Abstract:
:Imaging neurotransmission in vivo using positron emission tomography (PET) is a rapidly expanding clinical science. The present review summarizes the actual contribution of PET imaging to clinical problems in movement and seizure disorders and dementia.
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Acta Neurol Belgjournal_title
Acta neurologica Belgicaauthors
Garraux G,Salmon Ekeywords:
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2005-09-01 00:00:00pages
119-36issue
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0300-9009issn
2240-2993journal_volume
105pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract::We reviewed the clinical, neuropsychiatric, and EEG status of 53 turner syndrome (TS) females, aged 3-16 years, in Assiut university hospitals, Upper Egypt. The diagnosis and care of patients with TS in Egypt is still in the developing stage. Hence this study was undertaken to review the details of patients with TS wi...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/s13760-013-0264-9
更新日期:2014-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is described as a neurodegenerative disorder. However, neuroinflammation and chemokine expression are prominent pathological finding at sites of injury. Adipsin and adiponectin are molecules that are implicated in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative and neuroimmune disorders. Adip...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s13760-017-0798-3
更新日期:2017-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Proposals about the regulations and medical criteria concerning epilepsy and driving, originally drawn up by the Commission on Epilepsy and Risk from the Belgian League against Epilepsy were discussed and amended by a panel of representatives of several scientific societies and of all Belgian universities in order to ...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2004-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 54-year-old female patient presented acute hallucinatory psychotic episodes with irritative EEG for seven years before an initial state of complex partial mal. A single convulsive episode occurred 14 years after the beginning of the psychiatric symptoms. The intercritical EEG showed independent temporal lobe foci pr...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:In carotid artery dissections, local and ischemic manifestations usually occur within days or weeks. In some cases, persistent extracranial aneurysms cause thromboembolic complications even years after the initial event. The management of these aneurysms is still controversial. CASE DESCRIPTION:We report th...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2003-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Sleep and sleep deprivation are often used for EEG activation in epilepsy. We compared postprandial naps and day-long sleep deprived EEGs in 36 patients with generalized seizures, 57 complex partial seizure patients, and 7 individuals with mixed seizure disorders. Ten of 36 generalized seizure patients had normal slee...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1990-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::An acute atypical psychotic episode characterized by hallucinations and delusions suddenly developed in a 63-year-old right-handed male following an extensive right hemisphere infarction in the carotid artery distribution. While hallucinations were visual, tactile and auditory, delusions were associated with specific ...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1987-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::A study of neurotransmitter release has been performed on human brain biopsies obtained during the course of a therapeutic neurosurgical procedure. The electrically evoked-release of 3H-dopamine and 3H-acetylcholine was studied on slices from the thalamus of two parkinsonian and two non-parkinsonian subjects. Electric...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1990-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy causes a spectrum of conditions ranging from acute (Guillain-Barré syndrome), through subacute to chronic forms. The pathogenesis of acute forms is related to antibody responses against glycolipid epitopes which mimic bacterial, especially Campylobacter jejuni, structu...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2000-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Nine cases (seven men and two women, mean age 64.5 years) of classical lacunar syndromes due to intracerebral hemorrhage are reported. Three patients presented with pure motor hemiparesis (two putaminal hematomas with proportional weakness and one cortical hemorrhage with brachio-crural hemiparesis). Four patients pre...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1992-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::A case of femoral palsy associated with chronic pain sensible to Carbamazepine, secondary to iliacus haematoma during anticoagulant therapy is reported. Late femoral nerve decompression followed by transcutaneous neurostimulation permit the normalization of the sensory nerve conduction and a complete clinical recovery...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1985-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Similar alterations in the neuronal cytoskeleton (paired helical filaments) and modifications in the molecular forms of acetylcholinesterase (specific decrease in the G4 form) have been detected in the elderly rat as well as in patients suffering from SDAT. These observations challenge the specificity of some manifest...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1989-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Increased intima-media thickness (IMT) of the common carotid arteries (CCA) and elevated levels of highly sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP) are both shown to be associated with the occurrence of stroke. We investigated whether elevated hsCRP level is a risk factor for the increased IMT of the CCA independ...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2005-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Epilepsy is a neurological disorder consisting of recurrent seizures, resulting from excessive, uncontrolled electrical activity in the brain. Epilepsy treatment is successful in the majority of the cases; however; still one third of the epilepsy patients are refractory to treatment. Besides the ongoing research on th...