Epilepsy is the commonest neurological disorder presenting to medical clinics in Africa. Psychiatric co morbidity in epilepsy has been well described as an often under-recognized but significant component of the illness. There is paucity of data from the South East region of Nigeria, the most populous African country PDF
It has been asserted that nucleic acid triple helices might play a role in the molecular pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease. Could changes in polyamine levels drive this? Could this partially explain why the Mediterranean diet is associated with a reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease? PDF
In the central nervous system (CNS) oligodendrocytes (OL) synthesize myelin sheaths around large diameter axons. This allows the saltatory conduction of action potentials, and increases considerably the velocity of neural conduction. These cellular structures are altered during Multiple Sclerosis (MS), the most frequent demyelinating disease of the CNS. PDF
Since 2012 until now, in Indonesia, there has been an interventional medical procedure that is called brain washing. Without preceded by an in-depth study, this procedure has been applied to the community. The purpose of this procedure is to treat, both acute and chronic ischemic stroke. PDF
Hereditary Neuropathies include a wide range of syndromes, whose main symptoms and signs have chronic course, they could be are inherited through different patterns, and they are due to chromosomal abnormalities; they are not associated to a known metabolic defect. They represent PDF