Can semiology predict psychogenic nonepileptic seizures? A prospective study.

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：:A 37-year-old homosexual man with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) developed progressive, ultimately fatal, neurological deficits 12 weeks after a course of cutaneous zoster. Premortem radiological procedures and cerebrospinal fluid analyses were nondiagnostic. At postmortem examination, several opportun...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Ryder JW,Croen K,Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK,Ostrove JM,Straus SE,Cohn DL

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protease-resistant prion protein, total prion protein, and glial fibrillary acidic protein were measured in various brain regions from 9 subjects with fatal familial insomnia. Six were homozygotes methionine/methionine at codon 129 (mean duration, 10.7 +/- 4 months) and 3 were heterozygotes methionine/valine (mean dur...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Parchi P,Castellani R,Cortelli P,Montagna P,Chen SG,Petersen RB,Manetto V,Vnencak-Jones CL,McLean MJ,Sheller JR

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Blunted tachycardia during hypotension is a characteristic feature of patients with autonomic failure, but the range has not been defined. This study reports the range of orthostatic heart rate (HR) changes in patients with autonomic failure caused by neurodegenerative synucleinopathies. METHODS:Patients eva...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Norcliffe-Kaufmann L,Kaufmann H,Palma JA,Shibao CA,Biaggioni I,Peltier AC,Singer W,Low PA,Goldstein DS,Gibbons CH,Freeman R,Robertson D,Autonomic Disorders Consortium.

更新日期：2018-03-01 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：:A young woman with Kearns-Sayre syndrome and progressive central nervous system deterioration over 15 years had decreased plasma and cerebrospinal fluid folate levels while receiving phenytoin for a seizure disorder. A muscle biopsy showed a "ragged red fiber" myopathy with reduced muscle carnitine and mitochondrial e...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Allen RJ,DiMauro S,Coulter DL,Papadimitriou A,Rothenberg SP

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than a decade ago myasthenic symptoms were observed in rabbits immunized with acetylcholine receptor (AChR) [119] and AChR deficiency was found at the neuromuscular junction in human myasthenia gravis (MG) [36]. By 1977 the autoimmune character of MG and the pathogenic role of AChR antibodies had been established...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Engel AG

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of serotonin (5HT1B/1D) agonists as treatments for the acute attack of migraine has resulted in considerable interest in their mechanism of action and, to some extent, renewed interest in the role of serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine; 5HT) in the disorder. The initial synthesis of this class of compounds ...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Goadsby PJ,Hoskin KL

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients with sporadic olivopontocerebellar atrophy and autonomic failure were studied with positron emission tomography. Subjects underwent both an [11C]diprenorphine and an [18F]fluorodopa scan. The mean caudate-occipital uptake ratio for [11C]diprenorphine was significantly reduced to 88% and the putamen-occipi...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Rinne JO,Burn DJ,Mathias CJ,Quinn NP,Marsden CD,Brooks DJ

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The titer of the scrapie agent was determined by measurements of time intervals from inoculation to onset of illness and from inoculation to death. Both intervals were found to be inversely proportional to the size of the dose injected intracerebrally into random-bred weanling Syrian hamsters. The logarithms of the ti...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Prusiner SB,Cochran SP,Groth DF,Downey DE,Bowman KA,Martinez HM

更新日期：1982-04-01 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：:Two brothers with profound neonatal hypotonia and hyporeflexia and electrodiagnostic testing consistent with lower motor neuron pathology were found to have a leukodystrophy. Using single-strand conformational polymorphism analysis and direct sequencing, a mutation within exon 3 of the gene encoding proteolipid protei...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Kaye EM,Doll RF,Natowicz MR,Smith FI

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 30-year-old man presented with decreased vision in the right eye of three weeks' duration. Examination indicated a chiasmal syndrome and evidence of subarachnoid hemorrhage. CAT scan showed a large suprasellar mass. Surgical intervention confirmed the presence of a globular lesion filled with blood clots involving m...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Fermaglich J,Kattah J,Manz H

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study was made of changes in the electroencephalogram after the use of metrizamide for myelography and posterior fossa cisternography in 61 patients (62 studies). The EEG changed in 21 patients (34%); 3 of these had had previously abnormal records, and the abnormalities were accentuated on the second rec...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Ropper AH,Chiappa KH,Young RR

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 45-year-old woman was diagnosed as having the unclassified form of botulism. Her intestines may have been predisposed to colonization with Clostridium botulinum because of a jejunoileal bypass procedure that had been done several years earlier. One other similar case has been reported. ...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Freedman M,Armstrong RM,Killian JM,Boland D

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nosological status of multifocal motor neuropathy remains controversial. The clinical and electrodiagnostic hallmarks suggest selective motor fiber involvement. In this study, we asked to what extent sensory nerves might be involved pathologically in multifocal motor neuropathy. Examination of sensory nerve biopsy...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Corse AM,Chaudhry V,Crawford TO,Cornblath DR,Kuncl RW,Griffin JW

