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abstract：:Significant advances have been made in the understanding of the numerous mechanisms involved in Parkinson's disease (PD) pathogenesis. The identification of PD pathogenic mutations and the use of different animal models have contributed to better elucidate the processes underlying the disease. Here, we report a brief ...

journal_title：Frontiers in neurology

authors： Imbriani P,Schirinzi T,Meringolo M,Mercuri NB,Pisani A

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to present a model that uses multi-parametric quantitative MRI to estimate the presence of myelin and edema in the brain. The model relates simultaneous measurement of R1 and R2 relaxation rates and proton density to four partial volume compartments, consisting of myelin partial volume, cellu...

journal_title：Frontiers in neurology

authors： Warntjes M,Engström M,Tisell A,Lundberg P

更新日期：2016-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Public awareness of and attitude toward disease is an important issue for patients. Public awareness of essential tremor (ET) has never been studied. METHODS:We administered a 10-min, 31-item questionnaire to 250 consecutive enrollees. These included three samples carefully chosen to have a potential range ...

journal_title：Frontiers in neurology

authors： Shalaby S,Indes J,Keung B,Gottschalk CH,Machado D,Patel A,Robakis D,Louis ED

更新日期：2016-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Growing evidence shows the bidirectional interactions between sleep, circadian rhythm, and epilepsy. Comprehending how these interact with each other may help to advance our understanding of the pathophysiology of epilepsy and develop new treatment strategies to improve seizure control by reducing the medication side ...

journal_title：Frontiers in neurology

authors： Jin B,Aung T,Geng Y,Wang S

更新日期：2020-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A carotid-jugular fistula is a direct communication between the carotid artery and the jugular vein. Both congenital and spontaneous internal carotid-jugular fistulas are extremely rare. We describe the first case of successful endovascular treatment for a congenital internal carotid-jugular fistula. We report a 64-ye...

journal_title：Frontiers in neurology

authors： Wang M,Fan W,Mungur R,Gu J,Wan S

更新日期：2018-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Thalamotomy at the ventralis intermedius nucleus has been an effective treatment method for essential tremor, but how the brain network changes immediately responding to this deliberate lesion and then reorganizes afterwards are not clear. Taking advantage of a non-cranium-opening MRI-guided focused ultrasound ablatio...

journal_title：Frontiers in neurology

authors： Jang C,Park HJ,Chang WS,Pae C,Chang JW

更新日期：2016-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic brain injury resulting from exposure to blast overpressure (BOP) is associated with neuropathology including impairment of the blood-brain barrier (BBB). This study examined the effects of repeated exposure to primary BOP and post-blast treatment with an antioxidant, N-acetylcysteine amide (NACA) on the inte...

journal_title：Frontiers in neurology

authors： Kawoos U,Abutarboush R,Zarriello S,Qadri A,Ahlers ST,McCarron RM,Chavko M

更新日期：2019-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Aims: To examine trajectories of employment probability up to 10 years following moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and identify significant predictors from baseline socio-demographic and injury characteristics. Methods: A longitudinal observational study followed 97 individuals with moderate-to-severe TB...

journal_title：Frontiers in neurology

authors： Howe EI,Andelic N,Perrin PB,Røe C,Sigurdardottir S,Arango-Lasprilla JC,Lu J,Løvstad M,Forslund MV

更新日期：2018-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The recurrence rate of chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) has been reported to range from 2.3 to 33%. As bridging veins are composed of abundant collagen bundles and bone matrix, we aimed to investigate the possible associations between skull Hounsfield unit (HU) values and the recurrence of CSDH. We retrospectively enr...

journal_title：Frontiers in neurology

authors： Ha BJ,Bae IS,Kim JM,Cheong JH,Ryu JI,Han MH

更新日期：2020-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Motor nerve conduction blocks (CBs) could be detected in both acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (AIDP) and acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN). We aimed to identify the correlation between CBs and functional outcome in the two subtypes of GBS. Methods: Motor nerve conduction studie...

