Motor neuron diseases caused by a novel VRK1 variant - A genotype/phenotype study.

abstract：:Myotonic dystrophy type I (DM1) is an autosomal dominant disease of which clinical manifestations resemble premature aging. We evaluated the contribution of telomere length in pathogenesis in 361 DM1 patients (12 with serial measurements) and 223 unaffected relative controls using qPCR assay. While no differences in b...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Wang Y,Best A,Fernández-Torrón R,Alsaggaf R,Garcia-Puga M,Dagnall CL,Hicks B,Thompson M,Matheu Fernandez A,Zulaica Ijurco M,Greene MH,Lopez de Munain A,Gadalla SM

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the predictive potential of the complete response pattern from the University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test for the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease. METHODS:We analyzed a large dataset from the Arizona Study of Aging and Neurodegenerative Disorders, a longitudinal clinicopathological s...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Gerkin RC,Adler CH,Hentz JG,Shill HA,Driver-Dunckley E,Mehta SH,Sabbagh MN,Caviness JN,Dugger BN,Serrano G,Belden C,Smith BH,Sue L,Davis KJ,Zamrini E,Beach TG

更新日期：2017-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To determine the cognitive profile of adult patients with mitochondrial disease, and the effect of disease severity on cognition. Methods:Using a prospective case-control design, we compared cognition of patients to normative data and to matched controls, assessed three times over 18 months. Forty-nine patie...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Moore HL,Kelly T,Bright A,Field RH,Schaefer AM,Blain AP,Taylor RW,McFarland R,Turnbull DM,Gorman GS

更新日期：2019-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Gaucher disease (GD) is a lysosomal storage disease characterized by a deficiency of glucocerebrosidase. Although enzyme-replacement and substrate-reduction therapies are available, their efficacies in treating the neurological manifestations of GD are negligible. Pharmacological chaperone therapy is hypothes...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Narita A,Shirai K,Itamura S,Matsuda A,Ishihara A,Matsushita K,Fukuda C,Kubota N,Takayama R,Shigematsu H,Hayashi A,Kumada T,Yuge K,Watanabe Y,Kosugi S,Nishida H,Kimura Y,Endo Y,Higaki K,Nanba E,Nishimura Y,Tamasa

更新日期：2016-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:The objective of this study was to evaluate prespecified and post hoc analyses in RENEW subgroups to identify participants more likely to benefit from opicinumab. Methods:RENEW assessed the efficacy/safety of opicinumab versus placebo in participants with a first unilateral acute optic neuritis (AON) episode...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Cadavid D,Balcer L,Galetta S,Aktas O,Ziemssen T,Vanopdenbosch LJ,Leocani L,Freedman MS,Plant GT,Preiningerova JL,Ziemssen F,Massacesi L,Chai Y,Xu L,RENEW Study Investigators.

更新日期：2018-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The early infantile epileptic encephalopathy type 13 (EIEE13, OMIM #614558) results from de novo missense mutations of SCN8A encoding the voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.6. More than 20% of patients have recurrent mutations in residues Arg1617 or Arg1872. Our goal was to determine the functional effects of ...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Wagnon JL,Barker BS,Hounshell JA,Haaxma CA,Shealy A,Moss T,Parikh S,Messer RD,Patel MK,Meisler MH

更新日期：2015-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the safety of antiepileptic drug (AED) withdrawal after temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) surgery. METHODS:We reviewed patients who underwent TLE surgery from 1995 to 2011, collecting data on doses, dates of AED initiation, reduction, and discontinuation. Predictors of seizure outcome were defined using ...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Yardi R,Irwin A,Kayyali H,Gupta A,Nair D,Gonzalez-Martinez J,Bingaman W,Najm IM,Jehi LE

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:Intracerebral hemorrhage carries a high mortality and survivors are frequently left with significant disability. Immunological mechanisms may play an important role in hemorrhage-induced brain injury, however, research linking these mechanisms with clinical outcome remains limited. We aim to identify serum in...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Landreneau MJ,Mullen MT,Messé SR,Cucchiara B,Sheth KN,McCullough LD,Kasner SE,Sansing LH,Serum Markers After Spontaneous Cerebral Hemorrhage (SMASCH) Investigators.

