Neuropsychological assessment.

abstract：:The long-duration response (LDR) to levodopa is an important component of the therapeutic response to the drug in Parkinson's disease (PD). Some characteristics are peculiar: it is independent from peripheral pharmacokinetics of levodopa, but it is dependent on the intervals between doses and on the size of each dose....

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Zappia M,Nicoletti A

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The history of our understanding of the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of multiple sclerosis are reviewed in the context of Charcot's contribution. The implications for treatment of the new knowledge gained from studies during life of pathology and pathogenesis (by MRI) and pathophysiology (by evoked potentials) are...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： McDonald WI

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The short-term benefits of levodopa/carbidopa intestinal gel (LCIG) in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) are well documented, but the long-term benefits are still uncertain. The aim of this study was to investigate the motor and cognitive outcome of LCIG treatment in advanced PD after a follow-up period ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Cáceres-Redondo MT,Carrillo F,Lama MJ,Huertas-Fernández I,Vargas-González L,Carballo M,Mir P

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autonomic dysfunction is frequently observed in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), but clinical studies disagree on the frequency and type of abnormalities in autonomic function tests. Orthostatic dizziness (OD) has been reported in up to 49% of patients, but the pathophysiological mechanisms are poorly understood...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Flachenecker P,Wolf A,Krauser M,Hartung HP,Reiners K

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 17.5-year old girl with generalized myasthenia gravis (MG). When she was 13, she started to complain of episodic diplopia, ptosis and mild fatigability of upper and lower extremity muscles. She was diagnosed with MG 3 years later, after exacerbation of her limb muscle weakness. Acetylcholine re...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Kostera-Pruszczyk A,Kwiecinski H

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the socio-economic impact of multiple sclerosis (MS) in Italy. METHODS:Outpatients with MS were enrolled at 44 centres across Italy. Socio-demographic, clinical and resource utilization data were collected using a validated questionnaire. Each patient completed a weekly diary of expenses due to ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Amato MP,Battaglia MA,Caputo D,Fattore G,Gerzeli S,Pitaro M,Reggio A,Trojano M,Mu. S. I. C. Study Group.

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acyclovir treatment was used in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial with parallel groups to test the hypothesis that herpes virus infections are involved in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS). Sixty patients with the relapsing-remitting form of MS were randomized to either oral treat...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Lycke J,Svennerholm B,Hjelmquist E,Frisén L,Badr G,Andersson M,Vahlne A,Andersen O

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cobrotoxin-binding protein was isolated by affinity chromatography from human thymoma which had been surgically removed from patients with myasthenia gravis. The protein was composed of polypeptides with a molecular mass of 40, 51, 65, and 74 kilodaltons as determined by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the prese...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Kawanami S,Kamei H,Oita J,Kurokawa M,Uchida Y,Hayashi K

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 8-year-old boy with galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase (GALT) deficiency presented with hypotonia, muscle hypotrophy, hepatomegaly, bilateral cataract and mild mental retardation. Two brothers showed a GALT activity consistent with a homozygotic condition and both parents were found to be heterozygotes for th...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Bresolin N,Comi GP,Fortunato F,Meola G,Gallanti A,Tajana A,Velicogna M,Gonano EF,Ninfali P,Pifferi S

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish differences in basal ganglia and thalamic volume between preclinical carriers and non-carriers of the Huntington's disease (HD) gene and to link the volume to motor, cognitive and behavioural characteristics in carriers. METHODS:Sixteen HD gene carriers without overt clinical motor signs and 14 ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Jurgens CK,van de Wiel L,van Es AC,Grimbergen YM,Witjes-Ané MN,van der Grond J,Middelkoop HA,Roos RA

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptotic deletion of autoreactive T-cells is defective in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Glatiramer acetate (GA) treatment seems to restore apoptosis of detrimental T-cells. We analyzed the mitochondria membrane pro- (Bax) and anti-apoptotic (Bcl- 2) and cytosolic pro-apoptotic (Cyt-c, APAF-1) proteins expres...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Ruggieri M,Avolio C,Scacco S,Pica C,Lia A,Zimatore GB,Papa S,Livrea P,Trojano M

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although awareness of non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease (PD) has recently increased, little is known about their recognition and treatment in routine clinical practice. We therefore applied non-motor rating scales for dementia, depression, anxiety and excessive daytime sleepiness to a community-ascertained coh...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Hu M,Cooper J,Beamish R,Jones E,Butterworth R,Catterall L,Ben-Shlomo Y

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced level of consciousness is a common clinical finding in acutely sick patients. In the majority of cases a cause for the encephalopathy is readily identifiable,whilst in a minority the aetiology is more difficult to ascertain. Frequently the onset of encephalopathy is associated with, or follows, infection. The ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Davies NW,Sharief MK,Howard RS

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A spontaneous dissecting aneurysm of the intracranial portion of the dominant right vertebral artery presented as massive subarachnoid hemorrhage, excruciating headache, and respiratory arrest in a 57-year-old white man with a history of systemic hypertension. He died on the 3rd day. Postmortem examination revealed a ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Manz HJ,Luessenhop AJ

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare form of plasma cell dyscrasia characterized by associated polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M protein and skin changes has been termed the POEMS syndrome. The pathophysiology is unknown; plasma cell dyscrasia is essential; secondary manifestations are unexplained. We report a 67-year-old man with a ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Vidaković A,Simić P,Stojisavljević N,Elezović I,Trikić R,Apostolski S

