Precision medicine in genetic epilepsies: break of dawn?

abstract：:Systemic thrombolysis with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator is the first therapy proven to be effective in acute ischemic stroke. Nevertheless, its efficacy and feasibility are still a matter of debate. Much of this debate derives from uncertainties regarding patient eligibility and problems implementing this ...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Koennecke HC

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central nervous system idiopathic inflammatory demyelinating disorders are a heterogenous group of diseases that share inflammation and demyelination as key features. Although the exact pathophysiology remains to be fully unveiled, these conditions are challenging to clinicians who seek specific therapeutic options fo...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Khoshnam M,Freedman MS

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Babies born to mothers exposed to antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are at increased risk for major congenital malformations, cognitive impairment and fetal death. For the millions of women with epilepsy, maintaining the safest drug that will successfully prevent seizures during pregnancy remains a primary consideration. The...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Tatum WO

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids exert a variety of immunomodulatory activities. Since changes in glucocorticoid homeostasis impact on susceptibility to autoimmune diseases, and synthetic glucocorticoids are widely used in the treatment of multiple sclerosis, a detailed understanding of their mechanism of action is desirable. Experime...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Reichardt HM,Gold R,Lühder F

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bipolar disorder is one of the most serious and prevalent psychiatric disorders. The aim of the present article is to review the efficiency of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for bipolar patients. Some studies show consistent evidence that cognitive therapy, concomitant to psycho-education and pharmacological treat...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： da Costa RT,Rangé BP,Malagris LE,Sardinha A,de Carvalho MR,Nardi AE

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent morphometric MRI studies have investigated brain volume abnormalities associated with the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) using voxel-based morphometry (VBM). This technique allows the assessment of gray matter volumes in subjects with AD or related conditions compared with healthy controls in an automate...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Busatto GF,Diniz BS,Zanetti MV

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The optimal therapy of pediatric ependymomas is controversial. The benefit of surgical resection is widely accepted, but the role of adjuvant therapy is subject to debate. Due to the relatively low survival rates of ependymoma patients, as well as the tumor's high recurrence rates, further research into the efficacy o...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Krieger MD,Bowen IE

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has become a standard therapy for the treatment of select cases of medication refractory essential tremor and Parkinson's disease however the effectiveness and long-term outcomes of DBS in other uncommon and complex tremor syndromes has not been well established. Traditionally,...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Ramirez-Zamora A,Okun MS

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With advances in stereotactic and neuroimaging techniques, various minimally invasive image-guided techniques have gained widespread acceptance in the field of neuro-oncology. Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) is an image-guided technique that involves generation of high temperatures using a laser fiber, to ab...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Sharma M,Balasubramanian S,Silva D,Barnett GH,Mohammadi AM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Braak's proposal that, in patients with Parkinson's disease, Lewy bodies and neurites progressively invade the brain through regions connected to autonomic and olfactory centers remains contentious. Confounding factors include the lack of an in vivo marker to examine the progression of Lewy pathology, the retrospectiv...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Halliday G,McCann H,Shepherd C

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistent gait deficits after stroke can cause falls, elevated energy cost and poor endurance. Coordination impairment is an underlying cause of gait deficits. Few efficacious interventions have been described that have targeted and measured restoration of coordinated gait components. Neuromuscular electrical stimula...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Daly JJ

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Despite increased interest in the pharmacotherapy of bipolar disorder during pregnancy and the postpartum period, management of the disorder during these critical periods in a woman's life remains challenging.Areas covered: The authors review the effect of pregnancy and the postpartum period on the cours...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Sharma V,Sharma P,Sharma S

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease is common, incurable and disabling. It is expected to grow dramatically in prevalence over the next 50 years. At current, the standard of care for patients with mild and moderately severe Alzheimer's disease includes the use of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors. Donepezil (Aricept) is a highly select...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Geldmacher DS

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central pain, which follows brain and spinal cord injury remains an ill-treated entity affecting approximately 1-2 million people worldwide. When oral drugs fail, either immediately or in the long run, the only therapeutic option is neuromodulation, via either electrical or chemical means. The whole spectrum of neurom...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Canavero S,Bonicalzi V

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is a common genetic epilepsy syndrome usually presenting in adolescence and characterized by myoclonic jerks, predominately in the arms, associated with tonic-clonic seizures and less often generalized absences. Although the evidence base for treating JME is weak, most experts regard ...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Brodie MJ

