Selective deficit of praxis imagery in ideomotor apraxia.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To apply multisequence MRI techniques to patients with clinically isolated syndromes, to document the pattern and frequency of abnormalities at baseline and early follow-up, and to determine their predictive values for the early development of clinical MS. BACKGROUND:Disseminated lesions on T2-weighted brain...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Brex PA,O'Riordan JI,Miszkiel KA,Moseley IF,Thompson AJ,Plant GT,Miller DH

更新日期：1999-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) may not appropriately assess the spectrum of posterior circulation (PC)-related neurologic deficits. We determined the cutoff baseline NIHSS score that predicts independent daily life activity during the chronic stage in anterior circulation (AC) vs PC ischemic strokes. METHODS:A...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sato S,Toyoda K,Uehara T,Toratani N,Yokota C,Moriwaki H,Naritomi H,Minematsu K

更新日期：2008-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the APOE epsilon 4 allele increases the risk of developing AD, the effects of the epsilon 4 allele on brain atrophy in clinical AD patients are controversial. OBJECTIVE:To investigate a possible relationship between the genetic variants of APOE and brain atrophy in patients with AD. METHODS:Using ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hashimoto M,Yasuda M,Tanimukai S,Matsui M,Hirono N,Kazui H,Mori E

更新日期：2001-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the pathophysiologic changes in patients with spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) based on measures of CSF dynamics, and on the duration of symptoms, in a retrospective case-controlled study. METHODS:We included consecutive patients investigated for SIH at our department from January 2012 to...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Häni L,Fung C,Jesse CM,Ulrich CT,Miesbach T,Cipriani DR,Dobrocky T,Z'Graggen WJ,Raabe A,Piechowiak EI,Beck J

更新日期：2020-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:This multicenter, double-blind, crossover study compared Tegretol-XR and Tegretol tablets with respect to trough plasma carbamazepine (CBZ) concentrations, seizure control, tolerability, and safety. We randomized 96 patients with epilepsy to 56-day monotherapy with their usual daily CBZ dose administered as (1) Tegret...

journal_title：Neurology

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更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:People with AD have deficient contrast sensitivity and impaired face discrimination. The authors presented photographs of unfamiliar faces of three different sizes to enhance the low, middle, or high facial frequency information (cycles per face). Patients with AD demonstrated normal discrimination of small faces only...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cronin-Golomb A,Cronin-Golomb M,Dunne TE,Brown AC,Jain K,Cipolloni PB,Auerbach SH

更新日期：2000-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of sleep on partial seizures arising from various brain regions. METHODS:The authors prospectively studied 133 patients with localization-related epilepsy undergoing video-EEG monitoring over a 2-year period. Seizure type, site of onset, sleep/wake state at onset, duration, and epilep...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Herman ST,Walczak TS,Bazil CW

更新日期：2001-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors used PET to show that the abnormal pattern of cerebral blood flow (CBF) activation described in PD is normalized by electrical stimulation of subthalamic nucleus. Improvement in bradykinesia correlated with increase in CBF due to stimulation in the supplementary motor area and anterior cingulate cortex. Co...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Strafella AP,Dagher A,Sadikot AF

更新日期：2003-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A 66-year-old woman with acute idiopathic polyneuritis (Landry-Guillain-Barré [LGB] syndrome) had normal extraocular movements, but her pupils did not react to light or accommodation. This is the first such case to be reported. Pharmacologic testing pointed to postganglionic involvement of parasympathetic and sympathe...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Williams D,Brust JC,Abrams G,Challenor Y,Devereaux M

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the relation between N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels, used as a marker of heart failure in clinical practice, blood pressure (BP), and cognitive decline in the oldest old. METHODS:In 560 participants of the Leiden 85-plus Study, we measured NT-proBNP levels and BP at age ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： van Vliet P,Sabayan B,Wijsman LW,Poortvliet RK,Mooijaart SP,de Ruijter W,Gussekloo J,de Craen AJ,Westendorp RG

