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Brain injury from trauma, stroke, and other neurological diseases could lead to chronic loss of neurons and axons in the brain, which results in neurological deficits. Recent studies showed that…
Introduction Due to aging, lack of neck muscle exercise, and chronic abnormal use of the cervical spine, cervical degeneration diseases have become a common problem in the middle-aged and elderly…
Introduction Ion channels play a central role in human health and disease. Historically, mutations in ion channel genes have been associated with episodic neurological disorders, such as episodic ataxia, familial…
This study is the first to investigate and compare the diagnostic efficacies of UTE-T2* and T2* mapping in detecting IVDD in humans. The results may help to confirm the feasibility…
Introduction Clearance phagocytosis processes are critical to the homeostasis of the healthy vertebrate retina and contribute to retinal degenerative processes. Three professionally phagocytic cell types reside in the mammalian retina,…
Background Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of severe vision loss in patients over 55 years old in the industrialized world. In the past 20 years, approximately 288 million…
The multifidus muscle plays an important role in stabilizing the joints within the spine. It is located just superficially to the spine itself; the multifidus muscle spans three joint segments…
Tissue samples collection Cervical NP samples were collected through anterior cervical decompression surgery from 20 patients (eight men and twelve women; age range: 35–65 years) with cervical myelopathy or radiculopathy due…
A retrospective consecutive case review was performed to identify all patients with degenerative spinal disorders who underwent CBT-MIDLIF or PS-PLIF between December 2015 and December 2018 at our institution. The…
We studied the impact of delayed visits caused by a lockdown during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with CNV caused by nAMD. Of the patients included…