Molecular basis of neurogenetic diseases.

abstract：:We report sibling cases of aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) deficiency, which is a very rare congenital metabolic disorder. These patients were born to healthy and non-consanguineous parents, and presented oculogyric crises, paroxysmal dystonic attacks, and severe psychomotor retardation since early infancy....

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Ide S,Sasaki M,Kato M,Shiihara T,Kinoshita S,Takahashi JY,Goto Y

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angelman syndrome (AS) is a genetic disorder with characteristic clinical and EEG findings. We report here the results of long-term follow-up studies on the epileptic seizures and EEG findings of 23 cases of deletion type AS confirmed by FISH analysis, including seven cases previously reported by Matsumoto et al. in 1...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Uemura N,Matsumoto A,Nakamura M,Watanabe K,Negoro T,Kumagai T,Miura K,Ohki T,Mizuno S,Okumura A,Aso K,Hayakawa F,Kondo Y

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clobazam was added to the previous antiepileptic drug therapy of 90 children suffering from drug resistant epilepsy. Ten patients became seizure free, although four of these later developed tolerance. Thirty-three patients experienced a decrease in seizure frequency, and 24 of these, too, developed tolerance. Forty-fo...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Bardy AH,Seppälä T,Salokorpi T,Granström ML,Santavuori P

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations of the gene encoding the alpha2 subunit of the neuronal sodium channel, SCN2A, have been found in benign familial neonatal-infantile seizures (BFNIS). In Dravet syndrome, only one nonsense mutation of SCN2A was identified, while hundreds of mutations were found in the paralogue gene, SCN1A, which encodes the...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Shi X,Yasumoto S,Nakagawa E,Fukasawa T,Uchiya S,Hirose S

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1988, we have diagnosed 6 cases of hereditary progressive dystonia with marked diurnal fluctuation (HPD) in Taiwan. All cases presented with clinical features similar to those described by Segawa. They consisted of four sporadic and two familial cases. The age at onset ranged from 18 months to 8 years. There is ...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Wang PJ,Ko YM,Young C,Hwu WL,Shen YZ

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We are presenting two cases with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis of acute and rapid form, which were initially diagnosed as acute viral encephalitis. We obtained both diffusion-weighted imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy, whose findings suggested the presence of acute inflammatory and metabolic changes wi...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Oguz KK,Celebi A,Anlar B

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to evaluate sleeping position-dependent effects on cerebral hemodynamics during apnea in preterm infants. To this end, polygraphic studies were performed on 15 stable preterm infants lying prone and lying supine. Changes in cerebral blood volume (DeltaCBV) and in cerebral hemoglo...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Pichler G,Schmölzer G,Müller W,Urlesberger B

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rett syndrome is a severe genetic neurodevelopmental disorder mainly affecting females. The aim of this study was to describe pubertal development in a population-based cohort of females with Rett syndrome. METHODS:To assess pubertal trajectory we used six waves of data provided by parents of girls and wome...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Knight O,Bebbington A,Siafarikas A,Woodhead H,Girdler S,Leonard H

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of nerve growth factor (NGF) over 40 years ago led to the formulation of the "Neurotrophic Factor Hypothesis". This hypothesis states that developing neurons compete with each other for a limited supply of a neurotrophic factor (NTF) provided by the target tissue. Successful competitors survive; unsucces...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Yuen EC,Howe CL,Li Y,Holtzman DM,Mobley WC

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To better define the characteristic clinical features of benign convulsions with mild gastroenteritis, recently recognized as a new entity in Japan, we reviewed all the 10 patients we have seen from 1992 to 1994. The clinical features have been previously reported in the literature to be afebrile generalized tonic-clo...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Komori H,Wada M,Eto M,Oki H,Aida K,Fujimoto T

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease with a poor prognosis that is characterized by inflammatory optic neuritis and myelitis. Although it is commonly misdiagnosed as multiple sclerosis (MS), distinguishing NMO from MS is important, as therapeutic approaches approved for MS are ineffectiv...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Numata Y,Uematsu M,Suzuki S,Miyabayashi T,Oyama T,Kubota S,Itoh T,Hino-Fukuyo N,Takahashi T,Kure S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two children treated for status epilepticus had low plasma phenytoin levels during enteral feeding, despite adequate oral dosage. The target range (10-20 mg/l) was achieved when feeds were stopped, or when intravenous phenytoin was used. Enteral feeding may interfere with the absorption of oral phenytoin thereby compr...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： O'Hagan M,Wallace SJ

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 48 families in which tuberous sclerosis occurred, extensive examination presented almost the same incidence of sporadic cases as reported in previous studies. Although inspection of the skin and cranial computed tomography seem to be the most sensitive diagnostic tests available, negative results with these methods...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Fleury P,de Groot WP,Delleman JW,Verbeeten B Jr,Frankenmolen-Witkiezwicz IM

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutis laxa (CL) syndromes are connective tissue disorders characterized by redundant, sagging, inelastic and wrinkled skin, with organ involvement. Here, we describe a patient with ALDH18A1-related CL who developed cyclic vomiting. The patient was a 12-year-old boy who presented with poor postnatal growth, hypotonia, ...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Nozaki F,Kusunoki T,Okamoto N,Yamamoto Y,Miya F,Tsunoda T,Kosaki K,Kumada T,Shibata M,Fujii T

