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Clinical and Brain Computed Tomographic Profile of Stroke Patients in a Tertiary Hospital, North Central Nigeria 尼日利亚中北部某三级医院脑卒中患者的临床和脑计算机断层扫描

World Journal of Neuroscience Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.4236/wjns.2022.124020

I. Annongu, E. Iwuozo, Mohammed Hameed, D. M. Chia, Sesugh Samuel Mohammed, Ferdinand Aondohemba Mbahon

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An Ischemic Stroke in a Sub-Saharan African Patient Revealing a Carotid Web: A Case Report and a Systematic Literature Review 在撒哈拉以南非洲患者缺血性中风显示颈动脉网:一个病例报告和系统的文献综述

World Journal of Neuroscience Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.4236/wjns.2022.123016

Léhleng Agba, Donissongui Soro, A. Awidina-Ama, Liliane Ngoudjo, H. Yaïche, O. Heinzlef

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Convulsive Seizures Revealing Hashimoto’s Encephalopathy 惊厥发作揭示桥本脑病

World Journal of Neuroscience Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.4236/wjns.2022.123011

Djikoldinguem Marschall Mouandilmadji, C. J. D. G. de Chacus, Kawtar Jamil, Maureen Vanessa Ngo Biem, Pape Amadou Niane, F. B. Thiam, Mame Pathé Diakhate, N. Ndiaye, A. Leye

{"title":"Convulsive Seizures Revealing Hashimoto’s Encephalopathy","authors":"Djikoldinguem Marschall Mouandilmadji, C. J. D. G. de Chacus, Kawtar Jamil, Maureen Vanessa Ngo Biem, Pape Amadou Niane, F. B. Thiam, Mame Pathé Diakhate, N. Ndiaye, A. Leye","doi":"10.4236/wjns.2022.123011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/wjns.2022.123011","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Hashimoto encephalopathy (HE) is an autoimmune disease with different neurological and psychiatric characteristics. It is associated with in-creased thyroperoxidase autoantibodies. The diagnosis of HE is clinical and in-volves the detection of serum thyroperoxidase (TPO) antibodies and the exclusion of other etiologies. A clinical response to corticosteroid therapy supports the diagnosis. We report a case of HE revealed by convulsive seizures and cognitive and behavioral disorders. Observation: She is a 7-year-old child followed in a neurology unit for convulsive seizures for one year. Clinical examination performed in the endocrinology unit later found tachycardia without goiter, behavioral disorders, difficulties to concentrate as well as psychomotor agita-tion. Biological work up revealed subclinical hypothyroidism, positive anti-TPO antibodies with normal thyroid ultrasound and brain MRI. The cerebrospinal fluid was clear, normotensive and absence of pleocytosis. The sleep-wake electroencephalogram was well organized for her age with a paroxysmal dis-charge in the left parieto-temporal region. Based on these clinical, biological and morphological data, the diagnosis of HE was retained. Corticosteroid therapy with prednisone at 1 mg/kg/day was initiated for 6 weeks while reducing the dose progressively. There was a good clinical and biological progress under treatment. Conclusion: Hashimoto’s encephalopathy is a rare, but probably unrecognized entity. Over the past decades, knowledge about thyroid, brain, immunity interactions has increased. This indicates the importance of a multidisciplinary approach of endocrinologists, neurologists, psychiatrists and pediatricians for early recognition and treatment.","PeriodicalId":23878,"journal":{"name":"World Journal of Neuroscience","volume":"89 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80387207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Effects of Image Presentation Using a Head-Mounted Display on Muscle and Brain Activity during Swallowing 使用头戴式显示器显示图像对吞咽过程中肌肉和大脑活动的影响

World Journal of Neuroscience Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.4236/wjns.2022.122008

