Amyloid-P-component-like immunoreactivity in beta/A4-immunoreactive deposits in Alzheimer-type dementia brains.

abstract：:This review summarizes topical papers from the fields of neuro-ophthalmology and neuro-otology published from August 2013 to February 2015. The main findings are: (1) diagnostic criteria for pseudotumor cerebri have been updated, and the Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Treatment Trial evaluated the efficacy of ac...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Gold DR,Zee DS

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a subacute demyelinating disease of the brain caused by the JC virus that occurs mainly in immunocompromised patients. The prognosis is very poor. As the lesion looks like non- specific leukoencephalopathy, making a diagnosis at the early stage is very difficult. We ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Shirai S,Yabe I,Kano T,Shimizu Y,Sasamori T,Sato K,Hirotani M,Nonaka T,Takahashi I,Matsushima M,Minami N,Nakamichi K,Saijo M,Hatanaka KC,Shiga T,Tanaka S,Sasaki H

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of restless legs syndrome (RLS) has greatly increased in recent years due to the many advances that have been made in diagnosis, management and genetics. Tools have been developed that facilitate the diagnosis and treatment of RLS, in particular the essential diagnostic criteria for RLS have been refined, se...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Trenkwalder C,Högl B,Winkelmann J

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the beneficial effect of subcutaneous injections of botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) is well known in both blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm, the position of the injection sites around the orbicularis oculi may influence the effectiveness and side effects. Here we report results of preseptal and pretarsal BTX-...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Cakmur R,Ozturk V,Uzunel F,Donmez B,Idiman F

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetisation transfer (MT) imaging provides indirect information on tissue structure abnormalities in areas that otherwise may appear normal on conventional MRI. We determined the evolution of MT changes in normal appearing white matter (NAWM) and lesion on serial examination of 9 multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Laule C,Vavasour IM,Whittall KP,Oger J,Paty DW,Li DK,MacKay AL,Arnold DL

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) detects substantial subclinical disease activity in multiple sclerosis (MS) and is presently included in most treatment trials as an objective outcome measure. Our current knowledge of the role of MRI in MS treatment trials is derived from very limited patient studies, and the a...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Barkhof F,Filippi M,Miller DH,Tofts P,Kappos L,Thompson AJ

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in patients presenting with cramps and fasciculations may not be evident at the first consultation. Sequential reviews, clinical and neurophysiological, form an important part of clinical practice in such cases. Recent attempts to delineate a more benign group ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Singh V,Gibson J,McLean B,Boggild M,Silver N,White R

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Collective evidence supports the notion that multiple sclerosis is principally an autoimmune disease. Much of it stems from models of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, generated by inoculation of animals with central nervous system antigens such as MBP, PLP, S100 and MOG or peptides thereof. Different ways of...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Hartung HP,Kieseier BC,Hemmer B

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain metastases occur in 20-40% of patients with cancer and their frequency has increased over time. Lung, breast and skin (melanoma) are the commonest sources of brain metastases, and in up to 15% of patients the primary site remains unknown. After the introduction of MRI, multiple lesions have outnumbered single le...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Soffietti R,Rudā R,Mutani R

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perivascular spaces can become detectable on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) upon enlargement, referred to as enlarged perivascular spaces (EPVS) or Virchow-Robin spaces. EPVS have been linked to small vessel disease. Some studies have also indicated an association of EPVS to neuroinflammation and/or neurod...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Granberg T,Moridi T,Brand JS,Neumann S,Hlavica M,Piehl F,Ineichen BV

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Auto-oxidation of levodopa generates toxic metabolites, such as free radicals, semiquinones and quinones. In vitro, levodopa is a powerful toxin that is lethal to cultures of neurones. This raises the concern that levodopa may also be toxic in vivo, and that chronic treatment with levodopa could induce further damage ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Melamed E,Offen D,Shirvan A,Ziv I

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the effects of intravenous gamma-globulin (IVGG) in severe Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) in a small open study. Seven patients were given IVGG (0.4 g/kg/day) for 5 consecutive days. At the start of treatment all had progressing limb weakness and none could stand unaided. Within 24 h all but one patient start...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Jackson MC,Godwin-Austen RB,Whiteley AM

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type 1 (AOA1) is a rare autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease, recently associated with mutations in the aprataxin gene. Main features are early onset cerebellar ataxia, oculomotor apraxia and peripheral neuropathy. The presence of choreoathetosis or dystonia in some patients sug...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Salvatore E,Varrone A,Criscuolo C,Mancini P,Sansone V,Strisciuglio C,Cicala D,Scarano V,Salvatore M,Pappatà S,De Michele G,Filla A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with postural and intention cerebellar tremor caused by a cerebellar infarction in the superior cerebellar artery distribution were studied; treatment with carbamazepine resulted in marked improvement. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Sechi GP,Pirisi A,Agnetti V,Piredda M,Zuddas M,Tanca S,Piras ML,Aiello I,Deserra F,Rosati G

