Weihong Wang , Qiang Tang , Hua Liu , Rong Xu , Lijun Zhang
{"title":"Timing of single-event multilevel surgical interventions on long-term motor outcomes in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis","authors":"Weihong Wang , Qiang Tang , Hua Liu , Rong Xu , Lijun Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jnrt.2024.100170","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jnrt.2024.100170","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>The aim of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the impact of the timing of single-event multilevel surgery (SEMLS) on long-term motor outcomes in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP).</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted by searching PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, and Web of Science databases for studies up to April 2024. Twelve eligible studies were included, from which we examined patients’ gait, stride length, walking speed, and the gross motor function measure (GMFM66).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Gait analysis showed significant improvements in CP patients after SEMLS, which included an increased gait deviation index (<em>p</em> < 0.001), reduced Gillette gait index (<em>p</em> < 0.001), and reduced gait profile score (<em>p</em> < 0.001). Subgroup analysis showed that age at surgery (<12 years old vs. 12−18 years old) was not a factor affecting patients’ gait. Spatial and temporal parameters such as stride length (<em>p</em> < 0.001) and walking velocity (<em>p</em> = 0.02) also improved significantly after surgery. However, there were only trends towards broader motor function gains measured by the GMFM66 (<em>p</em> = 0.39).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>SEMLS effectively improved key gait and mobility parameters in children and adolescents with CP, and was not affected by younger or older surgical ages (<12 years old or 12−18 years old). However, these gait improvements do not uniformly translate into broader motor function gains.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":44709,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurorestoratology","volume":"13 1","pages":"Article 100170"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143170166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Role of long non-coding RNAs in depression: Mechanisms and potential therapeutic targets","authors":"Zhanghua Ding , Juntian Shen , Chenlang Wei , Zhuocao Liu , Lina Huang , Shouhong Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.jnrt.2024.100142","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jnrt.2024.100142","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Depression, also known as major depressive disorder, is a mental disorder caused by multiple factors. The cause of depression remains unclear, but a growing number of studies have reported a link between depression and long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs). In the present study, we reviewed the relationships between depression and four lncRNAs, focusing on the differential expression of these lncRNAs in patients with depression, how to regulate depression, and how to use lncRNAs for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of clinical depression.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>A systematic review of 23 studies published between 2011 and 2021 was conducted using Pubmed. Selection criteria included publication date and relevance to topic: Only articles published after 2010 were included to ensure the review reflects the most recent research, and all articles are selected strictly on their research topic.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The short communication has summarized the relationships between depression and four lncRNAs, especially antisense lncRNAs and lincRNAs, and their potential in the diagnosis of depression and its targeted therapy.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The study found that these four lncRNAs, particularly antisense lncRNAs and lincRNAs, are closely associated with various aspects of depression. These findings suggest new therapeutic targets and could contribute to improving the accuracy of depression diagnosis.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":44709,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurorestoratology","volume":"12 4","pages":"Article 100142"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2324242624000494/pdfft?md5=708764b86b1cf3042edff88a03ceae08&pid=1-s2.0-S2324242624000494-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142087978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hong Sun , Chong Dong , Yuan Li , Miaomiao Li , Hui Zhang , Xitong Xu , Wei Mao , Piu Chan
{"title":"Topographic and temporal patterns of dyskinesia in multiple system atrophy with predominant parkinsonism","authors":"Hong Sun , Chong Dong , Yuan Li , Miaomiao Li , Hui Zhang , Xitong Xu , Wei Mao , Piu Chan","doi":"10.1016/j.jnrt.2024.100145","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jnrt.2024.100145","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Although dyskinesia is well recognized in Parkinson's disease, it is generally under acknowledged in multiple system atrophy (MSA). Reported cases of dyskinesia primarily manifest in patients with MSA with predominant parkinsonism (MSA-P), and characteristically present as orofacial dystonia. However, we have observed other manifestations of dyskinesia in our clinical practice. The current report aims to present the specific manifestations of dyskinesia in MSA-P, with videos.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We enrolled six patients with MSA-P with dyskinesia from Xuanwu Hospital. Of these, four had clinically established MSA-P and two had clinically probable MSA-P according to the 2022 Movement Disorder Society criteria for MSA diagnosis. All six patients underwent an acute levodopa challenge test, and videos were recorded during the process.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Dyskinesia had a unilateral distribution in four patients. Three patients presented with peak-dose orofacial dystonia; of these, two were associated with blepharospasm and two were associated with limb dystonia. In addition, we observed that one patient had peak-dose distal lower limb dystonia with upper limb chorea, one patient had wearing-off dystonia of the eyelids, and one patient had diphasic generalized chorea mimicking that of Parkinson's disease.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>In addition to orofacial dystonia, the topographic patterns of dyskinesia in MSA-P can manifest as limb dystonia, blepharospasm, and generalized chorea. Moreover, the temporal patterns of dyskinesia in MSA-P can be peak-dose, wearing-off, or diphasic.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":44709,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurorestoratology","volume":"12 4","pages":"Article 100145"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2324242624000524/pdfft?md5=43131876dd7e488e868ce0d326075d36&pid=1-s2.0-S2324242624000524-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142128500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuying Sun , Yunfei Zhang , Zhaoyang Lu , Zijie Chen , Jinggui Song , Ping Zhang
