In vivo demyelinating activity of sera from patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To clarify the histopathological alterations of microglia in the brains of patients with hereditary diffuse leukoencephalopathy with spheroids (HDLS) caused by mutations of the gene encoding the colony stimulating factor-1 receptor (CSF-1R). METHODS:We examined 5 autopsied brains and 1 biopsy specimen from a...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Tada M,Konno T,Tada M,Tezuka T,Miura T,Mezaki N,Okazaki K,Arakawa M,Itoh K,Yamamoto T,Yokoo H,Yoshikura N,Ishihara K,Horie M,Takebayashi H,Toyoshima Y,Naito M,Onodera O,Nishizawa M,Takahashi H,Ikeuchi T,Kakita A

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because the symptomatic treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS) are limited, new approaches have been sought. Anatomical studies of MS lesions show a relative preservation of axons, and clinical studies suggest that some of the neurological impairment in patients with MS is physiological. Electrophysiological studies s...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Bever CT Jr

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PINK1 was recently found to be associated with PARK6 as the causative gene. We performed mutation analysis in eight inbred families whose haplotypes link to the PARK6 region. We identified six pathogenic mutations (R246X, H271Q, E417G, L347P, and Q239X/R492X) in six unrelated families. All sites of mutations were nove...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Hatano Y,Li Y,Sato K,Asakawa S,Yamamura Y,Tomiyama H,Yoshino H,Asahina M,Kobayashi S,Hassin-Baer S,Lu CS,Ng AR,Rosales RL,Shimizu N,Toda T,Mizuno Y,Hattori N

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) complicating the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is typically inexorably progressive with death usually occurring within 6 months of symptom onset. Occasional patients have been observed to survive longer than 1 year, often with remission of clinical features....

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Berger JR,Levy RM,Flomenhoft D,Dobbs M

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood gene expression profiling has been applied to a variety of hematological malignancies, autoimmune disorders, and infectious diseases. This study applies this approach to genetic diseases without obvious blood phenotypes. Three genetic diseases including tuberous sclerosis complex 2, neurofibromatosis type 1, and...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Tang Y,Schapiro MB,Franz DN,Patterson BJ,Hickey FJ,Schorry EK,Hopkin RJ,Wylie M,Narayan T,Glauser TA,Gilbert DL,Hershey AD,Sharp FR

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-acetylaspartate (NAA) contributes to the most prominent signal in proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) of the adult human brain. We report the absence of NAA in the brain of a 3-year-old child with neurodevelopmental retardation and moderately delayed myelination. Since normal concentration of NAA in body...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Martin E,Capone A,Schneider J,Hennig J,Thiel T

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A young woman with Kearns-Sayre syndrome and progressive central nervous system deterioration over 15 years had decreased plasma and cerebrospinal fluid folate levels while receiving phenytoin for a seizure disorder. A muscle biopsy showed a "ragged red fiber" myopathy with reduced muscle carnitine and mitochondrial e...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Allen RJ,DiMauro S,Coulter DL,Papadimitriou A,Rothenberg SP

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed at determining the distribution and somatotopical organization of striatal activation during performance of simple motor tasks. Ten right-handed healthy volunteers were studied by using a 3-T whole-body magnetic resonance unit and echo planar imaging. The tasks consisted of self-paced flexion/e...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Lehéricy S,van de Moortele PF,Lobel E,Paradis AL,Vidailhet M,Frouin V,Neveu P,Agid Y,Marsault C,Le Bihan D

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pituitary dysfunction is a recognized consequence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) that causes cognitive, psychological, and metabolic impairment. Hormone replacement offers a therapeutic opportunity. Blast TBI (bTBI) from improvised explosive devices is commonly seen in soldiers returning from recent conflict...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Baxter D,Sharp DJ,Feeney C,Papadopoulou D,Ham TE,Jilka S,Hellyer PJ,Patel MC,Bennett AN,Mistlin A,McGilloway E,Midwinter M,Goldstone AP

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 26-year-old woman was in spontaneous clinical remission from myasthenia gravis (MG) for six months, yet gave birth to a full-term infant with typical neonatal MG. It is believed that transplacental transfer of anti-acetylcholine (ACh) receptor antibodies is responsible for neonatal MG; therefore, neonatal MG represe...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Elias SB,Butler I,Appel SH

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen patients with radiologically confirmed stroke, and varying degrees of hemiparesis, were studied using somatosensory evoked potentials and the recently developed technique of transcutaneous motor cortex stimulation. The functional deficit caused by stroke was assessed at the time of evoked potential testing an...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Macdonell RA,Donnan GA,Bladin PF

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four infants had bilateral hippocampal sclerosis by magnetic resonance scans, including oblique coronal fast spin echo images of the temporal lobes; [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomographic scans, done in 2 infants, showed isolated bilateral anterior temporal lobe hypometabolism. All had epilepsy with epi...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： DeLong GR,Heinz ER

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infantile spasms are generalized seizures specific to early infancy, and are believed to result from complex cortical-subcortical interactions during a critical period of development. We used positron emission tomography (PET) to determine local cerebral metabolic rates for glucose (1CMRG1c) in 44 infants with spasms,...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Chugani HT,Shewmon DA,Sankar R,Chen BC,Phelps ME

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A study was undertaken to examine the association between overall cardiovascular health as recently defined by the American Heart Association in young adulthood to middle age and cognitive function in midlife. Overall ideal cardiovascular health incorporates 7 metrics, including the avoidance of overweight or...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Reis JP,Loria CM,Launer LJ,Sidney S,Liu K,Jacobs DR Jr,Zhu N,Lloyd-Jones DM,He K,Yaffe K