更新日期：1989-12-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Ataxic polyneuropathy, which occurs in endemic form in an area in southwest Nigeria, is attributed to exposure to cyanide from cassava foods. Exposure to cyanide from cassava is, however, not exclusive to this endemic area. In this study, the occurrence of ataxic polyneuropathy was compared in two communit...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Oluwole OS,Onabolu AO,Cotgreave IA,Rosling H,Persson A,Link H

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the response to treatment and the long-term outcome of patients with the antisynthetase syndrome associated with anti-Jo-1-antibodies. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A total of 12 patients with histologically proven myositis and anti-Jo-1-autoantibodies were evaluated over a mean follow-up period of 66.4 ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Späth M,Schröder M,Schlotter-Weigel B,Walter MC,Hautmann H,Leinsinger G,Pongratz D,Müller-Felber W

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The frontal assessment battery (FAB) test is a composite tool for assessing executive functions related to the frontal lobe. Neuropsychological and blood-flow studies indicate distinct patterns of deterioration of anterior and posterior cortical function in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and subcortical vascular d...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Oguro H,Yamaguchi S,Abe S,Ishida Y,Bokura H,Kobayashi S

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is the most common inherited neuropathy with heterogeneous clinical presentation and genetic background. The axonal form (CMT2) is characterised by decreased action potentials indicating primary axonal damage. The underlying pathology involves axonal degeneration which is supposed to ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Bansagi B,Antoniadi T,Burton-Jones S,Murphy SM,McHugh J,Alexander M,Wells R,Davies J,Hilton-Jones D,Lochmüller H,Chinnery P,Horvath R

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During recent years, evidence has come up that bipedal locomotion is based on a quadrupedal limb coordination. A task-dependent neuronal coupling of upper and lower limbs allows one to involve the arms during gait but to uncouple this connection during voluntarily guided arm/hand movements. Hence, despite the evolutio...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Dietz V

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three families are described which include members with "typical" Friedreich's disease (FD) and others who are ataxic but do not satisfy all the diagnostic criteria for that disease. In family A two patients have an early-onset, rapidly progressive FD, while two others have a late-onset, more benign form. In families ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Filla A,De Michele G,Cavalcanti F,Santorelli F,Santoro L,Campanella G

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the association of Medial Temporal lobe Atrophy (MTA) and White Matter Hyperintensities (WMHs) with gray matter perfusion in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). METHODS:56 MCI patients (age = 69.3 +/- 7.0, 32 females) underwent brain MR scan and (99m)Tc ECD SPECT. We evaluated MTA according to Schelte...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Caroli A,Testa C,Geroldi C,Nobili F,Guerra UP,Bonetti M,Frisoni GB

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify factors that impact on the ability of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) to remain in work in order to make recommendations for future clinical management. METHODS:Cross-sectional studies using qualitative (phase one) and quantitative (phase two) methods. In phase one, 62 patients were intervi...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： O'Connor RJ,Cano SJ,Ramió i Torrentà L,Thompson AJ,Playford ED

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The association between anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) and thrombosis is well recognized, but its role as an independent risk factor for stroke is not. The study's aim was to investigate the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) and ischemic vascular events by using both traditional mea...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Caso V,Parnetti L,Panarelli P,Magni MP,Gallai V,Albi E

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcranial activation and the conduction properties of corticospinal and callosal neurons were investigated in 12 early-treated adolescents (aged 17.3, SD 3.5 years; range 14-27 years) with phenylketonuria (PKU) by focal transcranial magnetic stimulation (fTMS) of the motor cortex. The patients had no functional...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Röricht S,Meyer BU,Irlbacher K,Ludolph AC

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：:In paralytic shellfish poisoning a mollusc contaminated with a toxin (saxitoxin) causes a potentially lethal disease, clinically characterised by gastrointestinal and neurological symptoms, of which possible respiratory depression is the most serious. The toxin acts by blocking the sodium channels. We report 9 Portugu...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： de Carvalho M,Jacinto J,Ramos N,de Oliveira V,Pinho e Melo T,de Sá J

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This observational study examined the outcome of two different therapeutic strategies in the treatment of chronic neuropathic pain by including pregabalin (PGB) as mono- or add-on therapy in one of two treatment options. Patients with a pain score of > or =4, refractory to usual care for neuropathic pain for at least ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Lampl C,Schweiger C,Haider B,Lechner A

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production and release of extracellular vesicles (EV) is a property shared by all eukaryotic cells and a phenomenon frequently exacerbated in pathological conditions. The protein cargo of EV, their cell type signature and availability in bodily fluids make them particularly appealing as biomarkers. We recently dem...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Denis HL,Lamontagne-Proulx J,St-Amour I,Mason SL,Weiss A,Chouinard S,Barker RA,Boilard E,Cicchetti F

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the epidemiological, clinical, and genetic characteristics of congenital hypomyelinating leukodystrophies, including Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD), we conducted a nationwide epidemiological survey in Japan. A two-step survey targeting all medical institutions specializing in pediatric neurology and c...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Numata Y,Gotoh L,Iwaki A,Kurosawa K,Takanashi J,Deguchi K,Yamamoto T,Osaka H,Inoue K

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00