更新日期：2018-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:Determining the sequence in which Huntington's disease biomarkers become abnormal can provide important insights into the disease progression and a quantitative tool for patient stratification. Here, we construct and present a uniquely fine-grained model of temporal progression of Huntington's disease from pr...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Wijeratne PA,Young AL,Oxtoby NP,Marinescu RV,Firth NC,Johnson EB,Mohan A,Sampaio C,Scahill RI,Tabrizi SJ,Alexander DC

更新日期：2018-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:We aimed to study the occurrence and development of axonal pathology and the influence of astrocytes in vanishing white matter. Methods:Axons and myelin were analyzed using electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry on Eif2b4 and Eif2b5 single- and double-mutant mice and patient brain tissue. In addition, ...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Klok MD,Bugiani M,de Vries SI,Gerritsen W,Breur M,van der Sluis S,Heine VM,Kole MHP,Baron W,van der Knaap MS

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To search for discriminating biomarkers, 30 patients with idiopathic rapid-eye-movements sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) were compared with 17 patients with RBD within narcolepsy type 1. Both groups underwent extensive examinations, including skin biopsy searching for phosphorylated α-synuclein deposits and whole-night...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Antelmi E,Pizza F,Donadio V,Filardi M,Sosero YL,Incensi A,Vandi S,Moresco M,Ferri R,Marelli S,Ferini-Strambi L,Liguori R,Plazzi G

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenatal exposure to sodium valproate (VPA) is associated with neurodevelopmental impairments. Cortical thickness was measured in 16 children exposed prenatally to VPA and 16 controls. We found increased left inferior frontal gyrus (IFG; BA45) and left pericalcarine sulcus (BA18) thickness, an association between VPA ...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Wood AG,Chen J,Barton S,Nadebaum C,Anderson VA,Catroppa C,Reutens DC,O'Brien TJ,Vajda F

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Isradipine is a dihydropyridine calcium channel inhibitor that has demonstrated concentration-dependent neuroprotective effects in animal models of Parkinson's disease (PD) but failed to show efficacy in a phase 3 clinical trial. The objectives of this study were to model the plasma pharmacokinetics of israd...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Venuto CS,Yang L,Javidnia M,Oakes D,James Surmeier D,Simuni T

更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine whether apolipoprotein B (ApoB), apolipoprotein A-1 (ApoA1), or their ratio (ApoB/A1) were associated with early changes in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology in elderly adults with subjective cognitive decline (SCD). METHODS:This study included 507 objectiv...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Hu H,Tan L,Bi YL,Xu W,Tan L,Shen XN,Hou XH,Ma YH,Dong Q,Yu JT

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:Immunological studies have demonstrated a plethora of beneficial effects of dimethyl fumarate (DMF) on various cell types. However, the cellular and molecular targets are incompletely understood and response markers are scarce. Here, we focus on the relation between nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Hammer A,Waschbisch A,Kuhbandner K,Bayas A,Lee DH,Duscha A,Haghikia A,Gold R,Linker RA

更新日期：2018-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:Area postrema (AP) syndrome (defined as: nausea and/or emesis and/or singultus at onset of brainstem dysfunction) comprises complex pathophysiologic mechanisms triggered by different entities. The first objective was to assess the frequency of AP syndrome as a clinical feature in brainstem encephalitis (BE). ...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Zeiner PS,Brandhofe A,Müller-Eschner M,Steinmetz H,Pfeilschifter W

更新日期：2018-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate the first use of Optically Pumped Magnetoencephalography (OP-MEG) in an epilepsy patient with unrestricted head movement. Current clinical MEG uses a traditional SQUID system, where sensors are cryogenically cooled and housed in a helmet in which the patient's head is fixed. Here, we use a different typ...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Vivekananda U,Mellor S,Tierney TM,Holmes N,Boto E,Leggett J,Roberts G,Hill RM,Litvak V,Brookes MJ,Bowtell R,Barnes GR,Walker MC

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Examine whether cognitive reserve moderates the association of 1) vascular risk factors and 2) white matter hyperintensity burden with risk of clinical progression and longitudinal cognitive decline. METHODS:BIOCARD Study participants were cognitively normal and primarily middle-aged (M = 57 years) at baseli...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Soldan A,Pettigrew C,Zhu Y,Wang MC,Gottesman RF,DeCarli C,Albert M,BIOCARD Research Team.

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Distal motor neuropathies with a genetic origin have a heterogeneous clinical presentation with overlapping features affecting distal nerves and including spinal muscular atrophies and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. This indicates that their genetic background is heterogeneous. PATIENT AND METHODS:In this w...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Marcos AT,Martín-Doncel E,Morejón-García P,Marcos-Alcalde I,Gómez-Puertas P,Segura-Puimedon M,Armengol L,Navarro-Pando JM,Lazo PA

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Mitochondrial dysfunction plays a key role in the pathophysiology of neurodegenerative disorders such as ataxia and Parkinson's disease. We describe an extended Belgian pedigree where seven individuals presented with adult-onset cerebellar ataxia, axonal peripheral ataxic neuropathy, and tremor, in variable c...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Van Maldergem L,Besse A,De Paepe B,Blakely EL,Appadurai V,Humble MM,Piard J,Craig K,He L,Hella P,Debray FG,Martin JJ,Gaussen M,Laloux P,Stevanin G,Van Coster R,Taylor RW,Copeland WC,Mormont E,Bonnen PE

