New treatments and treatment goals for patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The relative influence of genes and environment on the liability to neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) can be investigated using a twin design. This review highlights the results of the most recent twin studies of NDDs. RECENT FINDINGS:Recent twin studies have confirmed that NDDs show moderate-to-hi...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Posthuma D,Polderman TJ

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To provide an update on the major advances in inflammatory myopathies. RECENT FINDINGS:Polymyositis is an uncommon disorder that can be misdiagnosed when the old, and never validated, criteria of Bohan and Peter are used. New diagnostic criteria were recently introduced, in which the MHC/CD8 complex ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Dalakas MC

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review aims to describe new features on the epidemiology of encephalitis world-wide. As this neurological presentation is most frequently related to transmitted viruses, surveillance of encephalitis is of major importance to detect their emergence or re-emergence. RECENT FINDINGS:Rabies causes o...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Stahl JP,Mailles A

更新日期：2014-06-01 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:The results of phase 2 randomized controlled trials for the prevention of episodic and chronic migraine demonstrating the efficacy and safety of four mAbs targeting the calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) pathway [ALD403 (eptinezumab), AMG334 (erenumab), LY2951742 (galcanezumab) and TEV48125 (frema...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Mitsikostas DD,Reuter U

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The role of chemotherapy in low-grade glioma has been redefined with the long-term follow-up of the RTOG 9802, which investigated adjuvant procarbazine, CCNU, and vincristine (PCV) chemotherapy in addition to radiotherapy, and the results of EORTC trial 22033 in a similar patient population that compa...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： van den Bent MJ

更新日期：2015-12-01 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:The risk of suicide is thought be increased in epilepsy. Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) remain the primary treatment. An FDA alert in 2008 raised concerns that AEDs may increase the risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviour. The risk profile for suicide in epilepsy is examined in the context of recent repor...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Bagary M

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of the literature on methods of seizure or epilepsy severity assessments resulted in tabulation of the seizure rating scales known as US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Chalfont-National Hospital, Liverpool, Hague, and others. Each of the scales reviewed has some advantages, but none of them appears to b...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Cramer JA

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The aim is to review sleep disturbances in different movement disorders, mainly Parkinson's disease, and highlight current concepts on merging the boundaries between movement disorders and dissociative states of being. RECENT FINDINGS:Since the observation that rapid eye movement sleep behavior disor...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Giannoccaro MP,Antelmi E,Plazzi G

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Status epilepticus refractory to first and second-line anticonvulsants represents an outstanding challenge to the medical team. This review covers new insights into the anaesthetic and intensive care of status epilepticus. RECENT FINDINGS:In the anaesthetic treatment of status epilepticus, barbiturat...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Holtkamp M

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review discusses recent studies on myasthenia gravis with onset in childhood (juvenile myasthenia gravis) and neonatal myasthenia gravis. RECENT FINDINGS:The occurrence of myasthenia gravis in childhood is strongly influenced by genetic and environmental factors. Juvenile myasthenia gravis is as...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Evoli A

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The funduscopic examination can be a technically difficult, and often omitted, portion of the neurologic examination, despite its great potential to influence patient care. RECENT FINDINGS:Medical practitioners are often first taught to examine the ocular fundus using a direct ophthalmoscope, however...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Rodenbeck SJ,Mackay DD

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To summarize the currently known side effects of the approved therapies of multiple sclerosis and to suggest monitoring procedures. RECENT FINDINGS:The progress in the treatment of multiple sclerosis with new very effective therapies is accompanied by a number of side effects. Some of these have alre...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Moiola L,Rommer PS,Zettl UK

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The field of new technologies for upper-limb rehabilitation is exploding. The review presents new trends and studies of effectiveness from recent literature regarding robots, virtual reality and telerehabilitation for neurorehabilitation of the upper limb. RECENT FINDINGS:There appears to be a greate...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Brochard S,Robertson J,Médée B,Rémy-Néris O

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：:The review intends to draw the attention of researchers working in retinal degenerations on the fact that classical apoptosis, for example, apoptosis triggering caspase activation, may not be the main pathway of cellular demise in this tissue.Former work already showed the difficulty of proving the activation of apopt...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Torriglia A,Jaadane I,Lebon C

更新日期：2016-02-01 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:Small vessel diseases of the brain are still clinically underrecognized whereas their burden is increasing steeply. The most frequent is acquired degenerative small vessel disease. Many hereditary or idiopathic small vessel diseases have also been identified, of which cerebral autosomal-dominant arter...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Ringelstein EB,Nabavi DG

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Demyelination and inflammation both contribute to the neurological deficits characteristic of multiple sclerosis and Guillain-Barré syndrome. Conduction deficits attributable to demyelination are well known, but it is becoming clear that factors such as nitric oxide, endocaine, cytokines, and antiganglioside antibodie...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Smith KJ,Hall SM

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) is a potentially debilitating disorder primarily related to spinal cord injury caused by degenerative changes of the spine. As the population continues to age and live longer, it is likely that this disorder will be encountered with increasing frequency. RECENT F...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Holly LT

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Recent advances in survival for patients with newly diagnosed and recurrent brain tumors, combined with the development of an ever-increasing number of potential treatments, has led to significant growth in the number of clinical trials for patients with brain tumors. Suitable clinical trial design an...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Butowski N,Chang SM

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A relatively small number of studies were published on the intra-arterial therapy of stroke in the past year. Those reports, however, do offer strong evidence for the feasibility and safety of this therapeutic approach. Partly on the basis of these data it has become evident that the intra-arterial thrombolytic therap...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Abou-Chebl A,Furlan AJ

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review first considers toxic neuropathies of recent interest, including those caused by antineoplastic and antiretroviral drugs, agents that affect methylation reactions, vitamin and herbal preparations, and certain occupational exposures. The discussion points out the interesting phenomenon of "coasting," the st...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Kuncl RW,George EB

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:We analyze recent data on technical aspects, clinical indications, and imaging features of spinal cord MRI in multiple sclerosis, and on the value of this examination for assessing the type and extension of spinal cord damage, and for predicting prognosis in patients with this disease. RECENT FINDING...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Rovira A,de Stefano N

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuing advances have rendered the neural control of eye movements one of the best understood motor systems, from molecules to complex behaviors. Nevertheless, new discoveries have required re-evaluation of established concepts, from the genetics of disorders that affect extraocular muscles to the way in which the ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Szatmáry G,Leigh RJ

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune and inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS) that causes neurological disability in young adults and that to date has no cure. Until now, expensive and only partially efficacious therapies have become available. For this reason, researchers, cli...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Mangas A,Coveñas R,Geffard M

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：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