Adult polyglucosan body disease in Ashkenazi Jewish patients carrying the Tyr329Ser mutation in the glycogen-branching enzyme gene.

abstract：:Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy is a common type of idiopathic generalized epilepsy characterized by myoclonic, generalized tonic-clonic, and in 30% of patients, absence seizures. We studied a three-generation pedigree of 33 members, 10 of whom were clinically affected with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy or presented with su...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Serratosa JM,Delgado-Escueta AV,Medina MT,Zhang Q,Iranmanesh R,Sparkes RS

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We here report the second and third mutations in alphaB-crystallin causing myofibrillar myopathy. Two patients had adult-onset muscle weakness. Patient 1 had cervical, limb girdle, and respiratory muscle weakness and died of respiratory failure. Patient 2 had proximal and distal leg muscle weakness. Both had myopathic...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Selcen D,Engel AG

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calmodulin is a major Ca2+ -binding protein that may mediate many Ca2+ -regulated processes in neuronal function. Calmodulin is present in the presynaptic nerve terminal in association with synaptic vesicles and in postsynaptic density fractions. Several calmodulin-regulated synaptic biochemical processes have been id...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： DeLorenzo RJ

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Centronuclear myopathy (CNM) is a rare congenital myopathy characterized by prominence of central nuclei on muscle biopsy. CNM has been associated with mutations in MTM1, DNM2, and BIN1 but many cases remain genetically unresolved. RYR1 encodes the principal sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium release channel and ...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Wilmshurst JM,Lillis S,Zhou H,Pillay K,Henderson H,Kress W,Müller CR,Ndondo A,Cloke V,Cullup T,Bertini E,Boennemann C,Straub V,Quinlivan R,Dowling JJ,Al-Sarraj S,Treves S,Abbs S,Manzur AY,Sewry CA,Muntoni F,Jung

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reductions in cerebral metabolism sufficient to impair cognition in normal individuals also occur in Alzheimer's disease (AD). The degree of clinical disability in AD correlates closely to the magnitude of the reduction in brain metabolism. Therefore, we tested whether impairments in tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle enz...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Bubber P,Haroutunian V,Fisch G,Blass JP,Gibson GE

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) frequently have selective depletion of the CD45R+CD4+ T-cell subset during active phases of disease. To study the relationship between changes in this subset and the onset of objective clinical exacerbations of disease, a longitudinal study was undertaken. Two CD4+ T-cell subsets ...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Rose LM,Ginsberg AH,Rothstein TL,Ledbetter JA,Clark EA

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serological evidence of either acute cytomegalovirus (CMV) or Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection was sought in a large series of patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and control subjects. Using an indirect immunofluorescent technique, IgM antibody directed against CMV was found in the serum of 33 of 220 GBS pat...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Dowling PC,Cook SD

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than a decade ago myasthenic symptoms were observed in rabbits immunized with acetylcholine receptor (AChR) [119] and AChR deficiency was found at the neuromuscular junction in human myasthenia gravis (MG) [36]. By 1977 the autoimmune character of MG and the pathogenic role of AChR antibodies had been established...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Engel AG

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 51-year-old man with non-HLA-DR2 histocompatibility developed classic signs and symptoms of the narcoleptic tetrad soon after recovering from an episode of cardiopulmonary insufficiency, which occurred during induction of surgical anesthesia. Symptoms included excessive daytime sleepiness, hypnagogic hallucinations,...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Rivera VM,Meyer JS,Hata T,Ishikawa Y,Imai A

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Small-fiber sensory and autonomic symptoms are early presentations of familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) with transthyretin (TTR) mutations. This study aimed to explore the potential of skin nerve pathologies as early and disease-progression biomarkers and their relationship with skin amyloid deposits. ME...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Chao CC,Hsueh HW,Kan HW,Liao CH,Jiang HH,Chiang H,Lin WM,Yeh TY,Lin YH,Cheng YY,Hsieh ST

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, variant mRNA transcripts for the astroglial glutamate transporter EAAT2 have been detected in brain tissues of 60% of patients with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (SALS). We have tested the hypothesis that the gene for EAAT2 may be defective in some ALS cases. In 16 familial ALS (FALS) pedigrees with...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Aoki M,Lin CL,Rothstein JD,Geller BA,Hosler BA,Munsat TL,Horvitz HR,Brown RH Jr

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The factors contributing to selective motoneuron loss in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) remain undefined. To investigate whether calcium-binding proteins contribute to selective motoneuron vulnerability in ALS, we compared calbindin-D28K and parvalbumin immunoreactivity in motoneuron populations in human ALS, and...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Alexianu ME,Ho BK,Mohamed AH,La Bella V,Smith RG,Appel SH

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in neuroimaging techniques, particularly high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), have proved invaluable in identifying structural brain lesions in patients with epilepsy. The assumption that such focal lesions invariably predict the site of seizure origin may not be correct, however. We report a ser...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Holmes MD,Wilensky AJ,Ojemann GA,Ojemann LM

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gustatory sweating is an autonomic disorder that frequently occurs after parotid gland surgery. We investigated the action of intracutaneous injections of botulinum toxin (BTX) (1.0-2.0 mouse units/2.25-cm2 skin area) in 45 patients (mean age, 52 years) with gustatory sweating. The area of hyperhidrosis was determined...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Naumann M,Zellner M,Toyka KV,Reiners K

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Pilot Stroke Data Bank obtained information on 94 patients with intracerebral hemorrhage. These data were used to identify factors predictive of 30-day outcome from among 85 demographic, historical, clinical, and laboratory variables generally available to clinicians on the day of admission. The 9 univariate facto...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Tuhrim S,Dambrosia JM,Price TR,Mohr JP,Wolf PA,Heyman A,Kase CS