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microelectrode recording methods for stereotactic localization of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) and surrounding structures are described. These methods accurately define targets for chronic deep brain stimulation in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Mean firing rates and a burst index were determined for all recor...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Hutchison WD,Allan RJ,Opitz H,Levy R,Dostrovsky JO,Lang AE,Lozano AM

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcranial magnetic stimulation was performed in 2 patients with focal motor seizures in the right hand caused by a circumscribed tumor process affecting the left precentral gyrus. In both cases, paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation showed a loss of intracortical inhibition for interstimulus intervals of 2...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Irlbacher K,Brandt SA,Meyer BU

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical electrophysiological studies are important in the evaluation of patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome. Physiological evidence of demyelination occurs in almost all patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome, especially if serial studies are performed. Criteria for demyelination are proposed. Prognostic information...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Cornblath DR

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paired-helical filaments (PHFs) are an important diagnostic criterion of the inclusion-body myositis (IBM) muscle biopsy; but, until now, their presence could be identified only by electronmicroscopy. In this report, we describe an easy immunocytochemical procedure, utilizing commercially available antibody, that enab...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Askanas V,Alvarez RB,Mirabella M,Engel WK

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighteen consecutive patients undergoing vestibular nerve surgery underwent pre- and postoperative examination of ocular motility. Five patients developed a skew deviation following surgery, with the lower eye on the operated side and an incomitant pattern of deviation in all cases. Three patients experienced diplopia...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Riordan-Eva P,Harcourt JP,Faldon M,Brookes GB,Gresty MA

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth hormone (GH) is neuroprotective, presumably through its actions on GH receptor-mediated pathways. Here, we examined the effects of GH using in vitro and in vivo assays of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-induced neuronal injury. Neuronal cultures were in assays of neurotoxicity induced by supernatants from HI...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Silva C,Zhang K,Tsutsui S,Holden JK,Gill MJ,Power C

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Nemaline myopathy (NM) is one of the most common congenital nondystrophic myopathies and is characterized by muscle weakness, often from birth. Mutations in ACTA1 are a frequent cause of NM (ie, NEM3). ACTA1 encodes alpha-actin 1, the main constituent of the sarcomeric thin filament. The mechanisms by which m...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Joureau B,de Winter JM,Conijn S,Bogaards SJP,Kovacevic I,Kalganov A,Persson M,Lindqvist J,Stienen GJM,Irving TC,Ma W,Yuen M,Clarke NF,Rassier DE,Malfatti E,Romero NB,Beggs AH,Ottenheijm CAC

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study distribution and patterns of nerve hypertrophy in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), magnetic resonance neurography with 3-dimensional reconstruction of short tau inversion recovery images was performed in 33 patients. This technique clearly showed longitudinal morphological changes fro...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Shibuya K,Sugiyama A,Ito S,Misawa S,Sekiguchi Y,Mitsuma S,Iwai Y,Watanabe K,Shimada H,Kawaguchi H,Suhara T,Yokota H,Matsumoto H,Kuwabara S

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene therapy methods have continued to develop rapidly, and many initial limitations that hampered clinical application have been overcome. Thus serious consideration of clinical application of gene therapy is warranted for selected disorders in which the pathogenesis is well defined. Parkinson's disease has been the ...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Kang UJ,Nakamura K

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The integrity of the hypothalamic neuroendocrine dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson's disease was assessed by comparing the numbers and distribution of melanin-pigmented neurons in the arcuate and periventricular nuclei in 7 parkinsonian and 5 normal brains. No significant differences were observed. In contrast to theo...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Matzuk MM,Saper CB

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The prevalence of mitochondrial disease has proven difficult to establish, predominantly as a result of clinical and genetic heterogeneity. The phenotypic spectrum of mitochondrial disease has expanded significantly since the original reports that associated classic clinical syndromes with mitochondrial DNA (...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Gorman GS,Schaefer AM,Ng Y,Gomez N,Blakely EL,Alston CL,Feeney C,Horvath R,Yu-Wai-Man P,Chinnery PF,Taylor RW,Turnbull DM,McFarland R

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital amusia is a lifelong disability that prevents afflicted individuals from enjoying music as ordinary people do. The deficit is limited to music and cannot be explained by prior brain lesion, hearing loss, or any cognitive or socio-affective disturbance. Recent behavioral results suggest that this disorder is...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Peretz I,Brattico E,Tervaniemi M

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection of the central nervous system (CNS) is associated with meningoencephalitis and other neurological syndromes and with CNS lymphomas (CNSLs). Diagnosis is based on serological studies and more recently on detection of EBV DNA in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by polymerase chain react...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Weinberg A,Li S,Palmer M,Tyler KL

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prospectively recruited 10 patients who presented with urinary retention as a neurological deficit that was attributable to lateral medullary infarction. Of these, 9 patients underwent a urodynamic study, which demonstrated detrusor underactivity of the bladder in 7 patients. Urinary retention developed mainly when...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Cho HJ,Kang TH,Chang JH,Choi YR,Park MG,Choi KD,Sung SM,Park KP,Jung DS

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two members of a family with a neuropathy resembling Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease were unable to relax their muscles after voluntary contraction. Muscle spasm often outlasted voluntary contraction by 30 seconds or more before subsiding into myokymia and fasciculations. The posture of the hand during muscle spasm resemb...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Lance JW,Burke D,Pollard J

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) ligand is a potent glial cell mitogen. When its cognate receptor (PDGF-alphaR) is expressed on oligodendroglial lineage cells, such cells are considered capable of division, and the receptor thus serves as a phenotypic marker for oligodendrocyte precursor cells. Here we identify u...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Maeda Y,Solanky M,Menonna J,Chapin J,Li W,Dowling P

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00