Update in Aphasia Research.

abstract：:Microglia are the resident macrophages of the nervous system. They serve to protect and preserve neuronal cells from pathogens and facilitate recovery from metabolic insults. In addition, they appear to play a role in the neuropathology of noninfectious inflammatory disorders of the central nervous system, especially ...

journal_title：Current neurology and neuroscience reports

authors： Deng X,Sriram S

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Headache attributable to disorders of homeostasis represents a diverse diagnostic category in which external (i.e., high-altitude) or internal (i.e., fasting) demands exceed homeostatic capacity, resulting in symptomatic headaches. Metabolic headaches, especially fasting headache, have been observed to be common in th...

journal_title：Current neurology and neuroscience reports

authors： Grewal P,Smith JH

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This article reviews was to review genes where putative or confirmed pathogenic mutations causing Parkinson's disease or Parkinsonism have been identified since 2012, and summarizes the clinical and pathological picture of the associated disease subtypes. RECENT FINDINGS:Newly reported genes for domi...

journal_title：Current neurology and neuroscience reports

authors： Puschmann A

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) often display gastrointestinal and genitourinary autonomic symptoms years or even decades prior to diagnosis. These symptoms are thought to be caused in part by pathological α-synuclein inclusions in the peripheral autonomic and enteric nervous systems. It has be...

journal_title：Current neurology and neuroscience reports

authors： Knudsen K,Borghammer P

更新日期：2018-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The optimal treatment for patients with oligodendrogliomas is unknown, and current management strategies remain controversial. This past year, further exploration of the molecular genetics of the tumors and its prognostic implications for outcome, evaluation of the utility of positron emission tomography imaging, and ...

journal_title：Current neurology and neuroscience reports

authors： Agulnik M,Mason WP

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New strategies to lower the risk of stroke among high-risk persons are being developed. Therapies such as cholesterol-lowering medications and newer antihypertensive agents appear to complement traditional antithrombotic drugs and surgical procedures. Of particular interest is the use of the newer angiotensin-converti...

journal_title：Current neurology and neuroscience reports

authors： Adams HP

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) refers to persons whose memory or other cognitive abilities are not normal, but who do not have clinically diagnosed dementia. MCI has received considerable attention in the medical literature over the past few years. There were 63 original reports in the English language literature wit...

journal_title：Current neurology and neuroscience reports

authors： Bennett DA

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THE REVIEW:The aims of fluid management in acute brain injury are to preserve or restore physiology and guarantee appropriate tissue perfusion, avoiding potential iatrogenic effects. We reviewed the literature, focusing on the clinical implications of the selected papers. Our purposes were to summarize the p...

journal_title：Current neurology and neuroscience reports

authors： Rossi S,Picetti E,Zoerle T,Carbonara M,Zanier ER,Stocchetti N

更新日期：2018-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Transportation issues in industrialized nations play an important role in the lives of most citizens. The acts of flying and driving, especially in the United States, intersect with many peoples' lives on almost a daily basis. Although some larger cities have modern and efficient public transportation systems, many do...

journal_title：Current neurology and neuroscience reports

authors： Drazkowski JF

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Varicella zoster virus (VZV) infects >95 % of the world population. Typically, varicella (chickenpox) results from primary infection. The virus then becomes latent in ganglionic neurons along the entire neuraxis. In immunocompromised individuals, VZV reactivates and causes herpes zoster (shingles), pain, and rash in 1...

journal_title：Current neurology and neuroscience reports

authors： Nagel MA,Gilden D

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the experimental autoimmune encephalitis model of multiple sclerosis, the effects of stress on disease severity depend on multiple factors, including the animal's genetics and the type of stressor. The studies in humans relating stress to the risk of developing multiple sclerosis have found discordant results. The ...

journal_title：Current neurology and neuroscience reports

authors： Lovera J,Reza T

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding sleep complaints of menopausal women is an emerging area of clinical and research interest. In this article, we summarize the most relevant and recent literature to provide an update on sleep in perimenopause and postmenopause. Our discussion includes the causes, clinical diagnosis, and treatment of slee...

journal_title：Current neurology and neuroscience reports

authors： Nowakowski S,Meliska CJ,Martinez LF,Parry BL

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Elevated cholesterol is an established risk factor for ischemic stroke. The value of statins for stroke prevention has been clear for more than a decade. RECENT FINDINGS:However, the use of new medication combinations such as ezetimibe or proprotein convertase subtilisin-kexin type 9 inhibitors plus ...

journal_title：Current neurology and neuroscience reports

authors： Aradine E,Hou Y,Cronin CA,Chaturvedi S

更新日期：2020-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory failure complicates a number of acute neurologic conditions, most notably neuromuscular diseases (eg, Guillain-Barré syndrome and myasthenia gravis) and stroke. In addition, pulmonary complications, particularly pneumonia and atelectasis, are fairly common in patients with these diagnoses; their prevention...

journal_title：Current neurology and neuroscience reports

authors： Rabinstein AA

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful critical care management of patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage requires a thorough understanding of the disease and its complications and a familiarity with modern multimodality neuromonitoring technology. This article reviews the natural history of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and strat...

