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Hum Factors 2021 Jul 26:187208211031048. Epub 2021 Jul 26.

1372 Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA.

Objective: This study examines visual, auditory, and the combination of both (bimodal) coupling modes in the performance of a two-person perceptual-motor task, in which one person provides the perceptual inputs and the other the motor inputs.

Background: Parking a plane or landing a helicopter on a mountain top requires one person to provide motor inputs while another person provides perceptual inputs. Perceptual inputs are communicated either visually, auditorily, or through both cues. Read More

Front Neurosci 2021 7;15:691962. Epub 2021 Jul 7.

Department Biology II, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Planegg, Germany.

Calcium-binding proteins are essential for buffering intracellular calcium concentrations, which are critical for regulating cellular processes involved in neuronal computations. One such calcium-binding protein, calretinin, is present in many neurons of the central nervous system as well as those which innervate cranial sensory organs, although often with differential distributions in adjacent cellular elements. Here, we determined the presence and distribution of calretinin-immunoreactivity in the peripheral vestibular and auditory system of frogs. Read More

Lin Chung Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2021 Jun;35(6):529-534

Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery，Beijing Tongren Hospital，Capital Medical University，Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery，Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery，Capital Medical University，Ministry of Education，Beijing，100730，China.

This study aimed to provide better understanding of the otolaryngologic features, combined with ophthalmologic and neurologic characteristics in mitochondrial encephalomyopathy（MEM）, and to help ENT and auditory practitioner making correct diagnosis as well. Twenty-eight patients with MEM were enrolled between September 2001 and January 2020. Information about family histories and clinical symptoms was retrospectively analyzed. Read More

BMJ Open 2021 Jul 22;11(7):e041808. Epub 2021 Jul 22.

Department of Neurology, Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

Introduction: Herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis is a rare severe form of brain inflammation that commonly leaves survivors and their families with devastating long-term consequences. The virus particularly targets the temporal lobe of the brain causing debilitating problems in memory, especially verbal memory. It is postulated that immunomodulation with the corticosteroid, dexamethasone, could improve outcomes by reducing brain swelling. Read More

Front Neurol 2021 6;12:700472. Epub 2021 Jul 6.

Spinal Rehabilitation Laboratory (SPIRE Lab), Neurorehabilitation 1 Department, Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy.

Crutches are the most common walking aids prescribed to improve mobility in subjects with central nervous system (CNS) lesions. To increase adherence to the appropriate level of crutch usage, providing load-related auditory feedback (aFB) may be a useful approach. We sensorized forearm crutches and developed a custom software to provide aFB information to both user and physical therapist (PhT). Read More