Migraine: imaging the aura.

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Only two functionally validated susceptibility genes, CACNA1H and GABRD, have so far been identified in the common epilepsies using a candidate gene approach. The difficulty with the alternative statistical approach, where none of the suggested candidates has been functionally validated, may partly be...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Tan NC,Mulley JC,Scheffer IE

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia pneumoniae is a common respiratory pathogen that is now being implicated in a number of chronic diseases. That the organism can infect vascular endothelium, macrophages and smooth muscle cells suggests that it may play a role in many systemic diseases. The present review focuses on the possibility that the c...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Yucesan C,Sriram S

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To review recent developments in the application of stem cells for transplantation therapies in neurodegenerative diseases. RECENT FINDINGS:Stem cell transplantation has the potential to improve function by replacing cells lost to the disease and reconstructing elements of neural circuitry or by prov...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Rosser AE,Zietlow R,Dunnett SB

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The traditional focus of neurorehabilitaion has been on the patients' attention on their deficit, such that they should become aware of their problems and gain intentional control of compensatory strategies (descending approach). We review prism adaptation as one of the approaches that emphasize ascen...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Pisella L,Rode G,Farnè A,Tilikete C,Rossetti Y

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Homonymous hemianopia is the commonest form of acquired homonymous visual field defect; the usual causes are stroke, head injury and intracranial tumours. This impairment can affect a variety of cognitive visual functions, including visual search, safe navigation through changing environments and read...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Schofield TM,Leff AP

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selected topics related to rehabilitation of individuals with spinal cord lesions are reviewed and commented upon. A 10-week arm-cranking programme improved aerobic capacity and endurance in tetraplegics. Furthermore, endurance training and forced vital capacity were found to be positively correlated. Rowing had addit...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Biering-Sørensen F,Hartkopp A

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the dawning of the present decade, deemed appropriately the Decade of the Spine, acute spinal cord injury lingers as a formidable disorder affecting society. The enormous physical, emotional and socioeconomic impact of acute spinal cord injury on society is well known. Consequently, intensive clinical and laborator...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Dumont AS,Dumont RJ,Oskouian RJ

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Here we summarize the evidence from human studies of the impairments to the structural, functional, and metabolic capacities in skeletal muscle in those with type 1 diabetes (T1D) - a condition known as diabetic myopathy. Given the importance of skeletal muscle for blood lipid and glucose management, ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Monaco CMF,Perry CGR,Hawke TJ

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews recent studies concerning memory and language disorders in Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative conditions. It shows how different memory and language subcomponents may differentially be impaired in different neurodegenerative diseases and at different stages of the same disease. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Dalla Barba G,Boller F

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews current knowledge about epileptogenesis in the developing brain. Animal studies indicate that the maturational balance of excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitter systems should result in an increased susceptibility to seizures. However, the reason for specific age-locked syndromes and the high ra...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Scott RC,Neville BG

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The recent identification of mutations in five genes coding for proteins with putative or demonstrated glycosyltransferase activity has shed light on a novel mechanism responsible for muscular dystrophy. Abnormal glycosylation of alpha-dystroglycan appears to be a common finding in all these condition...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Muntoni F,Brockington M,Torelli S,Brown SC

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The aims of this article are to review emerging therapies for multiple sclerosis (MS) and to consider new approaches to assessment and achievement of treatment success in patients with this disease. RECENT FINDINGS:A number of disease-modifying therapies for MS, including oral agents, are in advanced...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Fox EJ,Rhoades RW

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Convergent evidence from a number of neuroscience disciplines supports the hypothesis that Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders progress along brain networks. This review considers the role of neuroimaging in strengthening the case for network-based neurodegeneration and elucidati...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Greicius MD,Kimmel DL

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although reactive oxygen species are natural metabolic products, they can be toxic to cells and are implicated in some neurodegenerative disease. Cytosolic Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase normally defends against damage by reactive oxygen species; however, mutant forms of the enzyme might instead contribute to damage of m...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Hosler BA,Brown RH Jr

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To review the clinical findings, differential diagnosis, treatment and outcome of pseudotumoral demyelinating lesions including tumefactive demyelination and Baló's concentric sclerosis. RECENT FINDINGS:MRI findings, such as dynamic restricted diffusion changes at the edge of pseudotumoral lesions he...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Hardy TA

