Neuroimaging in developmental disorders.

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Drug resistance is an important clinical problem: it is associated with higher rates of somatic and psychiatric comorbidities and cognitive/memory decline, with seizures being just the 'tip of the iceberg'. This review summarizes recent developments in imaging research, focusing specifically on the fu...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Koepp MJ

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:For a long time, cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis patients has been considered less important than, for instance, physical disability. This is no longer true because of the crucial role that cognitive deficits play in the good day-to-day adjustment of patients. This review highlights recent ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Hoffmann S,Tittgemeyer M,von Cramon DY

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Understanding the mechanisms and abnormalities of respiratory function in neuromuscular disease is critical to supporting the patient and maintaining ventilation in the face of acute or chronic progressive impairment. RECENT FINDINGS:Retrospective clinical studies reviewing the care of patients with ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Howard RS

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little progress has been made in the treatment outcome of patients with glioblastoma in the past 10 to 15 years, despite an aggressive multimodality regimen using surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. New approaches, particularly molecular strategies, have become the clinicians' and scientists' hope for the future in ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Yung WK

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews the current knowledge with regard to neurotoxicity of conventional radiation, including recent understanding of the pathophysiology, molecular biology, diagnostic evaluation and clinical presentations, as well as proposed treatment modalities and possible protective agents. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： New P

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Neuroimaging in motor neuron disease (MND) has traditionally been seen as an academic tool with limited direct relevance to individualized patient care. This has changed radically in recent years as computational imaging has emerged as a viable clinical tool with true biomarker potential. This transit...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Bede P,Querin G,Pradat PF

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To summarize clinical key points, diagnostic features, and results of imaging and therapy of spinal dural arteriovenous fistula (SDAVF). RECENT FINDINGS:SDAVF accounts for 70% of spinal arteriovenous malformation with an annual incidence of 5-10 cases per million. At least 80% of patients are male, a...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Koch C

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis are at increased vascular risk but optimal treatment is controversial. We reviewed the current evidence for medical and surgical intervention in these patients. RECENT FINDINGS:Optimal medical treatment is the most important aspect of management of patients...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Redgrave JN,Rothwell PM

更新日期：2007-02-01 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:This review summarizes the recent studies assessing patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures and developments in treatment. RECENT FINDINGS:The misdiagnosis of nonepileptic seizure is costly to patients, the healthcare system, and to society. Patients with nonepileptic seizures are prescribed ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： LaFrance WC Jr

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review presents the new terms and concepts proposed by the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Classification Commission in 2010 to describe seizures and epilepsies. This is the first major revision in 21 years and reflects the rapid evolution in our understanding of the epilepsies. REC...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Korff CM,Scheffer IE

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The aim of this study was to assess the seizure manifestations and risk of epilepsy in encephalitis associated with antibodies against neuronal cell-surface (autoimmune encephalitis) or myelin-associated antigens, and to review several chronic epileptic disorders, including Rasmussen's encephalitis, f...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Spatola M,Dalmau J

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This article discusses recent advances in the understanding of clinical and genetic aspects of primary ataxias, including congenital, autosomal recessive, autosomal dominant, episodic, X-linked, and mitochondrial ataxias, as well as idiopathic degenerative and secondary ataxias. RECENT FINDINGS:Many ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Teive HA,Ashizawa T

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The influence of anxiety on ocular motor control and gaze has received less research attention than its effects on postural control and locomotion. This review summarizes research on trait anxiety, state anxiety, anxiety disorders, ocular motor reflexes, and gaze. It applies these findings to clinical...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Staab JP

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Our current treatment algorithms include only IFN-β and glatiramer as available first-line disease-modifying drugs and natalizumab and fingolimod as second-line therapies. Today, 10 drugs have been approved in Europe and nine in the United States making the choice of therapy more complex. The purpose ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Sorensen PS

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:New insights into the psychophysiological determinants of performance changes and brain plasticity associated with motor sequence learning have recently been gained through behavioral and imaging studies in healthy individuals. In addition, using a variety of motor sequential paradigms in groups of pa...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Doyon J

更新日期：2008-08-01 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：: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:This review examines the applicability of a framework of frontal lobe functioning to understand the sequelae of traumatic brain injury (TBI). RECENT FINDINGS:TBI research illustrates the need for improved phenotyping of TBI outcome. The functions of the frontal lobes are divisible into four distinct ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Stuss DT

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review highlights recent neuroimaging and genetic studies of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder that may inform biologically targeted interventions and treatments. RECENT FINDINGS:The findings suggest that attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder is characterized by specific learning and c...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Casey BJ,Nigg JT,Durston S

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Serum IgG autoantibodies against the myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) are present in atypical demyelinating disorders such as neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) or acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. Whereas the role of aquaporin-4 antibodies as diagnostic markers for NMOSD is ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Reindl M,Jarius S,Rostasy K,Berger T

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) is a chronic and often disabling neuropathy, which often responds to immune therapies including corticosteroids, plasma exchange, and high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg). The reasons for choosing one of these therapies and the fa...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Nobile-Orazio E,Gallia F

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Hyperglycemia is frequent in patients with cerebrovascular disease. This review article aims to summarize the recent evidence from observational studies that examined the adverse cerebrovascular effects of dysglycemic states as well as interventional studies assessing intensive management strategies f...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Haratz S,Tanne D

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In multifocal motor or sensorimotor neuropathy with persistent conduction block, most of the recent research has concerned treatment. Open trials show that intravenous immunoglobulin is effective, providing a rapid and often marked clinical improvement, accompanied by a significant reduction of conduction block in som...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Léger JM

更新日期：1995-10-01 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:Campylobacter jejuni is the most frequent agent of antecedent infection in an axonal variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome, acute motor axonal neuropathy, and anti-GM1 or anti-GD1a IgG antibody is also associated with acute motor axonal neuropathy. Molecular mimicry has been found between human GM1 gangl...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Yuki N,Odaka M

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A long series of studies beginning with the pioneering experiments of Wiesel and Hubel [1] has shown that correct visual experience is crucial for the development of the visual system. Recent results suggest that neurotrophic factors of the nerve growth factor family might have a relevant role in mediating the effects...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Pizzorusso T,Maffei L

更新日期：1996-04-01 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:With the aging of the population, treatment of painful neuropathies is becoming more and more important for neurological practice. This short review highlights recent findings and current problems. RECENT FINDINGS:In addition to tricyclic antidepressants and gabapentin, the reliability of which is es...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Cruccu G

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review summarizes key findings of the current literature on functional neuroimaging in migraine and describes how these studies have changed our view of the disorder. RECENT FINDINGS:Recent studies have started not only to investigate the global cerebral activation pattern during migraine attack...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Sprenger T,Borsook D

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00