Clinical application of C-reactive protein in stroke prevention: bright and dark sides of the moon.

abstract：:With improved control of the immunological phenomena of systemic lupus erythematosus, the epidemiology of this disease is changing. While both cardiac and neurological manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus have been consistently described, there is increasing awareness of the need for general cardiovascular p...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Wierzbicki AS

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common CNS disorder occurring worldwide. There is neither proven effective prevention for AD nor a cure for patients with this disorder. Hence, there is an urgent need to develop safer and more efficacious drugs to help combat the tremendous increase in disease progression. The pre...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Prakash A,Kalra J,Mani V,Ramasamy K,Majeed AB

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Pharmaceutical companies and the NIH have invested heavily in a variety of potential disease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer's disease (AD) but unfortunately all double-blind placebo-controlled Phase III studies of these drugs have failed to show statistically significant results supporting their clinica...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Amanatkar HR,Papagiannopoulos B,Grossberg GT

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of: Brower KJ, McCammon RJ, Wojnar M, Ilgen MA, Wojnar J, Valenstein M. Prescription sleeping pills, insomnia, and suicidality in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. J. Clin. Psychiatry DOI: 10.4088/JCP.09m05484gry (2010) (Epub ahead of print). Several studies have investigated the association betw...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Pae CU,Koh JS,Lee SJ,Han C,Patkar AA,Masand PS

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last two decades clinicians have become increasingly aware of the frequency, importance and functional impact of cognitive dysfunction in multiple sclerosis. There is, however, a dearth of research in this area. In order to further progress in the field of neuropsychological diagnosis it is essential to validat...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Amato MP,Zipoli V

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in molecular biology and virology in recent years have enabled the technology of gene transfer to proceed forward. Parkinson's disease (PD) is a particularly appropriate target for gene therapy since the brain pathology is fully characterized and relatively well circumscribed largely within the nigrostriatal ...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Mochizuki H

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Management issues for patients with brain tumors include peritumoral edema, symptomatic seizures, venous thromboembolism, headache, pain, fatigue and neuropsychological complaints. Vasogenic edema is typically ameliorated with the lowest dose possible of corticosteroid. Seizures are managed with attention to additiona...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Daly FN,Schiff D

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The increasing development and availability of portable and wearable technologies is rapidly expanding the field of technology-based objective measures (TOMs) in neurological disorders, including Parkinson disease (PD). Substantial challenges remain in the recognition of disease phenomena relevant to patie...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Merola A,Sturchio A,Hacker S,Serna S,Vizcarra JA,Marsili L,Fasano A,Espay AJ

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized clinically by rest tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia and pathologically by degeneration of nigrostriatal dopamine neurons. Motor fluctuations (wearing off) and motor complications (dyskinesia) are common features of the long-term treatment of PD. Ongoing clinical and preclinical ...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Ramirez-Zamora A,Molho E

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Unique among the different neuropathic pain conditions, trigeminal neuralgia frequently has an excellent response to some selected drugs, which, on the other hand, often entail disabling side effects. Physicians should be therefore acquainted with the management of these drugs and the few alternative optio...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Di Stefano G,Truini A

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke is the third leading cause of mortality in the USA and one of the leading causes of severe morbidity. It is important to provide stroke patients and physicians with the most accurate prognostic information to optimize care and allocation of healthcare resources. Reliable prognostic markers available during the ...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Katan M,Elkind MS

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the corticoid receptor hypothesis of depression, hyperactivity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) system is one of the major pathophysiological factors for the development of depression and opens a broad range of new antidepressant treatment options that are related to direct interventions...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Schüle C,Baghai TC,Eser D,Rupprecht R

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Millions of people worldwide suffer from diseases that result from a failure of central pathways to regulate behavioral and physiological processes. Advances in genetics and pharmacology have already allowed us to appreciate that rather than this dysregulation being systemic throughout the brain, it is usually rooted ...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Whittle AJ,Walsh J,de Lecea L

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic analysis is providing new information on the biological basis of epilepsy at a rapid pace; this article identifies factors acting as major barriers to use of these data for therapy development. Disease heterogeneity is a primary obstacle since so many genes can cause or predispose to epilepsy and the clinical ...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Ferraro TN

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaplastic astrocytomas (AA), WHO grade III gliomas, comprise 10-15% of all glial neoplasms. Currently, the only factors that have been shown to influence prognosis in patients with AA are age and Karnofsky performance status. Attempts have been made to identify biological prognostic factors for response to therapy an...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Chamberlain MC,Chowdhary SA,Glantz MJ

