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In this digest (10 items)

Medical research highlights from various Twitter threads, condensed into concise technical summaries.

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  • Progressive Ataxia Diagnosis: Chorea alongside ataxia provides a crucial clinical clue for narrowing down degenerative, inherited, or acquired disorders.

  • Temporal Structure of Psychedelic Experience: Research highlights the entropic reorganization of functional brain networks under psychedelic experience.

  • Gut-Derived Signals in Spinal Cord Injury: Evidence mapping and mechanistic framework for gut-derived signals regulating glial activation and secondary neuroinflammation after spinal cord injury.

  • Language Development in Immigrant Children: Parental misconceptions, lack of support in schools, and social attitudes hinder language development in immigrant children.

  • Deep Vein Thrombosis and Poststroke Epilepsy: Association of deep vein thrombosis with poststroke epilepsy after acute ischemic stroke.

  • Climate Change Turning Point: Former vice president Al Gore believes 2026 could be the year we turn the tide on climate change.

  • Dogs and Human Speech Processing: Similar ways of processing speech can emerge in humans and dogs without requiring complex cognitive abilities.

  • Neurology 75th Anniversary Trivia: Put your guess in the comments and visit the landing page to learn more about our history.

  • Dystonia Awareness Month: Dystonia is a neurological disorder causing involuntary muscle contractions, leading to repetitive movements or abnormal postures.

  • American Science and Public Health: The turmoil of the past 20 months has inflicted lasting damage on American science and public health.

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Dogs and Human Speech Processing

Dogs, like humans, may favor consonants over vowels when parsing continuous speech, according to a new Science study comparing brain activity in the two species.

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  • Similar Speech Processing: Similar ways of processing speech can emerge in humans and dogs without requiring complex cognitive abilities.

  • Brain Activity Comparison: The study compares brain activity in humans and dogs to understand speech processing mechanisms.

  • Consonant-Vowel Preference: Dogs, like humans, may favor consonants over vowels when parsing continuous speech.

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Climate Change Turning Point

Former vice president Al Gore believes 2026 could be the year we turn the tide on climate change.

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  • Climate Change Turning Point: Former vice president Al Gore believes 2026 could be the year we turn the tide on climate change.

  • Climate Change Impact: The world is staring down the possibility of blowing past 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming.

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Dystonia Awareness Month

Dystonia is a neurological disorder causing involuntary muscle contractions, leading to repetitive movements or abnormal postures.

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  • Dystonia Definition: Dystonia is a neurological disorder causing involuntary muscle contractions.

  • Dystonia Symptoms: Dystonia leads to repetitive movements or abnormal postures.

  • Dystonia Awareness: September is Dystonia Awareness Month.

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American Science and Public Health

The turmoil of the past 20 months has inflicted lasting damage on American science and public health, argue the authors of a new Perspective.

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  • American Science and Public Health: The turmoil of the past 20 months has inflicted lasting damage on American science and public health.

  • Perspective on Science and Public Health: The authors argue that the attacks will subside, and history and recent events suggest that the attacks will subside.

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Neurology 75th Anniversary Trivia

Put your guess in the comments and visit the landing page to learn more about our history.

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  • Neurology 75th Anniversary: Neurology is celebrating its 75th anniversary.

  • Trivia Question: Put your guess in the comments and visit the landing page to learn more about our history.

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Temporal Structure of Psychedelic Experience

Research highlights the entropic reorganization of functional brain networks under psychedelic experience.

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  • Temporal Structure of Psychedelic Experience: Research highlights the entropic reorganization of functional brain networks under psychedelic experience.

  • Psychedelic Experience: The study explores the temporal structure of psychedelic experience.

  • Brain Networks: The study examines the reorganization of functional brain networks under psychedelic experience.

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Gut-Derived Signals in Spinal Cord Injury

Evidence mapping and mechanistic framework for gut-derived signals regulating glial activation and secondary neuroinflammation after spinal cord injury.

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  • Gut-Derived Signals: Evidence mapping and mechanistic framework for gut-derived signals regulating glial activation and secondary neuroinflammation after spinal cord injury.

  • Spinal Cord Injury: The study explores the role of gut-derived signals in spinal cord injury.

  • Glial Activation: The study examines the role of glial activation in secondary neuroinflammation after spinal cord injury.

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Language Development in Immigrant Children

Parental misconceptions, lack of support in schools, and social attitudes hinder language development in immigrant children.

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  • Language Development: Parental misconceptions, lack of support in schools, and social attitudes hinder language development in immigrant children.

  • Immigrant Children: The study explores the challenges faced by immigrant children in developing language skills.

  • Language Development Challenges: The study examines the impact of parental misconceptions, lack of support in schools, and social attitudes on language development.

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Deep Vein Thrombosis and Poststroke Epilepsy

Association of deep vein thrombosis with poststroke epilepsy after acute ischemic stroke.

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  • Deep Vein Thrombosis: Association of deep vein thrombosis with poststroke epilepsy after acute ischemic stroke.

  • Poststroke Epilepsy: The study explores the relationship between deep vein thrombosis and poststroke epilepsy.

  • Acute Ischemic Stroke: The study examines the impact of deep vein thrombosis on poststroke epilepsy after acute ischemic stroke.

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