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Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus appears to affect sexual functioning in a small but positive way. Male patients with Parkinsons Disease, especially when younger than 60, appeared more satisfied with their sexual well-being over a short-term follow-up period.
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Dopamine neurons derived from in vitro differentiated DJ-1 deficient embryonic stem cells showed decreased survival and increased sensitivity to oxidative stress.
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Syncytins proinflammatory properties in the nervous system demonstrate a novel role for an endogenous retrovirus protein, which may be a target for therapeutic intervention.
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Although further technical improvements and prospective
clinical validation are required, these results suggest that mesial temporal memory activation, detected by fMRI during complex visual scene encoding, correlates with post-surgical memory outcome, and supports the notion that this approach will ultimately contribute to patient management.
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Among patients with severe carotid-artery stenosis and coexisting conditions, carotid stenting with the use of an emboli-protection device is not inferior to carotid endarterectomy.
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Methylprednisolone significantly improves the recovery of peripheral vestibular function in patients with vestibular neuritis, whereas valacyclovir does not.
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The first part of this series discussed abdominal pain in pediatric patients. This second and final part will cover abdominal pain in elderly, immunocompromised, and pregnant patients. Those 65 years of age and older constitute the fastest-growing segment of the population, and currently comprise about 12% of the U.S. population. This means that abdominal pain in the elderly will be a commonplace occurrence in EDs.
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