Enhanced Temporal Coupling between Thalamus and Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Mediates Chronic Low Back Pain and Depression by Hong Li, Qiaoyan Song, Ruya Zhang, Youlong Zhou, Yazhuo Kong

“…Combining psychophysics and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), we investigated the structural and functional brain plasticity in 36 patients with LDH compared with 38 age- and gender-matched healthy controls. …”
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Association of Social Engagement with Brain Volumes Assessed by Structural MRI by Bryan D. James, Thomas A. Glass, Brian Caffo, Jennifer F. Bobb, Christos Davatzikos, David Yousem, Brian S. Schwartz

“…The volumes of 20 regions of interest (ROIs), including total brain, total gray matter (GM), total white matter (WM), each of the four lobar GM and WM, and 9 smaller structures were derived from T1-weighted structural magnetic resonance images. Linear regression models adjusted for age, education, race/ethnicity, intracranial volume, hypertension, diabetes, and control (versus lead worker) status. …”
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Association between the Triglyceride-Glucose Index and the Risk of Large Artery Atherosclerotic Stroke by Mingfei Jiang, Huan Wu, Huiping Zhang, Fan Su, Lei Cao, Xia Ren, Grace Tatenda, Jian Hu, Mingjia Cheng, Yufeng Wen

“…Information on general demographic and clinical characteristics, magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) examination, and blood biochemical index determination were obtained. …”
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Bernese Periacetabular Osteotomy in a Hip Extra-Articular Resection Followed by Reconstruction Using an Extracorporeal Irradiated Acetabulum Autograft with Megaprosthesis, for Prox... by Victor Barro, Roberto Velez, Daniel Pacha, Jordi Giralt, Isabel Roca, Marius Aguirre

“…We present an 8-year-old boy with a 5-month history of right hip pain. Radiographs and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a lytic lesion of the proximal femur extending 13 cm to the diaphysis. …”
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Endocrine Aspects of 4H Leukodystrophy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Emma Billington, Geneviève Bernard, William Gibson, Bernard Corenblum

“…She was found to have hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, and magnetic resonance imaging of the brain showed hypomyelination. …”
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A double dissociation between semantic and spatial cognition in visual to default network pathways by Tirso RJ Gonzalez Alam, Katya Krieger-Redwood, Dominika Varga, Zhiyao Gao, Aidan J Horner, Tom Hartley, Michel Thiebaut de Schotten, Magdalena Sliwinska, David Pitcher, Daniel S Margulies, Jonathan Smallwood, Elizabeth Jefferies

“…Later, they made semantic and spatial context decisions about these objects and buildings during functional magnetic resonance imaging. A lateral ventral occipital to fronto-temporal DMN pathway was primarily engaged by semantic judgements, while a medial visual to medial temporal DMN pathway supported spatial context judgements. …”
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<i>Epigynum auritum</i>-Derived Near-Infrared Carbon Dots for Bioimaging and Antimicrobial Applications by Wenfeng Shi, Jiahui Li, Junmei Pu, Guiguang Cheng, Yaping Liu, Shanshan Xiao, Jianxin Cao

“…The crystal structures of the NIR-CDs were further characterized by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). …”
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Comparative Hypothesis Testing of Auroral Ionospheric Layer Causing Global Navigation Satellite System Scintillation by G. Blinstrubas, A. English, D. J. Stuart, D. L. Hampton, L. Lamarche, Y. Nishimura, S. Datta‐Barua

“…From 2014 to 2018 174 events have both PFISR data and ASIs with clear viewing conditions and alignment to within 25° of magnetic zenith. There is an agreement between the two methods for 128 (74%) events.…”
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Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in children with pediatric congenital biliary dilatation associated with pancreatobiliary maljunction: experience from a tertiary cen... by Giovanni Rollo, Valerio Balassone, Simona Faraci, Filippo Torroni, Luigi Dall'Oglio, Paola De Angelis, Tamara Caldaro

“…Patients who did not undergo sphincterotomy had a higher number of acute episodes while awaiting surgery.ConclusionsThe present study is supportive of an essential role of ERCP in the diagnostic and preoperative management of children with CBD with acute presentation or inconclusive magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography findings.…”
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Effect of auriculotherapy on anxiety-fatigue and sleep disturbances in cancer patients: A scoping review by Silmara de Oliveira Silva, Vinicius dos Santos Lemos Pereira, Mariane Elivânia Silva, Jucielly Ferreira da Fonseca, Maria Carolina Batista da Silva, Roberta Paolli de Paiva Oliveira Arruda Camara, Rodrigo Assis Neves Dantas, Daniele Vieira Dantas

