Omental transplantation for neuroendocrinological disorders.

Omental transplantation for neurodegenerative diseases.

Up to date, almost all researchers consider that there is still no effective therapy for neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) and therefore, these diseases are incurable. However, since May 1998, we know that a progressive ischemia in the medial temporal lobes and subcommissural regions can cause Alzheimer's disease; because, in contrast to this, its revascularization by means of omental tissue ca...

Neuroendocrinological and brain structural alterations in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Integrative clinico-biological, pharmacogenetic, neuroimagistic, neuroendocrinological and psychological correlations in depressive and anxiety disorders.

We approach the theme of modern treatment strategies, based on clinico-biological, pharmacogenetic, neuroimagistic, neuroendocrinological and psychological integrative correlations in the management of depressive and comorbid anxiety disorders. We target to evaluate the efficacy of the pharmacogenetic testing and the evolution, functioning of patients in correlation with specific neurobiologica...

Omental transplantation in a patient with mild ALS.

To demonstrate that amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is not a neurodegenerative disease. The patient, a 33-year-old man began with symptoms of the bulbar form of ALS, characterized by burning pain in both feet during two months and then, he presented right crural monoparesis, fasciculations, slight dysarthria and he walked with help of orthopedic devices. A preoperative MRI scans showed athe...

Omental Transplantation for Neuromyelitis Optica

I report a 45-year old woman who had a history of neuromyelitis óptica (NMO). She was admitted by bilateral blindness and mydriasis, as well as tetraparesia. The visual evoked potential revealed absence of waves in both eyes. For this reason, she received an omental transplantation on the optic chiasm and left temporal lobe. Three days after surgery, she presented motor improvement in her limbs...