Correlation of phasic muscle strength and corticomotoneuron conduction time in multiple sclerosis.

abstract：:Fifteen drug-free patients with early to midstage Huntington's disease were evaluated with quantitative neurological examinations, scales for functional capacity, computed tomographic (CT) scans, and positron emission tomographic (PET) scans of 18F-2-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (18F-FDG) uptake. All patients had abnormal in...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Young AB,Penney JB,Starosta-Rubinstein S,Markel DS,Berent S,Giordani B,Ehrenkaufer R,Jewett D,Hichwa R

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently reported that systemic administration of a proteasome inhibitor induced a progressive levodopa-responsive, bradykinetic syndrome in rats with imaging, pathological, and biochemical features that strikingly resemble what is found in PD. This model has the potential to be a useful tool for studying the mecha...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： McNaught KS,Olanow CW

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients developed a subacute lower motor neuron syndrome as a remote effect of Hodgkin's disease or other lymphoma. The illness usually followed a benign course independent of the activity of the underlying neoplasm. Seven of the patients improved spontaneously, and 3 became neurologically normal. Two patients di...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Schold SC,Cho ES,Somasundaram M,Posner JB

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital amusia is a lifelong disability that prevents afflicted individuals from enjoying music as ordinary people do. The deficit is limited to music and cannot be explained by prior brain lesion, hearing loss, or any cognitive or socio-affective disturbance. Recent behavioral results suggest that this disorder is...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Peretz I,Brattico E,Tervaniemi M

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously healty 43-year-old woman developed bilateral middle cerebral artery occlusion, thrombocytopenia, and multiple thrombi of arteries in the spleen. No underlying cause of her thrombotic disease was detected except for a factor VIII level that was elevated fivefold. An etiological relationship between the cer...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Kosik KS,Furie B

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regular, evidence-based assignment of patients to etiologic stroke categories is essential to enable valid comparison among studies. We designed an algorithm (SSS-TOAST) that incorporated recent advances in stroke imaging and epidemiology to identify the most probable TOAST category in the presence of evidence for mul...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Ay H,Furie KL,Singhal A,Smith WS,Sorensen AG,Koroshetz WJ

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical electrophysiological studies are important in the evaluation of patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome. Physiological evidence of demyelination occurs in almost all patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome, especially if serial studies are performed. Criteria for demyelination are proposed. Prognostic information...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Cornblath DR

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind crossover study in which patients received placebo or active drug for varying periods, we evaluated the ability of guanidine hydrochloride (20 to 35 mg/kg per day perorally) to improve the rate of recovery in patients with moderate or severe botulism, type A, intoxication. Among 14 patients who recei...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Kaplan JE,Davis LE,Narayan V,Koster J,Katzenstein D

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results of case-control studies and of a prospective investigation in men suggest that consumption of coffee could protect against the risk of Parkinson's disease, but the active constituent is not clear. To address the hypothesis that caffeine is protective against Parkinson's disease, we examined the relationship of...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Ascherio A,Zhang SM,Hernán MA,Kawachi I,Colditz GA,Speizer FE,Willett WC

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic coma was produced in 45 monkeys by accelerating the head without impact in one of three directions. The duration of coma, degree of neurological impairment, and amount of diffuse axonal injury (DAI) in the brain were directly related to the amount of coronal head motion used. Coma of less than 15 minutes (co...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Gennarelli TA,Thibault LE,Adams JH,Graham DI,Thompson CJ,Marcincin RP

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the carbonic anhydrase inhibitors have been used in the treatment of the primary periodic paralyses (PPs), their efficacy has not been demonstrated in double-blind, placebo-controlled trials. Therefore, we tested the efficacy of dichlorphenamide (DCP; Daranide), a potent carbonic anhydrase inhibitor, in the t...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Tawil R,McDermott MP,Brown R Jr,Shapiro BC,Ptacek LJ,McManis PG,Dalakas MC,Spector SA,Mendell JR,Hahn AF,Griggs RC

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty patients with Parkinson's disease were treated with the 8-alpha-ergoline derivative mesulergine. Participants were divided into two groups, and over a nine-week period, mesulergine dosage was increased to a maximum of either 10 or 20 mg daily. During this time levodopa-carbidopa (LD-CD) dosage was reduced and t...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Pfeiffer RF,Wilken K,Glaeske C

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Light and electron microscopic findings from two sural nerve biopsies obtained at a one-year interval from a patient with the clinical features of Seitelberger's disease are described. Ballooned axons with accumulations of membranous profiles, vesicles, mitochondria, and a homogeneous center were present, and there we...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Begeer JH,Houthoff HJ,van Weerden TW,de Groot CJ,Blaauw EH,le Coultre R

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B cells have long played an enigmatic role in the scenario of multiple sclerosis pathogenesis. This review summarizes recent progress in our understanding of B-cell trafficking, survival, and differentiation in the central nervous system (CNS). We propose four possible routes of intrathecal immunoglobulin-producing ce...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Meinl E,Krumbholz M,Hohlfeld R

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent controlled clinical trial suggested a role for amantadine as a treatment for pathological gambling in patients with Parkinson disease (PD). Analyzing data from a large cross-sectional study of impulse control disorders (ICDs) in PD, amantadine use (n = 728), vs no amantadine use (n = 2,357), was positively as...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Weintraub D,Sohr M,Potenza MN,Siderowf AD,Stacy M,Voon V,Whetteckey J,Wunderlich GR,Lang AE