Kengo Hoyano, Yasuhiro Ogoshi

{"title":"Effects of Image Presentation Using a Head-Mounted Display on Muscle and Brain Activity during Swallowing","authors":"Kengo Hoyano, Yasuhiro Ogoshi","doi":"10.4236/wjns.2022.122008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/wjns.2022.122008","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: It is well known that humans have an increased sense of taste and consume more food when eating with others. This effect is called social facilitation of eating. We previously reported that self-images also have the effect of social facilitation of eating. In the present study, we investigated the effect of a head-mounted display (HMD) as a means of presenting self-images. Methods: Fourteen healthy adults (7 females and 7 males) were included in the study. The mean age of the participants was 20.4 years. The experimental conditions were as follows: the presentation conditions include the SG condition, in which an image was projected on the smart glasses, and the MT condition, in which an image was projected on the monitor. The stimulation conditions include the self-image condition (Self condition), in which the participant’s own image was projected, and the background image condition (Background condition), in which the background image was projected. Participants were asked to consume green tea jelly three times under the four conditions, which consisted of combinations of the presentation and stimulation conditions. Electromyography (EMG) and electroencephalography (EEG) were used to measure the muscle activity of the suprahyoid muscle group and brain activity, respectively. Results: The EMG of the “SG-Self” condition was significantly higher than that of “SG-Background” and “MT-Background” conditions. The EMG of the “MT-Self” condition was significantly higher than that of the “MT-Background” condition. In the EEG before the start of swallowing, “SG-Self” was significantly lower in the alpha band and higher in the beta band than “MT-Background”. The beta-alpha ratio was significantly higher for “SG-Self” than for “SG-Background” and “MT-Background” and higher for “MT-Self” than for “MT-Background”. Conclusion: These results suggest that self-images influence muscle and brain activities during swallowing, regardless of the presentation conditions, such as HMD or monitor.","PeriodicalId":23878,"journal":{"name":"World Journal of Neuroscience","volume":"42 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89975672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Stroke Associated with Covid-19 at the Yaoundé General Hospital, Cameroon: Series of 10 Cases 喀麦隆雅温得总医院与Covid-19相关的中风:10例系列病例

World Journal of Neuroscience Pub Date : 2021-08-09 DOI: 10.4236/wjns.2021.113016

P. Mbonda, V. Sini, J. Kamgang, Hadja Cherif, A. Ménanga, V. Eyenga, C. Kuate, V. Djientcheu

{"title":"Stroke Associated with Covid-19 at the Yaoundé General Hospital, Cameroon: Series of 10 Cases","authors":"P. Mbonda, V. Sini, J. Kamgang, Hadja Cherif, A. Ménanga, V. Eyenga, C. Kuate, V. Djientcheu","doi":"10.4236/wjns.2021.113016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/wjns.2021.113016","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The Covid-19 pandemic, which is an infection due to the SARS Cov-2 virus, \u0000mainly causes severe damage to the respiratory system, but several studies have \u0000reported neurological damage with different manifestations including headaches, \u0000seizures, encephalopathies, and stroke. We report a series of 10 patients \u0000infected with Covid-19 who had an ischemic stroke at the Yaounde General \u0000Hospital, Cameroon. Patients and Methods: We carried out a prospective \u0000study for 12 months between April 2020 and March 2021 by collecting data from patients admitted for \u0000Covid-19 at the Yaounde general hospital. Were included all patients with a \u0000diagnosis of stroke confirmed by brain imaging (CT/MRI) following a focal \u0000neurological deficit of sudden onset and whose test (nasopharyngeal swab \u0000confirmed by PCR) for Covid-19 was positive. Patients diagnosed with a stroke \u0000more than 2 weeks (14 days) after the positive Covid-19 PCR test were excluded. Results: The prevalence of ischemic stroke in this hospital-based series \u0000was 1.46%. These were six men and four women. The mean NIHSS score was 13.57. \u0000The average age of our patients was 58 years. Brain imaging was performed in \u0000each patient revealing hypodense lesion in a \u0000large arterial territory in 8 of them, for two patients we found multilacunar infarcts. All patients had negative \u0000HIV serology and D-dimers greater than 500 μg/L. Conclusion: This work \u0000on strokes in Covid-19 infected patients shows that it is a fairly \u0000frequent neurological complication, which can occur even in young subjects \u0000without known risk factors, the symptoms of viral infection are not \u0000systematically present before the onset of stroke.","PeriodicalId":23878,"journal":{"name":"World Journal of Neuroscience","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76676691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Outcome between Diabetic versus Non-Diabetic Acute Stroke in a Black African Population: A Cohort Study 非洲黑人人群中糖尿病与非糖尿病急性卒中的预后:一项队列研究

World Journal of Neuroscience Pub Date : 2021-08-09 DOI: 10.4236/wjns.2021.113017

