Journal of the Neurological Sciences issue 437 now available

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To the emergency room and back again: Circular healthcare pathways for acute functional neurological disorders

Williams et al.

Published online: April 6, 2022

Studies of Functional Neurological Disorders (FND) are usually outpatient-based. To inform service development, we aimed to describe patient pathways through healthcare events, and factors affecting risk of emergency department (ED) reattendance, for people presenting acutely with FND.

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The safety of rapid administration of enteral nutrition in acute stroke patients

Suzuki et al.

Published online: April 21, 2022

Early initiation of enteral nutrition (EN) is recommended for acute stroke patients, but it is time-consuming. Reducing EN administration time without increasing the frequency of complications is a worthwhile goal. We aimed to determine whether this goal was feasible.

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Clinical and neuroradiologic characteristics in varicella zoster virus reactivation with central nervous system involvement

Maher et al.

Published online: April 16, 2022

To investigate the clinical and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) characteristics of patients with varicella zoster virus (VZV) reactivation involving the cranial nerves and central nervous system (CNS).

This is a retrospective, multi-center case-series of 37 patients with VZV infection affecting the cranial nerves and CNS.

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Deep brain stimulation for psychiatric disorders and behavioral/cognitive-related indications: Review of the literature and implications for treatment

Mahoney et al.

Published online: April 9, 2022

While pharmacological and/or behavioral treatments are effective in managing symptoms for many patients with psychiatric diagnoses and disorders with behavioral/cognitive manifestations, a subset of individuals are treatment-refractory, unable to achieve appreciable benefit or symptom relief from traditional methods.

In recent years, neuromodulation has gained momentum as an adjunctive treatment for improving outcomes in patients who are treatment-refractory. One form of neuromodulation, deep brain stimulation (DBS), has been investigated for the treatment of various psychiatric disorders and behavioral/cognitive symptoms.

The following article provides a review of DBS investigations for several psychiatric and behavioral-related disorders, including depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, substance use disorder, Alzheimer's disease, anorexia, obesity, schizophrenia, and posttraumatic stress disorder.