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) lymphocytes from three young patients undergoing acute exacerbations of multiple sclerosis were studied by flow cytometry. Using a new method that simultaneously measures cell-surface antigens and the cell-cycle phase, we determined that the CSF lymphocytes in these patients were activated. T...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Noronha A,Richman DP,Arnason BG

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper toxicity contributes to neuronal death in Wilson's disease and has been speculatively linked to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's and prion diseases. We examined copper-induced neuronal death with the goal of developing neuroprotective strategies. Copper catalyzed an increase in hydroxyl radical generation in sol...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Sheline CT,Choi EH,Kim-Han JS,Dugan LL,Choi DW

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the influence of gastric emptying on levodopa-related motor fluctuations in Parkinson's disease, we assessed mobility and plasma levodopa concentrations in 10 patients during five modes of levodopa administration: (1) standard intermittent oral (SIO), (2) intermittent duodenal (ID), (3) continuous duodenal ...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Kurlan R,Nutt JG,Woodward WR,Rothfield K,Lichter D,Miller C,Carter JH,Shoulson I

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Reducing levels of the microtubule-associated protein tau has shown promise as a potential treatment strategy for diseases with secondary epileptic features such as Alzheimer disease. We wanted to determine whether tau reduction may also be of benefit in intractable genetic epilepsies. METHODS:We studied a m...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Gheyara AL,Ponnusamy R,Djukic B,Craft RJ,Ho K,Guo W,Finucane MM,Sanchez PE,Mucke L

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-term effects of brief but repetitive febrile seizures (FS) on memory have not been as thoroughly investigated as the impact of single and prolonged seizure in the developing brain. Using a heated-air FS paradigm, we subjected male rat pups to one, three, or nine episodes of brief FS on days 10 to 12 postpartu...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Chang YC,Huang AM,Kuo YM,Wang ST,Chang YY,Huang CC

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the role of recombinant human erythropoietin as a possible treatment option in Friedreich's ataxia, we performed an open-label clinical pilot study. Primary outcome measure was the change of frataxin levels at week 8 versus baseline. Twelve Friedreich's ataxia patients received 5,000 units recombinant hum...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Boesch S,Sturm B,Hering S,Goldenberg H,Poewe W,Scheiber-Mojdehkar B

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a new cause of spinal cord ischemia illustrated by two cases--compression by the diaphragmatic crus of a lumbar artery giving rise to a spinal artery. The diagnosis has been established by dynamic spinal angiography, showing complete occlusion of the lumbar artery. Surgical section of the diaphragmatic cru...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Rogopoulos A,Benchimol D,Paquis P,Mahagne MH,Bourgeon A

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent observation has shown that a common polymorphism in the alpha1-antichymotrypsin (ACT) gene modifies the apolipoprotein E (ApoE) epsilon4-associated Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk identifying the combination of the ACT/AA and ApoE epsilon4/epsilon4 genotypes as a potential susceptibility marker for AD. We analy...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Nacmias B,Tedde A,Latorraca S,Piacentini S,Bracco L,Amaducci L,Guarnieri BM,Petruzzi C,Ortenzi L,Sorbi S

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify those factors associated with cerebral hemorrhage among brains with cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), we undertook a comparative postmortem histopathological study of amyloid-containing vessels in the brains of patients with and without hemorrhage. Those without hemorrhage were represented by the followin...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Vonsattel JP,Myers RH,Hedley-Whyte ET,Ropper AH,Bird ED,Richardson EP Jr

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytogenetic analysis has become an important part of the diagnostic evaluation of most hematological neoplasms. However, there is limited information on the value of cytogenetic analysis in most solid tumors, including cerebral astrocytomas. This report summarizes a prospective cytogenetic study of 99 human cerebral a...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Kimmel DW,O'Fallon JR,Scheithauer BW,Kelly PJ,Dewald GW,Jenkins RB

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemophilus influenzae is the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in children, and a high percentage of survivors are at risk for long-term sequelae. To explore the mechanisms responsible for these sequelae, a neonatal rat model was used to define the behavioral, electrophysiological, and biochemical changes foll...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Konkol RJ,Chapman L,Breese GR,Collier AM,Kilts C,Finley C,Vogel RR,Mailman RB,Bendeich EG

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 53-year-old man was diagnosed 8 years earlier with globoid cell leukodystrophy (GLD, Krabbe disease) by his severe deficiency of galactocerebrosidase (GALC) activity. He was found to have eight nucleotide changes on the two copies of his GALC gene, including two in the leader sequence, four considered polymorphisms,...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Luzi P,Rafi MA,Wenger DA

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient developed conjugate horizontal eye deviation to the side opposite a large frontal-perisylvian hemorrhage from a ruptured aneurysm. Autopsy examination confirmed the hemispheric locus of the hemorrhage and failed to disclose any lesion of the brainstem or thalamus to explain the "wrong-way" eye deviation. ...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Pessin MS,Adelman LS,Prager RJ,Lathi ES,Lange DJ

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Averaged electroencephalographic activity related to rhythmic jerking movements was recorded in a patient with a complex neurological symptomatology. The diagnosis of a functional disorder was strongly suggested by his clinical course, inconsistent findings from physical examination, and negative workup. His abnormal ...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Toro C,Torres F

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00