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral folate deficiency is defined as any neurological condition associated with low cerebrospinal fluid folate concentrations. It is becoming increasingly associated with several neurological diseases, either genetic or environmental. Treatment of cerebral folate deficiency by folate supplementation is generally e...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Molero-Luis M,Serrano M,O'Callaghan MM,Sierra C,Pérez-Dueñas B,García-Cazorla A,Artuch R

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fingolimod is the first oral agent approved in the USA for the treatment of relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis. Fingolimod is a sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor modulator that binds to sphingosine 1-phosphate receptors on lymphocytes, resulting in a downregulation of the receptor and a reversible sequestration of l...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Jeffery DR,Markowitz CE,Reder AT,Weinstock-Guttman B,Tobias K

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is traditionally regarded as a monophasic demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system occurring in children after infection or vaccination. ADEM in children has a polysymptomatic presentation that includes encephalopathy, fever and meningeal signs. In adults, enceph...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Berzero G,Cortese A,Ravaglia S,Marchioni E

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Antipsychotics have long been the mainstay of treatment for agitation and psychosis in Alzheimer's disease. Despite their current use successive studies have shown that they only confer a modest benefit which must be balanced against their well-established serious side effects (extrapyramidal symptoms, str...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Creese B,Da Silva MV,Johar I,Ballard C

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in neuroscience have led to an expanded and improved understanding of neurobiological changes associated with rehabilitation and exercise in Parkinson's disease (PD). This knowledge has led to a direct clinical impact of increased referral for early and continuous exercise programs for individuals with PD (ph...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Sapir S,Ramig LO,Fox CM

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last decade, much progress has been made towards identifying risk factors for schizophrenia. It is now thought that many genes of small effect contribute towards risk of developing schizophrenia and some of these probably confer susceptibility to environmental factors. Large population-based studies, using re...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Boydell J

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Braak's proposal that, in patients with Parkinson's disease, Lewy bodies and neurites progressively invade the brain through regions connected to autonomic and olfactory centers remains contentious. Confounding factors include the lack of an in vivo marker to examine the progression of Lewy pathology, the retrospectiv...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Halliday G,McCann H,Shepherd C

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing prevalence of chronic pain with its major societal impact and the escalating use of opioids in managing it, along with their misuse, abuse, associated fatalities and costs, are epidemics in modern medicine. Over the past two decades, multiple lessons have been learned addressing various issues of abuse....

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Manchikanti L,Boswell MV,Hirsch JA

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review will update current views of the physiopathology and treatment of fatigue in multiple sclerosis. Fatigue is a common symptom in multiple sclerosis, being reported by about a third of the patients. For many of them it is the most disabling symptom, with negative consequences on working activity and daily li...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Comi G,Leocani L

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most successful approach for treating people with Alzheimer's disease to date has been by improving cholinergic transmission using cholinesterase inhibitors. Many of these drugs selectively inhibit acetylcholinesterase but some agents inhibit both acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase. Recent evidence fro...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Tasker A,Perry EK,Ballard CG

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review evaluates the most recent evidence available on the potential of cannabinoid drugs to relieve spasticity and pain in multiple sclerosis. Many different drugs are used to control the symptoms of multiple sclerosis, periods of relapse and the progression of the disease but it is in the potential management o...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Smith PF

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central nervous system idiopathic inflammatory demyelinating disorders are a heterogenous group of diseases that share inflammation and demyelination as key features. Although the exact pathophysiology remains to be fully unveiled, these conditions are challenging to clinicians who seek specific therapeutic options fo...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Khoshnam M,Freedman MS

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With increasing life expectancy, the early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease has become critical in sustaining a healthy society. Noninvasive markers of disease progression starting from the earliest stages of pathologic involvement are required for determining the effectiveness of putative disease-modify...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Kantarci K

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common psychiatric disorder characterized by symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. There is an ongoing discussion whether symptoms of emotional dysregulation should be added to the conceptualization of ADHD in order to describe the psychopathology ...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Retz W,Stieglitz RD,Corbisiero S,Retz-Junginger P,Rösler M

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia and is characterized by an insidious onset and slow deterioration in cognition, activities of daily living (ADL), mood stability and social functioning. The cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs), developed based on the cholinergic hypothesis, are currently cons...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Tsuno N

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00