{"title":"Bilateral hypertrophic olivary degeneration caused by unilateral midbrain infarction: A case report","authors":"Yuying Sun , Yunfei Zhang , Zhaoyang Lu , Zijie Chen , Jinggui Song , Ping Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jnrt.2024.100141","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jnrt.2024.100141","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Hypertrophic olivary degeneration (HOD) arises from lesions of the dentato-rubro-olivary pathway (Guillain–Mollaret triangle), and bilateral HOD is the rarest. Our patient, a 42-year-old man with bilateral HOD caused by unilateral midbrain infarction, had both increased dizziness and ataxia as the first symptoms. HOD has no effective treatment and is easily misdiagnosed as other diseases in clinical practice. Our case demonstrated unique HOD symptomatology and emphasizes the important role of magnetic resonance imaging in diagnosing HOD. The use of gabapentin relieved nystagmus in our patient and may provide a reference for the future treatment of such patients.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":44709,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurorestoratology","volume":"12 4","pages":"Article 100141"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2324242624000482/pdfft?md5=38c01ecb7c1d8e58cf3f38b674e7ef85&pid=1-s2.0-S2324242624000482-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142151043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Letter to Editor: Correspondence to \"Two sides of one coin: Neurorestoratology and Neurorehabilitation\"","authors":"Xiumin Li, Jie Wang, Yong Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.jnrt.2024.100159","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jnrt.2024.100159","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44709,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurorestoratology","volume":"12 4","pages":"Article 100159"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142534866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correspondence: “Application of deep brain stimulation and transcranial magnetic stimulation in stroke neurorestoration: A review”","authors":"Xiumin Li, Bin Dong, Jie Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.jnrt.2024.100147","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jnrt.2024.100147","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44709,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurorestoratology","volume":"12 4","pages":"Article 100147"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2324242624000548/pdfft?md5=3450e83b01f2f476bd7e2a4fbf7cdaa6&pid=1-s2.0-S2324242624000548-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142128493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Authors’ response to correspondence regarding “Application of deep brain stimulation and transcranial magnetic stimulation in stroke neurorestoration: A review”","authors":"Yanxi Chen, Wen Wang, Fangling Sun","doi":"10.1016/j.jnrt.2024.100161","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jnrt.2024.100161","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44709,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurorestoratology","volume":"12 4","pages":"Article 100161"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142554971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Respondence to article “Brain iron deposition and whole-exome sequencing of non-Wilson's disease hypoceruloplasminemia in a family”","authors":"Hui Liu, Shu-Hong Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.jnrt.2024.100146","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jnrt.2024.100146","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44709,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurorestoratology","volume":"12 4","pages":"Article 100146"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2324242624000536/pdfft?md5=2873dce26ff7a978a7c447004a09ae52&pid=1-s2.0-S2324242624000536-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142271997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hongyun Huang, Hari Shanker Sharma, Lin Chen, Ali Otom, John R. Bach, Wagih S. El Masri
{"title":"Response to the Letter from Dr. Li et al. for “Two Sides of One Coin: Neurorestoratology and Neurorehabilitation”","authors":"Hongyun Huang, Hari Shanker Sharma, Lin Chen, Ali Otom, John R. Bach, Wagih S. El Masri","doi":"10.1016/j.jnrt.2024.100160","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jnrt.2024.100160","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44709,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurorestoratology","volume":"12 4","pages":"Article 100160"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142587273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lingyu Zhang , Caizhuo Cao , Changyi Luo , Huaqiang Ruan , Chuang Xu , Yan Wang , Xiaoxia Jiang , Gengsheng Mao
{"title":"Corrigendum to “Comparison of chronic restraint stress-and lipopolysaccharide-induced mouse models of depression: Behavior, c-Fos expression, and microglial and astrocytic activation” [J Neurorestoratol 12 (2024) 100130]","authors":"Lingyu Zhang , Caizhuo Cao , Changyi Luo , Huaqiang Ruan , Chuang Xu , Yan Wang , Xiaoxia Jiang , Gengsheng Mao","doi":"10.1016/j.jnrt.2024.100158","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jnrt.2024.100158","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44709,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurorestoratology","volume":"12 4","pages":"Article 100158"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142587274","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}