更新日期：2016-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Diabetes leads to cognitive impairment and is associated with age-related neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease (AD). Thus, understanding diabetes-induced alterations in brain function is important for developing early interventions for neurodegeneration. Low-capacity runner (LCR) rats are...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Choi J,Chandrasekaran K,Demarest TG,Kristian T,Xu S,Vijaykumar K,Dsouza KG,Qi NR,Yarowsky PJ,Gallipoli R,Koch LG,Fiskum GM,Britton SL,Russell JW

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:The dominant model of cognitive impairment in focal epilepsy has emphasised structural bases for cognitive deficits. Current theories of cognition in the healthy brain emphasise the importance of the reweighting of brain network interactions in support of task performance. Here, we explore the hypothesis that...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Tailby C,Kowalczyk MA,Jackson GD

更新日期：2017-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Several single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are associated with restless legs syndrome (RLS). This study investigated whether or not additional SNP variants increase the risk of RLS in migraineurs and in migraine with aura (MA) and migraine without aura (MoA) subgroups. METHODS:Migraineurs with and withou...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Lin GY,Lin YK,Liang CS,Lee JT,Tsai CL,Hung KS,Luo WJ,Tsai CK,Hsu YW,Ho TH,Yang FC

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM) is a relatively common acquired inflammatory myopathy in patients above 50 years of age. Pathological hallmarks of IBM are intramyofiber protein inclusions and endomysial inflammation, indicating that both myodegenerative and inflammatory mechanisms contribute to its pathogenesis. Impaire...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Keller CW,Schmidt J,Lünemann JD

更新日期：2017-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:The prognostic value of cerebrospinal fluid neurofilament light chain, total tau, phosphorylated tau181, and amyloid beta1-42 was examined in frontotemporal dementia subtypes. Methods:We compared baseline biomarkers between 49 controls, 40 patients with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia, 24 with sem...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Ljubenkov PA,Staffaroni AM,Rojas JC,Allen IE,Wang P,Heuer H,Karydas A,Kornak J,Cobigo Y,Seeley WW,Grinberg LT,Spina S,Fagan AM,Jerome G,Knopman D,Boeve BF,Dickerson BC,Kramer J,Miller B,Boxer AL,Rosen HJ

更新日期：2018-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to investigate the genetic etiology of the X-linked disorder "Hypomyelination of Early Myelinating Structures" (HEMS). METHODS:We included 16 patients from 10 families diagnosed with HEMS by brain MRI criteria. Exome sequencing was used to search for causal mutations. In silic...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Kevelam SH,Taube JR,van Spaendonk RM,Bertini E,Sperle K,Tarnopolsky M,Tonduti D,Valente EM,Travaglini L,Sistermans EA,Bernard G,Catsman-Berrevoets CE,van Karnebeek CD,Østergaard JR,Friederich RL,Fawzi Elsaid M,Schieving J

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report six adult patients with Tyrosinaemia type 1 (HT-1) who presented with recurrent porphyria-like neurological crises after discontinuation/interruption of 2-(2-nitro-4-trifluoro-methylbenzyol)-1,3 cyclohexanedione (NTBC) treatment. The crises were life-threatening for some of the patients, with respiratory mus...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Dawson C,Ramachandran R,Safdar S,Murphy E,Swayne O,Katz J,Newsome PN,Geberhiwot T

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Given their diverse phenotypes, mitochondrial diseases (MDs) are often difficult to diagnose. Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF-21) and growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15) represent promising biomarkers for MD diagnosis. Herein we conducted a meta-analysis to compare their diagnostic accuracy for MDs. M...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Lin Y,Ji K,Ma X,Liu S,Li W,Zhao Y,Yan C

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:We present an exploratory study for identification of sex differences in imaging biomarkers that could further refine selection of patients for acute reperfusion therapy and trials based on sex and imaging targets. Methods:The Lesion Evolution in Stroke and Ischemia On Neuroimaging (LESION) study included co...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Dula AN,Luby M,King BT,Sheth SA,Magadán A,Davis LA,Gealogo GA,Merino JG,Hsia AW,Latour LL,Warach SJ,LESION Investigators.

更新日期：2019-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing number of potent treatments for multiple sclerosis warrants screening for infections. To investigate the prevalence of infections in two independent German patient cohorts with multiple sclerosis/neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD), we performed a retrospective chart review study of multiple...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Graf J,Leussink VI,Dehmel T,Ringelstein M,Goebels N,Adams O,MacKenzie CR,Warnke C,Feldt T,Lammerskitten A,Klotz L,Meuth S,Wiendl H,Hartung HP,Aktas O,Albrecht P

更新日期：2017-11-24 00:00:00