Cerebellar arteriovenous malformation presenting with recurrent positional vertigo.

abstract：:Polysomnography (PSG) is considered the gold standard for diagnosis of non-rapid eye movement (NREM) parasomnias, however its diagnostic yield has been rarely reported. We aimed to assess the diagnostic value of polysomnography in different categories of patients with suspected NREM parasomnia and define variables tha...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Fois C,Wright MA,Sechi G,Walker MC,Eriksson SH

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexuality in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has received little attention so far. Although sexual function is not directly affected by the disease process, several patients have reported problems within their sexual relationship. We performed a questionnaire survey to ascertain the extent and clinic...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Wasner M,Bold U,Vollmer TC,Borasio GD

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A haplotype marker consisting of three biallelic restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) loci from the VH-2 variable gene family was examined in 124 families with sibling pairs concordant for multiple sclerosis, 178 unrelated patients and 159 unaffected controls to investigate the role of the immunoglobulin he...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Wood NW,Sawcer SJ,Kellar-Wood HF,Holmans P,Clayton D,Robertson N,Compston DA

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Five different calliper methods for assessing the degree of carotid artery stenosis and visual estimation ("eyeballing") of postmortem carotid arteriograms were compared with the planimetric gold standard of the area reduction at the site of the stenosis. METHODS:During autopsy 53 carotid specimens were remo...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Schulte-Altedorneburg G,Droste DW,Kollár J,Beyna T,Felszeghy S,Módis L,Hegedüs C,Ringelstein EB,Csiba L

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 15-year-old boy with Tourette's syndrome exhibited severe involuntary self-mutilatory behavior. While clonidine effectively controlled the motor and phonic tics, it failed to ameliorate the self-mutilatory behavior. Administration of oxycodone (50 mg/day) combined with clonidine produced a dramatic reduction in the ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Sandyk R

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To use arterial spin labelling to investigate differences in perfusion in mild cognitive impairment with Lewy bodies (MCI-LB) compared to Alzheimer type MCI (MCI-AD) and healthy controls. METHODS:We obtained perfusion images on 32 MCI-LB, 30 MCI-AD and 28 healthy subjects of similar age. Perfusion relative t...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Firbank MJ,O'Brien JT,Durcan R,Allan LM,Barker S,Ciafone J,Donaghy PC,Hamilton CA,Lawley S,Lloyd J,Roberts G,Taylor JP,Thomas AJ

更新日期：2020-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike most neurodegenerative disorders, individuals at risk from Huntington's disease can be identified prior to the onset of clinical signs of the disease by virtue of it being an autosomal dominant condition. This provides the hypothetical opportunity to delay disease onset and/or slow down the progression of the d...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Mason S,Barker RA

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been a resurgence in the use of functional neurosurgery for Parkinson's disease. An important factor that has played a role in this development is the recent understanding of the functional anatomy of the basal ganglia including a knowledge of the changes in the activities of neurons in the internal segment ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Lang AE,Duff J,Saint-Cyr JA,Trepanier L,Gross RE,Lombardi W,Montgomery E,Hutchinson W,Lozano AM

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three families are described which include members with "typical" Friedreich's disease (FD) and others who are ataxic but do not satisfy all the diagnostic criteria for that disease. In family A two patients have an early-onset, rapidly progressive FD, while two others have a late-onset, more benign form. In families ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Filla A,De Michele G,Cavalcanti F,Santorelli F,Santoro L,Campanella G

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is caused by a homozygous deletion of the survival motor neuron (SMN)1 gene. The nearly identical SMN2 gene plays a disease modifying role. SMA is classified into four different subtypes based on age of onset and clinical course (SMA types 1-4). The natural history of early onse...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Piepers S,van den Berg LH,Brugman F,Scheffer H,Ruiterkamp-Versteeg M,van Engelen BG,Faber CG,de Visser M,van der Pol WL,Wokke JH

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In fibromyalgia (FM), reduced habituation of laser-evoked potentials (LEPs) suggests a dysfunction of pain processing at a central level. In this study, we aimed to further examine the nociceptive pathways at the peripheral to the central level in a large group of FM patients by means of LEPs and skin biopsy, in light...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： de Tommaso M,Nolano M,Iannone F,Vecchio E,Ricci K,Lorenzo M,Delussi M,Girolamo F,Lavolpe V,Provitera V,Stancanelli A,Lapadula G,Livrea P

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is growing evidence that intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) are effective in some neuroimmunological disorders of childhood. This short review summarizes the evidence-based indications and recommendations of IVIG therapy in these disorders. Despite considerable efforts to define the role and mechanisms of IVIG, ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Archelos JJ,Fazekas F

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined 199 consecutive patients who underwent 220 liver transplantations, to define the type, frequency and aetiology of posttransplant neurological complications and their prognostic value. We found neurological complications in 63 patients (32%), mostly involving the central nervous system. The most frequent co...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Guarino M,Stracciari A,Pazzaglia P,Sterzi R,Santilli I,Donato F,D'Alessandro R