“…The most commonly used materials were needles, seeds, magnetic pellets, and crystal balls. Conclusions: The results of this review highlight the effects of auriculotherapy in the management of anxiety-fatigue and sleep disturbance in cancer patients, demonstrating symptom improvement and benefits that outweigh the minor side effects associated with the procedure.…”
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Prenatal inflammation impairs early CD11c-positive microglia induction and delays myelination in neurodevelopmental disorders by Kazuya Fuma, Yukako Iitani, Kenji Imai, Takafumi Ushida, Sho Tano, Kosuke Yoshida, Akira Yokoi, Rika Miki, Hiroyuki Kidokoro, Yoshiaki Sato, Yuichiro Hara, Tomoo Ogi, Kohei Nomaki, Makoto Tsuda, Okiru Komine, Koji Yamanaka, Hiroaki Kajiyama, Tomomi Kotani

“…In humans, preterm infants with HCA exhibited higher IL-6 and IL-17A cord-serum levels and lower IGF-1 levels than those without HCA, followed by a higher incidence of delayed myelination on magnetic resonance imaging at the term-equivalent age. …”
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Radial Evolution of MHD Turbulence Anisotropy in Low Mach Number Solar Wind by Xingyu Zhu, Gary P. Zank, Lingling Zhao, Ashok Silwal

“…The fluctuating kinetic energy is on average greater than the fluctuating magnetic field energy in the sub-Alfvénic flow while smaller in the modestly super-Alfvénic flow. …”
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Capsule Endoscopy for Crohn’s Disease: Current Status of Diagnosis and Management by Dong-Hoon Yang, Bora Keum, Yoon Tae Jeen

“…VCE also provides diagnostic yields comparable to magnetic resonance- (MR-) based enterography or enteroclysis and may have several advantages over MR-based tests for the detection of early small intestinal lesions. …”
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Intravascular Glomus Tumor of the Forearm Causing Chronic Pain and Focal Tenderness by Sang Ki Lee, Dae Geon Song, Won Sik Choy

“…No hypersensitivity or sensory alterations were observed. Contrast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a mass measuring 5 × 3 × 2 mm leading to a vein. …”
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Common and distinct neural underpinnings of the association between childhood maltreatment and depression and aggressive behavior by Yuan Li, Ting Zhang, Xin Hou, Xiaoyi Chen, Yu Mao

“…First, we employed Network-Based Statistics (NBS) on resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data to identify functional connectivity (FC) patterns associated with depression and aggression. …”
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A Randomised Controlled Trial of Efficacy of Cognitive Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis: A Cognitive, Behavioural, and MRI Study by J. Campbell, D. Langdon, M. Cercignani, W. Rashid

“…To explore the efficacy of home-based, computerised, cognitive rehabilitation in patients with multiple sclerosis using neuropsychological assessment and advanced structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Methods. 38 patients with MS and cognitive impairment on the Brief International Cognitive Assessment for MS (BICAMS) were enrolled. …”
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Age-Related Yield of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells Bearing the Low-Affinity Nerve Growth Factor Receptor by Raquel Cuevas-Diaz Duran, Maria Teresa González-Garza, Alejandro Cardenas-Lopez, Luis Chavez-Castilla, Delia Elva Cruz-Vega, Jorge E. Moreno-Cuevas

“…Mononuclear cells were harvested from the lower backs of 35 female donors and purified using magnetic beads. Multipotency capacity was tested by the expression of stemness genes and through differentiation into preosteoblasts and adipocytes. …”
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Primary Intimal (Spindle Cell) Sarcoma of the Heart: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by A. Ibrahim, A. Luk, P. Singhal, Bo Wan, A. Zavodni, R. J. Cusimano, J. Butany

“…Subsequent abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan revealed an abdominal wall mass and intracardiac lesion; the cardiac mass was further characterized by transesophageal echo (TEE), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and dedicated cardiac CT. …”
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A Case of Nivolumab-Induced Severe Mononeuropathy Multiplex and Rhabdomyolysis by Katsuya Sakai, Hitoshi Mochizuki, Kosuke Mochida, Kazutaka Shiomi, Masahiro Amano, Masamitsu Nakazato

“…He was diagnosed with nivolumab-induced mononeuropathy multiplex and rhabdomyolysis based on serologic examination, muscle biopsy, magnetic resonance imaging of the limbs, and a nerve conduction study. …”
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Super-Twisting Sliding Mode Control for Gearless PMSG-Based Wind Turbine by Mojtaba Nasiri, Saleh Mobayen, Quan Min Zhu

“…Accordingly, this paper presents a new control algorithm based on super-twisting sliding mode for a gearless wind turbine by a permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG). The PMSG is connected to the grid via the back-to-back converter. …”
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