Journal: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Article Title: Neuroimaging and cognitive correlates of postural control in Parkinson’s disease: a systematic review

doi: 10.1186/s12984-024-01539-y

Figure Lengend Snippet: Extracted data from behavioural studies. (n = 64)

Article Snippet: [ ] , PD (n=32, 21m / 11f) aged 60.0 (11.0) UPDRS-III = 28.68 (14.21) OFF medication OA (n=39, 24m / 14f) aged 59.0 (11.0) , Force plate (100 Hz) NS EO X 3 Trial duration: 30s Barefoot , SPECT 99mTc-TRODAT-1 SPECT-CT (Siemens, Symbia T2/dual-head 128 x 128 matrix size 360°C rotation X 60 20s intervals CT: 2.5 mA, 140 kV, 10-mm slices Imaging 4 hours after dose administration (20 mCi pertechnetate) ROIs = Caudate, Anterior Putamen, Posterior Putamen , Sway, in AP direction and total, were sig. increased in PwPD, compared to OA. No sig. correlations between dopamine depletion and postural control (impairment) was found in PwPD. Future studies are recommended to recruit subject with more severe stages of PD and to assess other neurotransmitters like acetylcholine..

Techniques: Control, Biomarker Discovery, Comparison, Marker, Modification, Inhibition, Activity Assay, Disruption, Diagnostic Assay, Battery, Functional Assay, Variant Assay

Journal: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Article Title: Neuroimaging and cognitive correlates of postural control in Parkinson’s disease: a systematic review

doi: 10.1186/s12984-024-01539-y

Figure Lengend Snippet: Extracted data from brain-imaging studies assessing brain function associations with postural control performance (n=7)

Article Snippet: [ ] , PD (n=32, 21m / 11f) aged 60.0 (11.0) UPDRS-III = 28.68 (14.21) OFF medication OA (n=39, 24m / 14f) aged 59.0 (11.0) , Force plate (100 Hz) NS EO X 3 Trial duration: 30s Barefoot , SPECT 99mTc-TRODAT-1 SPECT-CT (Siemens, Symbia T2/dual-head 128 x 128 matrix size 360°C rotation X 60 20s intervals CT: 2.5 mA, 140 kV, 10-mm slices Imaging 4 hours after dose administration (20 mCi pertechnetate) ROIs = Caudate, Anterior Putamen, Posterior Putamen , Sway, in AP direction and total, were sig. increased in PwPD, compared to OA. No sig. correlations between dopamine depletion and postural control (impairment) was found in PwPD. Future studies are recommended to recruit subject with more severe stages of PD and to assess other neurotransmitters like acetylcholine..

Techniques: Control, Imaging, Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography, Functional Assay

Journal: Antibiotics

Article Title: Screening of Antibiotic and Virulence Genes from Whole Genome Sequenced Cronobacter sakazakii Isolated from Food and Milk-Producing Environments

doi: 10.3390/antibiotics12050851

Figure Lengend Snippet: Identification of Cronobacter spp. strains isolated from different sources by MALDI-TOF MS and whole-genome sequencing rMLST.

Article Snippet: Prior to sequencing, the strains were presumptively identified using Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization—Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) (Bruker, Billerica, MA, USA) and with the MALDI Biotyper Compass IVD 4.1.60 software (Bruker, Billerica, MA, USA) described by Lepuschitz et al. [ ].

Techniques: Isolation, Sequencing