Steroid-responsive, progressive, focal measles virus brain infection.

abstract：:A 51-year-old man presented with a six-year history of gradually progressive exertional dyspnea. His complaint was attributed to increasing age, but evaluation finally led to a diagnosis of diaphragmatic paralysis. Neurological examination disclosed only minimal evidence of weakness of limb muscles. Electromyographic ...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Sivak ED,Salanga VD,Wilbourn AJ,Mitsumoto H,Golish J

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with the frontal variant of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (fv-FTLD), behavioral abnormalities may vary from apathy with motor slowness (apathetic form) to disinhibition with agitation (disinhibited form). These clinical presentations may be related to specific regional cerebral dysfunction and to defic...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Franceschi M,Anchisi D,Pelati O,Zuffi M,Matarrese M,Moresco RM,Fazio F,Perani D

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Axonal loss is thought to be a likely cause of persistent disability after a multiple sclerosis relapse; therefore, noninvasive in vivo markers specific for axonal loss are needed. We used optic neuritis as a model of multiple sclerosis relapse to quantify axonal loss of the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) and second...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Trip SA,Schlottmann PG,Jones SJ,Altmann DR,Garway-Heath DF,Thompson AJ,Plant GT,Miller DH

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations in the pathogenesis of Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) has yet to be characterized. Several clinical features of the disease imply that nuclear genes might also be involved in its expression. We have confirmed the presence of a severe NADH:coenzyme Q1 reductas...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Cock HR,Tabrizi SJ,Cooper JM,Schapira AH

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the human central nervous system. Although the clinical impact of gray matter pathology in MS brains is unknown, 30 to 40% of MS patients demonstrate memory impairment. The molecular basis of this memory dysfunction has not yet been investiga...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Dutta R,Chang A,Doud MK,Kidd GJ,Ribaudo MV,Young EA,Fox RJ,Staugaitis SM,Trapp BD

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopa-responsive dystonia (DRD) is one form of childhood-onset idiopathic torsion dystonia. Adult-onset parkinsonism has appeared in several previously unaffected members in families with DRD suggesting that this may be an additional phenotypical expression of the disease. We report a family with DRD in which 2 women a...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Nygaard TG,Takahashi H,Heiman GA,Snow BJ,Fahn S,Calne DB

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In inclusion body myositis, T cells invade and destroy nonnecrotic muscle fibers. The mechanism by which T cells damage muscle fibers in inflammatory myopathies is not known. In this study we have investigated the expression of Fas and Fas ligand in muscle in five patients with inclusion body myositis. Reverse transcr...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Fyhr IM,Oldfors A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) neuropathies are inherited neuromuscular disorders caused by a length-dependent neurodegeneration of peripheral nerves. More than 900 mutations in 60 different genes are causative of the neuropathy. Despite significant progress in therapeutic strategies, the disease remains incurable. The inc...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Bouhy D,Timmerman V

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Only 6 patients with intracranial hypertension associated with unruptured cerebral arteriovenous malformations have been reported. We report 6 additional patients seen at the Cleveland Clinic during the past 10 years. The average age was 28 years (range, 19-44 years); 4 were women. Symptoms and signs included papilled...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Chimowitz MI,Little JR,Awad IA,Sila CA,Kosmorsky G,Furlan AJ

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Though effective anti-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) therapies are now available, they have variable penetration into the brain. We therefore aimed to assess changes over calendar time in the risk for HIV-associated dementia (HIV-D), and factors associated with HIV-D risk. METHODS:Using Concerted Action ...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Bhaskaran K,Mussini C,Antinori A,Walker AS,Dorrucci M,Sabin C,Phillips A,Porter K,CASCADE Collaboration.

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 51-year-old diabetic woman developed bilateral rhinoorbitocerebral phycomycosis. Successful treatment was accomplished by correction of the ketoacidosis, surgical debridement, and amphotericin B therapy. Rhinoorbitocerebral phycomycosis is a fulminant and frequently fatal disease most often seen in debilitated hosts...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Kasper LH,Bernat JL,Nordgren RE,Reeves AG

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-dimensional (volume) magnetic resonance angiography is a noninvasive technique that images the intracranial and cervical arterial vasculature without contrast agents. Twenty-four children with strokes had combined parenchymal magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance angiography 1 day to 4 years after ac...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Wiznitzer M,Masaryk TJ

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease contain beta-amyloid, encoded by portions of exons 16 and 17 of the amyloid precursor protein. The specific association of rare amyloid precursor protein mutations with some kindreds with early-onset familial Alzheimer's disease suggests that specific abnormalities in amyloid pre...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Peacock ML,Murman DL,Sima AA,Warren JT Jr,Roses AD,Fink JK

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 37-year-old woman with primary Sjögren syndrome developed mixed cryoglobulinemia and systemic vasculitis. Subarachnoid hemorrhage occurred as a result of necrotizing anterior spinal arteritis. Although rarely seen in mixed cryoglobulinemia, central nervous system complications have recently been documented in Sjögre...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Alexander EL,Craft C,Dorsch C,Moser RL,Provost TT,Alexander GE

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothalamus was systematically examined in 30 patients with pathologically documented idiopathic parkinsonism. Using Lewy body formation as a marker for nerve cell degeneration, we observed abnormalities in every hypothalamus examined. Of the thirteen hypothalamic nuclei that could be individually identified, non...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Langston JW,Forno LS

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Central nervous system pathology in multiple sclerosis includes both focal inflammatory perivascular injury and injury to superficial structures, including the subpial region of the cortex, which reportedly exhibits a gradient of damage from the surface inward. We assessed how early in the multiple sclerosis ...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Fadda G,Brown RA,Magliozzi R,Aubert-Broche B,O'Mahony J,Shinohara RT,Banwell B,Marrie RA,Yeh EA,Collins DL,Arnold DL,Bar-Or A,Canadian Pediatric Demyelinating Disease Network.

