Understanding the stroke burden in Saudi Arabia: Trends from 1990 to 2019 and forecasting through time series analysis

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Sunday, January 12, 2025 | Neuroscience

Objectives: To describe age-standardized incidence and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) of ischemic stroke (IS), intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), and subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) from 1990 to 2019 and forecast these variables...

Comparing the clinical efficacy of preganglionic and preganglionic plus ganglionic transforaminal epidural steroid injections for lumbosacral radicular pain

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Sunday, January 12, 2025 | Neuroscience

Objectives: To compare the effectiveness of preganglionic transforaminal epidural steroid injection (TFESI) with preganglionic plus postganglionic TFESI. Methods: Patients with unilateral radicular pain and disc pathology were randomly assigned to either the...

Prevalence and factors influencing eating disorders among post-bariatric surgery patients in Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Sunday, January 12, 2025 | Neuroscience

Objectives: To examine the occurrence and contributing factors of disordered eating patterns in individuals post-bariatric surgery. It also investigated the impact of these patterns on weight loss outcomes and long-term weight management, focusing on psychological and...

C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio and systemic immune-inflammatory index as potential markers in distinguishing acute cerebellar infarction from benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Sunday, January 12, 2025 | Neuroscience

Objectives: To investigate the potential utility of the C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio (CAR) and the systemic immune-inflammatory index (SII) as a biomarker in distinguishing between BPPV and acute cerebellar infarction (ACI) due to posterior inferior cerebellar...

Analysis of key lncRNA related to Parkinsons disease based on gene co-expression weight networks

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Sunday, January 12, 2025 | Neuroscience

Objectives: To identify a key Long chain non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) related to PD and provide a new perspective on the role of LncRNAs in Parkinson’s disease (PD) pathophysiology. Methods: Our study involved analyzing gene chips from the substantia nigra and white...

Structural and functional changes in the hippocampus induced by environmental exposures

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Sunday, January 12, 2025 | Neuroscience

The hippocampus, noted as (HC), plays a crucial role in the processes of learning, memory formation, and spatial navigation. Recent research reveals that this brain region can undergo structural and functional changes due to environmental exposures, including stress,...