Transcranial magnetic stimulation: specific and non-specific facilitation of magnetic motor evoked potentials.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The symptomatic treatment of myotonia and myalgia in patients with dystrophic and non-dystrophic myotonias is often not satisfactory. Some patients anecdotally report symptoms' relief through consumption of cannabis. METHODS:A combination of cannabidiol and tetrahydrocannabinol (CBD/THC) was prescribed as c...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Montagnese F,Stahl K,Wenninger S,Schoser B

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the morphology of spinal accessory motoneurons and immunoreactivity to neurotrophins, brain-derived neurotropic factor (BDNF) and neurotrophin (NT)-3, as well as the presence of reactive astrocytosis in 70 tiptoe walking Yoshimura (twy) mice that develop calcification at C1-C2 vertebral level compressing t...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Uchida K,Baba H,Maezawa Y,Furukawa S,Furusawa N,Imura S

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present evidence that Willy Loman, the protagonist of Arthur Miller's play "Death of a Salesman", meets current diagnostic criteria for probable dementia with Lewy bodies. In particular, he presents with attentional deficits and executive dysfunction (with additional subtle visuoperceptual deficits) in addition to ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Fearon C,Taylor JP,O'Dowd S

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in C19orf12 have been recently identified as the molecular genetic cause of a subtype of neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA). Given the mitochondrial localization of the gene product the new NBIA subtype was designated mitochondrial membrane protein-associated neurodegeneration. Frequent fe...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Deschauer M,Gaul C,Behrmann C,Prokisch H,Zierz S,Haack TB

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 17.5-year old girl with generalized myasthenia gravis (MG). When she was 13, she started to complain of episodic diplopia, ptosis and mild fatigability of upper and lower extremity muscles. She was diagnosed with MG 3 years later, after exacerbation of her limb muscle weakness. Acetylcholine re...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Kostera-Pruszczyk A,Kwiecinski H

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：:Patients with multiple system atrophy (MSA) often have evidence of compromised gastrointestinal motility. Ghrelin is a gut hormone that influences gastrointestinal motility in humans. The aim of this study was to determine whether ghrelin secretion is affected in MSA patients, and to investigate the relation between g...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Ozawa T,Tokunaga J,Arakawa M,Ishikawa A,Takeuchi R,Mezaki N,Miura T,Sakai N,Hokari M,Takeshima A,Utsumi K,Kondo T,Yokoseki A,Nishizawa M

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Sporadic (SSP) and hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSP) are clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorders, which are characterised by a slowly progressive spastic paraparesis. Initial symptoms and the rate of progression are variable even among members of the same family. Spastic paraparesis is the majo...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Klebe S,Stolze H,Kopper F,Lorenz D,Wenzelburger R,Volkmann J,Porschke H,Deuschl G

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of free and total valproic acid (VPA) in plasma and whole blood after oral administration during steady state was investigated in seven infants (mean age 10.7 months) receiving monotherapy. The VPA concentrations in whole blood closely followed those in plasma but at a reduced level. A positive co...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Herngren L,Lundberg B,Nergårdh A

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic evidence indicates a central role of cerebral accumulation of beta-amyloid (Abeta) in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Beside presenilin 1 and 2, three other recently discovered proteins (Aph 1, PEN 2 and nicastrin) are associated with gamma-secretase activity, the enzymatic complex generating Abe...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Sala Frigerio C,Piscopo P,Calabrese E,Crestini A,Malvezzi Campeggi L,Civita di Fava R,Fogliarino S,Albani D,Marcon G,Cherchi R,Piras R,Forloni G,Confaloni A

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SARS-CoV2 infection is responsible for a complex clinical syndrome, named Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), whose main consequences are severe pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Occurrence of acute and subacute neurological manifestations (encephalitis, stroke, headache, seizures, Guillain-Barrè syn...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Schirinzi T,Landi D,Liguori C

更新日期：2020-08-27 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：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the efficacy of acupuncture on stroke recovery compared to an inert placebo. DESIGN:Placebo-controlled, randomised, clinical trial. SETTING:Post-stroke rehabilitation wards in five NHS hospitals in the UK. SUBJECTS:Patients between 4 and 10 days after their first stroke. INTERVENTIONS AND O...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Hopwood V,Lewith G,Prescott P,Campbell MJ

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Conflicting findings have been reported on the prognostic significance of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level in patients with stroke. The objective of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the prognostic utility of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in stroke patients. METHODS:PubMed and Embase databases were systematical...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Liu H,Wang J,Xu Z

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of Fahr's syndrome are described. All patients had disturbances of calcium metabolism and had had a meningoencephalitis in childhood. It is suggested that gliovascular changes, induced by cerebral inflammation, can later facilitate the occurrence of calcification of the striopallidodentate system when abno...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Morgante L,Vita G,Meduri M,Di Rosa AE,Galatioto S,Coraci MA,Di Perri R

