What might be the impact on neurology of the analysis of brain metabolism by in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy?

abstract：:A 57-year-old male was repeatedly admitted to hospital because of complex neurological symptoms, including radicular pain, disturbance of micturition, seizures, and severely impaired mental state. The diagnosis was encephalomyeloradiculitis possibly of viral origin, and treatment with immunosuppressants was initiated....

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Kollikowski HH,Schwendemann G,Schulz M,Wilhelm H,Lehmann HJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homozygous mutations in the PINK1 gene have been shown to cause early-onset parkinsonism. Here, we describe a novel homozygous mutation (Q126P), identified in two affected German sisters with a clinical phenotype typical for PINK1-associated parkinsonism. We analysed lactate, pyruvate, carnitine and acylcarnitine bloo...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Prestel J,Gempel K,Hauser TK,Schweitzer K,Prokisch H,Ahting U,Freudenstein D,Bueltmann E,Naegele T,Berg D,Klopstock T,Gasser T

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize the relation between brain functional connectivity and disability in patients with multiple sclerosis; to investigate the existence of critical values of both disability and functional connectivity corresponding to exhaustion of functional adaptive mechanisms. METHODS:Hundred-and-nineteen pat...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Tommasin S,De Giglio L,Ruggieri S,Petsas N,Giannì C,Pozzilli C,Pantano P

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of high-grade glioma (HGG) has evolved significantly over the last decade. Patients are managed in a multidisciplinary team setting in order to ensure their care is guided by the most current evidenced based treatments. The outcome in patients with HGG, while still poor, has improved in terms of both su...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Bradley D,Rees J

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated intracranial intravenous pressure is not routinely measured in clinical practice. Indirect evidence of increased venous pressure is reflected in the size change of the cerebral sinuses and the presence of venous infarctions. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the role of brain perfusion venous time-dens...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Darwish RS,Amiridze NS

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A spontaneous dissecting aneurysm of the intracranial portion of the dominant right vertebral artery presented as massive subarachnoid hemorrhage, excruciating headache, and respiratory arrest in a 57-year-old white man with a history of systemic hypertension. He died on the 3rd day. Postmortem examination revealed a ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Manz HJ,Luessenhop AJ

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two adult Japanese sisters with L-2-hydroxy-glutaric aciduria (acidemia), both of whom were much older (aged 57, 47 years old) than previously reported patients (from neonate to 44 years old), and who presented with differing severity. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed typical subcortical white matter lesi...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Fujitake J,Ishikawa Y,Fujii H,Nishimura K,Hayakawa K,Inoue F,Terada N,Okochi M,Tatsuoka Y

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 40 rabbits cerebral ischaemia was induced by autologous blood clot emboli injected into the middle cerebral artery. Autologous blood clot formed spontaneously (within 2 h) in a catheter fixed in the internal carotid artery. The effects of embolization were investigated on arterial blood pressure, respiration, local...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Fekete I,Hegedüs K,Molnár L

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The aim of the study was to assess adjunctive intravenous dexamethasone in adult community-acquired bacterial meningitis (BM) in daily practice. Analysis of consecutive patients (1990-2009) with acute community-acquired bacterial meningitis in a single centre in Zagreb, Croatia, N = 304. Adjusted relative ri...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Peterković V,Trkulja V,Kutleša M,Krajinović V,Lepur D

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two unusual cases of cerebral toxoplasmosis in AIDS patients are presented. Two homosexual males aged 33 and 52 years in CDC stage IV C1 complained of memory loss during the past 6 months, as well as weight loss and mild fever. They showed severe intellectual deterioration and discrete basal ganglia dysfunction. Motor...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Arendt G,Hefter H,Figge C,Neuen-Jakob E,Nelles HW,Elsing C,Freund HJ

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Fabry disease (FD) is an X-linked lysosomal storage disorder resulting in vascular glycosphingolipid accumulation and increased stroke risk. MRI findings associated with FD include white matter hyperintensities (WMH) and cerebral microbleeds (CMBs), suggesting the presence of cerebral small vessel disease....

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Lyndon D,Davagnanam I,Wilson D,Jichi F,Merwick A,Bolsover F,Jager HR,Cipolotti L,Wheeler-Kingshott C,Hughes D,Murphy E,Lachmann R,Werring DJ

更新日期：2020-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the prevalence of vertebral artery (VA) stenosis or occlusion and its influence on outcome in patients with acute basilar artery occlusion (BAO). We studied 141 patients with acute BAO enrolled in the Basilar Artery International Cooperation Study (BASICS) registry of whom baseline CT angiography (CTA) of ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Compter A,van der Hoeven EJ,van der Worp HB,Vos JA,Weimar C,Rueckert CM,Kappelle LJ,Algra A,Schonewille WJ,BASICS Study Group.

