Movement disorder emergencies.

abstract：:Presymptomatic studies in ALS have consistently captured considerable disease burden long before symptom manifestation and contributed important academic insights. With the emergence of genotype-specific therapies, however, there is a pressing need to address practical objectives such as the estimation of age of sympt...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Chipika RH,Siah WF,McKenna MC,Li Hi Shing S,Hardiman O,Bede P

更新日期：2020-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brain tumors cause significant morbidity and mortality due to rapid progression and high recurrence risks. Reliable biomarkers to improve diagnosis thereof are desirable. OBJECTIVE:This work aimed to identify panels of biomarkers for diagnostic purposes using cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)-based metabolomics. M...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Wang FX,Chen K,Huang FQ,Alolga RN,Ma J,Wu ZX,Fan Y,Ma G,Guan M

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evoked urethral and anal responses are produced by electrical stimulation of penis, bladder neck and anus. Latency and duration of the responses after bladder neck and anal stimulation are greatly dependent on stimulus parameters, suggesting a polysynaptic reflex; penile stimulation probably involves an oligosynaptic ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Vereecken RL,De Meirsman J,Puers B,Van Mulders J

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A consecutive series of 327 patients (188 males, 139 females; mean age 68.4, SEM 1.33) were hospitalized within 12 h of the onset of their first-ever hemispheric infarct. Three groups of patients were identified: diabetics (n = 70), non-diabetic hyperglycaemics (n = 93) and normoglycaemics (n = 164). Case-fatality rat...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Toni D,Sacchetti ML,Argentino C,Gentile M,Cavalletti C,Frontoni M,Fieschi C

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, a frequent prion protein gene (PRNP) polymorphism consisting of a methionine (M) for valine (V) substitution at codon 129 has been associated with cognitive impairment in elderly individuals. Down syndrome (DS) is associated with mental retardation and development of Alzheimer-like brain abnormalities. In th...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Del Bo R,Comi GP,Giorda R,Crimi M,Locatelli F,Martinelli-Boneschi F,Pozzoli U,Castelli E,Bresolin N,Scarlato G

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rituximab, a monoclonal antibody to CD20, is an effective treatment for relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) reducing relapse rate by at least 50% over time. Although the mechanism for this clinical benefit is unclear, rituximab depletes circulating B cells, which can perform antigen presentation and stimulatio...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Baber U,Bouley A,Egnor E,Sloane JA

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Collective evidence supports the notion that multiple sclerosis is principally an autoimmune disease. Much of it stems from models of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, generated by inoculation of animals with central nervous system antigens such as MBP, PLP, S100 and MOG or peptides thereof. Different ways of...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Hartung HP,Kieseier BC,Hemmer B

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-nine cases of both clinically and neuropathologically diagnosed dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) were retrospectively examined for autonomic symptoms. Twenty-eight cases showed some kind of autonomic dysfunction. Urinary incontinence (97 %) and constipation (83 %) were the two most common. Although urinary reten...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Horimoto Y,Matsumoto M,Akatsu H,Ikari H,Kojima K,Yamamoto T,Otsuka Y,Ojika K,Ueda R,Kosaka K

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebellar dysfunction is an important contributor to disability in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), however, few in vivo studies focused on cerebellar volume loss so far. This relates to technical challenges regarding the segmentation of the cerebellum. In this study, we evaluated the semi-automatic ECCET softw...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Weier K,Beck A,Magon S,Amann M,Naegelin Y,Penner IK,Thürling M,Aurich V,Derfuss T,Radue EW,Stippich C,Kappos L,Timmann D,Sprenger T

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of Guillain-Barré syndrome is reported in a patient, who had previously received botulinum toxin type A injections into both orbicularis oculi muscles to treat idiopathic blepharospasm. The possibility of a causal relationship is discussed with consideration of the literature on adverse effects of vacc...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Haug BA,Dressler D,Prange HW

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We discuss two cases receiving different anti-tumornecrosis-factor alpha antagonists (anti-TNF-alpha); one for psoriatic arthritis (PA) and the other for ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Due to neurological symptoms cerebral magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed and cerebral lesions were detected. Our interpretat...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Winkelmann A,Patejdl R,Wagner S,Benecke R,Zettl UK

更新日期：2008-12-01 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：:Acanthocytosis occurs because of ultrastructural abnormalities of the erythrocyte membranous skeleton resulting in reduced membrane fluidity. At least three hereditary neurological conditions are associated with it, although as yet the pathogenesis of the neurological features is unknown. In abetalipoproteinaemia, an ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Stevenson VL,Hardie RJ

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autonomic nervous system (ANS) involvement is frequently found in Parkinson's disease (PD), but its causal relationship to the disease itself and its medication is unclear. We evaluated the effects of PD medications on cardiovascular ANS functions. Heart rate (HR) responses to normal and deep breathing, the Valsalva m...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Haapaniemi TH,Kallio MA,Korpelainen JT,Suominen K,Tolonen U,Sotaniemi KA,Myllylä VV

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A man, aged 63, had an illness which lasted 11 months from onset with pain under the left costal margin which radiated to the epigastrium, until his death from cardiac failure. His symptoms consisted principally of parasthesias and proximal weakness of both upper and lower extremities with atrophy of the shoulder and ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Zangemeister WH,Schwendemann G,Colmant HJ

