Abstract:
:The child prodigy Marie-Jean-Pierre Flourens received his medical degree at Montpellier when aged 19. As a young promising physician Flourens was asked to investigate Gall's controversial views on cerebral localization. To test Gall's assertions, Flourens developed ablation as a procedure to explore the workings of the brain. By removing anatomically defined areas of the brain of an animal and watching its behaviour, he thought he might localize certain functions. Flourens did not favour the idea of cerebral localization and concluded that the brain functioned as a whole and thus arose the concept of 'cerebral equipotentiality'. This culminated in his 1824 Recherches expérimentales sur les propriétés et les fonctions du système nerveux. His techniques were, however, crude and imperfect, and his experiments were mainly on birds. Much criticism and debate ensued. A gifted man, Flourens also advanced the physiology of the vestibular apparatus and described the anaesthetic properties of ether.
journal_name
Eur Neuroljournal_title
European neurologyauthors
Pearce JMdoi
10.1159/000206858subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-01-01 00:00:00pages
311-4issue
5eissn
0014-3022issn
1421-9913pii
000206858journal_volume
61pub_type
传,历史文章,杂志文章abstract::We examined interleukin-2 (IL-2) production by phytohemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMs) from 75 untreated myasthenia gravis (MG) patients and 48 control patients. Patients with MG consisted of those with elevated PBM IL-2 production (>1,250 pg/ml; mean + 2SD of the controls) (n = 2...
journal_title:European neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000069079
更新日期:2003-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The present report evaluates the suppression of antiepileptic drugs in a group of 608 epileptics. Conditions for the suppression of antiepileptic treatment included a previous seizure-free period of 5 years under medication, and a careful evaluation of individual social and work-related circumstances. The reduction of...
journal_title:European neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000116141
更新日期:1987-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Dizziness and vertigo are frequent complaints of outpatients in the neurological department. Our objective was to explore the epidemiological category and clinical features of patients with dizziness or vertigo in the neurological outpatient department of a tertiary hospital. METHODS:We consecutively recrui...
journal_title:European neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000489639
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Nerve conduction of single impulses and the ability to transmit frequent trains of stimuli were studied in sensory median and in sural nerves of controls and patients with diabetes mellitus. Decrease of relative amplitudes and increase of relative latencies were more marked in the diabetics as compared with normal con...
journal_title:European neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000115123
更新日期:1980-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Continuing the previously published clinical development of a case of adult metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD), we now describe the terminal phase and death (at 46 years of age) of our patient. The final phase was characterized clinically by progression of generalized peripheral neuropathy, advanced extrapyramidal and...
journal_title:European neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000115164
更新日期:1980-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::3 out of 24 patients with mitral valve prolapse (MVP), mean age 25.7 +/- 3.1 displayed markedly thickened redundant and shaggy mitral leaflets in the two-dimensional echocardiogram. The anterior leaflet appeared in the parasternal long axis plane club-shaped in diastole. These three female patients had a history of is...
journal_title:European neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000115766
更新日期:1985-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::A woman who had spontaneous pain, hyperpathia and wasting of her left hand due to a subcortical lesion in the right parietal lobe is reported. The presentation and evaluation of this most unusual case are discussed. ...
journal_title:European neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000115753
更新日期:1985-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Previous findings regarding the role of TNF-alpha-308 gene polymorphism in multiple sclerosis (MS) are contradictory. The aim of this study was to investigate the possible influence of TNF-alpha-308 polymorphism on MS susceptibility and the MS disease process in a Croatian and Slovenian population. Genotyping was perf...
journal_title:European neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000099159
更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::A case of Fisher's syndrome associated with trigeminal herpes zoster is reported for the first time. Retrograde propagation of the virus to the brainstem through the trigeminal root was thought to be the most probable pathogenic mechanism. We provide additional evidence suggesting that the focus of Fisher's syndrome i...
journal_title:European neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000115817
更新日期:1985-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Acute ischemia of the brain induces a cascade of biochemical and physiological events. The final consequences depend on the fact whether ischemia is of transient or permanent, total or partial nature. Alteration of extracellular potassium concentration, intracellular calcium and potassium concentration, development of...
journal_title:European neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000116058
更新日期:1986-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Morphological findings of 3 cases of Kaeser's scapulo-peroneal muscular atrophy are described. 1 of them is the first complete autopsy report on this disease. While the number of motor neurons in the spinal cord was grossly normal, the neuropil of the anterior horn exhibited axonal swellings, accumulations of possibly...
journal_title:European neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000114899
更新日期:1977-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Of 150 new cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma diagnosed in Israel during a 9-year period (nationwide study 1960--1968), 74 patients developed neurological complications. In 92% of the cases, neurologic deficits were confined exclusively to cranial nerves. The majority of these patients presented general symptoms of dis...
journal_title:European neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000114938
更新日期:1978-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disorder affecting neuromuscular transmission. Exacerbations may involve increasing bulbar weakness and/or sudden respiratory failure, both of which can be critically disabling. Management of MG exacerbations includes plasma exchange and intravenous immunoglobulin (IVI...