更新日期：2014-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To critically re-evaluate cases diagnosed as adult neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (ANCL) in order to aid clinicopathologic diagnosis as a route to further gene discovery. METHODS:Through establishment of an international consortium we pooled 47 unsolved cases regarded by referring centers as ANCL. Clinical a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Berkovic SF,Staropoli JF,Carpenter S,Oliver KL,Kmoch S,Anderson GW,Damiano JA,Hildebrand MS,Sims KB,Cotman SL,Bahlo M,Smith KR,Cadieux-Dion M,Cossette P,Jedličková I,Přistoupilová A,Mole SE,ANCL Gene Discovery Consortiu

更新日期：2016-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The initial decision in the management of idiopathic parkinsonism is whether any pharmacotherapy is indicated. There is no conclusive evidence that treatment is helpful before symptoms start to affect the patient's life, although some neurologists believe that deprenyl, also known as selegiline, could be useful. Once ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Calne DB

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess pathologic changes in prospectively characterized subjects with essential tremor (ET). METHODS:Subjects enrolled in the Sun Health Research Institute Brain and Body Donation Program were examined annually by a movement disorders neurologist, and semiannually by a behavioral neurologist and neuropsy...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Shill HA,Adler CH,Sabbagh MN,Connor DJ,Caviness JN,Hentz JG,Beach TG

更新日期：2008-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy performed a word-position association learning task every 24 hours during video EEG monitoring. On 55 occasions recall performance was tested 30 minutes and 24 hours after the initial learning phase. Patients with left- but not right-sided temporal lobe epilepsy exhi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Jokeit H,Daamen M,Zang H,Janszky J,Ebner A

更新日期：2001-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 20 patients with an acute parietal stroke with hemisensory disturbances but no visual field deficit and no or only slight motor weakness, without thalamic involvement on CT or MRI and found three main sensory syndromes. (1) The pseudothalamic sensory syndrome consists of a faciobrachiocrural impairment of e...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bassetti C,Bogousslavsky J,Regli F

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 74-year-old woman with opsoclonus, myoclonus, ataxia, and encephalopathy who had small-cell lung cancer and high titers of anti-Hu antibody in her serum. At autopsy, there were perivascular inflammatory infiltrates in the brainstem, putamen, and meninges overlying the orbital frontal cortex. Immunohistoche...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hersh B,Dalmau J,Dangond F,Gultekin S,Geller E,Wen PY

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To use punch skin biopsies to evaluate the loss of intra-epidermal nerve fibers in sensory neuropathies. BACKGROUND:Previous assessments of epidermal nerve fibers have been constrained by relatively insensitive staining techniques and variability in quantification. METHODS:Punch skin biopsies were performed...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： McCarthy BG,Hsieh ST,Stocks A,Hauer P,Macko C,Cornblath DR,Griffin JW,McArthur JC

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The administration of lecithin has failed to improve memory in aged or demented individuals. We studied the effect of lecithin on another cholinergic function, REM sleep latency. Intravenous doses of physostigmine shortened the latency to the first REM sleep period, but oral lecithin did not. In contrast to physostigm...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kapen S,Fleming PD,Drachman DA

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Krabbe disease (globoid cell leukodystrophy [GLD]) is an autosomal recessive lysosomal disorder affecting the central and peripheral nervous system. The authors performed MRS to characterize metabolic alterations and their regional variation in brain tissue in GLD in vivo. METHODS:Abnormalities of cerebral ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Brockmann K,Dechent P,Wilken B,Rusch O,Frahm J,Hanefeld F

更新日期：2003-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Duchenne muscular dystrophy manifested in one of girl twins. The twins were monozygous on the basis of red cell and HL antigens and skin graft compatibility. Karyotyping, including banding techniques, showed a normal number of chromosomes and a normal configuration of the X-chromosome in both twins. The twins were ide...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gomez MR,Engel AG,Dewald G,Peterson HA