D. G. Massi, J. Doumbe, Raïmatou Ngouh Patouokoumche, C. M. Ayeah, C. Kenmegne, Y. Mapoure

{"title":"Outcome between Diabetic versus Non-Diabetic Acute Stroke in a Black African Population: A Cohort Study","authors":"D. G. Massi, J. Doumbe, Raïmatou Ngouh Patouokoumche, C. M. Ayeah, C. Kenmegne, Y. Mapoure","doi":"10.4236/wjns.2021.113017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/wjns.2021.113017","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Post-stroke outcomes are poorer in patients \u0000with diabetes mellitus (DM). The aim of this study was to determine the \u0000prevalence of DM in acute stroke and to compare the outcome in patients with or \u0000without diabetes in a tertiary care hospital in Douala, Cameroon. Methods: This \u0000was a hospital-based prospective cohort study included both \u0000diabetic and non-diabetic acute stroke patients (ASP). Demographic, \u0000clinical profile and outcome data was collected within 3 months of stroke \u0000onset. Descriptive statistics, t-test and chi square test used for comparisons \u0000while associations between DM and stroke outcomes, were analyzed using multiple logistic regression and survival analysis. Results: \u0000Of the 701 ASP included, the overall prevalence of diabetes in stroke was 34.2% \u0000(n = 240) while 9.4% (n = 66) had newly diagnosed diabetes. Mortality was \u0000significantly elevated amongst patients with diabetes during hospitalization (p \u0000= 0.034) and at 3 months post stroke onset (p = 0.004), but on multivariate \u0000analysis, diabetes was not an independent predictor of mortality [OR = 0.984; \u0000(95% CI: 0.506 - 1.913); p = 0.961)]. On Cox proportional hazards regression \u0000model, the risk of dying was about 1.5 times higher amongst the DM patients \u0000compared to non-diabetic patients [adjusted HR (95% CI) of 1.502 (1.128 - 2.000); \u0000p = 0.005]. Diabetes was not an independent \u0000predictor of poor functional outcome within 3 months post stroke. Conclusion: \u0000About 1 in 3 ASP had DM on admission. Survival is better in non-diabetes versus \u0000diabetes mellitus ASP. DM was associated with high mortality but does not \u0000influence the functional outcome of ASP in our setting","PeriodicalId":23878,"journal":{"name":"World Journal of Neuroscience","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78814815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A Neurobiological Examination of Environmental, Subjective, Peripheral and Central Taste Sensation Processing Variances Associated with Taste Alterations: A Case Study Method 与味觉改变相关的环境、主观、外周和中枢味觉感觉加工差异的神经生物学检查:一个案例研究方法

World Journal of Neuroscience Pub Date : 2021-08-09 DOI: 10.4236/WJNS.2021.113018

Tayren N. Ben-Abraham

{"title":"A Neurobiological Examination of Environmental, Subjective, Peripheral and Central Taste Sensation Processing Variances Associated with Taste Alterations: A Case Study Method","authors":"Tayren N. Ben-Abraham","doi":"10.4236/WJNS.2021.113018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/WJNS.2021.113018","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines a common phenomenon that is greatly ignored by the clinical community for numerous reasons. Many people for a multitude of reasons experience taste alterations. The supertaster phenomenon is an alteration of taste that requires more investigation. In this study, a proband was examined for subjective reports of a taste alteration to determine its nature through a medical history examination and interview as well as any recollections of the taste disorder in her life. Through this examination, it was found that medical history examination and interview of the proband that many members of her nuclear family showed traits of the same taste disorder or in the case of one family member being a suspect for the taste alteration and one member not showing any signs because of genetic diversity as a half-sibling. Taste disorders are heritable, have multiple health and mental health consequences, influence life choices including mate choice, avoidance behaviors, social choices, alcohol use/abuse, smoking, food choices, and more. More awareness is needed in the research and clinical community into taste alterations as well as calls for future research from neuroscience, biomedical science, life science, and allied science community to investigate taste alterations.","PeriodicalId":23878,"journal":{"name":"World Journal of Neuroscience","volume":"45 1","pages":"246-266"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82883436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Lumbar Paraspinal Hemangiopericytoma, An Unusual Location: Surgery with Preoperative Embolization 腰椎椎旁血管外皮细胞瘤，一个不寻常的位置:术前栓塞手术

World Journal of Neuroscience Pub Date : 2021-04-27 DOI: 10.4236/WJNS.2021.112009

H. Ouiminga, A. Kelani, D. S. Zabsonre, A. Ouedraogo, Désiré Harouna Sankara, Mengyou Li, Omar Salia, S. Ouattara, Hongbo Wang

