299 results about "Brain traumas" patented technology

The invention discloses a mild traumatic brain injury image evaluation system based on deep learning, and relates to the technical field of medical imaging, and the system comprises a data source module which is used for obtaining head magnetic resonance imaging data as an input data source; the preprocessing module is used for carrying out de-noising processing and image registration on the skull magnetic resonance imaging data to realize standardized preprocessing; and the feature extraction module is used for extracting a local feature map from the multi-dimensional image data by constructing a multilayer convolutional neural network, and identifying a subcortical structure change and damage suspicious region. According to the mild traumatic brain injury image evaluation system based on deep learning provided by the invention, a standardized evaluation report automatically generated by the system not only integrates clinical information of a patient, but also provides detailed injury types, severity and follow-up visit suggestions, so that the efficiency and reliability of clinical decision making are greatly improved; and powerful support is provided for formulating an individualized diagnosis and treatment scheme.

Compositions and methods for administering ketone bodies to a subject include beta-hydroxybutyrate complexed with or coupled to at least one amino acid. The compositions and methods cause one or more of: weight loss, weight maintenance, reduced blood glucose level, maintenance of blood glucose level, increased muscle and physical performance, enhanced metabolic and cellular repair, improved detoxification and gut health, targeted bioavailability, sustained release and controlled absorption, increased metabolic efficiency, enhanced cellular uptake, minimized side effects, multifunctional therapeutics, improved focus, improved energy, improved cognitive function, improved mental acuity, treatment of traumatic brain injury, treatment of diabetes, treatment of neurological disorder, treatment of cancer, treatment of inflammatory condition, appetite suppression, anti-aging effects, anti-glycation effects, treatment of epilepsy, treatment of depression, improved performance, improved muscle mass, improved motor function, increased strength, increased metabolism, increased fat loss, increased fat oxidation, improved body composition, and improved mood.

Disclosed are methods of treating traumatic brain injury in a subject by administering a therapeutic MSC secretome product made by a method comprising culturing bone marrow-derived MSCs under conditions that include oxygen tension below 5% and a culture media with a pH below 7.

Sublingual or buccal dosage forms comprise at least one antioxidant compound, such as N-acetyl cysteine (NAC), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The sublingual or buccal dosage forms are administered for treating central nervous system (CNS) disorders, such as traumatic brain injury or stroke.

The present invention relates to assays, methods, and kits to assess traumatic brain injury (TBI) in a subject. The present invention also relates to ultrasensitive assays for GFAP, tau, CKBB, IL-1β, IL-2, IL-6, IL-10, IL-22, IP-10, TNFα, TSLP, NFL, and / or NFH.

The present disclosure generally relates to methods and formulations for treating central nervous system (CNS) disorders. The present disclosure involves intranasal delivery of at least one antioxidant compound, allowing for effective treatment of a central nervous system disorder such as traumatic brain injury or stroke.

The invention discloses a rapid detection method for traumatic brain injury by fusing genetic engineering and quantum dots, and relates to the technical field of traumatic brain injury detection. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring a suspected patient biological sample, extracting biomolecule components, and comparing the biomolecule components with a healthy population biomolecule database to obtain related differential expression molecules. A specifically recognizable recombinant antibody is constructed by genetic engineering, and is connected with a quantum dot through a coupling reaction to prepare a detection probe. The probe and a biological sample are mixed and reacted, and the intensity of a fluorescence signal generated by combination is collected by a fluorescence detection device. A standardized signal value is obtained through signal processing algorithm noise reduction and feature extraction, and a preliminary detection result is determined by combining a bioinformatics database evaluation sample. And finally, according to the differential expression molecule, the standardized signal value and the preliminary result, analyzing a data change trend in a preset time window by using a multivariable statistical model, and generating a diagnosis report. According to the method, various technologies are fused, and a new path is provided for traumatic brain injury detection.

Novel compounds of Formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are inhibitors of NLRP3 and may be useful in the treatment, prevention, management, amelioration, control and suppression of diseases mediated by NLPR3. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment, prevention or management of diseases, disorders and conditions mediated by NLRP3 such as, but not limited to, obesity, gout, pseudogout, CAPS, NASH, MASH, fibrosis, heart failure, idiopathic pericarditis, atopic dermatitis, inflammatory bowel disease, Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and traumatic brain injury.

