Postganglionic cholinergic dysautonomia: report of muscle findings in 1 case.

abstract：BACKGROUND:One of the hallmarks of the α-synucleinopathies is the degeneration of the autonomic nervous system. SUMMARY:This review discusses the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular autonomic failure within the context of the α-synucleinopathies. In addition, it outlines the utility of various laboratory assess...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Sambati L,Calandra-Buonaura G,Doria A,Cortelli P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient with Down's syndrome (DS) who developed progressive parkinsonian symptomatology at the age of 43 years. His parkinsonism was responsive to levodopa/carbidopa, but he developed end of dose wearing off. We discuss basal ganglia and dopamine abnormalities in DS and suggest that DS may be associated wi...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Singer C,Sanchez-Ramos J,Weiner WJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gradual intraneuronal accumulation of an insoluble fibrous material which partly consists of abnormally phosphorylated tau protein (neurofibrillary change) represents an important neuropathological hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. Neurofibrillary tangles and neuropil threads formed from this material develop in on...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Braak H,Braak E,Bohl J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The K variant of butyrylcholinesterase (BCHE-K) exhibits a reduced acetylcholine-hydrolyzing capacity; so the clinical response to rivastigmine may differ in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients with the BCHE-K gene. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the clinical response to rivastigmine transdermal patch monotherapy o...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Han HJ,Kwon JC,Kim JE,Kim SG,Park JM,Park KW,Park KC,Park KH,Moon SY,Seo SW,Choi SH,Cho SJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MPTP, 1-methyl-4-phenyl-pyridinium ion (MPP+) and the structurally related compounds including N-methyltetrahydroisoquinilinium ion inhibited the tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) system in tissue slices of rat striatum at 10(-5) M. Mouse striatum is more susceptible to MPTP than rat striatum. A similar degree of inhibition b...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Nagatsu T,Hirata Y

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:We prospectively assessed the frequency, type, severity and cause of treatment among the long-term residents of the Kork Epilepsy Centre in the year 2005. METHODS:All long-term residents were exclusively referred to the general surgeon practicing on the campus. Patients were divided into 2 groups compr...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Steinhoff BJ,Hartmann R,Luy M,Rombach A,Ziegler G,Schulte-Mönting J,Gilliam FG

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of genetics in Parkinson's disease (PD), previously controversial, is now documented by several studies. A major breakthrough has been the discovery of two single-gene defects in familial PD. A single base pair change at position 209 from G to A (G209A) in the fourth exon of the alpha-synuclein gene has been ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Hu CJ,Sung SM,Liu HC,Lee CC,Tsai CH,Chang JG

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors themselves studied 26 patients. The EEGs were classified in terms of increasing severity in 5 categories. Incorporating over 400 cases from the literature, the authors correlated the initial EEG findings with the clinical outcome following cardiac arrest. Grade I EEG findings (normal alpha with theta-delta...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Scollo-Lavizzari G,Bassetti C

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 28-year-old man with negative family history for neuromuscular diseases showed a distal myopathy. Creatine kinase was slightly increased. Two muscle biopsies were performed. The first showed myopathic features, rimmed vacuoles in a limited area and increase of free glycogen; the second showed only nonspecific pathol...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Mongini T,Doriguzzi C,Palmucci L,Pollo B,Arnaudo E,Bresolin N

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trials of pharmacological intervention for acute stroke show several points of similarity with legal trials by jury. The relationships between sponsoring organisation and regulatory authorities and the roles of the many other participants are described. Only through a partnership can the common aim of developing impro...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Lees KR

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A marked proportion of multiple sclerosis (MS) relapses is followed by incomplete recovery. Our aim was to considerably increase the evidence of the clinical use of immunoadsorption (IA) as escalation therapy for patients with MS relapse. METHODS:A retrospective multicenter study was performed in MS patient...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Schimrigk S,Faiss J,Köhler W,Günther A,Harms L,Kraft A,Ehrlich S,Eberl A,Fassbender C,Klingel R,Galle J,Riedlinger A,Hoffmann F

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, the involvement of the immune system in acquired forms of cerebellar ataxia has been frequently demonstrated. In this study, we describe 6 out of 49 patients with subacute or chronic progressive cerebellar ataxia in whom antibodies against neuronal and non-neuronal antigens were identified. Two women ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Fancellu R,Pareyson D,Corsini E,Salsano E,Laurà M,Bernardi G,Antozzi C,Andreetta F,Colecchia M,Di Donato S,Mariotti C

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to ascertain the clinical manifestations of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's) (GPA) with the involvement of the peripheral nervous system (PNS) and central nervous system (CNS). SUMMARY:All neurologic inpatients in a hospital over a 12-year period were reviewed. Nine pat...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Huang YH,Ro LS,Lyu RK,Chang HS,Wu YR,Chang KH,Kuo HC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen chronic alcoholic male patients with impotence have been investigated with the electrophysiological method of sympathetic skin potentials recorded from the genital skin and with the electrically induced bulbocavernosus reflex. Both electrophysiological tests did not differ from those of normal controls. It was...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Ertekin C,Almis S,Ertekin N

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to quantify the accumulation of iron in the basal ganglia in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and in a control group, and to investigate the relationship between iron accumulation and other parameters assessed in MS, i.e. lesion load (LL) and brain parenchymal fraction (BPF). Magnetic resonanc...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Burgetova A,Seidl Z,Krasensky J,Horakova D,Vaneckova M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate clinical and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of Wernicke's encephalopathy with cortical abnormalities (WEc). METHODS:We retrospectively evaluated the clinical features and MRI findings in 3 cases of WEc in comparison with those of 7 previously reported cases. RESULTS:Besides the cla...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Sakurai K,Sasaki S,Hara M,Yamawaki T,Shibamoto Y

