Paleoneurology: neurodegenerative diseases are age-related diseases of specific brain regions recently developed by Homo sapiens.

abstract：:The symptom spectra of several 'popular press' diagnoses are examined and compared to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IIIR criteria for somatization disorder, depression, and generalized anxiety disorder. While there is much overlap, there are clear distinctions, and these psychiatric terms do no...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Elks ML

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large number of epileptic patients suffer from refractory epilepsy, despite optimal treatment; thus these patients require new therapeutic approaches. Focal seizure activity is typically initiated in a fixed and localized region, which subsequently spreads to neighboring regions or more distant areas. At the initial...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Zhang L,Liang S,Zhang G,Kang X

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is a powerful clinical tool to identify embryos with or at risk of specific genetic diseases before implantation in utero after in vitro fertilization (IVF). PGD is performed on embryo biopsies that are obtained by aspiration of one or two cells from pre-implantation embryos at...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Assou S,Aït-Ahmed O,El Messaoudi S,Thierry AR,Hamamah S

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Digital ulcers (DU) are a common manifestation of systemic sclerosis (SSc) and occur at a variety of locations including the fingertips and over the extensor aspects of the hands. However, most recent clinical trials have included only fingertip DUs as these are believed to be ischaemic in aetiology, and therefore lik...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Hughes M,Murray A,Denton CP,Herrick AL

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Davson-Danielli model of the cell membrane accounted for nearly all the space within it by suggesting that it was composed of structural proteins and lipids; this would leave virtually no space for the large number of enzymes, carriers, antigens, antibodies, and receptors for hormones, transmitters, drugs and toxi...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Hillman H

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional, excessive-possibly temporary-deficiencies of the trace element zinc can change immune functions prematurely from predominantly cellular Th1 responses to humoral Th2 responses. T helper (Th1) cells produce cytokines such as interleukin-2 (IL-2) and interferon gamma, thereby controlling viral infections and ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Sprietsma JE

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The globally increasing incidences of Type 1 diabetes (T1DM) and Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) can have a common background. If challenged by the contemporary high level of nutritional glucose stimulation, the β-cells in genetically predisposed individuals are at risk for damage which can lead to the diseases. The fat to car...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Sjöblad S

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many brilliant and ambitious young women lose their drive for top careers after childbirth. New maternal impulses are at odds with their original ambitions and for many mothers stress and frustration will be the result as they have to combine child care with workweeks of 60-80h to reach or remain at the top. Pregnancy...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Schulpen TWJ

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pro PSA, the precursor of PSA, is an inactive 244-amino acid protein secreted by prostatic cells. Pro PSA, a distinct molecular form of free PSA in serum, includes native as well as several truncated forms. Clinical studies have recently provided evidence that pro PSA is associated with prostate cancer (PCa). The trun...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Peyromaure M,Fulla Y,Debré B,Dinh-Xuan AT

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology of focal distribution of atherosclerotic lesions has received much attention for many years. Current theories focus on mechanical factors such as low endothelial shear stress as an initiating factor for atherosclerosis formation. However, some evidences revealed that it could not be initiator of endotheli...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Mehdizadeh A,Norouzpour A

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficiency of anti-tumour drug strongly depends on its dose. Higher drug doses and exposure times usually result in better treatment. It is why the implementation of high-dose treatment is always attractive. However, most of the drug delivery techniques meet essential limitations. In isolated regional perfusion a ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Rukhlenko OS,Guria GT,Vorobiev AI

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a recent issue of Medical Hypotheses, Dr H L Newbold repeats the assertion that the cause of James B Duke's death in 1925 was pernicious anemia. Dr Newbold postulates that Mr Duke was neurologically impaired as a result of vitamin B-12 deficiency and that he suffered from depression. In an attempt to relieve this d...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Halperin EC

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease is one of the mostly seen neurological disease. It affects to nervous system and hinders people's vital activities. The majority of Parkinson's patients lose their ability to speak, write and balance. Many machine learning methods have been proposed to automatically diagnose Parkinson's disease usi...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Yaman O,Ertam F,Tuncer T

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a new term: glutamate-based depression (GBD). GBD is defined as a chronic depressive illness associated with environmental stress and diseases associated with altered glutamate neurotransmission. We hypothesize that glutamate-induced over-activation of extrasynaptic NMDA receptors in the subgenual cingulat...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： McCarthy DJ,Alexander R,Smith MA,Pathak S,Kanes S,Lee CM,Sanacora G

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nearly two million people suffer traumatic brain injury in the US each year. These injuries alter adversely the metabolism of myelin, a major lipid material in brain, both in people and in experimental injuries of animals. A newly discovered and severe human neuropathy from copper deficiency provides evidence that som...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Klevay LM

