Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta

Glymphatic system in temporal lobe epilepsy associated with encephalocele

OBJECTIVES: Temporal lobe encephaloceles (ENCs) are underdiagnosed causes of drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), frequently associated with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). Emerging evidence suggests glymphatic system dysfunction in both IIH and TLE. We invest...

Migraine in Real-World Clinical Practice: Patient Burden, Healthcare Utilization and Unmet Needs—A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the I-GRAINE Study

What are the main findings?Migraine care in Italy is characterized by a mismatch between healthcare resource utilization and clinical needs, with limited primary-care involvement, repeated specialist consultations, and healthcare nomadism.Healthcare resource utilization is substa...

Economic evaluation of standard versus integrated short peripheral catheters

BACKGROUND: Integrated short peripheral catheters (ISPCs) have been developed to reduce the risk of catheter failure compared with traditional short peripheral catheters (SPCs). Although clinical benefits have been demonstrated in randomized studies, economic evidence remains inc...

Engineered Metal-Organic Frameworks Preserve Mitochondrial Bioenergetics at Micromolar Concentrations

Abstract Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are emerging as versatile materials for bio-interfaces due to their structural tunability and ability to integrate with biological systems. Among them, the Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework ZIF-8 is widely investigated as a carrier for the de...

Toward harmonized reporting of Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers in clinical practice

Abstract Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers, and more recently blood-based biomarkers, are playing a pivotal role in reshaping the clinical management of neurodegenerative diseases, supporting early detection, biological diagnosis, patient stratification, prognostic assessment, thera...

Variation in meningioma recurrence risk estimates across observational cohorts: the influence of calendar time, WHO classifications, geographical settings, and healthcare systems

Abstract Purpose Recurrence risk estimates underpin meningioma research, including molecular classification and clinical trial benchmarking, yet are often based on retrospective or historical data. The aim of this study was to assess the variation of recurrence risk estimates acr...

Data-driven mapping of known and novel fluid biomarker progression profiles in genetic frontotemporal lobar degeneration

Abstract Introduction Recent proteomic studies have identified both established and novel proteins in genetic frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). However, it remains unclear at what point in the disease these proteins deviate from normal levels and how their trajectories re...

Cholesterol nose-to-brain delivery as a possible therapeutic strategy in Huntington’s disease

Abstract Background Huntington’s disease (HD) is a genetically dominant neurodegenerative disorder characterized by several pathological mechanisms, including the disruption of brain cholesterol homeostasis. In several HD animal models, brain cholesterol biosynthesis and levels a...

Cognitive rehabilitation with immersive virtual reality in schizophrenia: A randomized waiting list-controlled study

Background Cognitive symptoms represent a major determinant of long-term disability in chronic schizophrenia and only partially respond to pharmacotherapy. Evidence is growing about the potential effect of cognitive interventions to promote functional recovery. Immersive virtual...

Prognostic significance of ACADL and MCM2 in meningiomas: Current evidence and clinical implications.

-wildtype, hypermetabolic, and proliferative. The latter two groups have the worst clinical outcomes and are enriched in ACADL and MCM2 expression, suggesting their potential as immunohistochemical surrogates. The revision of the current literature on the expression of these mark...