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency viruses from the brain can be distinguished from peripheral blood isolates by their ability to infect established human cell lines and their sensitivity to serum neutralization. Isolates from the brain and lymph nodes obtained from the same person displayed similar host range tropism and suscept...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Cheng-Mayer C,Levy JA

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Intracranial electroencephalography (ICEEG) with chronically implanted electrodes is a costly invasive diagnostic procedure that remains necessary for a large proportion of patients who undergo evaluation for epilepsy surgery. This study was designed to evaluate whether magnetic source imaging (MSI), a noninv...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Knowlton RC,Razdan SN,Limdi N,Elgavish RA,Killen J,Blount J,Burneo JG,Ver Hoef L,Paige L,Faught E,Kankirawatana P,Bartolucci A,Riley K,Kuzniecky R

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance imaging is a highly sensitive method for the detection of the lesions of multiple sclerosis and renders possible the study and the evolution of early lesions. Previous reports on magnetic resonance imaging following gadolinium-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (Gd-DTPA) injection demonstrated that...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Katz D,Taubenberger JK,Cannella B,McFarlin DE,Raine CS,McFarland HF

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To design a new class of selective neuronal nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitors, and demonstrate that administration in a rabbit model for cerebral palsy (CP) prevents hypoxia-ischemia-induced deaths and reduces the number of newborn kits exhibiting signs of CP. METHODS:We used a novel computer-based drug...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Ji H,Tan S,Igarashi J,Li H,Derrick M,Martásek P,Roman LJ,Vásquez-Vivar J,Poulos TL,Silverman RB

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies evaluate neuropathological correlates of behavioral changes in Alzheimer disease (AD). We identified 31 autopsy patients with a diagnosis of definite AD. Behavioral changes were assessed with the Neuropsychiatric Inventory. Brain sections were collected from bilateral orbitofrontal and left anterior cingul...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Tekin S,Mega MS,Masterman DM,Chow T,Garakian J,Vinters HV,Cummings JL

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal cortical myoclonus is rare. Obvious causes include tumor or atrophy involving the motor strip, but in some cases no cause is apparent. We present 4 patients who started to have focal myoclonus in childhood. All had focal motor seizures as well, and one had recurrent focal motor status epilepticus. All 4 had a mi...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Kuzniecky R,Berkovic S,Andermann F,Melanson D,Olivier A,Robitaille Y

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To this day, the cause of multiple system atrophy (MSA) remains stubbornly enigmatic. A growing body of observations regarding the clinical, morphological, and biochemical phenotypes of MSA has been published, but the interested student is still left without a clue as to its underlying cause. MSA has long been conside...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Wenning GK,Stefanova N,Jellinger KA,Poewe W,Schlossmacher MG

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present our approach to the diagnosis of pediatric neurotransmitter diseases exemplified by the differential diagnosis of children presenting with dystonia. This approach is based upon the primary aim of early diagnosis of treatable conditions and the need for a logical series of investigations. We have tried to be...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Assmann B,Surtees R,Hoffmann GF

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzodiazepines can regulate neoplastic growth and immune response through specific peripheral benzodiazepine receptors. We investigated the presence of peripheral and classic central benzodiazepine receptors as well as diazepam-binding inhibitor, an endogenous ligand of both types of receptors, in different human cer...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Ferrarese C,Appollonio I,Frigo M,Gaini SM,Piolti R,Frattola L

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper attempts to place into perspective the present state of clinical investigation with PET in neurology. To this end we briefly review the work of the neurology group of the MRC Cyclotron Unit at Hammersmith Hospital, by reference to studies performed in normal subjects and in patients with cerebrovascular dis...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Frackowiak RS,Wise RJ,Gibbs JM,Jones T

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Units linked to stimulation of the superior sagittal sinus were identified and recorded from in the trigeminocervical complex of the anesthetized cat. Iontophoresis of glutamate NMDA receptor agonists increased the baseline-firing rate of these neurons. Coejection of sumatriptan, 4991W93, or ergometrine resulted in a ...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Goadsby PJ,Akerman S,Storer RJ

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular genetics has had a powerful impact on clinical neurology. Definitions of disease are changing from clinical criteria to DNA analysis, resolving questions about the nature of clinically similar but not identical diseases. Genetic counseling is more reliable. Concepts of mendelian inheritance are being tested ...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Rowland LP

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comprehensive analysis of cerebral hemodynamics and metabolism was carried out in 14 patients with pseudotumor cerebri. Tracer techniques were employed to measure cerebral blood flow (CBF) and vascular reactivity to acute changes in arterial carbon dioxide tension and blood pressure, cerebral blood volume (CBV), and...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Raichle ME,Grubb RL Jr,Phelps ME,Gado MH,Caronna JJ

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Chronic seizures in women can have adverse effects on reproductive function, such as polycystic ovarian syndrome, but it has been difficult to dissociate the effects of epilepsy from the role of antiepileptic drugs. To distinguish the effects of chronic seizures from medication, we used the laboratory rat, be...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Scharfman HE,Kim M,Hintz TM,MacLusky NJ

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00