journal_title：Frontiers in neurology

authors： Niu J,Liu M,Sun Q,Li Y,Wu S,Ding Q,Guan Y,Cui L

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: To evaluate ocular and cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (oVEMPs and cVEMPs) in patients with solely intracochlear localization of an intralabyrinthine schwannoma (ILS). Study Design: Retrospective analysis of a series of cases. Setting: Monocentric study at a tertiary referral center. Patients...

journal_title：Frontiers in neurology

authors： Fröhlich L,Curthoys IS,Kösling S,Obrist D,Rahne T,Plontke SK

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Few studies have examined the motor, cognitive, and emotional factors involved in effective money management in persons with multiple sclerosis (MS). The aim of this study was to assess money management in persons MS and examine whether cognitive, motor, and emotional processes can predict money manageme...

journal_title：Frontiers in neurology

authors： Yael G,Nancy C,John D

更新日期：2019-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Most clinical diagnoses of stroke are based on the persistence of symptoms relating to consciousness, language, visual-field loss, extraocular movement, neglect (visual), motor strength, and sensory loss following acute cerebral infarction. Yet despite the fact that most motor actions and cognition are driven by visio...

journal_title：Frontiers in neurology

authors： Wijesundera C,Vingrys AJ,Wijeratne T,Crewther SG

更新日期：2020-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Limited evidence exists on effective interventions to improve knowledge of preventive medications in patients with chronic diseases, such as stroke. We investigated the effectiveness of a nurse-led intervention, where a component was to improve knowledge of prevention medications, in patients with stroke o...

journal_title：Frontiers in neurology

authors： Olaiya MT,Cadilhac DA,Kim J,Ung D,Nelson MR,Srikanth VK,Bladin CF,Gerraty RP,Fitzgerald SM,Phan TG,Frayne J,Thrift AG

更新日期：2016-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Periodontitis is an oral inflammatory disease and may contribute to low-grade systemic inflammation. Based on the contribution of periodontitis to systemic inflammation and the potential role of systemic inflammation in neuroinflammation, many epidemiological studies have investigated a possible association between pe...

journal_title：Frontiers in neurology

authors： Nascimento PC,Castro MML,Magno MB,Almeida APCPSC,Fagundes NCF,Maia LC,Lima RR

更新日期：2019-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: In functional movement disorders, explicit movements are impaired, while implicit movements are preserved. Furthermore, there is evidence that the sense of agency is abnormal. Aim: We aimed to investigate how motor responses and sense of agency were affected by subliminal or supraliminal cues in people wit...

journal_title：Frontiers in neurology

authors： Huys AML,Edwards MJ,Bhatia KP,Haggard P

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) is suitable for the assessment of voxel-wise changes in fiber integrity in WM tracts in the entire brain. Longitudinal TBSS analyses of early multiple sclerosis (MS) using 3 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are not common. Objective: To characterize microstructur...

journal_title：Frontiers in neurology

authors： Schneider R,Genç E,Ahlborn C,Gold R,Lukas C,Bellenberg B

更新日期：2019-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep complaints increase profoundly with age; prevalence estimates of insomnia in the elderly reach up to 37%. The three major types of nocturnal complaints are difficulties initiating (DIS) and maintaining (DMS) sleep and early morning awakening (EMA), of which the latter appears most characteristic for aging. The n...

journal_title：Frontiers in neurology

authors： Stoffers D,Moens S,Benjamins J,van Tol MJ,Penninx BW,Veltman DJ,Van der Wee NJ,Van Someren EJ

更新日期：2012-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：Background and Objectives:Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) recurs frequently. This study aims to determine that each patient with BPPV has a predilection for a specific canal and the type of recurred BPPV can be predicted from that observed during the previous attack. Methods:The involved side (right, left,...

journal_title：Frontiers in neurology

authors： Kim HJ,Kim JS

更新日期：2017-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the advent of and exciting advances in novel endovascular therapies, t-PA remains the only proven treatment for acute ischemic stroke to date. Although a variety of reasons likely underlie why past trials of endovascular strategies have been unsuccessful, we address in this perspective piece one critical unkno...

