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{"title":"A Life in Service of Neuroscience, Healing, and Teaching.","authors":"Ranjith Nair, Zulifquar Ahmad, Mohanlal Divakaran, Girish Menon","doi":"10.4103/neurol-india.Neurol-India-D-26-00362","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/neurol-india.Neurol-India-D-26-00362","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19429,"journal":{"name":"Neurology India","volume":"74 3","pages":"561-562"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147841099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Neuro-Infections and Stewardship Practices - A Call for Action to a Neurologist and Neurosurgeon ('NEURON AMSP' Model).","authors":"Prasan K Panda, Saravanan Sadhasivam, Ashutosh Tiwari","doi":"10.4103/neurol-india.Neurol-India-D-25-00919","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/neurol-india.Neurol-India-D-25-00919","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19429,"journal":{"name":"Neurology India","volume":"74 3","pages":"504-506"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147841157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Salmonella Typhi Frontal Osteomyelitis-A Rare Case.","authors":"A Sathesini Priya, Vithiya Ganesan, T Rajendran","doi":"10.4103/neurol-india.Neurol-India-D-25-00707","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/neurol-india.Neurol-India-D-25-00707","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19429,"journal":{"name":"Neurology India","volume":"74 3","pages":"539-541"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147841209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Uncertainties in Stem Cell Therapy for Neuropathic Pain in Spinal Cord Injury: Letter to Editor.","authors":"Daniel Matovu","doi":"10.4103/neurol-india.Neurol-India-D-25-00770","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/neurol-india.Neurol-India-D-25-00770","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19429,"journal":{"name":"Neurology India","volume":"74 3","pages":"531-532"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147840353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Delayed Bertolotti's Syndrome Following L5 Schwannoma Resection with Instrumentation: Successful Surgical Resolution.","authors":"Atsushi Shimizu, Kaiji Ohta, Takakazu Kawamata","doi":"10.4103/neurol-india.Neurol-India-D-25-00502","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/neurol-india.Neurol-India-D-25-00502","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19429,"journal":{"name":"Neurology India","volume":"74 3","pages":"533-536"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147841053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Electroencephalographic Abnormalities in Children with Single Calcified Neurocysticercosis Lesion: A Cross-Sectional Study.","authors":"Rachana Dubey, Gautam Kamila, Sakshi Ojha, Jaya Shankar Kaushik, Atin Kumar, Aakash Mahesan, Biswaroop Chakrabarty, Ravindra M Pandey, Sheffali Gulati","doi":"10.4103/neurol-india.Neurol-India-D-25-00294","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/neurol-india.Neurol-India-D-25-00294","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Neurocysticercosis (NCC) remains a major cause of seizures in low- and middle-income countries, often progressing to chronic epilepsy due to calcified granulomas. The role of electroencephalographic (EEG) in predicting prognosis and guiding treatment in calcified NCC remains uncertain.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objective was to estimate the prevalence of surface EEG abnormalities in 5-18 years old seizure or epilepsy patients with single calcified neurocysticercosis lesion (CNL) and to understand the concordance of topographic anatomic localization to surface EEG abnormality localization, semiology localization.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study was performed in a tertiary care center in northern India. Children with epilepsy aged 5-18 years with single CNL on computed tomography (CT) scan were screened and those with seizure onset at least a year prior to recruitment and receiving standard of care for epilepsy were enrolled. The demographic profile, clinical details including seizure semiology, localization and lateralization, treatment history, CNL topography on CT scan, EEG findings and other relevant investigations were obtained.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Out of the 366 pediatric patients screened, 61 cases were enrolled. EEG was performed on 60 patients. Focal seizures were most noted (88%, n = 53/60). Clinical localization was to frontal lobe (73.5%), temporal lobe (22.6%), parietal and occipital lobe in one patient each. EEG showed interictal discharges and or background EEG abnormalities in 48% (n = 29/60, 95% CI: 35%-61%). Interictal EEG abnormalities predominantly localized to frontal (86%, n = 25/29), parietal (7%, n = 2/29), and occipital (7%, n = 2/29) region. EEG and clinical semiology-based localization showed 78% crude agreement (P value - 0.02). Concordance between seizure semiology localization and anatomic localization on CT was 80% (P value- 0.0009).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>There was significant concordance between clinical, electrical, and radiological localization of CNL. Frontal and temporal lobe were most common symptomatic zones for focal epilepsy in this cohort.