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discontinuation of natalizumab can lead to severe rebound of disease activity in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS); nevertheless, the treatment regimen in this clinical situation remains controversial. We report the case of a 25-year-old male patient with RRMS who was clinically stable under ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Uphaus T,Oberwittler C,Groppa S,Zipp F,Bittner S

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A complex neurological syndrome, which rapidly appeared in a 54-year-old woman, created strong diagnostic difficulties. In fact, while the carotid-angiography was negative and CSF not significant, the scintigraphy suggested a multifocal metastatic or infarctual pathology. The CT scan easily allowed us to resolve the d...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Barontini F,Sità D,Nori A

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Contactin-associated protein-like 2 (CASPR2) autoantibody disease has a variable clinical phenotype. We present a case report and performed a systematic review of the literature to summarize: (1) the clinical phenotype of patients with CASPR2 antibodies, (2) the findings in neurological investigations, and (...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Boyko M,Au KLK,Casault C,de Robles P,Pfeffer G

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an uncommon, demyelinating disease that causes long-term disability in adults. Though much has recently been learned about its pathogenesis, there are still only a few studies regarding the epidemiology of NMO. The aim of the study was to describe the epidemiology of NMO among adults in t...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Jacob A,Panicker J,Lythgoe D,Elsone L,Mutch K,Wilson M,Das K,Boggild M

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of our study was to compare the results obtained by intraoperative and postoperative subthalamic nucleus (STN) macrostimulation in Parkinson's disease (PD). One hundred three PD patients implanted with bilateral STN stimulation were included. The thresholds for efficacy and side effects (motor contraction; par...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Xie J,Adamec D,Decullier E,Bin-Dorel S,Mertens P,Polo G,Poisson A,Broussolle E,Thobois S

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epileptic syndromes are distinctive disorders with specific features, which when taken together, permit a specific diagnosis. There is actually a debate on that medial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis is an epileptic syndrome. To address this issue, we searched for discriminative semiological features...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： No YJ,Zavanone C,Bielle F,Nguyen-Michel VH,Samson Y,Adam C,Navarro V,Dupont S

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:More research is needed to understand the contribution of comorbidities to MS symptomatology. OBJECTIVES:To examine the dose-response relationship between the number of comorbidities and severity of MS symptoms and to assess the relative contribution of comorbidity groups and individual comorbidities to the...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Lo LMP,Taylor BV,Winzenberg T,Palmer AJ,Blizzard L,van der Mei I

更新日期：2020-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Demographic and clinical features and data on medical history and prior environmental exposure collected during an epidemiological long-term study of multiple sclerosis (MS) were tested for their possible prognostic value. Fifty-two benign MS patients were compared with 29 patients having a malignant course. A primary...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Lauer K,Firnhaber W

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In refractory temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) temporal lobe structures and functions are continuously or intermittently affected by abnormal brain electrical events, noxious neurochemical agents, and metabolic disturbances. There is conflicting evidence regarding the relationship between the duration of refractory mesial...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Jokeit H,Ebner A,Arnold S,Schüller M,Antke C,Huang Y,Steinmetz H,Seitz RJ,Witte OW

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the diagnostic value of computed tomographic angiography (CTA) in the posterior circulation as a noninvasive substitute for intra-arterial digital subtraction angiography (DSA). We prospectively investigated 103 patients with acute stroke in the posterior circulation. All patients underwent CTA and Doppler ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Graf J,Skutta B,Kuhn FP,Ferbert A

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebellar ataxia can have many genetic causes among which are the congenital disorders of glycosylation type I (CDG-I). In this group of disorders, a multisystem phenotype is generally observed including the involvement of many organs, the endocrine, hematologic and central nervous systems. A few cases of CDG-Ia have...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Vermeer S,Kremer HP,Leijten QH,Scheffer H,Matthijs G,Wevers RA,Knoers NA,Morava E,Lefeber DJ

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to monitor the development of anti-natalizumab antibodies to evaluate their first appearance in multiple sclerosis patients, since their presence has been associated with a reduction in the efficacy of the treatment and an increase of adverse events. A total of 134 multiple sclerosis patie...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Oliver-Martos B,Órpez-Zafra T,Urbaneja P,Maldonado-Sanchez R,Leyva L,Fernández O

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The outcome of aphasia at 3 months is variable in patients with moderate/severe stroke. The aim was to predict 3-month aphasia outcome using prediction models including initial severity in addition to the interaction between lesion size and location at the acute phase. METHODS:Patients with post-stroke apha...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Benghanem S,Rosso C,Arbizu C,Moulton E,Dormont D,Leger A,Pires C,Samson Y

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been investigated as a tool for dysphagia recovery after stroke in several single-center randomized controlled trials (RCT). OBJECTIVE:The aim of this investigation was to quantitatively evaluate the effect of tDCS on dysphagia recovery after a stroke utili...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Marchina S,Pisegna JM,Massaro JM,Langmore SE,McVey C,Wang J,Kumar S

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Considerable studies have reported inconsistent relationships between ischemic stroke and a large number of factors. These uncertainties may reflect the susceptibility to confounding in observational studies. We aimed to assess genetic correlations and causal relationships between ischemic stroke...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Cai H,Cai B,Liu Z,Wu W,Chen D,Fang L,Chen L,Sun W,Liang J,Zhang H

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and angiographic findings are described in a patient with Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome, who also had a cerebral haemorrhage from an arteriovenous malformation. The resulting aphasia disappeared completely after resorption of the haemorrhage. In this syndrome, the occur...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Jaksch H,Bewermeyer H,Dreesbach HA,Heiss WD

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (XALD), a neurological disorder caused by mutations in the peroxisomal membrane protein gene ABCD1, presents as a rapidly progressing, inflammatory cerebral demyelination (cerebral cases) or a slowly progressing, distal axonopathy (non-cerebral cases). Specific ABCD1 defects do not explai...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Brose RD,Avramopoulos D,Smith KD

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients with aphasia due to small circumscribed thalamic lesions are presented. A review of the literature on thalamic aphasia revealed 16 similar cases. While the general consensus that only left-sided thalmic lesions are associated with aphasia is confirmed, analysis of the sites of the thalamic infarctions an...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Bruyn RP

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00