Tetrahydroaminoacridine and lecithin in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Effect on cognition, functioning in daily life, behavioural disturbances and burden experienced by the carers.

abstract：:Early identification of cardiogenic vertigo (CV) is necessary to prevent serious complications of cardiovascular diseases. However, the literature is limited to case reports without detailed clinical features or diagnostic criteria. The aim of this study was to define characteristics of CV and propose diagnostic crite...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Kim HA,Ahn J,Park HS,Lee SM,Choi SY,Oh EH,Choi JH,Kim JS,Choi KD

更新日期：2020-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the occurrence of symptomatic peroneal neuropathy (PN) in cancer patients, as well as that of cancer in PN patients and to seek possible factors in the aetiology of PN. METHODS:Clinical, neurographical, and myographical data of patients with PN, in two general neurology clinics during a 5-year peri...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Koehler PJ,Buscher M,Rozeman CA,Leffers P,Twijnstra A

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alexander disease (AD) is a rare genetic disorder of the central nervous system due to a dysfunction of astrocytes. The most common infantile form presents as a progressive leukodystrophy with macrocephalus. Recently, heterozygous de novo mutations in the gene encoding glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) have been ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Brockmann K,Dechent P,Meins M,Haupt M,Sperner J,Stephani U,Frahm J,Hanefeld F

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the pattern of subacute cognitive domain impairments after ischaemic stroke, nor the temporal evolution of such impairments. Our objective was to investigate the pattern of cognitive impairment in different neuropsychological domains up to a year after ischaemic stroke. We included prospectively ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Hurford R,Charidimou A,Fox Z,Cipolotti L,Werring DJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Phase I/II studies of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for multiple sclerosis ( MS) were initiated, based on results of experimental transplantation in animal models of multiple sclerosis and clinical observations in patients treated concomitantly for malignant disease. PATIENTS:Eigh...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Fassas A,Passweg JR,Anagnostopoulos A,Kazis A,Kozak T,Havrdova E,Carreras E,Graus F,Kashyap A,Openshaw H,Schipperus M,Deconinck E,Mancardi G,Marmont A,Hansz J,Rabusin M,Zuazu Nagore FJ,Besalduch J,Dentamaro T,Fouill

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spastic paraplegia type 7 (SPG7) is an autosomal recessive form of hereditary spastic paraparesis (ARHSP) caused by mutations in paraplegin, a subunit of an ATP-dependent AAA-protease located within the inner mitochondrial membrane. We have identified a novel paraplegin mutation, c.1047insC, in a non-consanguineous No...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Tzoulis C,Denora PS,Santorelli FM,Bindoff LA

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We should like to emphasize the following points: 1. Apathy is defined here as a quantified and observable behavioral syndrome consisting in a quantitative reduction of voluntary (or goal-directed) behaviors; 2. Therefore, apathy occurs when the systems that generate and control voluntary actions are altered; 3. These...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Levy R,Czernecki V

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke patients with "pusher syndrome" show severe misperception of their own upright body orientation although visual-vestibular processing is almost intact. This dissociation argues for a second graviceptive system in humans for the perception of body orientation. Recent studies revealed that the posterior thalamus ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Johannsen L,Broetz D,Naegele T,Karnath HO

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peduncular hallucinosis (PH) is a syndrome of hallucinations and brainstem symptoms which has only been described in single case reports. A detailed analysis of five patients was undertaken to investigate the clincial characteristics, hallucinations and behavioural abnormalities of PH in greater detail. Frequent clini...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Benke T

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by deposition of intraneural inclusion bodies in the brain as well as the enteric nervous system. Emerging concepts regarding the brain-gut axis have been proposed for neurological disorders. Thus, the present study investigat...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Kim YJ,Lee CM,Kim S,Jang JW,Lee SY,Lee SH

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spontaneous cervical artery dissections (sCAD) are often preceded by infections. However, existing data about inflammatory parameters remained inconsistent. Remarkably, concurrent information about the coagulation system, whose affection seems also reasonable to cause ischaemic events, are still lacking in s...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Pelz JO,Harms K,Metze M,Michalski D

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In vascular dementia (VaD), assessment of cerebral blood flow by single photon emission computed tomography (CBF SPECT) has been used to detect a patchy decrease of blood flow or a frontal reduction. In addition to reduced blood flow, the heterogeneous distribution of cerebral blood flow is often observed in...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Yoshikawa T,Murase K,Oku N,Kitagawa K,Imaizumi M,Takasawa M,Rishu P,Hashikawa K,Nishikawa T,Hori M,Matsumoto M

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The epidemiology of paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS) remains to be defined. We present here the first population-based incidence study and report the clinical spectrum and antibody profile of PNS in a large area in Northeastern Italy. METHODS:We performed a 9-year (2009-2017) population-based epi...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Vogrig A,Gigli GL,Segatti S,Corazza E,Marini A,Bernardini A,Valent F,Fabris M,Curcio F,Brigo F,Iacono D,Passadore P,Rana M,Honnorat J,Valente M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Intracranial lipomas are rare, mostly congenital lesions. Sporadic case reports suggest an association with focal epilepsy. METHODS:All admissions to our epilepsy monitoring unit who had had brain MRI were reviewed for intracranial lipomas during 6 consecutive years. RESULTS:Five patients with intracrani...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Loddenkemper T,Morris HH 3rd,Diehl B,Lachhwani DK

