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Clean air for Brain Heath; ongoing agenda of 2018 World Brain Day
The latest estimate of attributable deaths to pollution worldwide is extraordinary: 9 million deaths annually [2]. Deaths are related to cardiovascular disorders (myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure and stroke), lung diseases and cancers. The recent Global Burden of Disease study, based on 1990 –2013 data from 188 countries demonstrated that air pollution contributes to 29.2% of the global burden of stroke. However the burden varies between 10% in high-income countries and 34% in low- and middle-income countries [3].
Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - December 13, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: J. Reis, P.S. Spencer, M. Wasay, W. Grisold, W.M. Carroll Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research

Homonymous hemianopia as the first sign of posterior cortical atrophy
Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA), also called Benson's syndrome, is a progressive neurodegenerative syndrome affecting visual cortical regions, with relative preservation of memory [1]. PCA can be a cause of visual field deficits [2], although rare when compared with other causes of homonymous hemianopia (HH) such as stroke (52% –70% of cases), traumatic brain injury (14%) and tumors (11%) [3]. The importance of detecting visual field disorders in the diagnosis of PCA has been first underlined by Tang-Way and colleagues [1] and confirmed later [4].
Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - December 12, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Christian Cordano, Alessandria Giulia, Leonardi Alessandro, Maria Cellerino, Bardia Nourbakhsh, Nobili Flavio, Bandini Fabio Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research

N-type calcium channel antibody-mediated paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis: A diagnostic challenge
Conclusion: This case highlights limbic encephalitis as an atypical presentation of neuroendocrine cancer. It also illustrates how treatment of the underlying cancer can reverse limbic encephalitis and Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome in a neuroendocrine carcinoma patient even before the paraneoplastic panel becomes negative.
Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - January 27, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Carlos Kamiya-Matsuoka, David Blas-Boria, Michelle D. Williams, Pedro Garciarena, Sudhakar Tummala, Ivo W. Tremont-Lukats Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research