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 23 patients with clinically defined mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS), 25 oligosymptomatic or asymptomatic maternal relatives, and 50 mitochondrial disease control subjects for the presence of a previously reported heteroplasmic point mutation at nt 3,243 in ...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Ciafaloni E,Ricci E,Shanske S,Moraes CT,Silvestri G,Hirano M,Simonetti S,Angelini C,Donati MA,Garcia C

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated a family with a new type of autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia (ADCA) in which pure cerebellar ataxia is often accompanied with epilepsy. No CAG repeat expansions were detected at the spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) type 1, 2, 3, 6, or 7 locus, and SCAs 4 and 5 were excluded by linkage analysis. We foun...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Matsuura T,Achari M,Khajavi M,Bachinski LL,Zoghbi HY,Ashizawa T

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies evaluate neuropathological correlates of behavioral changes in Alzheimer disease (AD). We identified 31 autopsy patients with a diagnosis of definite AD. Behavioral changes were assessed with the Neuropsychiatric Inventory. Brain sections were collected from bilateral orbitofrontal and left anterior cingul...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Tekin S,Mega MS,Masterman DM,Chow T,Garakian J,Vinters HV,Cummings JL

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful axon regeneration depends on the expression of regeneration-associated genes by axotomized neurons. Here, we demonstrate, for the first time to our knowledge, the expression of regeneration-associated genes by axotomized human CNS neurons. In situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry showed a transient in...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Schmitt AB,Breuer S,Polat L,Pech K,Kakulas B,Love S,Martin D,Schoenen J,Noth J,Brook GA

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The UCHL-1 gene is widely cited as a susceptibility factor for sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD). The strongest evidence comes from a meta-analysis of small studies that reported the S18Y polymorphism as protective against PD, after pooling studies of white and Asian subjects. Here, we present data that chall...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Healy DG,Abou-Sleiman PM,Casas JP,Ahmadi KR,Lynch T,Gandhi S,Muqit MM,Foltynie T,Barker R,Bhatia KP,Quinn NP,Lees AJ,Gibson JM,Holton JL,Revesz T,Goldstein DB,Wood NW

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In aphasia due to stroke, language-related activity shifts not only to undamaged cortex within the dominant hemisphere but also toward right-sided areas homotopical to the left-sided lesion. We examined whether a rightward shift takes place in primary progressive aphasia (PPA). Nineteen PPA patients participated, 19 h...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Vandenbulcke M,Peeters R,Van Hecke P,Vandenberghe R

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases predominately affect elderly adults, the proteins that play a role in the pathogenesis of these diseases are expressed throughout life. In fact, many of the proteins hypothesized to be important in the progression of neurodegeneration play direct or indirect roles in the d...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Rogers D,Schor NF

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased glutamatergic transmission in the basal ganglia is implicated in the pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease. However, the mechanisms by which activation of glutamate receptors produce parkinsonism are unknown. Therefore, we examined whether the glutamate agonists N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA), alpha-amino-3-hy...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Klockgether T,Turski L

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chronic remitting-relapsing form of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) has been produced in monkeys sensitized to homologous myelin basic protein in Freund's complete adjuvants by the technique of suboptimal treatment after the onset of disease. Not only does the clinical course resemble that of human mul...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Shaw CM,Alvord EC Jr,Hruby S

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The characteristic pathological features of Huntington's disease (HD) are neostriatal atrophy and neuronal loss. Although neuroradiological studies often show caudate atrophy in patients with moderate HD, frequently no caudate atrophy is found early in the illness. There have been no quantitative reports to date on in...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Harris GJ,Pearlson GD,Peyser CE,Aylward EH,Roberts J,Barta PE,Chase GA,Folstein SE

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GM1b is a minor ganglioside in human peripheral nerves. Serum anti-GM1b antibodies frequently are present in patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). In this collaborative study, we investigated the antecedent infections, clinical features, and response to treatment of GBS patients with anti-GM1b antibodies. Of 13...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Yuki N,Ang CW,Koga M,Jacobs BC,van Doorn PA,Hirata K,van der Meché FG

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunohistochemical examination of 20 Down's syndrome brains, using antibodies to alpha-, beta-, and gamma-synuclein, demonstrated many alpha-synuclein-positive Lewy bodies and dystrophic neurites in 50% of amygdala samples from Down's syndrome brains with Alzheimer's disease. Similar lesions were less common in other...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Lippa CF,Schmidt ML,Lee VM,Trojanowski JQ

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon beta-1b reduces clinical exacerbations and disease activity in multiple sclerosis as shown by magnetic resonance imaging, but the mechanism of action is unknown. We investigated the correlation between the levels of soluble adhesion molecules and a reduction in contrast-enhancing lesions on gadopentetate di...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Calabresi PA,Tranquill LR,Dambrosia JM,Stone LA,Maloni H,Bash CN,Frank JA,McFarland HF

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well recognized that plasma fluctuations resulting from oral levodopa therapy may cause an unstable clinical response in parkinsonian patients. We have therefore developed a slow-release polymer matrix system that can deliver levodopa continuously for extended periods of time (at least 225 days) after subcutaneo...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Sabel BA,Dominiak P,Hüaser W,During MJ,Freese A

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cerebellar dysfunction in multiple sclerosis (MS) contributes significantly to disability, is relatively refractory to symptomatic therapy, and often progresses despite treatment with disease-modifying agents. We previously observed that sodium channel Nav1.8, whose expression is normally restricted to the pe...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Shields SD,Cheng X,Gasser A,Saab CY,Tyrrell L,Eastman EM,Iwata M,Zwinger PJ,Black JA,Dib-Hajj SD,Waxman SG

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00