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After head injuries, particularly mild or moderate ones, a range of post-concussion symptoms (PCS) are often reported by patients. Such symptoms may significantly affect patients' psychosocial functioning. To date, no measure of the severity of PCS has been developed. This study presents the Rivermead Post Concussion ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： King NS,Crawford S,Wenden FJ,Moss NE,Wade DT

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patients with classic ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) generally die in the second or third decade of life. Clinical descriptions of A-T tend to focus on the symptoms at presentation. However, during the course of the disease, other symptoms and complications emerge. As long-term survivors with classic A-T develop...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： van Os NJH,van Deuren M,Weemaes CMR,van Gaalen J,Hijdra H,Taylor AMR,van de Warrenburg BPC,Willemsen MAAP

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Auto-oxidation of levodopa generates toxic metabolites, such as free radicals, semiquinones and quinones. In vitro, levodopa is a powerful toxin that is lethal to cultures of neurones. This raises the concern that levodopa may also be toxic in vivo, and that chronic treatment with levodopa could induce further damage ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Melamed E,Offen D,Shirvan A,Ziv I

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The association between anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) and thrombosis is well recognized, but its role as an independent risk factor for stroke is not. The study's aim was to investigate the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) and ischemic vascular events by using both traditional mea...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Caso V,Parnetti L,Panarelli P,Magni MP,Gallai V,Albi E

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to determine the current distribution of clinical phenotypes and to estimate future trends of ALS incidence in Western societies. We report on a clinical-epidemiological registry with a capture-recapture rate of >80% and population-based case-control study in ALS patients in South Wester...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Rosenbohm A,Peter RS,Erhardt S,Lulé D,Rothenbacher D,Ludolph AC,Nagel G,ALS Registry Study Group.

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) can be differentiated from motor neuron disease by electrophysiological evidence of conduction block. To increase the probability of recording conduction block, we studied the whole nerve length including proximal segments in 84 patients with pure motor syndromes, using a special stim...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Jaspert A,Claus D,Grehl H,Neundörfer B

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adequate cerebral blood flow (CBF) is mainly governed by neurovascular coupling (NC) which adapts local CBF to underlying cortical activity,and cerebral autoregulation (CA)that tends to maintain constant CBF despite changes in arterial blood pressure (BP). Since it was suggested that resistance vessels play ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Azevedo E,Rosengarten B,Santos R,Freitas J,Kaps M

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) is an effective treatment modality for motor symptoms of advanced Parkinson's disease. Recent studies focus on exploring its possible effects on cognition and behavior. We present a case with acute cognitive dysfunction due to misalignment of the electrodes to th...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Cakmakli GY,Oruckaptan H,Saka E,Elibol B

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The variants of primary progressive aphasia (PPA) are predominantly diagnosed on the basis of specific profiles of language impairments. Deficits in other cognitive domains and their evolution over time are less well documented. This study examined the cognitive profiles of the PPA variants over time and dete...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Foxe D,Irish M,Hu A,Carrick J,Hodges JR,Ahmed RM,Burrell JR,Piguet O

更新日期：2021-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein immunoglobulin G associated optic neuritis (MOG-ON) is a recently described entity. Recent studies have shown that MOG-ON has a more severe clinical presentation than classic optic neuritis (ON). OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to define morphological characteristics of MOG-ON...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Vicini R,Brügger D,Abegg M,Salmen A,Grabe HM

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophysiological findings in 40 cases of non-progressive myopathies are reported, and compared with a group of 20 cases of Duchenne progressive muscular dystrophy and a control group. In all cases the electrophysiological changes were of the mild s. c. myogenic type. The involvement of proximal and distal muscles ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz I,Ryniewicz B

更新日期：1976-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper summarizes the methods we devised for the treatment of psychosis, orthostatic hypotension, and mood disorders among the various non-motor complications of Parkinson's disease. Psychosis may not manifest when a patient believes in his/her delusions. If left untreated over a prolonged period, however, the del...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Fujimoto K

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:To identify the most responsive and sensitive clinical outcome measures in GNE myopathy. METHODS:ClinBio-GNE is a natural history study in GNE myopathy. Patients were assessed prospectively by clinical, functional and quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (qNMRI) evaluations. Strengt...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Gidaro T,Reyngoudt H,Le Louër J,Behin A,Toumi F,Villeret M,Araujo ECA,Baudin PY,Marty B,Annoussamy M,Hogrel JY,Carlier PG,Servais L

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two unusual cases of cerebral toxoplasmosis in AIDS patients are presented. Two homosexual males aged 33 and 52 years in CDC stage IV C1 complained of memory loss during the past 6 months, as well as weight loss and mild fever. They showed severe intellectual deterioration and discrete basal ganglia dysfunction. Motor...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Arendt G,Hefter H,Figge C,Neuen-Jakob E,Nelles HW,Elsing C,Freund HJ

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The experience of music is difficult to study objectively. Here we describe a detailed analysis of musical hallucinations developing after a probable brainstem stroke in an 83 year old musician who was able to describe and notate the hallucinations. The hallucinations comprised simple, repetitive melodic and rhythmic ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Warren JD,Schott GD

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00