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seizures are often the presenting symptoms of a cerebral tumor and may precede its diagnosis by many years. The article under evaluation searched two large English registries for patients admitted for new-onset epilepsy. The risk of subsequently being diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor was found to be 26-fold high...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Schucht P,Duffau H

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) and persistent idiopathic facial pain (PIFP) are two of the most puzzling orofacial pain conditions and affected patients are often very difficult to treat. TN is characterized by paroxysms of brief but severe pain followed by asymptomatic periods without pain. In some patients a constant dul...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Obermann M,Holle D,Katsarava Z

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Constituents of the Cannabis plant, cannabinoids, may be of therapeutic value in neurologic diseases. The most abundant cannabinoids are Δ(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol, which possesses psychoactive properties, and cannabidiol, which has no intrinsic psychoactive effects, but exhibits neuroprotective properties in preclinic...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Benbadis SR,Sanchez-Ramos J,Bozorg A,Giarratano M,Kalidas K,Katzin L,Robertson D,Vu T,Smith A,Zesiewicz T

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-traumatic headache (PTH) is a very controversial disorder, particularly when it comes to chronic PTH following mild closed head injury and headache attributed to whiplash injury. Nevertheless, mild traumatic brain injury is very common in Western societies, affecting approximately 1.8 million individuals in the U...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Obermann M,Holle D,Katsarava Z

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a recognized and effective treatment in adults for several psychiatric and neurological conditions in which the use of pharmacotherapy is ineffective, untimely or contraindicated. It has been used with success in mood and psychotic disorders, catatonia, neuroleptic malignant syndrome...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Shoirah H,Hamoda HM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is traditionally regarded as a monophasic demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system occurring in children after infection or vaccination. ADEM in children has a polysymptomatic presentation that includes encephalopathy, fever and meningeal signs. In adults, enceph...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Berzero G,Cortese A,Ravaglia S,Marchioni E

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review evaluates the most recent evidence available on the potential of cannabinoid drugs to relieve spasticity and pain in multiple sclerosis. Many different drugs are used to control the symptoms of multiple sclerosis, periods of relapse and the progression of the disease but it is in the potential management o...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Smith PF

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Side effects to antiparkinsonian drugs constitute an important component of the daily management of patients with Parkinson's disease. Treatment with levodopa frequently leads to motor fluctuations and dyskinesias. Hallucinosis, nausea and vomiting, drowsiness, orthostatic hypotension and peripheral edema can be manag...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Singer C

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy and other nonpharmacological interventions are used in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). However, 50% of the patients with MDD fail to achieve a response to first-line antidepressant treatment. In four of five acute monotherapy studies, once-daily extended-release quetiapine...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Weisler R,McIntyre RS

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence suggests that active trigger points (TrPs) in neck and shoulder muscles contribute to tension-type headache. Active TrPs within the suboccipital, upper trapezius, sternocleidomastoid, temporalis, superior oblique and lateral rectus muscles have been associated with chronic and episodic tension-type hea...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Alonso-Blanco C,de-la-Llave-Rincón AI,Fernández-de-las-Peñas C

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been remarkable strides in the last decade in unraveling the mystery of primary headache disorders, such as migraine and cluster headache. The vascular theory has been superseded by the neurovascular phenomena which seems to be the permissive triggering factor in migraine and cluster headache. This has been...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Aurora S

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the accumulation of β-amyloid peptides and neurofibrilllary tangles in brain, resulting in neuronal death and loss of cognitive abilities. It has been hypothesized that longstanding psychological stress can result in neural degenerat...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Johansson L

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The third part of this in-depth review series on the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) with monoclonal antibodies covers the years 2010-2012. The natalizumab section gives a progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy update, focusing on clinically relevant aspects. Furthermore, it outlines problems around natalizum...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Deiß A,Brecht I,Haarmann A,Buttmann M

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of patients who will develop metastatic spinal tumors is estimated to be between 5 and 10% of all cancer patients. As the therapy for systemic cancer improves, the number of patients developing symptomatic spinal tumors that require local therapy will increase. Over the last 10 years there has been a dramat...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Bilsky MH

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in research and better understanding of the pathophysiology of diseases have resulted in an increase in the number of available health interventions that compete for finite public resources. Explicit choices must therefore be made about funding. ...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Kobelt G

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00