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Surgical Neurology International, 2022 • August 26, 2022
This case report describes a 77-year-old woman with a spinal epidural arteriovenous fistula (SEAVF) who presented with progressive motor weakness, numbness, and urinary and fecal incontinence. The pat...
KEY FINDING: A patient with SEAVF experienced improved sphincter function 1.5 years after endovascular embolization.
Surgical Neurology International, 2022 • August 26, 2022
This case report describes a 39-year-old woman who developed focal hand dystonia after a whiplash injury. She underwent Vo thalamotomy and later Vo-Vim thalamotomy after recurrence of dystonia. The pa...
KEY FINDING: The patient experienced significant improvement in hand function and was able to maintain her normal physical routine for eight years following the second surgery (Vo-Vim thalamotomy).
Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2022 • August 26, 2022
This case report describes the successful use of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) to treat neuropathic pain in a 30-year-old man with an incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI) resulting from gunshot wounds ...
KEY FINDING: A 30-year-old male with a T12 AIS B incomplete spinal cord injury secondary to multiple GSW experienced severe bilateral lower extremity dysesthesias and muscle spasms.
PLoS Biology, 2022 • August 26, 2022
This study demonstrates that the antimicrobial peptide cathelicidin drives severe autoimmune disease in the mouse model of MS. Exposure of CD4+ T cells in the draining lymph node to neutrophil-derived...
KEY FINDING: Cathelicidin is expressed by multiple cell types in lymphoid organs and the central nervous system during EAE, including neutrophils, endothelial cells and microglia/macrophages.
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 2023 • August 25, 2022
The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the long-term outcome of combined medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) and anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). UKA combined wi...
KEY FINDING: UKA combined with ACLR is an effective therapeutic option with good outcome and return to sport rate on the long-term.
AJNS, 2022 • August 25, 2022
Autonomic dysreflexia (AD) is a potentially life-threatening condition that arises from spinal cord injuries at or above the T6 level, characterized by sudden increases in blood pressure due to unmodu...
KEY FINDING: AD is triggered by afferent sensory stimulation leading to unmodulated reflex sympathetic hyperactivity, resulting in a sudden increase in blood pressure.
Advanced Science, 2022 • August 25, 2022
This review explores biomimetic strategies for constructing photoelectrocatalytic (PEC) interfaces to mimic natural photosynthesis for CO2 conversion. It discusses various biomimetic PEC interfaces, i...
KEY FINDING: Biomimetic PEC interfaces can be constructed using metal cocatalysts/semiconductors, small molecules/semiconductors, molecular catalysts/semiconductors, MOFs/semiconductors, and microorganisms/semiconductors.
Adv. Healthcare Mater., 2022 • August 25, 2022
The study addresses the challenge of delivering therapeutic proteins, specifically ChABC, to spinal cord injuries (SCIs) due to their instability. It explores a non-viral mRNA-based method using miner...
KEY FINDING: MCM-mediated mRNA delivery is an efficient non-viral gene delivery method in primary neural cells in vitro and enabled localized transgene expression in the glial scar in vivo.
Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2022 • August 25, 2022
This study examines the motivators and barriers to exercise among individuals with SCI enrolled in an internet-based exercise intervention program. Participants reported that improving physical health...
KEY FINDING: The leading reasons reported for enrolling were to improve their physical health (69%), function (61%), and attitude (59%).
Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 2022 • August 25, 2022
This editorial introduces a special issue of Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences focused on "Women in Science: Interventions for Rehabilitation." The editorial highlights the underrepresentation of w...
KEY FINDING: Women researchers are underrepresented in science, with fewer than 30% globally.