Clinical and CSF findings in multiple sclerosis patients with or without IgG oligoclonal bands at isoelectric focusing examination of CSF and serum proteins.

abstract：:Hypertrophic changes in the inferior olivary nuclei have been occasionally described in patients with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). To elucidate the incidence of olivary hypertrophy, we investigated morphologically the olives and their associated pathways in 20 autopsied cases: 11 cases of PSP, 3 cases of Mach...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Hanihara T,Amano N,Takahashi T,Itoh Y,Yagishita S

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The blink reflex and its equivalent glabella tap reflex are behavioural motor responses normally found in neonates and in the physiological startle reflex. Historically, it was described by Overend in 1896 and soon afterwards by McCarthy and by Bekhterev who disputed its origins. Kugelberg in 1952 recorded the early-l...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Pearce JM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deficits in the cholinergic system are pronounced in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and are more severe in patients with visual hallucinations (VHs). The aim is to identify the occipital glucose metabolism patterns by positron emission tomography (PET) and the changes following donepezil treatment. 13 DLB patients wi...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Satoh M,Ishikawa H,Meguro K,Kasuya M,Ishii H,Yamaguchi S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined interleukin-2 (IL-2) production by phytohemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMs) from 75 untreated myasthenia gravis (MG) patients and 48 control patients. Patients with MG consisted of those with elevated PBM IL-2 production (>1,250 pg/ml; mean + 2SD of the controls) (n = 2...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Utsugisawa K,Nagane Y,Obara D,Kondoh R,Yonezawa H,Tohgi H

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between edentulism and cerebral small vessel disease is controversial. We aimed to assess this relationship in community-dwelling older adults living in rural Ecuador. METHODS:MRI was performed in 311 (81%) of 385 individuals ≥60 years enrolled in the Atahualpa Project. Participants were cla...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Del Brutto OH,Mera RM,Zambrano M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Divers may be at risk of long-term CNS damage from non-symptomatic hyperbaric exposure. We investigated the effect of severe, controlled hyperbaric exposure on a group of healthy goats with similar histories. Thirty goats were exposed to various dive profiles over a period of 5 years, with 17 experiencing decompressio...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Blogg SL,Loveman GA,Seddon FM,Woodger N,Koch A,Reuter M,Gennser M,White MG

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:A catamnestic study of 50 patients with Wernicke's disease showed that nearly all patients retained residual symptoms and that the prognosis as to life expectancy and social functioning was poor, even after early institution of vitamin B-complex medication. It is advisable to give vitamin B-complex prophylactically in...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Groen RH,Hoff HC

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Uhthoff symptom, a transient impairment of visual function after exercise, is demonstrated in 2 multiple sclerosis patients. Following exercise, impairment of visual function, as documented most clearly by the testing of contrast sensitivity, was less obvious after body surface cooling and after treatment with ora...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： van Diemen HA,van Dongen MM,Dammers JW,Polman CH

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The European Association of Young Neurologists and Trainees (EAYNT) is a non-profit organization which acts on behalf of young neurologists in Europe and concertedly exerts influence on the formation of a new generation of neurologists [Struhal et al.: Eur J Neurol 2009;16:e146-e148]. This concerns particularly the Ge...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Struhal W,Falup-Pecurariu C,Sztriha LK,Grisold W,Sellner J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We attempted to investigate changes of the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) according to walking ability in chronic stroke patients, using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). METHODS:55 consecutive chronic stroke patients who were not able to walk due to injury of the corticospinal tract (CST) at stroke onset and...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Yeo SS,Ahn SH,Choi BY,Chang CH,Lee J,Jang SH

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leonardo da Vinci clearly observed and described capillaries. Using the microscope, Marcello Malpighi examined the brain and major organs to demonstrate their finer anatomical features. This led to his discovery in 1661, of capillaries that proved fundamental to our understanding of the vascular system in the brain an...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Pearce JM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Recently, neurosyphilis was found to be associated with diabetes mellitus (DM). Whether the association was specific to neurosyphilis among central nervous system (CNS) infections, and whether neurosyphilis is associated with other prevalent metabolic disorders deserves further study. METHODS:An in-depth ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Xiao Y,Chen MJ,Shen X,Lin LR,Liu LL,Yang TC,Niu JJ

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Locked-in syndrome (LIS) is a condition characterized by quadriplegia and anarthria. The most common cause is a ventral pontine lesion due to atherosclerotic basilar artery disease. METHODS:Cases with LIS were prospectively identified among the patients with acute ischemic stroke over 3 years, between 2009 ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Nikić PM,Jovanović D,Paspalj D,Georgievski-Brkić B,Savić M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bilateral choroid plexus papillomas, or villous hypertrophy of the choroid plexus, is a very rare entity that presents serious therapeutical problems in the management of secondary oversecretive hydrocephalus. The authors report the cases of 2 infants affected by this condition, and cured with removal of the lateral v...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Di Rocco C,Iannelli A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients with monomelic spinal muscular atrophy are described. Clinical features included insidious onset of wasting and weakness of one limb, lack of involvement of the cranial nerves, brain stem, pyramidal tracts and sensory system, and a stable condition over a period of 4-20 years. Clinical findings, electrom...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： de Visser M,Ongerboer de Visser BW,Verbeeten B Jr

