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Yield of EEG in an Inpatient Setting

Seven percent of general medical inpatients had seizures on electroencephalography.

Sweetening the Brain: Higher Fasting Glucose Levels and Alzheimer-Like Abnormalities

A study in cognitively healthy, nondiabetic individuals with family histories of dementia

Memory Lagging? Get Some Rest

Appropriate cues during slow-wave sleep may improve memory.

Exercise as Treatment for Postconcussive Symptoms

Progressive aerobic exercise results in imaging changes and symptomatic improvement — at least for relatively uncomplicated concussions.

Disseminating Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia

This therapy, delivered by telephone, is more effective than an informational pamphlet.

Fragile X Syndrome: Rx Minocycline?

This widely available medication was associated with modest behavioral improvements in children with FXS.

The Long-Term Effects of Childhood Bacterial Meningitis

Adult survivors of childhood bacterial meningitis have lower educational achievement and a lower likelihood of economic self-sufficiency than matched healthy controls.

Another Herpesvirus Causing Encephalitis

Human herpesvirus 6 can cause encephalitis early after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

New Neurosurgical Guidelines Warn of Harm from Steroids in Acute Spinal Injury

Comprehensive consensus guidelines contain 112 evidence-based recommendations, including that methylprednisolone should not be used for treatment of acute spinal cord injury.

HIV-Mediated CD8 Encephalitis: Adding Fuel to the Immune-Dysregulation Fire

Clinicians describe a CNS inflammatory complication in HIV-infected patients on long-term antiretroviral therapy whose outcomes ranged from death to total recovery with adjunctive glucocorticoids.

Implications of Latent HIV Infection in the Brain

Increased BCL11B (a chromatin modifier) in latently infected brain tissue was associated with increased levels of neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative markers.

BRAF Inhibitors and Bell Palsy

Neurologic defects associated with vemurafenib use appear to be reversible with treatment.

Botulism Associated with Commercially Canned Food

Eight cases of botulism in three states were linked to commercially canned hot dog chili sauce; a single manufacturing plant was implicated.

Itch Gets Its Own Voice

MrgprA3-expressing neurons, which mediate itch but not pain, may represent a promising target for itch relief.

Some Emergency Department Patients with Headache Have Abnormal Fundi on Photographic Exam

Yet most emergency physicians in this study did not perform a direct exam.

Sorry, Can't Stop Doing Lumbar Puncture to Rule Out Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

A clinical decision rule performed well, but CT within 6 hours missed 20% of cases.

Promoting Use of Magnesium Sulfate to Prevent Cerebral Palsy

Implementation of guidelines for magnesium sulfate infusion in preterm deliveries effectively escalated its use in one large tertiary center.

More Forgetful as You Get Older? Get Better (Slow-Wave) Sleep

Atrophy of the medial prefrontal cortex, reduced slow-wave sleep, and impaired long-term episodic memory are linked.

Who Is at Higher Risk of Stroke with Antipsychotic Drugs?

Risk is associated with new use of antipsychotics, dementia, old age, high doses, and antipsychotics with high affinity to certain receptors.

Is Schizophrenia a Neuroinflammatory Disorder?

Ten percent of acutely ill schizophrenia patients have antibodies against NMDA glutamate receptors, compared with 3% of depression patients and no patients with borderline personality disorder.

Intranasal Ketamine for a Neuropsychiatric Condition

It decreases severity of migraine aura — could this formulation also be used for depression?

Impulsive Behaviors in Parkinson Disease: CBT May Work

This controlled, open study provides preliminary evidence of efficacy.

Use of rtPA for Acute Ischemic Stroke Within 3 to 4.5 Hours Is Cost Effective in Most Instances

. . . but may not be for patients with diabetes or atrial fibrillation.

Subclinical Cerebral Embolization During Carotid Revascularization

This complication might cause subtle cognitive impairment.

Effect of Vaccination Against Tick-Borne Encephalitis

Mass vaccination in Austria decreased the incidence of infection by about 84%, compared with the prevaccination era.

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