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56-year-old woman with coeliac disease developed myoclonus of cortical origin and palatal myoclonus with lesions of subcortical white matter on magnetic resonance imaging. Myoclonus can thus be a prominent feature of coeliac disease encephalopathy. A slight vitamin E deficiency was found but does not satisfactorily ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Tison F,Arne P,Henry P

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cases of identical twins with ataxia telangiectasia, early intellectual impairment and progressive spasticity are reported. Immunological tests revealed reduced levels of serum and salivary IgA, increased B cells, reduced T cells and raised alpha-fetoprotein. CT scan performed in one of the twins was normal. The p...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Meshram CM,Sawhney IM,Prabhakar S,Chopra JS

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent research has convincingly shown that the ability to work mainly depends on the cognitive status in multiple sclerosis (MS). An international committee of experts recommended a brief neuropsychological battery to evaluate cognitive performance in MS. BICAMS comprises three tests, the Symbol Digit Modal...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Filser M,Schreiber H,Pöttgen J,Ullrich S,Lang M,Penner IK

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two siblings with multiple intracranial haemangiomatosis are reported, each having psychomotor retardation, epilepsy and gyriform type calcification in the occipital and frontal lobes. There were haemangiomas in one autopsy case with calcification in the deep layers of the cortex and subcortical white matter. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Tateno A,Matsui A,Sakuragawa N,Nonaka I,Arima M

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：:Apoptotic deletion of autoreactive T-cells is defective in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Glatiramer acetate (GA) treatment seems to restore apoptosis of detrimental T-cells. We analyzed the mitochondria membrane pro- (Bax) and anti-apoptotic (Bcl- 2) and cytosolic pro-apoptotic (Cyt-c, APAF-1) proteins expres...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Ruggieri M,Avolio C,Scacco S,Pica C,Lia A,Zimatore GB,Papa S,Livrea P,Trojano M

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a 14-year-old boy with congenital isolated hemifacial hyperplasia. Hemifacial hypertrophy most likely represents a minor form of congenital hemihypertrophy. MRI of the soft tissue is particularly suitable to support the diagnosis and reveal associated bony asymmetries. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Urban PP,Bruening R

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine agonists have been proved safe and effective as initial therapy in early stages of Parkinson's disease. Prospective long-term clinical trials demonstrated that initial symptomatic treatment with a dopamine agonist is associated with a significantly reduced risk for motor complications in comparison with levod...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Junghanns S,Glöckler T,Reichmann H

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Robertson JA,Tallantyre EC

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dermic fibroblasts have been proposed as a potential genetic-ALS cellular model. This study aimed to explore whether dermic fibroblasts from patients with sporadic-ALS (sALS) recapitulate alterations typical of ALS motor neurons and exhibit abnormal DNA-damage response. METHODS:Dermic fibroblasts were obtai...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Riancho J,Castanedo-Vázquez D,Gil-Bea F,Tapia O,Arozamena J,Durán-Vían C,Sedano MJ,Berciano MT,Lopez de Munain A,Lafarga M

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alexander disease (AD) is a rare genetic disorder of the central nervous system due to a dysfunction of astrocytes. The most common infantile form presents as a progressive leukodystrophy with macrocephalus. Recently, heterozygous de novo mutations in the gene encoding glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) have been ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Brockmann K,Dechent P,Meins M,Haupt M,Sperner J,Stephani U,Frahm J,Hanefeld F

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the cognitive functions of patients with spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6). We examined 13 patients with genetically confirmed SCA6 and 13 healthy control subjects matched for age, years of education, global cognitive status, and intellectual ability. We administered verbal memor...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Tamura I,Takei A,Hamada S,Nonaka M,Kurosaki Y,Moriwaka F

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although seizures in brain tumor patients are common, the knowledge on optimal anti-seizure therapy in this patient group is limited. An observational study was carried out using a database of all patients from the neuro-oncology service during the period 2000-2005, with data on seizure characteristics, therapy with A...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： van Breemen MS,Rijsman RM,Taphoorn MJ,Walchenbach R,Zwinkels H,Vecht CJ

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 37-year-old man presented with an acute amnestic syndrome of Korsakoff's type and an upper brain-stem oculomotor syndrome. After a moderate improvement with steroid therapy, he developed progressive behavioural changes due to a frontal lobe syndrome, in addition to motor and visual impairment. Memory performance was...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Vighetto A,Charles N,Salzmann M,Confavreux C,Aimard G

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to assess the intrasubject reproducibility of a technology-based levodopa (LD) therapeutic monitoring protocol administered in supervised versus unsupervised conditions in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). The study design was pilot, intrasubject, single center, open and prospective. Twenty patients wer...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Lopane G,Mellone S,Corzani M,Chiari L,Cortelli P,Calandra-Buonaura G,Contin M

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gut with its variety of microbiota may serve as an etiological origin of diseases. Gut microbes may also play a role in the pathogenesis of diseases beyond their simple nutritional maintenance and support. For example, gut protein aggregation, possibly aided by microbes as well as nasal influences, might be linked...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Choudhry H,Perlmuter LC

更新日期：2017-09-01 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