Current diagnosis and treatment of cryptococcal meningitis without acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is a central nervous system infectious disease caused by Cryptococcus. It is the most common fungal infection in the central nervous system,...

Necroptosis: a new link between cell death and inflammation

Necroptosis is a type of newly identified cell death induced by apoptotic stimuli under conditions where apoptotic execution is prevented. Studies over the past 10 years have...

Neurological manifestations in Fabry disease

Fabry disease (FD) is a rare, progressive, multisystem and highly debilitating disease. FD is an X-linked lysosome storage disorder that results in α-galactosidase A deficiency....

Autoimmune encephalopathies in children: diagnostic clues and therapeutic challenges

Neuronal surface antibody syndromes (NSAS) encompass a variety of disorders associated with “neuronal surface antibodies”. These share clinical and neuroradiological features...

Differentiation of radiation necrosis from glioblastoma recurrence after radiotherapy

The standard treatment of glioblastoma, the most common type of primary-brain-tumor, involves radiotherapy with concomitant temozolomide chemotherapy. A patient with...

On the need to unify neuroscience and physics

Current diagnosis and treatment of cryptococcal meningitis without acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is a central nervous system infectious disease caused by Cryptococcus. It is the most common fungal infection in the central nervous system,...

Neuroinflammatory modulators of oligodendrogenesis

Oligodendrocytes are key neural cells that are responsible for producing myelin sheaths that wrap around neuronal axons in the central nervous system. Myelin is essential to...

Neuronal toll-like receptors and neuro-immunity in Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and stroke

Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are part of the innate immune system important for the initiation of proper immune responses towards microorganisms. Neuronal TLRs are considered to...

Brain abscess: surgical experiences of 162 cases

Aim: Brain abscess still poses a public health challenge in spite of the advent of modern neurosurgical techniques and antibiotics. Here, we present our surgical experiences and...

China guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of myasthenia gravis

Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a typical autoimmune disease mediated by auto-antibodies, immune cells and complement systems at the postsynaptic membrane of the neuromuscular...

Isolated palatal palsy: a clinical rarity

Acquired isolated palatal palsy is a rare disease. It is commonly seen in children. It usually presents with acute onset nasal regurgitation of fluids, rhinolalia, and palatal...