Background: Although most cigarette smokers want to quit, current cessation therapies have limited effectiveness. Preventing relapse is limited by insufficient understanding of the neural pathways that are triggered during relapse. With recent advances in functional connectivity analysis, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies offer the ability to better neural functional connectivity during relapse. This study [...]

Case Presentation: A 61-year-old female awoke one morning to thirty minutes of right sided weakness and slurred speech prompting hospital admission for stroke. Treatment with metronidazole and ciprofloxacin for colitis diagnosed two days ago was continued in hospital. Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) of the brain MRI revealed infarctions in multiple vascular territories involving bilateral cerebral [...]

Case Presentation: A 56-year-old previously healthy Caucasian woman was evaluated by a neurologist for seizure-like activity and syncope. She was placed on a Holter monitor that showed episodes of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, ventricular tachycardia (VT), and third-degree AV block. She presented to the emergency department with chest pain, a new left bundle branch block, and [...]

Case Presentation: A 66-year-old male with hypertension, type 2 diabetes, hyperlipidemia, pulmonary emboli with +lupus anticoagulant, and intrathecal morphine pump presented for increasingly frequent episodic altered sensorium. Episodes were described as < 30 seconds of paresthesia, speech arrest, and déjà vu; no loss of consciousness or focal deficits. Onset was 2-3 months prior with associated [...]