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The developmental changes in N-acetyl-L-aspartic acid (NAA) were assessed in human fetal and child brains by means of high resolution proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). NAA was detected in the cerebral cortex and white matter of fetuses of 16 weeks' gestation. NAA increased gradually from 24 weeks' gestatio...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Kato T,Nishina M,Matsushita K,Hori E,Mito T,Takashima S

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 7-year-old boy began to complain that his pitch perception was decreased just after oral medication with carbamazepine was initiated for the treatment of epilepsy. When he played the piano, he felt as if he had played a musical note of almost a half pitch lower than he had. His pitch perception recovered soon after ...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Yoshikawa H,Abe T

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was performed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of intravenous phenobarbital (PB) for benign convulsions with mild gastroenteritis (CwG). METHODS:A randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled trial involving patients with CwG was conducted at the Japanese Red Cross Society Himeji Hospital. Pati...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Takami Y,Nakagawa T

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural stem cells (NSCs)of the central nervous system (CNS) have recently received a great deal of attention and interest for their therapeutic potential for neurological disorders. NSCs are defined as CNS progenitor cells that have the capacity for self-renewal and multipotent potential to become neurons or glial cel...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Kim SU

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an 11-yr-old girl who visited the outpatient department of Islamabad Children's Hospital with uncontrolled seizures, psychomotor retardation and hand washing movements since early childhood. She had an uneventful peri- and neonatal history with a normal head size at birth and fulfilled the criteria of classi...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Hussain A,Khan MA,Qazi SA,Rehman GN

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3-Ketothiolase deficiency (3KTD) manifests with intermittent acidosis and is due to deficiency of mitochondrial 2-methylacetoacetate thiolase. Only 22 patients have been previously reported. Although its variable clinical presentation is recognized, the associated neurological findings have not been detailed. We repor...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Ozand PT,Rashed M,Gascon GG,al Odaib A,Shums A,Nester M,Brismar J

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dihydropyrimidinase deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive disease affecting the second step of pyrimidine degradation. It is caused by mutations in the DPYS gene. Only approximately 30 cases have been reported to date, with a phenotypical variability ranging from asymptomatic to severe neurological illness. We repo...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Tsuchiya H,Akiyama T,Kuhara T,Nakajima Y,Ohse M,Kurahashi H,Kato T,Maeda Y,Yoshinaga H,Kobayashi K

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six boys affected by acquired encephalopathy with an abnormal breathing pattern in wakefulness were studied. Polygraphic recordings showed two different patterns in our population. In two brothers a periodic breathing pattern was recorded in the awake and sleep states. In the others, central apneas with or without tac...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Cirignotta F,Sforza E,Burroni M,Zappella M,Lugaresi E

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unique cytoplasmic inclusion was found in astrocytes of a 2-month-old female baby who showed Leigh-like brain lesions with lactic acidosis, hypoglycemia and hepatomegaly. Although a defective enzyme was not determined, a metabolic disorder was suggested from clinicopathological observations. Symmetrically distribut...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Yamamoto T,Armstrong D,Shibata N,Kato Y,Kobayashi M

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Communicating hydrocephalus was inadvertently induced in a neonate by bilateral jugular vein catheterization. Removal of one catheter resulted in return to normal ventricular size within 14 days. The complication of hydrocephalus from bilateral jugular vein catheterization can be reversed by prompt removal of one cath...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Wu XR,Swaiman KF

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study investigated the efficacy and safety of zonisamide (ZNS) adjunctive therapy in children with intractable epilepsy to existing antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). METHODS:A clinical retrospective study was performed from 2003 to 2005 at two tertiary epilepsy centers. We reviewed the data from 163 children (1...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Lee YJ,Kang HC,Seo JH,Lee JS,Kim HD

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We performed this study to confirm the known risk factors and to identify possible new risk factors for subsequent unprovoked seizure after febrile seizure (FS) on Jeju Island, South Korea. METHODS:A population-based retrospective study of 204 children with FS, whose first FS developed between March 2003 ...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Hwang G,Kang HS,Park SY,Han KH,Kim SH

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of the rare juvenile form of Kearns-Shy syndrome with progressive external ophthalmoplegia and lid ptosis, carditis, skeletal muscle weakness, seizures, mental subnormality, short stature, EEG abnormality and deafness is presented. Electromyography revealed a myopathic pattern. Histochemical studies on quadrice...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Yoda S,Terauchi A,Kitahara F,Akabane T

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:West syndrome (WS) is associated with diverse etiological factors. This fact has suggested that there must be a 'final common pathway' for these etiologies, which operates on the immature brain to result in WS only at the maturational state present during infancy. Any theory for the pathogenesis of WS has to account f...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Brunson KL,Eghbal-Ahmadi M,Baram TZ

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pathogenesis of acute encephalopathy (AE) remains unclear, and a biomarker has not been identified. METHODS:Levels of 49 cytokines and chemokines, including osteopontin (OPN), were measured in serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of children with AE (n = 17) or febrile convulsion (FC; n = 8; control grou...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Kawahara Y,Morimoto A,Oh Y,Furukawa R,Wakabayashi K,Monden Y,Osaka H,Yamagata T

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We encountered a 10-year-old girl with fluctuating sensorineural hearing loss, episodic headache, and white matter stroke. Strenuous exercise, febrile illness, and general anesthesia all temporarily worsened hearing. Audiologic findings were asymmetric: left-sided retrocochlear dysfunction consistent with auditory neu...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Nobutoki T,Sasaki M,Fukumizu M,Hanaoka S,Sugai K,Anzai Y,Kaga M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00