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-three headache-free patients (19 F/14 M) suffering from common (n = 9) and classic migraine (n = 19) as well as cluster headache (n = 5) were investigated using the flow tracer 99mTc-hexamethyl propylenamino oxime and single photon emmission computed tomography. A regional decrease of cerebral tracer uptake was...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Schlake HP,Böttger IG,Grotemeyer KH,Husstedt IW,Vollet B,Schober O,Brune GG

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient who on presentation fulfilled diagnostic criteria for benign intracranial hypertension subsequently developed a lymphocytic meningitis. A final diagnosis of neurosarcoidosis was made and the patient responded well to oral steroids. ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Redwood MD,Winer JB,Rossor M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Henri Duret (1849-1921) was a surgeon whose training started in the laboratory of Jean-Martin Charcot and Alfred Vulpian at La Salpêtrière in 1874. Using injections of colored gelatine, Duret was the first to describe the distribution of supply arteries in the brainstem and then in the cortex. His descriptions correla...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Walusinski O,Courrivaud P

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a laser microprobe mass analysis of aluminum and iron content in the hippocampus and in the inferior temporal cortex in 2 cases of dementia pugilistica (DP), 4 cases of Alzheimer's disease (AD), and 3 controls. There was a predominant accumulation of Al and Fe within neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) in both DP ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Bouras C,Giannakopoulos P,Good PF,Hsu A,Hof PR,Perl DP

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensory conduction velocity of the median nerve has been determined according to the technique described by Buchthal and Rosenfalck in 32 pneumatic tool workers and in 32 normal controls of the same age group. In each worker and in 8 normals of the same age group the Meissner corpuscles of the skin of the thumb of...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Abbruzzese M,Loeb C,Ratto S,Sacco G

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tardive dyskinesia (TD) induced by antipsychotic drugs represents a great concern for patients and psychiatrists. Considering its pathophysiological mechanisms, there exists a convergence towards the development of postsynaptic dopaminergic hypersensitivity as a possible cause of TD. Hypersensitivity following recepto...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Mouret J,Khomais M,Lemoine P,Sebert P

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We aimed to assess the prevalence of headache and migraine, along with comorbidities, in a large -Saudi sample. METHODS:Self-reported information was collected about headache, migraine and migraine comorbidities including depression, restless legs syndrome (RLS), syncope, bruxism, hypertension and ischaemic...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Muayqil T,Al-Jafen BN,Al-Saaran Z,Al-Shammari M,Alkthiry A,Muhammad WS,Murshid R,Alanazy MH

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:64 patients on hemodialysis were investigated. The mean duration of dialysis was 43 months. In all the patients, serum aluminium levels, systolic blood pressure (averaged over a period of 6 weeks) and the EEG were investigated. Psychological testing to assess the level of intelligence (IQ) was also performed. The seru...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Ladurner G,Wawschinek O,Pogglitsch H,Petek W,Urlesberger H,Holzer H

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined 29 patients with chronic progressive ganglionopathy of different etiology. Neurophysiological abnormalities were dominated by a widespread decrease in sensory nerve action potential amplitudes, which involved both upper and lower limb nerves, even in patients with asymmetrical or patchy clinical presentati...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Lauria G,Pareyson D,Sghirlanzoni A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To perform a large and detailed epidemiologic study on restless legs syndrome (RLS) during pregnancy in a European country. METHODS:A cross-sectional questionnaire survey. The questionnaire was distributed by the medical staff in different outpatient waiting rooms (obstetrics and gynecology department of the univ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Neau JP,Porcheron A,Mathis S,Julian A,Meurice JC,Paquereau J,Godeneche G,Ciron J,Bouche G

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for hemiparesis is beneficial, so far no study has examined the usefulness of rTMS for apathy. Thirteen patients with chronic stroke were assigned randomly to 2 groups: rTMS group (n = 7) and sham stimulation group (n = 6). The patients received 5 sessions o...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Sasaki N,Hara T,Yamada N,Niimi M,Kakuda W,Abo M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine whether corpus callosum atrophy predicts future clinical deterioration in multiple sclerosis. METHODS:In 39 multiple sclerosis patients the area of corpus callosum in the sagittal plane, T2 and T1 lesion volumes, brain parenchymal fraction and brain atrophy were determined at baseline and 1 year after...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Vaneckova M,Kalincik T,Krasensky J,Horakova D,Havrdova E,Hrebikova T,Seidl Z

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Large cavitary lesions are not typical for multiple sclerosis (MS). Cavitary white matter changes may be seen in megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts, Alexander disease, mitochondrial leukoencephalopathies, vanishing white matter disease, leukoencephalopathy with calcifications and cyst...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Renard D,Brochet B,Vukusic S,Edan G,Deburghgraeve V,Goizet C,Dupuy D,Touze E,Deschamps R,Zephyr H,Creange A,Castelnovo G,Boespflug-Tanguy O,Labauge P

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Newly developed troponin assays have superior diagnostic and prognostic performance in acute coronary syndrome (ACS), when compared to conventional troponin assays; however, highly sensitive troponin has not been evaluated in patients with acute ischemic stroke. METHODS:Highly sensitive troponin T (hsTnT) w...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Jensen JK,Ueland T,Aukrust P,Antonsen L,Kristensen SR,Januzzi JL,Ravkilde J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00