In 1929, Alexander Fleming published his paper outlining the antibacterial properties of penicillin, and began the era of antibiotics. Read the Nobel Prize laureate's full article online: goo.gl/G8mUHd #OpenAccessWeek

Tariq et al. introduce the "Brain State Theory" as a framework for guiding surgical planning and minimizing cognitive and functional deficits from glioma surgery. #JNO #brainmapping Read more here: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

This individual-patient study validated the results of previous studies showing that treatment effect on disability in progressive multiple sclerosis is limited to patients with inflammatory activity at baseline. ja.ma/48PWVga

You cannot see your reflection in boiling water. If you want your decision to reflect the real you, first calm your mind.

#Stroke Illustrative Teaching Case outlines the potential role of GLP-1 RAs in primary stroke prevention. ahajrnls.org/437EYWN

A look at why India is unable to stop DEG/cough syrup deaths Drug regulatory system fights transparency and public scrutiny of its functioning Records of how many inspections conducted not in public domain Inspection reports are secret Ind J Med Ethics ijme.in/articles/deg-d…

When I started MBBS at Calicut Medical College, everything was new to me — even normal English. Most people won’t believe this.. In 1st year MBBS, I truly learned only one subject — Anatomy. During dissections, I used to read the part in advance and explain it to my friends.

Weisman et al. critically examine the claim that pain can exist purely in the mind, without any physical trigger in the body, arguing instead that nociception is necessary – but not sufficient – for pain. tinyurl.com/yw88waba

4.6 cr cases + 89,300 deaths estimated from typhoid Poor diagnosis & treatment leading to rising drug resistance Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh have started vaccinating against typhoid using vaccines made in India Public health docs ask why India doesn't thehindu.com/sci-tech/healt…

💡After burr-hole evacuation of a chronic subdural hematoma, residual air may delay brain re-expansion. A new technique replaces air with saline using gravity and hydrostatic pressure, with a single drain and no general anesthesia. Simple and effective. doi.org/10.1016/j.neuc…

Don't miss the latest #NeurologyEd Teaching Neurovisual by Kaley J. Marcinski Nascimento & colleagues, an infographic to help educators teach epileptiform abnormalities on non–critical care EEG. Pictured: Sample of infographic. Access full infographic: hubs.la/Q03Rn8430

#STROKE Illustrative Teaching Case: Intracranial involvement in giant cell arteritis (GCA) is rare but can cause multi-territorial stroke. Normal ESR/CRP do not exclude GCA, and a vessel wall MRI or FDG-PET could be considered. 🔭 ahajrnls.org/4oMSLdr

Our another new book just published- Imaging of the “BRAIN”🧠 this time, along with masterminds in the Neuroradiology world 😊🎉

Very interesting 🧵 on a unusual pattern of brain contrast enhancement, sometimes leading to a specific diagnosis (like GFAP encephalopathy or CD8 encephalitis) 👏🏼🙏🏼

Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome With Extensive Brainstem Involvement hubs.la/Q03RX9PC0 #NeuroTwitter #NeuroX

About a quarter of patients identified on CTA requiring potential carotid intervention had insufficient stenotic plaque to justify treatment ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/SV…

A young doctor asked me, “Why keep reading basic science?” Well, where to start? You never want to reduce your practice to robotically following algorithms and protocols — though those checks and balances have their place in patient care. As a neurologist, I don’t see reading

Liu et al. show that cutaneous α-synuclein signatures differ between brain-first and body-first subtypes of PD, providing further support for this model and highlighting the value of skin biopsy as a minimally invasive biomarker for disease subtyping. tinyurl.com/4hmhavc8

#OnlineFirst: Perimesencephalic hemorrhage: a proposed explanation of its cause and clinical manifestations. thejns.org/view/journals/…

📢PUBLICATION ALERT ‼️ Read our latest research on head position changes in versive seizures as they secondarily generalize, led by our research fellows Akshay Sivaji and Imtiaz Nazam in Neurology: Clinical Practice #Epilepsy #SeizureSemiology #NeuroX neurology.org/doi/pdf/10.121…