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between temporal discrimination threshold (TDT) and "off" period gait freezing (OGF) in patients with fluctuating Parkinson disease (PD). METHODS:TDT values were measured at the dorsum of the toes in 11 control subjects and 22 patients with PD with a wearing-off phenomenon (16...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lee MS,Kim HS,Lyoo CH

更新日期：2005-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors pooled four population-based European studies to determine the risk for institutionalization and death after stroke. Risk for institutionalization was assessed in 13,095 subjects. Survival was calculated for prevalent stroke in 7929 individuals and incident stroke in 8550 individuals. The adjusted risk of ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Schmidt R,Breteler MM,Inzitari D,Fratiglioni L,Hofman A,Launer LJ

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 34-year-old man presented with a 30-year history of spasmodic dysphonia. He developed a speech disturbance 1 month after a closed head injury due to a fall. Sighing, coughing, and crying were normal. He had a tremor of the right hand when he drew a vertical line. His out-stretched right hand had a minimal dystonic p...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lee MS,Lee SB,Kim WC

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-Leu 7 antibody reacts with determinants on a subset of natural killer (NK) cells and myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG). In a patient patient with peripheral neuropathy and IgM autoantibodies against MAG, we found the distribution and functions of NK cells to be normal. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sriram S,Lanier L

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The "modified host protein" model of scrapie proposes that the transmissible agent is composed of the degradation-resistant protein, Sp33-37, and that clinical and pathologic signs result from neurotoxic accumulations of this protein. Sp33-37 is an abnormal, amyloidogenic isoform of the normally occurring cellular pro...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bendheim PE,Brown HR,Rudelli RD,Scala LJ,Goller NL,Wen GY,Kascsak RJ,Cashman NR,Bolton DC

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate clinical and economic consequences following generic substitution of one vs multiple generics of topiramate (Topamax; Ortho-McNeil Neurologics, Titusville, NJ). METHODS:Medical and pharmacy claims data of Régie de l'Assurance-Maladie du Québec from January 2006 to October 2007 were used. Patie...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Duh MS,Paradis PE,Latrémouille-Viau D,Greenberg PE,Lee SP,Durkin MB,Wan GJ,Rupnow MF,LeLorier J

更新日期：2009-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Single motor unit firing rates were measured from the first dorsal interosseous muscle (FDI) of normal subjects and patients with partial denervation of that muscle. Motor unit discharges were recorded at various levels of voluntary, stationary, isometric contraction of the FDI. The mean increase in firing rate associ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Miller RG,Sherratt M

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the prevalence of Parkinson's disease and other types of parkinsonism in a Sicilian population using a door-to-door two-phase approach. This design called for the administration of a brief screening instrument to all subjects who, on November 1, 1987, were residents of Terrasini (Palermo Province), San...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Morgante L,Rocca WA,Di Rosa AE,De Domenico P,Grigoletto F,Meneghini F,Reggio A,Savettieri G,Castiglione MG,Patti F

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiacetylcholine receptor antibody (anti-AChR) was spontaneously synthesized by cultured thymic tissue from 19 of 35 patients with myasthenia gravis. Two other thymus cultures produced antibody after stimulation by pokeweed mitogen. Antibody production correlated with histologic evidence of thymitis, long duration of...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Scadding GK,Vincent A,Newsom-Davis J,Henry K

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We used functional MRI (fMRI), transcranial Doppler ultrasound, and visual evoked potentials (VEPs) to determine the nature of blood flow responses to functional brain activity and carbon dioxide (CO2) inhalation in patients with cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), and their association with markers of CAA se...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Peca S,McCreary CR,Donaldson E,Kumarpillai G,Shobha N,Sanchez K,Charlton A,Steinback CD,Beaudin AE,Flück D,Pillay N,Fick GH,Poulin MJ,Frayne R,Goodyear BG,Smith EE

更新日期：2013-11-05 00:00:00