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actin filaments in skin fibroblasts from patients with Huntington's disease (HD) were examined using immunofluorescent methods. Actin filaments were seen along the axis of cell elongation (stress or sheath filaments) as well as in areas of membrane ruffling (lattice filaments). In some cases, filaments appeared to rad...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Geary LE,Lazarides E,Goetz I,Roberts E

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report motor cortical function in the left occipital cortex of a subject who suffered a left middle cerebral artery stroke early in development. Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the left occipital cortex evoked contraction of right hand muscles. Electroencephalogram recorded over the left occipital cortex showe...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Basu A,Graziadio S,Smith M,Clowry GJ,Cioni G,Eyre JA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Very long chain acyl-coenzyme A (acyl-CoA) dehydrogenase (VLCAD) deficiency is a severe disorder of mitochondrial beta-oxidation in infants. We report adult onset of attacks of painful rhabdomyolysis. Gas chromatography identified strongly elevated levels of tetradecenoic acid, 14:1(n-9), tetradecadienoic acid, 14:2(n...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Smelt AH,Poorthuis BJ,Onkenhout W,Scholte HR,Andresen BS,van Duinen SG,Gregersen N,Wintzen AR

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To establish phenotype-genotype correlations in early-onset parkinsonism, we have compared the phenotype of a large series of 146 patients with and 250 patients without parkin mutations. Although no single sign distinguished the groups, patients with mutations had significantly earlier and more symmetrical onset, dyst...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Lohmann E,Periquet M,Bonifati V,Wood NW,De Michele G,Bonnet AM,Fraix V,Broussolle E,Horstink MW,Vidailhet M,Verpillat P,Gasser T,Nicholl D,Teive H,Raskin S,Rascol O,Destée A,Ruberg M,Gasparini F,Meco G,Agid Y,Du

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Huntington disease (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disease caused by the mutant huntingtin gene (mHTT), which harbors expanded CAG repeats. We previously reported that the brain vessel density is higher in mice and patients with HD than in controls. The present study determines whether vascular functio...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Hsiao HY,Chen YC,Huang CH,Chen CC,Hsu YH,Chen HM,Chiu FL,Kuo HC,Chang C,Chern Y

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging as an alternative to intraoperative electrocortical stimulation mapping for the localization of critical language areas in the temporoparietal region. We investigated several requirements that functional magnetic resonance imaging m...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Rutten GJ,Ramsey NF,van Rijen PC,Noordmans HJ,van Veelen CW

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on earlier findings that the presence of word comprehension impairment (a deficit in the meaning of words, or lexical semantics) in acute stroke was strongly associated with the presence of hypoperfusion or infarct in Wernicke's area, we tested the hypothesis that the severity of word comprehension impairment wa...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Hillis AE,Wityk RJ,Tuffiash E,Beauchamp NJ,Jacobs MA,Barker PB,Selnes OA

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A persistent vegetative state (severe dementia) developed in a 30-year-old man following hypoglycemic coma. Despite the poor clinical outcome, sensory evoked response recovered between 6 and 34 months after the insult. The cerebral blood flow level at rest after 34 months was slightly above the normal range. This find...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Agardh CD,Rosén I,Ryding E

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous bolus administration of oxygen 15-labeled water and positron emission tomography were used to measure changes in brain blood flow induced by two modes of photic stimuli over a wide range of repetition rates. These stimuli (patterned-flash and reversing checkerboard) were chosen in order to determine whethe...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Fox PT,Raichle ME

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a recognized entity for which the basis for diagnosis is descriptive in our present state of knowledge. Diagnosis rests upon pattern recognition of the clinical picture plus other features including elevated cerebrospinal fluid protein level, electrophysiological changes of marked slow...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Asbury AK

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cognitive impairment is common in epilepsy, particularly in memory function. Interictal spikes (IISs) are thought to disrupt cognition, but it is difficult to delineate their contribution from general impairments in memory produced by etiology and seizures. We investigated the transient impact of focal IISs o...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Kleen JK,Scott RC,Holmes GL,Lenck-Santini PP

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial iron accumulation is thought to underlie the pathophysiology of Friedreich ataxia and may occur at the expense of cytosolic iron. Decreases in cytosolic iron induce expression of the transferrin receptor, some of which is released into the serum. Here, we demonstrate that serum transferrin receptor conce...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Wilson RB,Lynch DR,Farmer JM,Brooks DG,Fischbeck KH

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pontine tegmentum contains the neurons responsible for generation of saccadic eye movements and certain phases of sleep. We studied two genetically unrelated patients with spinocerebellar degeneration and slow saccadic eye movements. Multiple all-night sleep studies in both patients disclosed absence of REM and st...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Osorio I,Daroff RB

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Units linked to stimulation of the superior sagittal sinus were identified and recorded from in the trigeminocervical complex of the anesthetized cat. Iontophoresis of glutamate NMDA receptor agonists increased the baseline-firing rate of these neurons. Coejection of sumatriptan, 4991W93, or ergometrine resulted in a ...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Goadsby PJ,Akerman S,Storer RJ

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain and other phantom limb (PL) sensations have been proposed to be generated in the brain and to be reflected in activation of specific neural circuits. To test this hypothesis, hypnosis was used as a cognitive tool to alternate between the sensation of PL movement and pain in 8 amputees. Brain activity was measured...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Willoch F,Rosen G,Tölle TR,Oye I,Wester HJ,Berner N,Schwaiger M,Bartenstein P

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00