journal_title:European neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1159/000502818
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The biochemical process underlying Parkinson's disease is dopamine cell death of the nigrostriatal system. The age-dependent cell death is now proposed to be elicited by the formation of free hydroxy radicals which are formed from hydrogen peroxide, a product of oxidation of dopamine by monoamine oxidase, especially t...
journal_title:European neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1159/000118535
更新日期:1993-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cerebrospinal fluid metabolites of dopamine, norepinephrine and serotonin were studied in two groups of left temporal lobe epileptic patients, the only difference between the two groups being that one group had paranoid schizophrenic symptomatology. Homovanillic acid accumulation was decreased in this group. This find...
journal_title:European neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000115048
更新日期:1979-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::In this open study patients with advanced Parkinson's disease, who experienced pronounced fluctuations in symptoms while on standard L-dopa, were switched from Madopar/Sinemet to Madopar HBS. The dosage was adjusted until optimal response was obtained. The effect was unsatisfactory in 4 cases and side effects interven...
journal_title:European neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000116195
更新日期:1987-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a constant challenge in medical research and a global therapeutic problem. Treatment of this condition remains difficult in clinical practice. Hence, prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of SCI have become imminent tasks in the medical field. SUMMARY:Recent evidence suggest ...
journal_title:European neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1159/000502004
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::This paper records a patient of Osler's, who showed many features compatible with the Churg-Strauss syndrome of allergic granulomatous angiitis to be described 50 years later. ...
journal_title:European neurology
pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000098474
更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Fatigue is one of the most frequent and most disabling symptoms in multiple sclerosis (MS). We investigated the possible association of the MS-related fatigue syndrome with the available disease-modifying therapies and the main disease characteristics in a cross-sectional study on 320 consecutive patients. The prevale...
journal_title:European neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000111876
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) are warning episodes predicting that such patients are at high risk for stroke which potentially could be life-threatening or leave an individual with substantial disability. TIAs result from large or small vessel disease, cardiogenic embolic events and hematological abnormalities. Th...
journal_title:European neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000052065
更新日期:1998-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The preventive effect of Atrovent Dosier-Aerosol on the airway flow resistance (Raw) caused by Tensilon was studied on 10 patients suffering from myasthenia gravis. Atrovent completely prevented the increase of Raw in 8 cases and considerably decreased it in 2 cases. The measure of the reaction observed may be influen...
journal_title:European neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000115206
更新日期:1981-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND/AIMS:This study aimed at assessing the feasibility of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy (MCSM) and quantifying the association between DTI parameters and neuronal status as a whole. METHODS:Fractional anisotropy (FA) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) were ob...
journal_title:European neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000443270
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::We performed serial neurophysiological tests in 22 patients with confirmed Guillain Barré syndrome (GBS) for 12 months following onset of the disease. Twenty-five age- and sex-matched healthy controls were also tested. Tests included nerve conduction and automated quantitative thermal threshold measurements. The commo...
journal_title:European neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000116841
更新日期:1992-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To analyze the trajectory to diagnosis and information provided in a series of cluster headache (CH) patients from five headache clinics. METHODS:CH patients were asked to fill in an ad hoc questionnaire. RESULTS:Seventy-five patients (mean age 41.5 years, 67 males) completed the questionnaire. Patients ha...
journal_title:European neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000362517
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To study gender differences of coping with illness strategies in tension-type headaches. METHOD:We enrolled 89 subjects (50 women, 39 men) suffering from episodic (n = 37) and chronic (n = 52) tension-type headaches (TTH). Patients were required to answer a Freiburg Questionnaire of Coping with Illness (FQCI...
journal_title:European neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000072502
更新日期:2003-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Early traumatic epilepsy, whose frequency is rather high, especially in children, is usually characterized by focal motor seizures (57%) or by generalized seizures (43%). The association of both running and laughing fits in the same patient on the contrary is quite exceptional, as only three cases have been reported i...
journal_title:European neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000114830
更新日期:1977-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The etiology of multiple sclerosis (MS) is still largely unknown and it has been proposed that an impaired venous drainage from the central nervous system, defined as chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI), may play a role in this. We investigated the prevalence of extracranial venous drainage pattern alte...
journal_title:European neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000445540
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Nicorandil, an ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channel opener, is known to have protective effects on ischemic injury in heart and brain. One of the most important protective mechanisms is the anti-apoptotic effect on cardiomyocytes and neurons. This study explored the anti-apoptotic effect of nicorandil against neurot...
journal_title:European neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000351247
更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The English electrophysiologist Edgar Adrian (1889-1977) was the recipient of the Nobel Prize for physiology in 1932 for his research on the functions of neurons. During World War I, at Queen Square in London, he devised an intensive electrotherapeutic treatment for shell-shocked soldiers. The procedure, developed wit...
journal_title:European neurology
pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000486762
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::During the first 5 days after an intracranial haemorrhage, the red blood cells slowly haemolyse. Most of the oxyhaemoglobin, released in the cerebrospinal fluid, is transformed into bilirubin by an enzyme-dependent process. After 5 days, the haemolysis increases without a corresponding enhancement in the formation of ...
journal_title:European neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000116339
更新日期:1987-01-01 00:00:00