Agenesis of the dorsal pancreas (ADP) is a rare congenital pancreatic malformation in which all or part of the dorsal pancreatic body is absent. ADP is usually confirmed by magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) or endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), but these methods are undesirable to patients because of strict limitations or invasiveness. We propose abdominal c...

What are the mechanisms that enhance the response to behaviorally relevant external stimuli? In this issue of Neuron, Kuo and Trussell show that in the dorsal cochlear nucleus, noradrenaline functions to simultaneously reduce spontaneous inhibitory inputs while increasing evoked inhibition.

Abstract Introduction The scapholunate interosseous ligament (SLIL) is commonly ruptured following a fall onto the outstretched hand. This has three subregions: dorsal, proximal, and volar. SLIL enthesis, specialised region where this attaches to scaphoid lunate, not previously been studied despite its important mechanical function in wrist joint biomechanics. study therefore aims compare histo...

The most frequently encountered complication of dorsal column stimulators is lead migration. The vast majority of these events are seen in the first few weeks to months. Late paddle lead migration is a very uncommon occurrence in this setting. We describe a case of a 51-year-old male with a history of reflex sympathetic dystrophy having undergone dorsal column stimulator insertion at the level ...

1 1 The pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus: a second cholinergic source for frequency-specific 2 auditory plasticity 3 Feng Luo, Xiuping Liu, Carol Wang and Jun Yan* 4 5 1. Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Faculty of 6 Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 7 2. Health Science Centre, Hebei University, 342 Yuhua Eastern Road, Baoding, Hebe...

The cochlear nucleus, the first central auditory structure, performs initial stimulus processing and segregation of information into parallel ascending pathways. It also receives nonauditory inputs. Here we show in vivo that responses of dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN) principal neurons to sounds can change significantly depending on the presence or absence of inputs from the somatosensory dorsal...