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2006-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:FDG-PET in ALS most typically demonstrates a primary (and sometimes also supplementary) motor cortex hypometabolism, often associated with more diffuse cortical hypometabolism involving mostly the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, the medial and lateral premotor cortices, and the bilateral insular cortex invol...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2011-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cluster headache (CH) is among the most painful headache disorders. There is still no unifying pathophysiological hypothesis to explain the trigeminal distribution, the circadian periodicity and the autonomic symptoms of the syndrome. We report the case of a patient with worsening of CH following administration of pra...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2010-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::In Parkinson's disease (PD), sleep disorders (SD) occur as a result of the neurochemical changes in sleep centres, neurodegenerative changes in dopaminergic neurons, and other factors. The most common SD include excessive daytime sleepiness, insomnia, restless legs syndrome and nocturia. The aim of the study was to co...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s13760-015-0478-0
更新日期:2015-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Increasing costs of healthcare call for rational approaches based on cost-effectiveness of the surgical procedures. When treating trigeminal neuralgia, therapeutic options vary widely as does their cost. We have compared microvascular decompression (MVD), radiofrequency rhizotomy (RFR), percutaneous balloon compressio...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s13760-012-0095-0
更新日期:2012-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cyclosporine-A is a highly potent immunosuppressive agent for solid organ transplantation, but has many side effects including nephrotoxicity, hypertension, gum hyperplasia, hepatotoxicity, and neurotoxicity. Neurotoxicity is a less known toxic effect. The pathogenesis of this effect is unclear. However, it has been p...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2001-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:UNLABELLED:Although there only have been a limited number of double-blind, placebo controlled trials, antipsychotics are considered to be effective drugs for the treatment of tics in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS). Evidence concerning the efficacy of olanzapine and other atypical antipsychotics in the treatment o...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2005-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a severe neurodegenerative disease still lacking of alleviating treatments for either cognitive or motor disturbances. Aimed at widening the spectrum of therapeutic options, here, we describe efficacy and safety of a long-term treatment with Rotigotine, a non-ergolinic dopamine ...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s13760-018-0993-x
更新日期:2019-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The authors report the case of a 17 year-old female patient who presented acute ascending polyneuritis of the Landry-Guillain-Barré type extending to all cranial nerve pairs during the abatement of hepatitis of unspecified etiology. The patient remained in a state of coma vigil for five days prior to gradual but full ...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1980-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Non-traumatic dural arteriovenous fistula/malformation (dural AVF/AVM) presenting with pure subdural hematoma (SDH) is relatively rare. We report on a male patient who showed pure acute SDH and was diagnosed as having dural AVF on the convexity near the superior sagittal sinus (SSS), based on angiographic findings. A ...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::We present a case of partial rhombencephalosynapsis, diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), in fetus aged 27 gestational weeks, in a dizygotic twin pregnancy. The distinctive MRI features of this cerebellar malformation (segmental hypogenesis of the cerebellar vermis, partial fusion of the cerebellar hemispher...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2011-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is an uncommon cause of stroke, which is more prevalent in Iran and the Middle East. We aimed to assess the etiology, radiologic, and clinical manifestations of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, specifically the predictors of patients' outcome in Namazi hospital, Shiraz, Iran. In this ...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s13760-018-1009-6
更新日期:2020-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is the most common heritable cause of stroke and vascular dementia in adults. We present a family from Serbia presenting with stroke and depression in the lack of vascular risk factors, with brain MRI indicating CADASI...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s13760-012-0174-2
更新日期:2013-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Diffuse multicentric sarcomas of the brain, also called cerebral malignant lymphomas, sometimes present symmetrical topography. This is well demonstrated by a CAT mirror image obtained by the authors in the reported case. The diagnostic value of the image is underlined in view of the possible forms of therapy, in part...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1980-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and CHARGE syndrome are complex neurological disorders, which never occurred together in the same family and, to date, no putative correlation between them has been described on PubMed Central. Due to our aim was to evaluate the presence of different genetic variants involved in these pat...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s13760-018-1029-2
更新日期:2018-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::A language test protocol for aphasia in French-speaking patients was drawn up recently by workers in Toulouse and Montreal. The protocol has been applied to sixty hospitalized sciatica patients of the same age range and socio-cultural level as the average population of aphasics in our department. Only one of the norma...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1983-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Most of the brominated monoureide and bromide salt containing drugs are obtainable in Belgium without prescription. Apart from the regularly encountered suicidal attempts, these drugs can also, without the intention of the patient, cause bromism . We report two cases of patients recently admitted because of bromism af...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1984-03-01 00:00:00