Provided herein are 19-nor C3,3-disubstituted C21-pyrazolyl steroids of Formula (I):and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; wherein , R1, R2, R3a, R3b, R4a, R4b, R5, R6, and R7 are as defined herein. Such compounds are contemplated useful for the prevention and treatment of a variety of CNS-related conditions, for example, treatment of sleep disorders, mood disorders, schizophrenia spectrum disorders, convulsive disorders, disorders of memory and / or cognition, movement disorders, personality disorders, autism spectrum disorders, pain, traumatic brain injury, vascular diseases, substance abuse disorders and / or withdrawal syndromes, and tinnitus.

The invention belongs to the technical field of biological medicines, and particularly relates to an MXene nano material with high SOD (superoxide dismutase) enzyme activity as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The MXene nano material with high SOD (superoxide dismutase) enzyme activity, disclosed by the invention, comprises Mo2C MXene and a metal atom anchored on the Mo2C MXene. The MXene nano material with high SOD enzyme activity has the beneficial effects that the MXene nano material with high SOD enzyme activity has relatively high SOD enzyme activity and a strong ROS removal characteristic, and oxidative stress injury can be relieved; the compound has the effect of treating ROS related diseases such as traumatic brain injury (TBI), Parkinson's syndrome (PD) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

The present invention generally relates to compositions and methods useful for treating a brain injury such as stroke, optic neuropathy, traumatic brain injury, and cerebral palsy. The methods include administering HMCs obtained by in vitro differentiation of pluripotent stem cells and / or extracellular vesicles (EVs) derived from such HMCs (HMC-EVs) into a subject.

The invention provides multifunctional bionic hydrogel as well as preparation and application thereof in traumatic brain injury treatment, and belongs to the field of biomedical materials. The preparation method comprises the following steps: combining polydopamine modified hemoglobin nanoparticles with curcumin-based carbon quantum dots with anti-inflammatory activity, and embedding into bionic hyaluronic acid-collagen double-network hydrogel, so as to prepare the multifunctional bionic hydrogel. The hydrogel can effectively relieve neuron hypoxia, reduce apoptosis, promote the polarity of microglial cells to be converted into anti-inflammatory phenotype, and significantly down-regulate the expression of S100A8, thereby inhibiting pathological neural immune crosstalk. In a traumatic brain injury model, hydrogel implantation improves the pathological microenvironment, enhances endogenous nerve regeneration, and ultimately results in significant neurological function and cognitive recovery. The multifunctional bionic hydrogel prepared by the invention has a good application prospect in preparation of materials for preventing and / or treating traumatic brain injury.

Disclosed is a method and an oral composition for treating CNS disorders. An embodiment of the invention comprises orally administering an allopregnanolone containing composition to a subject having a CNS disorder. Exemplary CNS disorders include sleep disorders, mood disorders, dysthymic disorders, bipolar disorders, anxiety disorders, stress disorders, compulsive disorders, schizophrenia spectrum disorders, convulsive disorders, memory disorders, cognition disorders, movement disorders, personality disorders, autism spectrum disorders, substance abuse disorders, dementia, pain, traumatic brain injury (TBI), vascular disease, withdrawal syndrome, and tinnitus. The composition and methods disclosed herein exhibit effective oral absorption / bioavailability.

Novel compounds of Formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are inhibitors of NLRP3 and may be useful in the treatment, prevention, management, amelioration, control, and suppression of diseases mediated by NLPR3. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment, prevention or management of diseases, disorders and conditions mediated by NLRP3 such as, but not limited to, obesity, gout, pseudogout, CAPS, NASH, MASH, fibrosis, osteoarthritis, atherosclerosis, heart failure, idiopathic pericarditis, myocarditis, atopic dermatitis, hidradenitis suppurativa, inflammatory bowel disease, cancer, Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and traumatic brain injury.

The invention belongs to the technical field of medical instruments, and discloses a surgical instrument for building a traumatic brain injury mouse model.The surgical instrument comprises a tube blade, a limiter, a holding piece and a vacuum device, the tube blade is used for rotationally cutting into brain tissue of a mouse, the limiter is movably installed on the tube blade in the axial direction of the tube blade, and the vacuum device is arranged on the holding piece; the limiting device is used for abutting against the skull of the mouse, the holding piece is provided with an airflow channel, one end of the holding piece is connected with the pipe blade, one end of the airflow channel is communicated with the pipe blade, and the vacuum device is connected to the other end of the holding piece and connected with the other end of the airflow channel. According to the surgical instrument for building the traumatic brain injury mouse model, the problems that an injury area is uncontrollable and a focus area is difficult to quantify and unify in the current traumatic brain injury mouse model building process can be solved, so that the success rate and efficiency of model building are improved to the maximum extent.