</p>","PeriodicalId":19429,"journal":{"name":"Neurology India","volume":"74 3","pages":"446-453"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147841084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comparison of Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion using a Novel 3D-Printed Porous Titanium Cage versus Conventional Allograft Bone Block with Plate and Screw System: A Propensity-Matched Cohort Study.","authors":"Dong Hun Kim, Sang Don Kim, Jin Young Kim, Jae Taek Hong, Jung Woo Hur","doi":"10.4103/neurol-india.Neurol-India-D-25-00713","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/neurol-india.Neurol-India-D-25-00713","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) with plate and screw fixation is a standard treatment for degenerative cervical disc disease. However, the advent of 3D-printed porous titanium cages (3D-PTCs) has prompted ongoing attempts to integrate this technology into ACDF procedures.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To compare the 2-year clinical and radiologic outcomes of single-level ACDF using a stand-alone 3D-PTC versus conventional ACDF with allograft and anterior plating.</p><p><strong>Methods and materials: </strong>In this retrospective, propensity-matched cohort study, 30 patients per group were analyzed. Clinical outcomes included visual analog scale (VAS) scores for neck and arm pain, neck disability index (NDI), and dysphagia. Radiologic outcomes were fusion rate, segmental range of motion, and subsidence. Intraoperative blood loss, drainage, and fluoroscopy counts were recorded.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Neck pain improvement was greater in the 3D-PTC group at all follow-ups (all P < 0.05). Dysphagia was less frequent at day 3 (10 vs. 19, P = 0.020) and 1 month (3 vs. 10, P = 0.028). Prevertebral swelling was smaller at day 3 (11.53 vs. 18.37 mm, P < 0.001), 1 month (P = 0.001), and 3 months (P = 0.007). Fluoroscopy counts were lower (5.7 vs. 7.9, P = 0.031). Fusion at 2 years was 100% in both groups, with similar subsidence (33.3% vs. 30.0%, P = 0.781). No device-related complications occurred.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Stand-alone 3D-PTC ACDF achieved comparable fusion and safety to conventional plated ACDF, with reduced dysphagia, swelling, and fluoroscopy use, and greater neck pain relief, supporting its viability as an alternative technique.</p>","PeriodicalId":19429,"journal":{"name":"Neurology India","volume":"74 3","pages":"418-423"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147841115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Integrating Artificial Intelligence in Indian Neurology: Recent Advances and Ethical Imperatives.","authors":"Roopesh Jain","doi":"10.4103/neurol-india.Neurol-India-D-25-00809","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/neurol-india.Neurol-India-D-25-00809","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19429,"journal":{"name":"Neurology India","volume":"74 3","pages":"537-538"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147841139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Subtypes of Intracranial Artery Calcification and Ischemic Stroke Severity.","authors":"Dren Boshnjaku, Igor Petrov, Per Wester, Michael Y Henein, Afrim Blyta, Fisnik Jashari","doi":"10.4103/neurol-india.Neurol-India-D-25-00728","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/neurol-india.Neurol-India-D-25-00728","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Intracranial artery calcification, a common radiological finding in patients with ischemic stroke, manifests in various subtypes, including intimal, medial, and mixed patterns.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to investigate the correlation between intracranial artery calcification subtypes and the extent of neurological disability in patients with ischemic stroke.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this prospective observational study, we have included 135 patients, with a mean age of 67.5 ± 12.3 years and 51% were females. With a standardized method using non-contrast computed tomography (NCCT) scans, we have categorized patients into three groups: a) without calcification, b) mainly intimal calcification, and c) predominant medial calcification. Neurological evaluation was assessed by the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) upon admission and discharge.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Patients with predominant medial calcification were older than those with intimal calcification and no arterial calcification (73.5 ± 9.7 vs. 64.1 ± 11.7 vs. 59 ± 12.6 years), with a statistically significant difference (P < 0.001). However, mainly intimal calcification in the anterior circulation was linked to higher NIHSS scores at discharge compared to patients with mainly medial or no calcification (7.8 ± 4.6 vs. 5.6 ± 3.8 vs. 6.4 ± 4.4), P = 0.03. In a linear regression model adjusting for age, sex, hypertension, diabetes, renal failure, pulse pressure, blood glucose level, dyslipidemia, smoking, and hospital stay days, intimal calcification was associated with a significantly higher NIHSS score at discharge (β = 4.8, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.70-7.95, P = 0.003).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Patterns of arterial calcification in the intracranial arteries represent a marker of clinical outcomes after ischemic stroke, in patients with mainly intimal calcification of the anterior circulation, having higher disability scales at discharge.</p>","PeriodicalId":19429,"journal":{"name":"Neurology India","volume":"74 3","pages":"432-437"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147841241","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Before Attributing Cervical Myelopathy to Diabetes, All Other Causes Must Be Convincingly Ruled Out.","authors":"Carla A Scorza, Fulvio A Scorza, Josef Finsterer","doi":"10.4103/neurol-india.Neurol-India-D-25-00654","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/neurol-india.Neurol-India-D-25-00654","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19429,"journal":{"name":"Neurology India","volume":"74 3","pages":"520-521"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147841094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}