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bilateral pallidal lesions induce a range of cognitive and motor disorders, principally a parkinsonian syndrome in which severe disturbances of gait and gait initiation are frequently reported. However, the precise clinical features of these disorders (and the role of the pallidum therein) remain to be estab...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Krystkowiak P,Delval A,Dujardin K,Bleuse S,Blatt JL,Bourriez JL,Derambure P,Destée A,Defebvre L

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The main aim was to explore the changes in hand-grip strength in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) aged 5-29 years. Secondary aims were to test the effect of mutation, ambulatory status and glucocorticoid use on grip strength and its changes over time and to compute the number of subjects needed...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Hogrel JY,Decostre V,Ledoux I,de Antonio M,Niks EH,de Groot I,Straub V,Muntoni F,Ricotti V,Voit T,Seferian A,Gidaro T,Servais L

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the levels of transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in children with meningitis, with a view to prognostic relevance. CSF TGF-beta 1 levels on admission were measured by a sandwich enzyme immunoassay in children with bacterial meningitis (n = 16), aseptic meningiti...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Huang CC,Chang YC,Chow NH,Wang ST

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial diseases are due to impairment of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. A plausible pathogenic mechanism leading to cellular dysfunction and phenotypic expression is oxidative stress, but there are surprisingly few clinical studies on this subject. Glutathione (GSH) deficiency has been reported in mitocho...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Mancuso M,Orsucci D,Logerfo A,Rocchi A,Petrozzi L,Nesti C,Galetta F,Santoro G,Murri L,Siciliano G

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myasthenia gravis (MG) is the archetypic disorder of both the neuromuscular junction and autoantibody-mediated disease. In most patients, IgG1-dominant antibodies to acetylcholine receptors cause fatigable weakness of skeletal muscles. In the rest, a variable proportion possesses antibodies to muscle-specific tyrosine...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Binks S,Vincent A,Palace J

更新日期：2016-04-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence and characteristics of the cricopharyngeal bar (CPB), defined as marked protrusion with lacking relaxation and stricture of the upper esophageal sphincter on videofluoroscopy, in patients with inclusion body myositis (IBM). METHODS:We conducted a case-control study of comprehensiv...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Taira K,Yamamoto T,Mori-Yoshimura M,Sajima K,Takizawa H,Shinmi J,Oya Y,Nishino I,Takahashi Y

更新日期：2020-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is characterised by gait disturbance, urinary incontinence and dementia. Even though dementia is a cardinal symptom of NPH, there is few data available concerning cognitive functioning. The aim of this observational case-control study was to evaluate the use of neuropsychological (N...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Schmidt H,Elster J,Eckert I,Wiefek J,Paulus W,von Steinbuechel N,Abatih EN,Blocher J

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corticospinal lesions cause impairments in voluntary motor control. Recent findings suggest that some degree of voluntary control may be taken over by a compensatory pathway involving the reticulospinal tract. In humans, evidence for this notion mainly comes from StartReact studies. StartReact is the acceleration of r...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： van Lith BJH,Coppens MJM,Nonnekes J,van de Warrenburg BPC,Geurts AC,Weerdesteyn V

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe three patients with unilateral asterixis. One diabetic patient with a moderately-sized haematoma in the left putamen initially developed bilateral and symmetrical asterixis, which became confined to the right side as his diabetes mellitus was controlled. Two patients showed unilateral asterixis due to haem...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Mizutani T,Shiozawa R,Nozawa T,Nozawa Y

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laser Doppler is widely used to evaluate sympathetic vasoconstrictor function. Continuous wave (cw)-Doppler of the radial artery may be an alternative but less expensive approach to quantify sympathetically induced resistance changes in the peripheral vascular system. In order to compare the power of both methods, thi...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Eicke BM,Milke K,Schlereth T,Birklein F

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most inflammatory neuropathies, both acute and chronic, probably result from an immune attack against antigens of the peripheral nervous system. Specific antibodies in serum that react with the peripheral nervous system have been described in a number of inflammatory neuropathies. We review the pathophysiological sign...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Steck AJ

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nystagmus is a rhythmical rotation of the eyeball. Its characteristics can be defined mathematically by the axis of rotation and the angular velocity around this axis. We analysed the axis of rotation for the nystagmus in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) to elucidate its pathophysiology. Thirteen patients w...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Hayashi Y,Kanzaki J,Etoh N,Higashino K,Goto F,Schneider E,Kunihiro T

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke in young adults is not a rare entity, and often provides difficult management decisions for neurologists. The knowledge gained from stroke in older adults does not transfer easily to this younger group given the different causes of stroke observed. Cardiac causes of stroke are common in this group, but often co...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Cotter PE,Belham M,Martin PJ

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type 1 (AOA1) is a rare autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease, recently associated with mutations in the aprataxin gene. Main features are early onset cerebellar ataxia, oculomotor apraxia and peripheral neuropathy. The presence of choreoathetosis or dystonia in some patients sug...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Salvatore E,Varrone A,Criscuolo C,Mancini P,Sansone V,Strisciuglio C,Cicala D,Scarano V,Salvatore M,Pappatà S,De Michele G,Filla A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight cases of malignancies with concurrent motor neuron disease (MND), derived from an unselected population representing all cases of MND diagnosed during a 15-year period in two Italian provinces, were studied to verify the existence of paraneoplastic forms of the disease. No statistically significant association b...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Chiò A,Brignolio F,Meineri P,Rosso MG,Tribolo A,Schiffer D

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00