A system for evaluating cognitive function is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the system includes a computing device with a processor; and a visual display device. The computing device is operatively coupled to said visual display device, said computing device being programmed to generate and display a cognitive test on said visual display device for assessing a mental ability of said patient, said cognitive test comprising a plurality of different images for said patient to identify, said cognitive test assessing the mental ability of said patient that is suspected of having sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Also, in some embodiments, the system is in a form of a telemedicine system that includes a local control system disposed at a first location and a central control system disposed at a remote site.

The invention discloses a bionic bacterial outer membrane nano-particle for drug delivery. The bionic bacterial outer membrane nano-particle is characterized by comprising low-toxicity outer membrane vesicles extracted from escherichia coli with msbB genes knocked out, and low-toxicity outer membrane vesicles extracted from escherichia coli with msbB genes knocked out; the medicine carrying liposome is prepared from phosphatidylcholine, cholesterol and DSPE-PEG2000 (Distearoyl Phosphatidylcholine-Polyethylene Glycol 2000) according to a preset mass ratio; the low-toxicity outer membrane vesicles and the drug-loaded liposome are subjected to ultrasonic assistance and 100nm filter membrane extrusion to obtain bionic bacterial outer membrane nanoparticles, the average particle size of the bionic bacterial outer membrane nanoparticles is about 100nm, and the encapsulation efficiency exceeds 85%. The BM-NPs system disclosed by the invention can load small molecule compounds, proteins, nucleic acids and gene therapy vectors, and is suitable for various central nervous system diseases such as spinal cord injury, cerebral apoplexy, traumatic brain injury, ischemia-reperfusion injury and the like.

This paper presents a medical device for treating traumatic brain injury and cerebral thrombosis through electroacupuncture. The device includes a 6-DOF (degree of freedom) mechanical arm, a multifunctional tool tip, an MRI helmet suitable for acupuncture, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The acupuncture robot can insert needles and automatically manipulate specific needles by rotating or vibrating them within a specific frequency range, and can enhance the effect by applying electrical stimulation.

Described herein are steroids of Formula (I):and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2a, R2b, R3, R4, R5a, R5b, R6, and Z are as defined herein. Such compounds are contemplated useful for the prevention and treatment of a variety of CNS-related conditions, for example, treatment of sleep disorders, mood disorders, schizophrenia spectrum disorders, convulsive disorders, disorders of memory and / or cognition, movement disorders, personality disorders, autism spectrum disorders, pain, traumatic brain injury, vascular diseases, substance abuse disorders and / or withdrawal syndromes, and tinnitus.

The present inventive concept provides methods of determining whether a subject has cortical or cerebral visual impairment (CVI) as well as determining whether the subject has a traumatic brain injury thereby allowing treatment for these conditions. The present inventive concept also provides a standardized method for assessing pediatric or adolescent visual acuity.

The present invention relates to compounds, compositions and methods for deinhibiting a RE1 silencing transcription factor (REST) target gene. In particular, disclosed is a peptide having the sequences TEDLEPPEPPLPKEN (SEQ ID NO: 1) and EDLEPPEPPLPK (SEQ ID NO: 15) or a reverse sequence (reverse inversion, RI) consisting of D-amino acids nekplppeppeldet (SEQ ID NO: 16) and kplppeppelde (SEQ ID NO: 17), for use in the inhibition of REST activity. The peptides can be used for treating, preventing or alleviating diseases such as traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, dementia, Huntington's disease (HD), chronic pain, brain cancer (including glioblastoma multiforme), pancreatic cancer, diabetes and peripheral nerve injury.

Provided are oligomeric agents, oligomeric compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions for reducing the amount or activity of IFNAR1 RNA in a cell or an animal, and in certain instances, reducing the amount of IFNAR1 protein in a cell or animal. Such oligomeric agents, oligomeric compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions are useful to treat diseases and conditions associated with neuroinflammation, including Aicardi-Goutieres Syndrome, stroke, neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus, neuroinflammation following traumatic brain injury, neuro-autoimmune disorders, Alzheimer's disease, post-operative delirium and cognitive decline, cranial radiation-induced cognitive decline, viral infection-induced cognitive decline, neuromyelitis optica, and ataxia telangiectasia.

