Yoga is considered a widely-used approach for health conservation and can be adopted as a treatment modality for a plethora of medical conditions,including neurological and psychological disorders.Hence,we reviewed re...Yoga is considered a widely-used approach for health conservation and can be adopted as a treatment modality for a plethora of medical conditions,including neurological and psychological disorders.Hence,we reviewed relevant articles entailing various neurological and psychological disorders and gathered data on how yoga exerts positive impacts on patients with a diverse range of disorders,including its modulatory effects on brain bioelectrical activities,neurotransmitters,and synaptic plasticity.The role of yoga practice as an element of the treatment of several neuropsychological diseases was evaluated based on these findings.展开更多
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been used to lateralize and localize lan-guage areas for pre-operative planning pur-poses. To identify the essential language areas from this kind of observation method...Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been used to lateralize and localize lan-guage areas for pre-operative planning pur-poses. To identify the essential language areas from this kind of observation method, we pro-pose an analysis strategy to combine fMRI data from two different tasks using probabilistic in-dependent component analysis (PICA). The assumption is that the independent compo-nents separated by PICA identify the networks activated by both tasks. The results from a study of twelve normal subjects showed that a language-specific component was consistently identified, with the participating networks sepa-rated into different components. Compared with a model-based method, PICA’s ability to capture the neural networks whose temporal activity may deviate from the task timing suggests that PICA may be more appropriate for analyzing language fMRI data with complex event-related paradigms, and may be particularly helpful for patient studies. This proposed strategy has the potential to improve the correlation between fMRI and invasive techniques which can dem-onstrate essential areas and which remain the clinical gold standard.展开更多
Background: The purpose of this case report is to present an unusual and unique case of vertebral osteomyelitis due to the organism Cryptococcus neoformans, which was found to be isolated to the fourth lumbar vertebra...Background: The purpose of this case report is to present an unusual and unique case of vertebral osteomyelitis due to the organism Cryptococcus neoformans, which was found to be isolated to the fourth lumbar vertebra in an immunocompetent patient. Cryptotoccus neoformans is an encapsulated yeast which typically presents in severely immunocompromised patients. Vertebral osteomyelitis is most commonly associated with bacterial infections. Case Description: A 51-year-old male presented with severe pain localized to the lumbar region, and a high grade fever for 15 days, chills, urinary hesitancy, dysuria, and fatigue. The patient’s only past medical history included Type II Diabetes Mellitus. Neoplasms and HIV were ruled out. No source of entry was located upon examination and the lungs were negative for the presence of Cryptococcal pathogen. The CT scan revealed a lytic lesion located in the fourth lumbar vertebral body. A bone biopsy confirmed the presence of Cryptococcus neoformans as the source of infection. A follow up visit was also conducted to examine the patient’s status of infection, and for the presence of complications. Conclusion: At this time, it is important to note Cryptococcus neoformans can be isolated to a single vertebral level. This case study is pivotal in demonstrating the importance of the comprehension of rare, and non-traumatic Cryptococcal infections in Central Nervous System, showing also that immunocompetent patients are well at risk for this infectious process.展开更多
文摘Yoga is considered a widely-used approach for health conservation and can be adopted as a treatment modality for a plethora of medical conditions,including neurological and psychological disorders.Hence,we reviewed relevant articles entailing various neurological and psychological disorders and gathered data on how yoga exerts positive impacts on patients with a diverse range of disorders,including its modulatory effects on brain bioelectrical activities,neurotransmitters,and synaptic plasticity.The role of yoga practice as an element of the treatment of several neuropsychological diseases was evaluated based on these findings.
文摘Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been used to lateralize and localize lan-guage areas for pre-operative planning pur-poses. To identify the essential language areas from this kind of observation method, we pro-pose an analysis strategy to combine fMRI data from two different tasks using probabilistic in-dependent component analysis (PICA). The assumption is that the independent compo-nents separated by PICA identify the networks activated by both tasks. The results from a study of twelve normal subjects showed that a language-specific component was consistently identified, with the participating networks sepa-rated into different components. Compared with a model-based method, PICA’s ability to capture the neural networks whose temporal activity may deviate from the task timing suggests that PICA may be more appropriate for analyzing language fMRI data with complex event-related paradigms, and may be particularly helpful for patient studies. This proposed strategy has the potential to improve the correlation between fMRI and invasive techniques which can dem-onstrate essential areas and which remain the clinical gold standard.
文摘Background: The purpose of this case report is to present an unusual and unique case of vertebral osteomyelitis due to the organism Cryptococcus neoformans, which was found to be isolated to the fourth lumbar vertebra in an immunocompetent patient. Cryptotoccus neoformans is an encapsulated yeast which typically presents in severely immunocompromised patients. Vertebral osteomyelitis is most commonly associated with bacterial infections. Case Description: A 51-year-old male presented with severe pain localized to the lumbar region, and a high grade fever for 15 days, chills, urinary hesitancy, dysuria, and fatigue. The patient’s only past medical history included Type II Diabetes Mellitus. Neoplasms and HIV were ruled out. No source of entry was located upon examination and the lungs were negative for the presence of Cryptococcal pathogen. The CT scan revealed a lytic lesion located in the fourth lumbar vertebral body. A bone biopsy confirmed the presence of Cryptococcus neoformans as the source of infection. A follow up visit was also conducted to examine the patient’s status of infection, and for the presence of complications. Conclusion: At this time, it is important to note Cryptococcus neoformans can be isolated to a single vertebral level. This case study is pivotal in demonstrating the importance of the comprehension of rare, and non-traumatic Cryptococcal infections in Central Nervous System, showing also that immunocompetent patients are well at risk for this infectious process.
