Magnetoionography enhances diagnostic accuracy of magnetocardiography in coronary artery disease.

Coronary artery disease (CAD) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Traditional diagnostic approaches, including coronary angiography and electrocardiography, have limitations in detecting ischemia and microvascular dysfunction, leading to misdiagnoses and unnecessary interventions. This study evaluates the efficacy of magnetoionography (MIG), a novel parameter extension of magnetocardiography (MCG), in improving the detection of CAD by analyzing potential intracellular cardiac currents.

Altered oscillatory coupling reflects possible inhibitory interneuron dysfunction in Rett syndrome.

Background: Rett syndrome is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder caused primarily by pathogenic variants in the gene, leading to lifelong cognitive impairments. To understand the broad neural disruptions in Rett syndrome, it is essential to examine large-scale brain dynamics at the level of neural oscillations. Phase-amplitude coupling-a form of cross-frequency interaction that supports information integration across temporal and spatial scales-is a promising candidate measure for capturing such widespread neural dysfunction.

Demedicalizing baldness: An experimental, mixed methods study.

Baldness is a common bodily change most men experience. It is extensively medicalized. Specifically, it is depicted as a negative disease that only a profitable industry's cosmetic, pharmaceutical and other products can 'treat'.

Toward a Universal Map of EEG: A Semantic, Low-Dimensional Manifold for EEG Classification, Clustering, and Prognostication.

Objective: Prognostication in patients with disorders of consciousness (DOCs) remains challenging because of heterogeneous etiologies, pathophysiologies and, consequently, highly variable electroencephalograms (EEGs). Here, we use EEG patterns that are well-characterizable to create a latent map that positions novel EEGs along a continuum. We asses this map as a generalizable tool to extract prognostically valuable information from long-term EEG, by predicting outcome post-cardiac arrest as a first use case.

Promoting motor skills in preschool age: a focus on balance regulation.

. This study examines the influence on balance regulation of a training program of targeted coordination exercises to improve balance skills in preschool children between the ages of 3 and 7 (in German 'Kindergarten'). On average, the children received targeted, age-appropriate training in basic coordination over a period of 3-4 years during their preschool years.