Levetiracetam and brivaracetam: a review of evidence from clinical trials and clinical experience.

abstract：:Cluster headache (CH) is a short-lasting unilateral headache associated with ipsilateral craniofacial autonomic manifestations. A positron emission tomography (PET) study has shown that the posterior hypothalamus is activated during CH attacks, suggesting that hypothalamic hyperactivity plays a key role in CH pathophy...

journal_title：Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders

authors： Leone M,Franzini A,Cecchini AP,Broggi G,Bussone G

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute stroke is one of the major causes of death and disabilities. Since the 1980s many clinical studies have been conducted to evaluate neuroprotective approaches to treat this important brain vascular event. However, to date the only drug approved (recombinant tissue plasminogen activator [rtPA]) represents a thromb...

journal_title：Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders

authors： Subirós N,Del Barco DG,Coro-Antich RM

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Galcanezumab, along with three other monoclonal antibodies targeting the calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) pathway, represents the latest disease-specific and mechanism-based treatment for the prophylaxis of migraine. Galcanezumab shares data also for the prophylaxis of cluster headache. Objective:To p...

journal_title：Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders

authors： Gklinos P,Mitsikostas DD

更新日期：2020-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Laquinimod is a novel immunomodulatory agent, in development as a potential disease-modifying treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS). Structurally related to linomide, its pharmacological predecessor, laquinimod combines anti-inflammatory and possibly clinically relevant neuroprotective effects with the convenience of ...

journal_title：Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders

authors： Haggiag S,Ruggieri S,Gasperini C

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a potentially disabling chronic autoimmune neurological disease that mainly affects young adults. Our understanding of the pathophysiology of MS has significantly advanced in the past quarter of a century. This has led to the development of many disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) that preven...

journal_title：Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders

authors： Castro-Borrero W,Graves D,Frohman TC,Flores AB,Hardeman P,Logan D,Orchard M,Greenberg B,Frohman EM

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the central nervous system. Demyelinization of nerve fibres not only affects the motor and sensory systems functionally, but may also cause psychopathological signs and symptoms. In addition to the psychiatric manifestations of MS, many patients have reacti...

journal_title：Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders

authors： Haussleiter IS,Brüne M,Juckel G

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:No evidence of disease activity (NEDA) is a composite measurement, incorporating clinical and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) elements of disease activity to sensitively evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of treatments for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). Objective:To assess the NEDA status of...

journal_title：Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders

authors： Arnold DL,Shang S,Dong Q,Meergans M,Naylor ML

更新日期：2018-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Whole brain atrophy (WBA) estimates in multiple sclerosis (MS) correlate more robustly with clinical disability than traditional, lesion-based metrics. We compare Structural Image Evaluation using Normalisation of Atrophy (SIENA) with the icobrain longitudinal pipeline (icobrain long), for assessment of long...

journal_title：Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders

authors： Beadnall HN,Wang C,Van Hecke W,Ribbens A,Billiet T,Barnett MH

更新日期：2019-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain imaging is increasingly used to support clinicians in diagnosing multiple sclerosis (MS) and monitoring its progression. However, the role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in MS goes far beyond its clinical application. Indeed, advanced imaging techniques have helped to detect different components of MS patho...

journal_title：Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders

authors： Cortese R,Collorone S,Ciccarelli O,Toosy AT

更新日期：2019-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past few years, acquired demyelinating syndromes of the central nervous system associated with antibodies against myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) have evolved into a new inflammatory disease entity distinct from neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders or multiple sclerosis. The meticulous clinical des...

journal_title：Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders

authors： Hegen H,Reindl M

更新日期：2020-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Superficial temporal artery-middle cerebral artery anastomosis is generally considered as an effective method in improving damage associated with intracerebral occlusions in moyamoya disease. Hemodynamic changes caused by revascularization are the cause of many postoperative complications. Of the 186 consecutive surge...

journal_title：Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders

authors： Yu J,Hu M,Yi L,Zhou K,Zhang J,Chen J

更新日期：2019-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's dementia (AD) is increasingly being recognized as one of the most important medical and social problems in older people in industrialized and non-industrialized nations. To date, only symptomatic treatments exist for this disease, all trying to counterbalance the neurotransmitter disturbance. Three choline...

journal_title：Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders

authors： Yiannopoulou KG,Papageorgiou SG

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) astrocytopathy has been considered a novel central nervous system autoimmune disease characterized by relapse and responsiveness to corticosteroid with a specific GFAP-Immunoglobulin G (IgG) being noted in cerebrospinal fluid. We report the case of a 21-year-old girl p...

journal_title：Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders

authors： Li XL,Han J,Zhao HT,Long YM,Zhang BW,Wang HY

更新日期：2020-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Gastrointestinal (GI) events are common adverse events (AEs) associated with delayed-release dimethyl fumarate (DMF), an approved treatment for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). The objective of the TOLERATE study was to evaluate GI tolerability and GI mitigation via symptomatic therapies in pat...

journal_title：Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders

authors： Gold R,Schlegel E,Elias-Hamp B,Albert C,Schmidt S,Tackenberg B,Xiao J,Schaak T,Salmen HC

更新日期：2018-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The World Wide Web is increasingly used in therapeutic settings. In this regard, internet-based interventions have proven effective in ameliorating several health behaviors, amongst them physical activity behavior. Internet-delivered interventions have shown positive effects on physical activity and physical function ...