{"title":"Lumbar Paraspinal Hemangiopericytoma, An Unusual Location: Surgery with Preoperative Embolization","authors":"H. Ouiminga, A. Kelani, D. S. Zabsonre, A. Ouedraogo, Désiré Harouna Sankara, Mengyou Li, Omar Salia, S. Ouattara, Hongbo Wang","doi":"10.4236/WJNS.2021.112009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/WJNS.2021.112009","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Lumbar paraspinal hemangiopericytoma is rare. The hemorrhagic nature of the tumor causes problems of hemostasis and makes the resection delicate. We report a rare case of lumbar paraspinal hemangiopericytoma managed with preoperative embolization. Clinical Case: It is about a woman of 31 years, admitted for a large left lumbar paraspinal mass that evolved for 6 years. The clinical exam showed an asymmetry of the left paraspinal muscle. The mass painless was extended from the lumbar region. The neurological exam was normal. MRI showed the left large paraspinal mass tissue. It was extended from lumbar vertebrae, L1 to L4, and measured 100 × 50 × 50 mm. It was an iso-intense signal on T1-weighted with strong enhancement after gadolinium. It was hypervascular and supplied by left intercostal T12, L1, and L2 pedicles. The complete exclusion of the hyper-vascular left paraspinal tumor was obtained after selective embolization of the artery left L1 of the pedicle of the intercostal left L1 and trunks intercostal T12 and L2 left. The total resection of a mass encapsulated was performed. The operative outcome was good. The histology concluded to a hemangiopericytoma. No chemotherapy or radiotherapy was prescribed. After 5 years, the patient was asymptomatic. MRI control confirmed tumor resection with a residue at the level of the left intervertebral foramen L1 - L2. Conclusion: Lumbar paraspinal hemangiopericytoma is an extremely rare tumor. Selective preoperative embolization is recommended before the resection of large tumors to reduce vascular supply. A follow-up extended for these patients is necessary, given the frequency of recurrences.","PeriodicalId":23878,"journal":{"name":"World Journal of Neuroscience","volume":"58 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79319041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Preliminary Guidelines for the Use of IVIg during COVID-19 COVID-19期间使用IVIg的初步指南

World Journal of Neuroscience Pub Date : 2021-03-03 DOI: 10.4236/WJNS.2021.112015

D. Younger

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What is the Impact of Lumbosciatic Infiltration on the Evolution of Herniated Disc and Dorsolumbar Asthrosis? 腰坐骨浸润对椎间盘突出和腰背动脉粥样硬化的发展有何影响?

World Journal of Neuroscience Pub Date : 2021-03-03 DOI: 10.4236/WJNS.2021.112012

K. Ndiaye, Adamou Abbassi, Mbang Dono Djerabe, S. Traore, A. Bonté, Madjouma A. B. Doumbia, Félicien G. Toudjingar, Yannick CANTON. Kessely

{"title":"What is the Impact of Lumbosciatic Infiltration on the Evolution of Herniated Disc and Dorsolumbar Asthrosis?","authors":"K. Ndiaye, Adamou Abbassi, Mbang Dono Djerabe, S. Traore, A. Bonté, Madjouma A. B. Doumbia, Félicien G. Toudjingar, Yannick CANTON. Kessely","doi":"10.4236/WJNS.2021.112012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/WJNS.2021.112012","url":null,"abstract":"Lumbosciatica is a frequent reason for consultation in general medicine \u0000and emergency medicine with an estimated incidence between 2% and 14%. There \u0000are several therapeutic modalities, including infiltrations, which are very \u0000controversial. Based on this observation, we conducted a prospective study in \u0000which 19 patients had undergone epidural and peri-radicular infiltration; the \u0000epidural was the most represented infiltration in 68.4% of the patients, the \u0000peri-radicular was in 21.1% of them and the combination of both was in 10.5% of \u0000the cases, with only 30.6% of the infiltrations carried out under radioscopy. \u0000The molecules used were Triamcinolone Acetonide-based Kenacort and \u0000Methylprednisolone Acetate-based Depo-Medrol. The evolution of \u0000post-infiltration pain decreased significantly in 94.7% of cases, with a \u0000statistically significant difference (p = 0.04). No complications were observed \u0000in our patients and none of them had resorted to surgery during the follow-up \u0000period except for a single case of recurrence of pain relieved by periodic \u0000spaced infiltrations. Despite the small size of our sample, we can conclude \u0000that infiltration techniques still have a place in the management of \u0000Lumbosciatica alongside the surgery.","PeriodicalId":23878,"journal":{"name":"World Journal of Neuroscience","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79157883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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