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Article title: Sensory Overload
Article Evaluation: This is a C-class article of high importance that is a part of WikiProject Psychology. The content in this article is relevant to the topic of sensory overload and is written in a neutral tone. Although most of the claims are backed up by sources, the major section on "Symptoms" is largely unsupported by sources. Some of the cited sources are credible, and all of the references have working links; reference number 1, 4, 5, 9 are of dubious quality and are not academic peer-reviewed papers. One user in the talk page of this article mentions that the article seems like "pseudoscience" since there are no valid medical or physiological explanations in the article; information on the medical pathways behind sensory overload could elevate the quality of this article. Additionally, more sources should be found since a lot of the cited ones do not hold water.
Sources: Lindenmuth, Jane E., et al. “Sensory Overload.” The American Journal of Nursing, vol. 80, no. 8, 1980, pp. 1456–1458. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3462693. Accessed 2 June 2020.; Lipowski, Z.J. “Sensory Overloads, Information Overloads and Behavior.” Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, vol. 23, no. 1/6, 1974, pp. 264–270. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/45114272. Accessed 2 June 2020.

Article title: Spinal neuron
Article Evaluation: This is a stub article part of WikiProject Physiology, Neuroscience, and Anatomy. The content on the page is only two sentences and much could be added. There is one academic source and one neutral claim in this article. There are no conversations in the talk page and there is barely any content on the article.
Sources: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780444536136000137; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780124047068000061

Article title: Toxic encephalopathy
Article Evaluation: This is a class C article of high importance that is a part of WikiProject Neuroscience. The content in the article is relevant to the topic and written in a neutral tone. Although some of the claims are backed up by sources, a lot of them are not. The sources appear to be reputable and all of the reference links function.
Sources: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S209379111234002X; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211594316300211