Volume 3 Issue 1



Preoperative Mapping of Primary Motor and Broca’s Area with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) – Case Report

Maja Rogić Vidaković and Igor Vujović
The transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) methodology for mapping the primary motor cortex (M1) for laryngeal muscles and Broca’s area was recently established on group of healthy subjects. Here we present the first patient with tumor in the frontal cortex of the left hemisphere that underwent mapping of M1 and Broca’s area as a part of preoperative neurosurgical planning.

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Measurement of Pixel Number Variation Abnormality in Pursuit Eye Movement of Children with Autism

Ippei Torii, Takahito Niwa and Naohiro Ishii
In Japan, the prevalence of autism, a condition that affects communication and social development, is 10 times higher than it was in the past. The number of children receiving special education in public elementary and junior high schools across Japan has surpassed 90,000, corresponding to an increase of 7.4-fold over the past 20 years (since 1993).

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Cerebral Venous and Dural Sinus Thrombosis as a Rare Cause of Subarachnoid Haemorrhage in a Patient with Stable Crohn’s Disease – A Case Report

Neža Prezelj and Matija Zupan
Subarachnoid haemorrhage is a known but rare manifestation of cerebral venous and dural sinus thrombosis. We present a case of a 62-year-old female with stable Crohn’s disease, who developed thunderclap headache with nausea. Upon presentation, she had no meningism and her neurological examination was normal.

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Morphological Studies of Wobbler Mouse Dorsal Root Ganglia Show Neurofilamental Disorders

Bastian Ott, Carolin Dahlke, Darius Saberi, Beate Brand-Saberi, Veronika Matschke, et al…
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease with three described forms: The abundant, sporadic ALS (sALS) with approximately 90% of cases, the familial ALS (fALS) with 5-10%, and the very rare juvenile ALS (jALS) group, which is statistically less relevant. The wobbler mouse, a model for sALS, has been in the focus of research for many decades.

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