Art and Parkinson's disease: a dramatic change in an artist's style as an initial symptom.

abstract：:In this work, we investigated motor network structure in patients affected by essential tremor (ET) with or without resting tremor, using probabilistic tractography of the cerebello-thalamo-basal ganglia-cortical loop. Twenty-five patients with ET, twenty-two patients with ET associated with resting tremor (rET), and ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Caligiuri ME,Arabia G,Barbagallo G,Lupo A,Morelli M,Nisticò R,Novellino F,Quattrone A,Salsone M,Vescio B,Cherubini A,Quattrone A

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Absence of AMP-deaminase was demonstrated by histochemical and biochemical methods in a muscle biopsy of a 25-year-old woman with facial and limb girdle myopathy. Venous ammonia failed to rise after ischaemic exercise. This patient further contributes to the variety of clinical pictures associated with AMP-deaminase d...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Mercelis R,Martin JJ,Dehaene I,de Barsy T,Van den Berghe G

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We wanted to determine the neurocognitive profile of adult patients with moyamoya disease prior to neurosurgical intervention. The experience of three United States medical centers, Columbia University, University of Illinois at Chicago, and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, were combined....

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Festa JR,Schwarz LR,Pliskin N,Cullum CM,Lacritz L,Charbel FT,Mathews D,Starke RM,Connolly ES,Marshall RS,Lazar RM

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve conduction studies (NCS) and electromyography (EMG), often shortened to 'EMGs', are a useful adjunct to clinical examination of the peripheral nervous system and striated skeletal muscle. NCS provide an efficient and rapid method of quantifying nerve conduction velocity (CV) and the amplitude of both sensory ner...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Kane NM,Oware A

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thymoma is frequently associated with paraneoplastic diseases (PDs), most commonly with myasthenia gravis (MG). This association is thought to depend on thymoma's capacity to produce and export T lymphocytes. OBJECTIVE:(1) To determine the frequency and characteristics of thymoma-associated PDs other than M...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Evoli A,Minicuci GM,Vitaliani R,Battaglia A,Della Marca G,Lauriola L,Fattorossi A

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analysed the kinetics and clinical impact of binding antibodies (BAbs) and neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) to three interferon beta (IFNbeta) products in patients with relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS). Patients with RRMS received IFNbeta-1b 8 MIU subcutaneously (SC) every other day, intramuscular (IM) IFNbeta-1a 30 mcg...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Perini P,Calabrese M,Biasi G,Gallo P

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The cerebellum is a predilection site of pathology in progressive multiple sclerosis (PMS) patients, contributing to cognitive deficits. Aim of this study was to investigate lobular cerebellar functional connectivity (FC) in PMS patients in relation to cognition. METHODS:In this cross-sectional study, resti...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Cocozza S,Pontillo G,Russo C,Russo CV,Costabile T,Pepe A,Tedeschi E,Lanzillo R,Brescia Morra V,Brunetti A,Inglese M,Petracca M

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuropsychiatric symptoms and behavioral disorders affecting Parkinson's disease (PD) patients are common and disabling. A PD-specific interview-based 12-item scale, the Scale for Evaluation of Neuropsychiatric Disorders in Parkinson's Disease (SEND-PD), has been developed to assess the severity of neuropsychiatri...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Martinez-Martin P,Frades-Payo B,Agüera-Ortiz L,Ayuga-Martinez A

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to explore the clinical features, radiological findings, management and the factors influencing prognosis in PCR-confirmed herpes simplex virus encephalitis (HSE). This is a retrospective review of consecutive patients diagnosed with HSE at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, between January 1995 and December ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Singh TD,Fugate JE,Hocker S,Wijdicks EFM,Aksamit AJ Jr,Rabinstein AA

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Considerable studies have reported inconsistent relationships between ischemic stroke and a large number of factors. These uncertainties may reflect the susceptibility to confounding in observational studies. We aimed to assess genetic correlations and causal relationships between ischemic stroke...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Cai H,Cai B,Liu Z,Wu W,Chen D,Fang L,Chen L,Sun W,Liang J,Zhang H

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA) are a genetically heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative diseases characterised by progressive cerebellar ataxia, dysarthria and oculomotor abnormalities. Recently the prodynorphin (PDYN) gene was identified as the cause of SCA23 in four Dutch families displaying progressive gait and li...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Fawcett K,Mehrabian M,Liu YT,Hamed S,Elahi E,Revesz T,Koutsis G,Herscheson J,Schottlaender L,Wardle M,Morrison PJ,Morris HR,Giunti P,Wood N,Houlden H

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Motor neuron disease (MND) is a group of disorders in which there is degeneration of upper and lower motor neurons to a variable degree. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is the most frequent form of the disease, presenting with both upper and lower motor neuron involvement. Frequently, especially in the early stages of t...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Bouche P,Le Forestier N,Maisonobe T,Fournier E,Willer JC

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-motor symptoms (NMS) of Parkinson's disease (PD) have only recently been increasingly recognized for their impact on a patient's quality of life. In this study, we applied the validated, comprehensive self-completed NMS questionnaire for PD (NMS Quest) to 101 patients with young-onset PD (onset between 21 and 45 y...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Spica V,Pekmezović T,Svetel M,Kostić VS