更新日期：1978-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Fingolimod safety and efficacy data in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) are available up to 5 years, from an extension of a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, phase 2 study, at a dose higher (5.0/1.25 mg) than the approved dose of 0.5 mg. The objective of the study is to present the end-of-stud...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Montalban X,Comi G,Antel J,O'Connor P,de Vera A,Cremer M,Sfikas N,von Rosenstiel P,Kappos L

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six patients with congenital myotonia and 4 patients with myotonic dystrophy have been examined clinically before and after the administration of N-propyl-ajmalin, an alkaloid frequently used as a cardiac antiarrhythmic drug. All patients but one reported a good to moderate improvement of their myotonic muscle stiffne...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Birnberger KL,Rüdel R,Struppler A

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The symptomatic treatment of myotonia and myalgia in patients with dystrophic and non-dystrophic myotonias is often not satisfactory. Some patients anecdotally report symptoms' relief through consumption of cannabis. METHODS:A combination of cannabidiol and tetrahydrocannabinol (CBD/THC) was prescribed as c...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Montagnese F,Stahl K,Wenninger S,Schoser B

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of spontaneous internal carotid or vertebral artery dissection after childbirth remains rare. To our knowledge, seven cases of arterial dissection in the postpartum period have been described in the literature as single case reports. We report four additional cases of internal carotid and vertebral arte...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Gasecki AP,Kwiecinski H,Lyrer PA,Lynch TG,Baxter T

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PNPLA6 mutations, known to be associated with the development of motor neuron phenotypes, have recently been identified in families with Boucher-Neuhäuser syndrome. Boucher-Neuhäuser is a rare autosomal recessive syndrome characterized by the co-occurrence of cerebellar ataxia, hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, and chori...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Deik A,Johannes B,Rucker JC,Sánchez E,Brodie SE,Deegan E,Landy K,Kajiwara Y,Scelsa S,Saunders-Pullman R,Paisán-Ruiz C

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emotional and relationship problems associated with MS have not always been fully appreciated by the medical profession, which has tended to concentrate on the physical aspects of this disease. Yet the psychological problems of MS often cause more suffering than physical effects. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Kesselring J,Klement U

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole genome screening is increasingly used to identify genetic risk factors for complex diseases. In this study, a genome wide linkage disequilibrium (LD) screen was performed in a cohort of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients from the UK (n = 195) using pooled DNA to facilitate efficient genotyping of 5546 microsatell...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Foltynie T,Hicks A,Sawcer S,Jonasdottir A,Setakis E,Maranian M,Yeo T,Lewis S,Brayne C,Stefansson K,Compston A,Gulcher J,Barker RA

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epilepsy in children negatively impacts on caregiver quality of life (QOL). The study aimed to evaluate the relationships between patient factors [demographics, clinical factors, health-related quality of life (HRQL)], contextual factors (socio-economic factors), caregiver mood, and caregiver QOL, and whethe...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Jain P,Subendran J,Smith ML,Widjaja E,PEPSQOL Study Team.

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic neuropathy is the most frequent condition affecting the peripheral nervous system. It includes symmetrical polyneuropathies, multifocal mononeuropathies, mononeuropathies and radiculopathies. Mononeuropathies are mainly due to compression or entrapment and are not discussed in this review, which focuses on pol...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Léger JM

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alzheimer's disease (AD) leads to a degeneration of the nucleus basalis of Meynert and thus to decreased cholinergic tonus in the brain. The transcription of endothelial nitric oxide synthase depends on an adequate cholinergic innervation of microvessels and vasoregulative abnormalities have been reported in...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Rosengarten B,Paulsen S,Molnar S,Kaschel R,Gallhofer B,Kaps M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sleep disorders can occur in early Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the relationship between different sleep disturbances and their longitudinal evolution has not been fully explored. OBJECTIVE:To describe the frequency, coexistence, and longitudinal change in excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), insomnia,...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Xu Z,Anderson KN,Saffari SE,Lawson RA,Chaudhuri KR,Brooks D,Pavese N

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) disturbances of mental state constitute some of the most difficult treatment challenges of advanced disease, often limiting effective treatment of motor symptoms and leading to increased disability and poor quality of life. This article provides an update on the current knowle...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Schrag A

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantify spinal cord atrophy and its impact on clinical disability in spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) type 3 and 6. METHODS:Atrophy of the upper spinal cord was assessed by high resolution T1-weighted MRI of patients with SCA3 (n = 14) and SCA6 (n = 10). Furthermore, two groups of age- and sex-matched health...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Lukas C,Hahn HK,Bellenberg B,Hellwig K,Globas C,Schimrigk SK,Köster O,Schöls L

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinical and electrophological study was performed on 30 patients with chronic carbon disulphide poisoning. Although the measurements of motor conduction velocity and of terminal latency were within the normal range in the subclinical stage, estimation of nerve excitability threshold showed distal motor hypoexcitabi...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Vasilescu C,Florescu A

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hirayama's disease is a benign juvenile form of focal amyotrophy affecting the upper limbs. Previous studies have suggested that the disorder is a neck flexion induced cervical myelopathy. We report clinical and magnetic resonance imaging findings in nine patients with Hirayama's disease. Cervical imaging of seven pat...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Schröder R,Keller E,Flacke S,Schmidt S,Pohl C,Klockgether T,Schlegel U

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00