journal_title：Current neurology and neuroscience reports

authors： Levine JM

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington's disease (HD) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease characterized by motor, cognitive, and psychiatric disturbance. In this article, we used polysomnography, actigraphy and a variety of validated questionnaires to ascertain the extent to which sleep changes are identifiable and measurable in mild stage HD, ...

journal_title：Current neurology and neuroscience reports

authors： Goodman AO,Rogers L,Pilsworth S,McAllister CJ,Shneerson JM,Morton AJ,Barker RA

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a severe, often fatal, opportunistic viral infection of the central nervous system that is mainly seen in the context of AIDS and certain monoclonal immune-suppressive therapies. The causative agent, a polyoma virus, named JC virus infects only humans and there is no...

journal_title：Current neurology and neuroscience reports

authors： Steiner I,Berger JR

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep and circadian disturbances are common among patients with dementia. Symptomatic manifestations vary according to dementia subtype, with one commonly shared pattern--the irregular sleep-wake rhythm (ISWR), a circadian disorder characterized by an absence of the sleepwake cycle’s circadian synchronization. Hypothe...

journal_title：Current neurology and neuroscience reports

authors： Zhou QP,Jung L,Richards KC

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid storage myopathy (LSM) is pathologically characterized by prominent lipid accumulation in muscle fibers due to lipid dysmetabolism. Although extensive molecular studies have been performed, there are only four types of genetically diagnosable LSMs: primary carnitine deficiency (PCD), multiple acyl-coenzyme A deh...

journal_title：Current neurology and neuroscience reports

authors： Liang WC,Nishino I

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomarkers are objectively measured characteristics that are indicators of normal biological processes, pathogenic processes, or responses to therapeutic interventions. To date, clinical assessment remains the gold standard in the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD) and clinical rating scales are well established as...

journal_title：Current neurology and neuroscience reports

authors： Morgan JC,Mehta SH,Sethi KD

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We review the current state of knowledge regarding headache and brain tumors. The epidemiology of this clinically relevant area is highlighted along with general clinical features of headache disorders seen in brain tumor patients. Some rarer clinical presentations are noted, particularly in relationship to the newly ...

journal_title：Current neurology and neuroscience reports

authors： Kirby S,Purdy RA

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The original version of this article contains an error in the second sentence of the second paragraph of the Paleolithic Diet section. ...

journal_title：Current neurology and neuroscience reports

authors： Altowaijri G,Fryman A,Yadav V

更新日期：2017-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Lyme disease is due to infection with a tick-borne spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi. Risk for infection is confined to regions that contain the Ixodid tick vector. Characteristic skin, musculoskeletal, cardiac, ocular, and neurologic disorders are associated with the local, early dissemination and late stages of infec...

journal_title：Current neurology and neuroscience reports

authors： Coyle PK

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of recognizing and documenting the subjective impact of disease and the side effects of long-term medical therapy in illnesses such as Parkinson's disease is beginning to be fully appreciated. This appreciation follows the recognition that it is necessary to describe the overall results of diagnostic an...

journal_title：Current neurology and neuroscience reports

authors： Welsh MD

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iatrogenic fungal infections of the central nervous system had been considered a medical curiosity. Generally, they are a rare isolated complication of neurosurgical procedures, but periodically these infections are observed in larger populations as a result of exposure to contaminated materials during diagnostic or t...

journal_title：Current neurology and neuroscience reports

authors： Lahoti S,Berger JR

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surgical treatment of epilepsy is expanding in an exciting and unprecedented way. This review highlights some of the recent advances in neuroimaging that have improved epilepsy surgery. In addition, novel therapies currently being evaluated in clinical trials, including gamma knife radiosurgery, deep brain stimula...

journal_title：Current neurology and neuroscience reports

authors： McKhann GM 2nd

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiologic studies have raised expectations that existing anti-inflammatory drugs may be useful in slowing the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the first large-scale studies of anti-inflammatory drug treatment regimens have been negative. These disappointing results, along with new evidence from ce...

journal_title：Current neurology and neuroscience reports

authors： Aisen PS

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG CoA) reductase inhibitors (ie, statins) are oral cholesterol-lowering drugs. Statins are well tolerated and have an excellent safety record. These agents competitively inhibit HMG CoA reductase, which is the enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of HMG CoA to L-mevalonate. Alt...

journal_title：Current neurology and neuroscience reports

authors： Stüve O,Prod'homme T,Youssef S,Dunn S,Neuhaus O,Weber M,Hartung HP,Steinman L,Zamvil SS

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles (DMRV) and hereditary inclusion body myopathy (hIBM) share similar clinical features, including onset in young adulthood with preferential involvement of the anterior compartment of the lower legs and sparing of the quadriceps femoris muscles. The most significant muscle pathology ...

journal_title：Current neurology and neuroscience reports

authors： Nonaka I,Noguchi S,Nishino I

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the co-occurrence of myelitis and optic neuritis that characterizes neuromyelitis optica (NMO) was recognized over a century ago, distinguishing NMO from multiple sclerosis relied solely on clinical criteria until recently. The identification of a biomarker that has high specificity for NMO is clinically usef...

journal_title：Current neurology and neuroscience reports

authors： Cree B

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00