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present 2 cases in which urinary retention was related to supratentorial cortical lesions. These cases support the presence and function of a supratentorial center involved in control of the voiding reflex loop and indicate that lesions affecting this center can result in urinary retention rather than the ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Lang EW,Chesnut RM,Hennerici M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cavernomas are vascular malformations mostly observed in the central nervous system. They occur in sporadic and familial forms. Familial forms are characterized by the presence of multiple lesions, an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance and possible de novo lesions. We report two sporadic cases whose follow-up s...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Labauge P,Brunereau L,Coubes P,Clanet M,Tannier C,Laberge S,Lévy C

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This study was designed to investigate if folate treatment is able to reverse the phenytoin-induced deficiency of salivary immunoglobulin A (IgA). METHODS AND MATERIAL:Twenty-five epileptic patients who had been under phenytoin therapy for at least the last 6 months were randomly selected and subjected to folic a...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Zare M,Ghazvini MR,Yazdi HR,Nezhad VS,Chitsaz A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The English electrophysiologist Edgar Adrian (1889-1977) was the recipient of the Nobel Prize for physiology in 1932 for his research on the functions of neurons. During World War I, at Queen Square in London, he devised an intensive electrotherapeutic treatment for shell-shocked soldiers. The procedure, developed wit...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Tatu L

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients with clinical features of corticobasal degeneration (CBD) were studied with PET imaging. The main clinical findings included a unilateral extrapyramidal motor disorder, without significant response to levodopa, as well as clumsiness, dysarthria, apraxia and a clear asymmetry of neurological signs. PET st...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Lutte I,Laterre C,Bodart JM,De Volder A

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the first 5 days after an intracranial haemorrhage, the red blood cells slowly haemolyse. Most of the oxyhaemoglobin, released in the cerebrospinal fluid, is transformed into bilirubin by an enzyme-dependent process. After 5 days, the haemolysis increases without a corresponding enhancement in the formation of ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Wahlgren NG,Lindquist C

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Missed cerebral aneurysms in CT-negative patients can have serious implications. We set out to determine the usefulness of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) spectrophotometry and the individual significance of CSF oxyhaemoglobin, bilirubin and methaemoglobin in 463 CT scan-negative patients with suspected subarachnoid haemorr...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Gunawardena H,Beetham R,Scolding N,Lhatoo SD

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the frequency of epilepsies in the family members of epileptic patients. METHODS:The records of 4,851 patients with epilepsy were reviewed. The frequency and patterns of different epilepsies and epileptic syndromes in the patients, number of affected relatives and consanguinity were studied. RESULTS:...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Sozmen V,Baybas S,Dirican A,Koksal A,Ozturk M

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:The case of an 8-year-old boy presenting diffuse, prevalently right-sided nevus flammeus, venous angioma of the right cerebral hemisphere, right-sided facial hyperplasia, lef-handedness and recurring strokes is reported together with the clinical, angiographic and CT features. ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Tomaccini D,Venturi C,Scarfò GB

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal dominant Parkinson's disease in 5 generations of a family living in Sagamihara City is reported. Clinical features of this family did not differ from common PD, however, neuropathological findings were different from PD. In autopsied cases, the loss of melanin-containing cells was mild to moderate, and the n...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Hasegawa K,Kowa H

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to consider the prognostic value of hyperdensity of the middle cerebral artery (MCA), we studied retrospectively the medical records of 80 consecutive patients with the diagnosis of ischemic stroke who underwent a non-enhanced computed tomography no longer than 24 h after the onset of the symptoms. To determi...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Zorzon M,Masè G,Pozzi-Mucelli F,Biasutti E,Antonutti L,Iona L,Cazzato G

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a 5-year follow-up of a case of adult metachromatic leukodystrophy, already diagnosed in the preclinical stage, the development of the symptoms of this disease could be studied in detail: initially, lack of drive, emotional lability and depressive mood. At the same time, pain in the arms and beginning gait disturba...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Pilz H,Duensing I,Heipertz R,Seidel D,Lowitzsch K,Hopf HC,Goebel HH

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current treatment options for restless legs syndrome (RLS), based on the American Academy of Sleep Medicine practice parameters, favor dopaminergic agents. The drug of first choice is levodopa, which is now licensed for RLS in two European countries. However, the short duration of action and augmentation of symptoms u...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Stiasny K

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00