journal_title：Frontiers in neurology

authors： Tansy AP,Liebeskind DS

更新日期：2013-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal muscle is an essential regulator of energy homeostasis and a potent coordinator of exercise-induced adaptations in other organs including the liver, fat or the brain. Skeletal muscle-initiated crosstalk with other tissues is accomplished though the secretion of myokines, protein hormones which can exert autoc...

journal_title：Frontiers in neurology

authors： Delezie J,Handschin C

更新日期：2018-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: The aim of the present observational study is to report on the data from a large sample of inpatients, clinical staff and other workers at an Italian neurorehabilitation hospital dealing with SARS-CoV-2 infections, in order to analyze how it might have affected the management and the effectiveness of neuror...

journal_title：Frontiers in neurology

authors： Salvia A,Morone G,Iosa M,Balice MP,Paolucci S,Grasso MG,Traballesi M,Nocentini U,Formisano R,Molinari M,Rossini A,Caltagirone C

更新日期：2020-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:With the advent of susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI), the ability to identify cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) associated with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) has become increasingly commonplace. Nevertheless, the clinical significance of post-traumatic CMBs remains controversial partly because it is unclear whether...

journal_title：Frontiers in neurology

authors： Rostowsky KA,Maher AS,Irimia A

更新日期：2018-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Current efficacious treatments for traumatic brain injury (TBI) are lacking. Establishment of a protective gut microbiota population offers a compelling therapeutic avenue, as brain injury induces disruptions in the composition of the gut microbiota, i.e., gut dysbiosis, which has been shown to contribute to TBI-relat...

journal_title：Frontiers in neurology

authors： Rice MW,Pandya JD,Shear DA

更新日期：2019-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH) due to delta storage pool disease in a 60-year-old female on a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI). Increased susceptibility to SNRI-effects on hemostasis was due to a genetic disposition mediated by a polymorphism of the SLC6A4 gene coding...

journal_title：Frontiers in neurology

authors： Leibetseder A,Wagner J,Tomasits J,Haring HP,Hutterer M,Trenkler J,von Oertzen TJ

更新日期：2019-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Distal posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) aneurysms are uncommon intracranial vascular lesions. The coincidence of these aneurysms and Arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is even more rare. Since 1956, a total of 57 cases of distal PICA aneurysms associated with AVM have been reported with clear and ...

journal_title：Frontiers in neurology

authors： Khayat HA,Hawkes CM,Algird AR

更新日期：2020-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (SICH) is the most lethal type of stroke. Half of these deaths occur within the acute phase. Frequently observed deterioration during the acute phase is often due to rebleeding or peri-hematomal expansion. The exact pathogenesis that leads to rebleeding or peri-hemorrhagic edema re...

journal_title：Frontiers in neurology

authors： Babi MA,James ML

更新日期：2017-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological associations linking between obstructive sleep apnea and poorer solid malignant tumor outcomes have recently emerged. Putative pathways proposed to explain that these associations have included enhanced hypoxia inducible factor (HIF)-1α and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) cell expression in t...

journal_title：Frontiers in neurology

authors： Almendros I,Martínez-García MÁ,Campos-Rodríguez F,Riveiro-Falkenbach E,Rodríguez-Peralto JL,Nagore E,Martorell-Calatayud A,Hernández Blasco L,Bañuls Roca J,Chiner Vives E,Sánchez-de-la-Torre A,Abad-Capa J,Montserrat JM,Pérez-Gi

更新日期：2018-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a severe neuromuscular disorder characterized by the degeneration of motor neurons in the spinal cord, and comprises a broad clinical spectrum. With the advent of new therapies (e.g., Nusinersen) for patients of all ages and disease stages, sensitive clinical measures are needed to det...

journal_title：Frontiers in neurology

authors： Kruse T,Lehmann HC,Braumann B,Fink GR,Wunderlich G

更新日期：2020-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms involved in traumatic brain injury have yet to be fully characterized. One mechanism that, especially in high-energy trauma, could be of importance is cavitation. Cavitation can be described as a process of vaporization, bubble generation, and bubble implosion as a result of a decrease and subsequent in...

journal_title：Frontiers in neurology

authors： Cao Y,Risling M,Malm E,Sondén A,Bolling MF,Sköld MK

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00