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assessment of nature and the extent of extraocular muscle injuries during initial visit in ocular emergencies is of paramount importance to avoid/minimize the subsequent need for strabismus surgery. Based on our experience in managing acute globe and orbital injuries and cases of strabismus, we propose the probabl...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Pujari A,Saxena R,Sharma P,Phuljhele S

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral arterial disease in the legs represents a subset of atherosclerosis that manifests a particularly sinister profile. A predominance of sympathetic activity in the periphery favors the development of neurogenic atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis may then produce flow derangements and decreased physical activity...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Simpson JD,Doux JD,Lee PY,Yun AJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, the metabolic routes for acetone metabolism have been described. Therefore, acetone cannot further be regarded as a waste product of metabolism. However, its physiological role in biochemical machinery is not clear. Here, an integrative model for the role of acetone metabolism is presented that orders the ev...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Kalapos MP

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preeclampsia (PE) and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are two of the most common medical complications of pregnancy, with risks for both mother and child. Like many other antepartum complications, PE and GDM occur only in pregnancy. However, it is not clear if pregnancy itself is the cause of these complications o...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Wen SW,Xie RH,Tan H,Walker MC,Smith GN,Retnakaran R

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper compares two models of the sense of smell and demonstrates that the new model has advantages over the accepted model with implications for medical research. The accepted transduction model had an odourant or pheromone contacting an aqueous sensory lymph then movement through it to a receptor membrane beneat...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Nicholson B

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intractable epilepsy has always posed a challenge to management; conventional, surgical and alternative techniques available so far (e.g., vagal nerve stimulation, i.e. VNS). The author has attempted to search for a novel alternative (drug-regime) approach to its management to minimise any invasive technique or surger...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Jaseja H

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local-regional relapse is the main recurrence pattern of the carcinoma in gut, and leads to poor prognosis. With the development of the total mesorectal and complete mesocolic excision (TME/CME), the local relapse rate of colorectal cancer has significantly decreased. People attributed it to the improvement of lymphad...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Shen J,Xie D,Tong Y,Gong J

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is universally accepted that the use of antibiotics will lead to antimicrobial resistance. Traditionally, the explanation to this phenomenon was random mutation and horizontal gene transfer and amplification by selective pressure. Subsequently, a second mechanism of antibiotic-induced antimicrobial resistance acqui...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Woo PC,To AP,Lau SK,Yuen KY

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many experimental, clinical and epidemiological data indicate that n-3 and n-6 essential fatty acids are therapeutic nutrients which may delay the development as well as improve the course of cancer. The present hypothesis correlates well with these data and it is proposed that chronic essential fatty acid deficiency,...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Eynard AR

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus, a metabolic disorder with significant global health care burden, causes chronic microvascular and macrovascular complications that still comprise a therapeutic challenge. Angiotensin-(1-7), a heptapeptide with vasodilatory properties, has been found to restore vascular reactivity and endothelial cel...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Kibel A

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new hypothesis is presented to explain some aspects of human smoking behaviour. While acknowledging the importance of the nicotine self-titration phenomenon, changes in puffing intensity during the smoking of a single cigarette are related not to the control of nicotine uptake but to the modification of cigarette sm...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Chamberlain AT,Higenbottam TW

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1937, Drs. Moritz and Oldt described arteriolar injuries in the kidneys (and other viscera) in hypertension, across the age range, in both sexes, and, in different races. This hypothesis proposes that injuries to vasomotor nerves cause the arteriolar injury in the kidney in hypertension, (as well as that in the ute...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Gu QR,Li YY,Chen GR,Quinn MJ

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension has become a large burden of global development, but the mechanisms of it have still not been well elucidated. Increased contractility of vascular smooth cells induced by the overactivity of neurohormonal system or stress is one of the main and popular explanations until now. Smoothelin-B, recognized as t...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Li SH,Hui RT

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal degeneration in the post-menopausal term leads to cognitive symptoms such as anxiety, difficulty in concentrating, overreacting to minor upsets, quickly becoming irritated and forgetfulness in approximately 70-80% of all women around the world. These symptoms, which result from microtubule damage in the axon ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Karamese M,Aksak S,Gundogdu OB,Unal B

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have suggested that the brain renin angiotensin system (RAS) regulates cerebral flow, autonomic and hormonal systems, stress, innate immune response and behavior, being implicated in several brain disorders such as major depression, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease. The angiotensin II receptor subtype 1 (AT...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： de Góis Queiroz AI,Medeiros CD,Ribeiro BM,de Lucena DF,Macêdo DS

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00