INTRODUCTION Intracranial schwannomas unrelated to the cranial nerves are uncommon. We report a new case of tentorial schwannoma unrelated to the cranial nerves, with extension into the pons. A literature review with discussion of the most relevant pathogenetic aspects is also performed. CASE PRESENTATION A 42-year-old Caucasian man was admitted with right-sided paresthesias and weakness of h...

Women diagnosed with complete spinal cord injury (SCI) at T10 or higher report sensations generated by vaginal-cervical mechanical self-stimulation (CSS). In this paper we review brain responses to sexual arousal and orgasm in such women, and further hypothesize that the afferent pathway for this unexpected perception is provided by the Vagus nerves, which bypass the spinal cord. Using function...

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease with devastating clinical manifestations. In PD, neuronal death is associated with intracellular aggregates of the neuronal protein a-synuclein known as Lewy bodies. Although the cause of sporadic PD is not well understood, abundant clinical and pathological evidence show that misfolded a-synuclein is found in enteric nerves be...

introduction gradenigo’s syndrome consists of ophthalmoplegia, facial palsy, and facial pain due to involvement of abducens and facial nerves as well as the trigeminal ganglion. this involvement is due to infections of ipsilateral middle ear and mastoid bone. case presentation a 14-month-old girl was referred to a private clinic with chief complaint of acute and sudden-onset right ophthalmopleg...

Using epitope mapping we have demonstrated that a high molecular weight protein (Mr approximately 115 x 10(3)) present in brain and spinal cord is a member of the tau family of microtubule-associated proteins. Antibodies directed against the amino-terminal, middle and carboxyl-terminal portions of tau recognize this protein. A limited survey of neuronal tissues has shown that this high molecula...

Francis, Joseph, Shun-Guang Wei, Robert M. Weiss, and Robert B. Felder. Neural regulation of the proinflammatory cytokine response to acute myocardial infarction. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H791–H797, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00099.2004.— Within minutes of acute myocardial infarction (MI), proinflammatory cytokines increase in the brain, heart, and plasma. We hypothesized that cardi...

We report on a nearly complete cranium of Ekweeconfractus amorui gen. et sp. nov. (Hyaenodonta, Teratodontinae), from the early Miocene Moruorot, Kenya. The is dorsoventrally compressed, but sufficiently intact to allow for digital reconstruction neurocranium, resulting in endocast that gives us first glimpse into teratodontine brain morphology. virtual one most well preserved any hyaenodont kn...

Rapidly progressive hearing loss and dizziness developed in an 82-year-old man with testicular diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, treated 3 years previously. Examination revealed bilateral hearing loss, mild right facial palsy, and wide-base gait. Brain MRI revealed thickening of the right V and bilateral VII and VIII nerves (figure), without brain or meningeal involvement. The CSF showed no malign...