Fondop Joseph, Atemken Tstatedem Fautin, Dikongue Dikongue Alfred, C. Atyam Ekoto Marie Christine, Djam Ca, Scavarda Didier & Djientcheu Vincent de Paul·Asian Journal of Research and Reports in Neurology·2023
Hydrocephalus is a condition responsible for significant morbidity and mortality, and the most common surgical treatment is ventriculoperitoneal diversion with a drain, which can cause complications such as valve dysfunction, infection, peritoneal pseudocysts, and migration out o...
A rare brain malformation known as holoprosencephaly is caused by the forebrain's (prosencephalon) incomplete division during the third to fourth week of pregnancy. It frequently occurs in conjunction with expressive facial anomalies, most notably cleft lip and palate. Through tw...
The present case report highlights an Unusual evolution of a serosanguineous bump. We report the case of a male infant, aged 2 months, born at 40 weeks of amenorrhea, resulting from a well-monitored pregnancy at term, a dystocic vaginal delivery by suction cup, APGAR at birth 10/...
Steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis (SREAT), also known as Hashimoto’s encephalopathy (HE) is a rare neurological disorder associated with thyroid autoimmunity. Clinical manifestations include seizures, altered consciousness, transient aphasia...
Background: The fear of Neurology among medical students has become a common phenomenon. This has significant implications for the availability of Neurological specialists in developing countries like Nigeria. With the increasing burden of neurological diseases and few neurologis...
The study was designed to investigate the effects of caffeine on short term memory, locomotion activity and exploratory behaviour in rats. The rats underwent some memory tasks such as navigational maze test, passive avoidance test, object recognition test and motor task such as A...
Cannabis is the second most commonly smoked substance after tobacco, with an estimated 160 million users (3.8% of the world’s population of 15-64 year olds). There are other smokeless forms of cannabis consumption like being added to food. This study is focused on the effect of c...
Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) is caused by an X-linked inborn error of metabolic disorder due to the mutation of ATP binding cassette subfamily D member 1 (ABDC 1) gene. Three types of ALD cerebral form affect children aged 5-10, while the adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN) form affects mi...
Krabbe disease (or Globoid cell leukodystrophy) is a rare mutation of a gene found on chromosome 14q31 responsible for the production of the enzyme called galactocerebrosidase (G ALC), which breaks down two galactolipids; galactosyl-ceramide and galactosylsphingosine (psychosine)...
Cannabis sativa (hemp) plant is the source of cannabis-based products which comes from any part of the plant such as seeds, stems and flowering tops. The products of this plant are used for recreational purpose. It can also be used to sooth the pain and other medical conditions....
Myasthenia gravis is a rare autoimmune disorder affecting the neuromuscular junction and is more common in the women during their second or third decade of life. The course of the disease in pregnancy is unpredictable and may aggravate warranting optimal preconceptional counselli...
Intracerebral hemorrhage is uncommon during pregnancy when compared to puerperium and associated with devastating outcomes. This is a case of fatal intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhage in a 25 years woman who had supervised antenatal care in her second pregnancy. She had one...
The goal of this study is to see if hydroethanolic extract of Fleurya aestuans can reduce pyrexia and inflammation in Wistar rats. 50 study animals were divided into two groups: Pyrexia group (1, 2, 3, 4) and Inflammatory group (A, B, C, D and E). Fever was produced in the resear...
Aims: This study was conducted to investigate the effects of Triclisia subcordata and Hippocratea africana on the histological features of the cerebellum of adult Wistar rat. Methodology: Twenty adults male Wistar rat with an average weight of 200 g were divided into 4 groups. Gr...
Background: Head injury is a common occurrence among sports men and women, the military and paramilitary as well as in road accidents. Victims of head trauma in Nigeria usually do not receive proper medical attention. This is because once the patient recovers and is able to move,...