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is preceded by a premotor phase of unknown duration. Dopaminergic degeneration during this phase may lead to subtle cognitive and behavioural changes, such as decreased novelty seeking. Consequently, premotor subjects might be most comfortable in jobs that do not require optimal dopamine level...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Haaxma CA,Borm GF,van der Linden D,Kappelle AC,Bloem BR

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several reports in the literature describe the effects of low-dose (5 mg/kg/day) idebenone in significantly reducing cardiac hypertrophy in patients with Friedreich ataxia. However, the effects of idebenone on neurological function have not been reliably determined in these studies; when neurological parameters were r...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Schulz JB,Di Prospero NA,Fischbeck K

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of hand movements in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has repeatedly demonstrated increased activation in cortical and subcortical areas, whereas a single study has suggested decreased rather than increased activations for tongue movements in patients with bulbar involve...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Kollewe K,Münte TF,Samii A,Dengler R,Petri S,Mohammadi B

更新日期：2011-05-01 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：:Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and intermittent theta-burst stimulation (iTBS) can be used to manage post-stroke spasticity, but a meta-analysis of the recent randomized-controlled trials (RCTs) is lacking. Our aim is to perform a meta-analysis of the RCTs that investigated the efficacy of rTMS in...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Xu P,Huang Y,Wang J,An X,Zhang T,Li Y,Zhang J,Wang B

更新日期：2020-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that neurorehabilitation can reduce disability or improve handicap of people with multiple sclerosis (MS). The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a short period (6 weeks) of a tailored, individualised outpatient rehabilitation program in people with progressive MS. A randomised-con...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Patti F,Ciancio MR,Cacopardo M,Reggio E,Fiorilla T,Palermo F,Reggio A,Thompson AJ

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface antigens on peripheral blood lymphocytes from myasthenia gravis patients were investigated. The expression of DR+ and CD8+/DR+ T lymphocytes was increased and the expression of CD4+ T cells reduced. Neither thymectomy, clinical condition nor anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody titre correlated with any of the...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Crosti F,Armanini M,Confalonieri P,Antozzi C,Mantegazza R

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several viruses have the capacity to cause serious infections of the nervous system in patients who are immunosuppressed. Individuals may be immunosuppressed because of primary inherited immunodeficiency, secondary immunodeficiency due to particular diseases such as malignancy, administration of immunosuppressant drug...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Kennedy PGE

更新日期：2020-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemichorea-hemiballism (HCHB) was infrequently related to cortical lesions such as tumor or infarction. Although functional derangement of the basal ganglia (BG) or the thalamus (Th) was suggested, pathomechanism of HCHB secondary to cortical lesions remains uncertain. We recruited the patients with HCHB secondary to ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Hwang KJ,Hong IK,Ahn TB,Yi SH,Lee D,Kim DY

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycogen storage disease type II (GSDII) is a lysosomal storage disorder caused by acid alpha-1,4-glucosidase deficiency and associated with recessive mutations in its coding gene GAA. Few studies have provided so far a detailed phenotypical characterization in late onset GSDII (LO-GSDII) patients. Genotype-phenotype ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Remiche G,Ronchi D,Magri F,Lamperti C,Bordoni A,Moggio M,Bresolin N,Comi GP

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Analog Model was developed for use in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) at an international roundtable meeting in 2001. Three key disease components are monitored, namely relapses, disability progression and magnetic resonance imaging activity. Its use provides a rapid, straightforward means of assessing the e...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Sharief MK

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle samples obtained in patients with different neuromuscular diseases were stored at 0 degree C for periods of 6-12h and were subsequently frozen for histochemical processing. Compared to reference samples which had been immediately frozen, the individual test sections displayed different degrees of swelling of th...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Heene R,Haar F

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiation of herpes simplex virus (HSV) types 1 and 2 in cerebrospinal fluid of 17 patients with serologically diagnosed HSV encephalitis and meningitis or acute limbic encephalitis was determined by stringent hybridization of polymerase chain reaction--amplified DNAs. Ten of 17 patients were positive; six with ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Shoji H,Koga M,Kusuhara T,Kaji M,Ayabe M,Hino H,Hondo R

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Propranolol is recommended as first-line treatment for preventing migraine attacks; acupuncture has not been compared with propranolol in a head-to-head trial. OBJECTIVE:To compare acupuncture with propranolol using indirect treatment comparison meta-analysis. METHOD:We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochra...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Chen YY,Li J,Chen M,Yue L,She TW,Zheng H

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the epidemiological, clinical, and genetic characteristics of congenital hypomyelinating leukodystrophies, including Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD), we conducted a nationwide epidemiological survey in Japan. A two-step survey targeting all medical institutions specializing in pediatric neurology and c...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Numata Y,Gotoh L,Iwaki A,Kurosawa K,Takanashi J,Deguchi K,Yamamoto T,Osaka H,Inoue K

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disease management is defined as any medical or pharmaceutical intervention designed to improve both outcomes for the patient and overall cost-effectiveness of the health plan. Disease management focuses on the patient throughout the entire course of the disease, involving both health providers and third-party payers....

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Matheron L,Barrau K,Blin O

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies provide inconclusive results on the question whether loss of mental wellbeing is actually associated with decline in physical function in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The purpose of this study was to determine predictors of mental wellbeing in ALS. METHODS:In total, n = 330 ALS patients were...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Vázquez Medrano CR,Aho-Özhan HEA,Weiland U,Uttner I,Ludolph AC,Lulé D

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00