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A two-armed, double-blind, sham-controlled trial conducted by researchers at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong has demonstrated that transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) significantly enhances social functioning in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), when delivered concurrently with a computerized cognitive remediation training programme.

Patients who have been hospitalized for acute kidney injury (AKI) are at heightened risk of dementia, as reported in a study.

Gamma oscillation power in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) in schizophrenia can significantly decrease with greater variability in excitatory synaptic strength across parvalbumin interneurons (PVIs), together with other modest synaptic alterations in these neurons, suggests a recent study.

A retrospective study of over 6,000 Chinese patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) who underwent first-ever percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has shown that use of potent P2Y12 inhibitors, such as ticagrelor and prasugrel, is associated with lower risk of stroke than clopidogrel.