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ablative surgery and deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease can be performed in the thalamus, the pallidum and the subthalamic nucleus. The efficacy and safety of unilateral pallidotomy is well established. Deep brain stimulation has a lower morbidity and is preferred for bilateral surgery. The subthalamic nuc...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Krack P,Hamel W,Mehdorn HM,Deuschl G

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Inflammation is implicated in ischaemic stroke as a general cardiovascular risk factor, a possible immediate trigger, a component (and possible exacerbating factor) of the response to tissue injury, a marker of future risk, and as a therapeutic target. Each aspect is reviewed. RECENT FINDINGS:Evidenc...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Muir KW,Tyrrell P,Sattar N,Warburton E

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermatomyositis and polymyositis are treatable disorders of skeletal muscle. Despite their clinical similarities, they appear to have fundamentally different autoimmune origins. Inclusion body myositis, from its origins 30 years ago, has emerged as the commonest acquired myopathy of the elderly. Despite inflammatory c...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Hilton-Jones D

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Recent terminations of clinical trials of myostatin inhibitors in muscular dystrophy have raised questions about the predictiveness of mouse models for this therapeutic strategy. RECENT FINDINGS:A variety of myostatin inhibitors have been developed for preclinical and clinical studies. These inhibito...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Wagner KR

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review discusses advances in the understanding of the mechanisms of status epilepticus and its current treatment approaches. Many of these have been topics at the 5th London-Innsbruck Colloquium on status epilepticus 2015. RECENT FINDINGS:A new definition and classification of status epilepticus...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Trinka E,Brigo F,Shorvon S

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Health-related quality of life is a new outcome variable in neurology. Several generic measures aim at assessing this variable in adults with neurological diseases. Disease-specific measures are still rare; however, individuals with neurological diseases frequently suffer from cognitive impairment, ye...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： von Steinbuechel N,Richter S,Morawetz C,Riemsma R

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although spreading depression has been known for over 50 years, recent research into this interesting experimental phenomenon provides evidence for an integrative role of spreading depression in brain pathophysiology. Spreading depression activates neurophysiological pathways that may have widespread consequences on b...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Parsons AA

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past few years evidence that atherosclerotic disease of the aortic arch is probably an underestimate source of emboli, particularly moving thrombi in the lumen, has accumulated. Pathological studies, and more recently transesophageal echocardiographic studies, have shown that atherosclerotic disease of the aort...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Heinzlef O,Cohen A,Amarenco P

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Cognitive impairments are common in children with epilepsy. They may already be present before the onset of epilepsy or occur - and even progress - during its course. Many variables contribute to cognitive dysfunction. Those that can be targeted to prevent (further) cognitive impairment will be highli...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Braun KP

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The aim of this review is to refer to recent arguments supporting the existence of specific propagation mechanisms associated with spreading of neuron injury in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). RECENT FINDINGS:Misfolded ALS-linked protein accumulation can induce aggregation of their native equiva...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Pradat PF,Kabashi E,Desnuelle C

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:There is an urgent need for effective therapies to restore neurologic function and decrease disability following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Here, emerging findings on the mechanisms of post-TBI neural repair and regeneration, as well as therapeutic implications, are selectively reviewed. RECENT FI...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Werner JK,Stevens RD

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Patients with acute life-threatening neuromuscular disease require close cooperation between neuromuscular and intensive care specialists to achieve the best possible outcomes. The problems encountered by these patients are different from those in traditional neuromuscular practice, and neurologists c...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Damian MS,Srinivasan R

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To summarize advances in our understanding of the clinical phenotypes, genetics, and molecular pathophysiology of the periodic paralyses, the nondystrophic myotonias, and other muscle channelopathies. RECENT FINDINGS:The number of pathogenic mutations causing periodic paralysis, nondystrophic myotoni...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Platt D,Griggs R

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review focuses on recent advances in the diagnostic approaches and the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms of Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease. We also discuss the emerging therapies for this hereditary neuropathy. RECENT FINDINGS:To date, numerous genes are implicated in CMT, and new gene...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Vallat JM,Mathis S,Funalot B

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsies, like other common diseases, have complex inheritance, and molecular genetic studies in such conditions are difficult. There has been recent success in identifying the molecular basis of certain epilepsies, particularly in those syndromes with autosomal dominant inheritance. All four genes discovered to dat...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Berkovic SF,Scheffer IE

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00