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The symptomatology of 18 patients with the severest clinical course after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is described and analyzed. Seventeen patients died, five with an acute bulbar syndrome with cardiac arrest, and 12 with irreversible breakdown of brain function. One patient had an apallic syndrome with minimal sign...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Binder H,Gerstenbrand F,Jellinger K,Krenn J,Watzek C

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Horizontal eye-movement responses of four patients with Alzheimer-type dementia were recorded using the infrared oculographic technique. Abnormally frequent saccadic intrusions occurred during the fixation and slow, smooth pursuit tasks in all four patients. Saccadic intrusions have previously been reported in the lit...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Jones A,Friedland RP,Koss B,Stark L,Thompkins-Ober BA

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed at an analysis of the release of Braintype and Heart-type Fatty Acid- Binding Proteins (B-FABP and HFABP) in acute ischaemic stroke and their potential value as neurobiochemical markers of brain damage. We investigated 42 consecutive patients admitted within 6 hours after ischaemic stroke. Serial veno...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Wunderlich MT,Hanhoff T,Goertler M,Spener F,Glatz JF,Wallesch CW,Pelsers MM

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although most patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) are homozygous for deletion of the SMN1 gene, some patients bear one SMN1 copy with a subtle mutation. Detection of such an intragenic mutation may be helpful not only in confirming diagnosis but also in elucidating functional domains of the SMN protein. In thi...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Kotani T,Sutomo R,Sasongko TH,Sadewa AH,Gunadi,Minato T,Fujii E,Endo S,Lee MJ,Ayaki H,Harada Y,Matsuo M,Nishio H

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of natalizumab-associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in multiple sclerosis patients in an asymptomatic stage is crucial since it is associated with better clinical outcome measures. Current diagnostic criteria on PML diagnosis in asymptomatic patients require the detection of JC vir...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Wattjes MP,Vennegoor A,Mostert J,van Oosten BW,Barkhof F,Killestein J

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The nonischemic forearm exercise test (NIFET) has been shown to be as effective as the classic ischemic forearm exercise test (IFET) in the diagnosis of patients with McArdle disease. Recently, the lactate increase normalized to the mechanical energy production in NIFET was suggested to have a intermediate s...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Hanisch F,Eger K,Bork S,Lehnich H,Deschauer M,Zierz S

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A linkage and association of the CD45 (protein-tyrosine phosphatase, receptor-type C) C77G polymorphism and multiple sclerosis (MS) has been found in some studies but not in others. We analysed the C77G polymorphism in MS patients from the genetically homogeneous population of Sardinia. Using the transmission disequil...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Cocco E,Murru MR,Melis C,Schirru L,Solla E,Lai M,Rolesu M,Marrosu MG

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rare association of spinocerebellar ataxia and motor neuron disease (MND) in a woman with genetically confirmed SCA2 who subsequently developed a rapidly progressive and fatal form of MND. Considering the rarity of these two neurological conditions, it is interesting to note that the concomitant occurrence...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Nanetti L,Fancellu R,Tomasello C,Gellera C,Pareyson D,Mariotti C

更新日期：2009-11-01 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：:Using a novel trial design, we prospectively examined the effect of intravenous immunoglobulin in seven patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) in a double-blind, placebo-controlled cross-over study. We suggest that the commonly used manual muscle testing and Rankin scale are not...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Thompson N,Choudhary P,Hughes RA,Quinlivan RM

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inborn errors of metabolism in 40 children have been investigated by computed tomography to obtain data on the degree of cerebral involvement in neurodegenerative and storage disorders: 20 children had various mucopolysaccharidoses, 8 sphingolipidoses , 3 mucolipidoses, 2 oligosaccharidoses , 3 ceroidlipofuscinoses an...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Wende S,Ludwig B,Kishikawa T,Rochel M,Gehler J

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Demyelination in multiple sclerosis (MS) may cause damage to the vegetative nervous system. Our objective was to examine cerebral autoregulation assessed via blood pressure and cerebral blood flow velocity fluctuations during head-up tilt table testing. We also investigated the effects of high-dose intravenous cortico...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Mezei Z,Olah L,Kardos L,Kovacs RK,Csiba L,Csepany T

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the change in prevalence of comorbidities during the disease course of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) and whether the prevalences vary by MS onset type. OBJECTIVE:To calculate the change in prevalence of comorbidities between symptom onset and the time of study, to compare the pre...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Lo LMP,Taylor BV,Winzenberg T,Palmer AJ,Blizzard L,van der Mei I

更新日期：2020-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation studies with positron emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) represent a powerful tool to study the functional anatomy of Parkinson's disease (PD). Activation studies offer the opportunity to study regional cerebral function in man in vivo under different conditions with ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Ceballos-Baumann AO

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 234 hemophiliacs, 14 patients (5.9%) with intracranial and 1 patient (0.4%) with intramedullary hemorrhage were observed and examined. The average age at the time of hemorrhage was 17 years in patients with severe hemophilia and 43 years in patients with moderate hemophilia. The patients with mild hemophilia and...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Mamoli B,Sonneck G,Lechner K

更新日期：1976-01-14 00:00:00