Provided herein are 19-nor C3, 3-disubstituted steroids of Formula (I); and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined herein, and A is a heteroaryl ring system comprising 3 or 4 nitrogens as defined herein. Such compounds are contemplated useful for the prevention and treatment of a variety of CNS-related conditions, for example, treatment of sleep disorders, mood disorders, schizophrenia spectrum disorders, convulsive disorders, disorders of memory and / or cognition, movement disorders, personality disorders, autism spectrum disorders, pain, traumatic brain injury, vascular diseases, substance abuse disorders and / or withdrawal syndromes, and tinnitus.

The disclosure relates to compositions including STING inhibitors. Methods of treating subjects with a traumatic brain injury by administering STING inhibitors are also included.

The disclosure provides an injectable ganaxolone formulation comprising ganaxolone, sulfobutyl ether-β-cyclodextrin; and water. The injectable ganaxolone formulation optionally includes a surfactant and a pH modifier. The ganaxolone and sulfobutyl ether-β-cyclodextrin may be in an inclusion complex. The disclosure also provides a lyophilized powder of the ganaxolone / sulfobutyl ether-β-cyclodextrin formulation that may be reconstituted in water for injection. The disclosure provides a method of treating a patient having a seizure disorder, stroke, or traumatic brain injury, comprising administering an effective amount of the injectable ganaxolone formulation comprising ganaxolone, sulfobutyl ether-β-cyclodextrin; and water. The disclosure also provides combination methods in which the injectable ganaxolone / sulfobutyl ether-β-cyclodextrin formulation is administered in combination with at least one additional active agent.

Methods for treating injuries to the central nervous system with a cilia activator are provided. The injury may be a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Related pharmaceutical compositions are provided.

The invention discloses a polyarginine nano-particle as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: polymerizing ornithine-carboxylic anhydride (NCA) serving as a monomer with leucine to obtain a diblock polymer, or polymerizing the ornithine-carboxylic anhydride monomer, and then performing guanidination treatment and self-assembly to obtain the polyarginine nanoparticles. The polyarginine nano-particles prepared by the invention can be combined with free nucleic acid released by injured tissues or cells in traumatic brain injury (TBI) to remove the free nucleic acid and prevent downstream immune response reaction, so that the proinflammatory factor level is remarkably reduced, and the purposes of relieving inflammation and treating TBI are achieved; compared with the traditional cationic amino acid (polylysine), the polyarginine material adopted by the invention can effectively improve the prognosis of TBI patients. Therefore, the invention provides the nano material with remarkably improved DNA binding capacity and treatment effect, and the nano material has important significance in treatment of traumatic brain injury.

To provide methods for detecting inflammasome proteins as biomarkers of neurological disorders.SOLUTION: The present invention provides compositions and methods for detecting components of the inflammasome in a sample from a subject as markers for brain injuries such as multiple sclerosis, stroke or traumatic brain injury. Methods of using such inflammasome markers to determine prognosis, direct treatment and monitor response to treatment for the subject with a brain injury such as multiple sclerosis, stroke, mild cognitive impairment or traumatic brain injury are also described. Presented herein are inflammasome components useful as biomarkers with high sensitivity and specificity for various neurological or psychiatric conditions and methods of their use.SELECTED DRAWING: None

The invention discloses a substituted aromatic heterocyclic compound containing a spiro skeleton as well as a preparation method and application thereof, and relates to the field of medicinal chemistry, in particular to the substituted aromatic heterocyclic compound containing the spiro skeleton or pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the substituted aromatic heterocyclic compound, a necessary composition containing the compounds and medical application of the substituted aromatic heterocyclic compound. The invention relates to an application of a monoacylglyceridase inhibitor, in particular to application of the monoacylglyceridase inhibitor as a monoacylglyceridase (MAGL) inhibitor in preparation of drugs for preventing and / or treating MAGL-related diseases. Comprise depression, schizophrenia, bi-directional disorder, dyskinesia, traumatic brain injury, neuroinflammation, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, anxiety disorder, pain, metabolic disorder, alcoholic fatty liver disease, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, hepatic fibrosis, cholestasis, nephropathy and other related diseases.