-ischemia (H-I) at the time of birth may cause neonatal death or lead to persistent brain damage. The search for an effective treatment of asphyxiated infants has not resulted in an effective therapy, and hypothermia remains the only available ther... see more
Giovanni Martinotti, Rita Santacroce, Mauro Pettorruso, Chiara Montemitro, Maria Chiara Spano, Marco Lorusso, Massimo Di Giannantonio and Arturo G. Lerner
Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder (HPPD) is a rare, and therefore, poorly understood condition linked to hallucinogenic drugs consumption. The prevalence of this disorder is low; the condition is more often diagnosed in individuals with a histor... see more
Elle Wadsworth, Colin Drummond and Paolo Deluca
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Abdelaziz M. Hussein, Mohamed Adel, Mohamed El-Mesery, Khaled M. Abbas, Amr N. Ali and Osama A. Abulseoud
Evanthia Bernitsas
The spectrum of “demyelinating disorders” is broad and it includes various disorders with central nervous system (CNS) demyelination[...]
Andrew C. Parrott
Many novel psychoactive substances (NPS) have entered the recreational drug scene in recent years, yet the problems they cause are similar to those found with established drugs. This article will debate the psychobiological effects of these newer and more... see more
Firas Bannout, Sheri Harder, Michael Lee, Alexander Zouros, Ravi Raghavan, Travis Fogel, Kenneth De Los Reyes and Travis Losey
The neurosurgical treatment of skull base temporal encephalocele for patients with epilepsy is variable. We describe two adult cases of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) with spheno-temporal encephalocele, currently seizure-free for more than two years after a... see more
Zaid M. Mansour, Laura E. Martin, Rebecca J. Lepping, Saddam F. Kanaan, William M. Brooks, Hung-Wen Yeh and Neena K. Sharma
KoCohen and Aviv Weinstein
Background—Cannabis is the most popular illicit drug in the Western world. Repeated cannabis use has been associated with short and long-term range of adverse effects. Recently, new types of designer-drugs containing synthetic cannabinoids have been wides... see more
Donald J. DeGracia, Doaa Taha, Fika Tri Anggraini, Shreya Sutariya, Gabriel Rababeh and Zhi-Feng Huang
Neuroprotection seeks to halt cell death after brain ischemia and has been shown to be possible in laboratory studies. However, neuroprotection has not been successfully translated into clinical practice, despite voluminous research and controlled clinica... see more
Kathia Cordero, Gemma G. Coronel, Miguel Serrano-Illán, Jennifer Cruz-Bracero, Johnny D. Figueroa and Marino De León
Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) results in debilitating autonomic dysfunctions, paralysis and significant sensorimotor impairments. A key component of SCI is the generation of free radicals that contributes to the high levels of oxidative stress observ... see more