journal_title：Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders

authors： Tallner A,Pfeifer K,Mäurer M

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) is a major problem in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients treated with interferon-beta (IFN-ß). Whereas binding antibodies (BAbs) can be demonstrated in the vast majority of patients, only a smaller proportion of patients develop NAbs. The principle in NAb in vitro assays...

journal_title：Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders

authors： Sorensen PS

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:To compare the long-term clinical outcomes of different antihypertensive drugs in stable patients after acute hemorrhagic stroke (HS). Methods:From January 2001 to December 2013, patients with first-ever primary HS were identified in the National Health Insurance Research Database, Taiwan. Patients with tra...

journal_title：Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders

authors： Liu CH,Lin YS,Chi CC,Liou CW,Lee JD,Peng TI,Lee TH

更新日期：2018-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Intracranial aneurysms (IAs) require deliberately selected treatment strategies as they are incrementally found prior to rupture and deleterious subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). Multiple and recurrent aneurysms necessitate both neurointerventionalists and neurosurgeons to optimize aneurysmal occlusion in an in...

journal_title：Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders

authors： Mueller OM,Schlamann M,Mueller D,Sandalcioglu IE,Forsting M,Sure U

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of neuropathic pain is difficult. Oral pharmaceuticals have significant side effects, and treatment efficacy tends to be modest. The use of topical analgesics reduces the potential for systemic side effects and allows direct application of medications to the area of pain. The natural spicy substance, cap...

journal_title：Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders

authors： Peppin JF,Pappagallo M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The cumulative safety and efficacy measures of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting (PTAS) for secondary stroke prevention in patients with symptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis (sICAS) have not previously been evaluated using a meta-analytical approach. METHODS:We conducted a systematic ...

journal_title：Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders

authors： Tsivgoulis G,Katsanos AH,Magoufis G,Kargiotis O,Papadimitropoulos G,Vadikolias K,Karapanayiotides T,Ellul J,Alexandrov AW,Mitsias PD,Alexandrov AV

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) or multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) who were switched from intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) to subcutaneous immunoglobulin (SCIG). METHODS:Eight consecutive patients, four...

journal_title：Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders

authors： Hadden RD,Marreno F

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blepharospasm is a focal (although usually bilateral) dystonia of the orbicularis oculi muscles, producing excessive eye closure. This produces significant disability through functional blindness. Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNT) have become the treatment of choice for blepharospasm; the impressive response rate and the t...

journal_title：Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders

authors： Hellman A,Torres-Russotto D

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP) monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have been the first class of specifically developed preventive treatments for migraine. Clinical trials data suggest superiority of the CGRP mAbs to placebo in terms of prevention of migraine symptoms, migraine-specific quality of life and headache re...

journal_title：Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders

authors： Andreou AP,Fuccaro M,Lambru G

更新日期：2020-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:B cells play a central role in the pathogenesis in multiple sclerosis (MS), being involved in the activation of proinflammatory T cells, secretion of proinflammatory cytokines, and production of autoantibodies directed against myelin. Hence, the usage of B-cell-depleting monoclonal antibodies as therapy for autoimmune...

journal_title：Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders

authors： Sorensen PS,Blinkenberg M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:To investigate outcome and toxicity of high-dose systemic methotrexate (HDMTX)-based polychemotherapy and intracerebroventricular (ICV) chemotherapy via an Ommaya reservoir in elderly patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL). Methods:We performed a retrospective analysis on patients ⩾65...

journal_title：Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders

authors： Seidel S,Kowalski T,Margold M,Baraniskin A,Schroers R,Martus P,Schlegel U

更新日期：2020-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease that largely affects optic nerves and spinal cord. Recent studies have identified an elevation of serum anti-aquaporin 4 antibody as a hallmark of NMO. Typical cases of NMO significantly differ from multiple sclerosis (MS) in immunological markers, hi...

journal_title：Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders

authors： Okamoto T,Ogawa M,Lin Y,Murata M,Miyake S,Yamamura T

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impulse control disorders are a psychiatric condition characterized by the failure to resist an impulsive act or behavior that may be harmful to self or others. In movement disorders, impulse control disorders are associated with dopaminergic treatment, notably dopamine agonists (DAs). Impulse control disorders have b...

journal_title：Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders

authors： Mestre TA,Strafella AP,Thomsen T,Voon V,Miyasaki J

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a progressive, recessively inherited neuromuscular disease, characterized by the degeneration of lower motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, which leads to weakness and muscle atrophy. SMA currently represents the most common genetic cause of infant death. SMA is caused by th...

journal_title：Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders

authors： Parente V,Corti S

更新日期：2018-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Key objectives in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) include prevention of relapses, a reduction in the accumulation of disability and slowing of the brain volume loss that occurs from the earliest stages of the disease. Teriflunomide, a once-daily, oral immunomodulatory therapy, has demonstrated efficacy across...

journal_title：Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders

authors： Miller AE

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Although the pathogenesis of myasthenia gravis (MG) is well known, prognostic markers are not yet available. We assessed the utility of anti-acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibody (AChR-ab) titer and concentration of C3, C4, and C5a as potential severity biomarkers in MG. Methods:Levels of C3, C4, C5a, and ...

journal_title：Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders

authors： Aguirre F,Manin A,Fernandez VC,Justo ME,Leoni J,Paz ML,Villa AM

更新日期：2020-08-10 00:00:00