Iron has been increasingly implicated in the pathology of neurodegenerative diseases. In
the past decade, development of the new magnetic resonance imaging technique …

Disruption of cerebral iron regulation appears to have a role in aging and in the
pathogenesis of various neurodegenerative disorders. Possible unfavorable impacts of iron …

Rapid increase in aging populations is an urgent problem because older adults are more
likely to suffer from disabilities and age-related diseases (ARDs), burdening healthcare …

Since the successful conquest of many acute, communicable (infectious) diseases through
the use of vaccines and antibiotics, the currently most prevalent diseases are chronic and …

Neurological disorders are major contributors to death and disability worldwide. The
pathology of injuries and disease processes includes a cascade of events that often involve …

Quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) is a novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
technique for quantifying the spatial distribution of magnetic susceptibility within an object or …

An increasing amount of evidence suggests that bidirectional communication between the
gut microbiome and the central nervous system (CNS), which is also known as the …

The term amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) comprises a heterogeneous group of fatal
neurodegenerative disorders of largely unknown etiology characterized by the upper motor …

Objectives To explore whether the combined analysis of motor and bulbar region of M1 on
susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) can be a valid biomarker for amyotrophic lateral …

The presence of iron is an important factor for normal brain functions, whereas excessive
deposition of iron may impair normal cognitive function in the brain and lead to Alzheimer's …