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Brain Sci., 2024 • December 23, 2024
This review explores radiation-induced brain injury (RIBI), its causes, and potential treatments, with a focus on the gut–brain axis as a therapeutic strategy. RIBI is influenced by treatment, tumor, ...
KEY FINDING: Immunotherapy combined with SRS shows the highest incidence of radiation necrosis (RN) or tumor-related imaging changes compared to targeted therapy and chemotherapy, suggesting a significant correlation between immunotherapy and increased RN rates.
Healthcare, 2024 • December 22, 2024
Pressure injuries are a significant challenge in healthcare, leading to complications like infections, increased care needs, and prolonged rehabilitation, impacting patients physically and psychologic...
KEY FINDING: The study included 176 patients with clinically diagnosed pressure ulcers, with 28.52% of cases as stage III and 35.57% as stage IV.
ACS Nano, 2025 • December 21, 2024
This study investigates the role of neutrophil membrane vesicles (NMVs) in modulating the inflammatory response after spinal cord injury (SCI) and promoting nerve regeneration. A biomimetic "Trojan ho...
KEY FINDING: NMVs exhibit an "efferocytosis-like" effect, being endocytosed by macrophages and reprogramming them to a pro-regenerative phenotype by influencing glutamine metabolism and oxidative phosphorylation.
BJUI Compass, 2024 • December 21, 2024
This retrospective, single-center study evaluated the efficacy of robot-assisted laparoscopic cutaneous continent urinary diversion (RALCCUD) in 12 adults with neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfuncti...
KEY FINDING: RALCCUD is feasible and safe in adults, with a high rate of stomal and urethral continence.
iScience, 2024 • December 20, 2024
This study examines the roles of cervical propriospinal interneurons (PNs) and rubrospinal neurons (RNs) in the recovery of reaching and grasping behaviors in rats with spinal cord injury. The lesions...
KEY FINDING: Rehabilitation after dorsal funicular lesions promotes recovery of skilled reaching.
Front. Rehabil. Sci., 2024 • December 19, 2024
This study explores the challenges experienced by nursing staff in their effort to improve patient participation in rehabilitation within a spinal cord injury center. The findings highlight difficulti...
KEY FINDING: Nursing staff found it difficult to truly listen to patients' perspectives, struggling to set aside other tasks and be fully present in conversations.
Cureus, 2024 • December 19, 2024
This prospective study analyzed surgical outcomes of spinal fractures in 25 AS patients, revealing that falls from height were the primary cause of injury, with the C7-T1 level being the most common f...
KEY FINDING: The predominant cause of spinal injury in AS patients was falling from a height (56%), and the most frequent fracture location was the C7-T1 level.
Scientific Reports, 2024 • December 18, 2024
This study determined the feasibility of integrating scar resection, kidney-derived dECM hydrogel, and hNS/PC transplantation in treating chronic complete SCI. The improvement in the spinal cord micro...
KEY FINDING: Scar resection enhances the local microenvironment by increasing neuroprotective microglia and macrophages, while reducing inhibitory factors that prevent axonal regeneration.
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2024 • December 18, 2024
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating pathological state causing motor, sensory, and autonomic dysfunction. To date, SCI remains without viable treatment for its patients. In this review, we high...
KEY FINDING: SCI leads to a decrease in SCFAs-producing bacteria. This reduction has also been observed in other CNS pathologies such as hepatic encephalopathy.
Frontiers in Psychology, 2024 • December 18, 2024
This scoping review examined the use of telehealth in arts therapies for neurodevelopmental and neurological disorders (NNDs). It looked at the types of disorders treated, the therapies used, the tech...
KEY FINDING: Telehealth arts therapies show positive outcomes for individuals with NNDs, enhancing accessibility and providing psychological, emotional, social, and cognitive advantages.