Histocompatibility antigens associated with motor neurone disease.

abstract：BACKGROUND:A specific non-motor impairment in Parkinson's disease (PD) concerns difficulties to accurately identify facial emotions. Findings are numerous but very inconsistent, ranging from general discrimination deficits to problems for specific emotions up to no impairment at all. By contrast, only a few studies exi...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Ille R,Wabnegger A,Schwingenschuh P,Katschnig-Winter P,Kögl-Wallner M,Wenzel K,Schienle A

更新日期：2016-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 2-year-old girl who presented with delayed development, weakness and persistent vomiting. She had a demyelinating peripheral neuropathy. The activity of cytochrome oxidase in skeletal muscle from the patient was 10% of controls. Immunochemical studies using antibodies to holo-cytochrome oxidase and the ind...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Shepherd IM,Birch-Machin MA,Johnson MA,Sherratt HS,Aynsley-Green A,Droste M,Kadenbach B,Stephenson JB,King MD,Dick DJ

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formation of protein aggregation is considered a hallmark feature of various neurological diseases. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is one such devastating neurodegenerative disorder characterized by mutation in Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase protein (SOD1). In our study, we contemplated the most aggregated and pathogenic m...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Srinivasan E,Rajasekaran R

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We estimated the extent and pattern of cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) as compared with that in Parkinson's disease (PD). METHODS:We performed meta-iodobenzylguanidine ((123)I-MIBG) scintigraphy of the heart and hemodynamic autonomic function testing using the Valsalva...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Oka H,Morita M,Onouchi K,Yoshioka M,Mochio S,Inoue K

更新日期：2007-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcification of the perineurium in sural nerves occurs in human adults. Deposits of calcium salts can be found focally in the middle and outer layers of the perineurium. Evidence indicates that this calcification is related to nerve fibre breakdown and to the local presence of lipids in the perineurium. The origin of...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Van Lis JM,Jennekens FG,Veldman H

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of demyelinating polyneuropathy is reported which was clinically and pathologically indistinguishable from the Guillain-Barré syndrome, with the exception that the symptoms progressed steadily for 7 months. Pathologically, the peripheral nerves and intraspinal roots showed selective demyelination with axonal sp...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Torvik A,Lundar T

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured the levels of some biological metals: copper (Cu), iron (Fe), magnesium (Mg), manganese (Mn), and zinc (Zn) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in patients with neurodegenerative diseases (52 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)), 21 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), and 20 patients with Pa...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Hozumi I,Hasegawa T,Honda A,Ozawa K,Hayashi Y,Hashimoto K,Yamada M,Koumura A,Sakurai T,Kimura A,Tanaka Y,Satoh M,Inuzuka T

更新日期：2011-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical remission in myasthenia gravis after thymectomy and immune suppressive treatment may be reflected by changes of immunoregulatory cytokines. Mononuclear cells from paired blood samples from fifteen patients with myasthenia gravis before and after thymectomy and immunosuppressive therapy were examined by in sit...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Weissert R,Melms A,Link H

更新日期：1997-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of neurological conditions and disease states are accompanied by pseudobulbar affect (PBA), an emotional disorder characterized by uncontrollable outbursts of laughing and crying. The causes of PBA are unclear but may involve lesions in neural circuits regulating the motor output of emotional expression. Sev...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Miller A,Panitch H

更新日期：2007-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The analysis of human skeletal muscle mitochondria revealed a progressive decline in mitochondrial respiratory chain function with age. The activities affected to the greatest extent were those of complexes I and IV which were decreased by 59% and 47% respectively between the ages of 20-30 years and 60-90 years of age...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Cooper JM,Mann VM,Schapira AH

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The understanding of the genetic basis of neurological disorders has grown rapidly in the last two decades. Despite the genomic heterogeneity within African populations, large-scale candidate gene or linkage and exome studies are lacking. However, current knowledge on neurogenetics in African populations is limited an...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Akinyemi RO,Owolabi MO,Oyeniyi T,Ovbiagele B,Arnett DK,Tiwari HK,Walker R,Ogunniyi A,Kalaria RN,SIREN group of H3Africa Consortium.

更新日期：2016-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Predicting clinical outcome is one of the major and most interesting issues in MS patients. If the global evolution of disability (usually chosen levels on the Kurtzke's Disability Status Scale) has been widely studied, much less is known about the progression of disability during the secondary progressive phase of th...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Vukusic S,Confavreux C

更新日期：2003-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite the strong evidence for the efficacy of surgery to treat temporal lobe epilepsy, the number of such surgeries has plateaued in western countries. This study examined trends in the number of epilepsy cases diagnosed, number of surgeries performed, and certain characteristics of surgery patients in west...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Qiu X,Lai W,Kinoshita M,Zhang L,Li H,Peng A,Li W,Chen L

更新日期：2019-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:CYP2D6 polymorphisms have been reported to be associated with Parkinson's disease (PD) susceptibility, but the results of these previous studies were inconsistent. OBJECTIVES:To explore whether PD patients with CYP2D6 gene variation have different risk to PD to those with normal function of CYP2D6. METHODS...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Lu Y,Peng Q,Zeng Z,Wang J,Deng Y,Xie L,Mo C,Zeng J,Qin X,Li S

更新日期：2014-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Differential diagnosis between idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) and multiple system atrophy (MSA) is often difficult in early disease stages. Since MSA is misdiagnosed as PD in more than 20% of the early stages, there is need for methods refining the differentiation of the two disease entities. In PD post...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Druschky A,Hilz MJ,Platsch G,Radespiel-Tröger M,Druschky K,Kuwert T,Neundörfer B

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence shows that exposure to an enriched environment (EE) after cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury has neuroprotective benefits in animal models, including enhancing functional recovery after ischemic stroke. However, the mechanism underlying this effect remains unclear. To clarify this critical issue,...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Yu K,Wu Y,Zhang Q,Xie H,Liu G,Guo Z,Li F,Jia J,Kuang S,Hu R

更新日期：2014-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The two-dimensional immunoelectrophoresis on cellulose acetate, already utilized for serum proteins, has been applied to CSF proteins. The technical modifications which allow the use of unconcentrated CSF are described. By utilizing a particularly suitable supporting medium, a good separation of proteins is achieved; ...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Baggio G,Bertolotto A,Moretti MG,Palmucci LC

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HLA-A, B, and C antigens were determined in 52 patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease and HLA-D antigens in 29 patients. In comparison with a representative sample of the Finnish general population, no significant deviations in HLA types of patients with Parkinson's disease were found. The patients with a slowly...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Marttila RJ,Rinne UK,Tiilikainen A

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence, morphology and pathogenesis of vascular dementia (VaD), recently termed vascular cognitive impairment (VCI), and of mixed dementia (Alzheimer disease+vascular encephalopathy) are a matter of discussion and no validated neuropathologic criteria for these disorders are currently available. In Western mem...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Jellinger KA

更新日期：2005-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD) is mainly based on clinical features. Accurate neurological examination is required but dopamine transporter (DaT) single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) could be perfomed to support the diagnosis in ambiguous cases. The aim of this work is to describe the ...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Coarelli G,Garcin B,Roze E,Vidailhet M,Degos B

更新日期：2019-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a human DNA herpesvirus infecting more than 90% of the world's population. EBV is the etiological agent of infectious mononucleosis (Pfeiffer's disease). Furthermore, diverse malignancies such as Burkitt and Hodgkin lymphoma have been associated with EBV. More recently, a possible role for ...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Pohl D

更新日期：2009-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Naftopidil is used clinically for the treatment of voiding disorders in benign prostatic hyperplasia. Previous in vivo experiments in which naftopidil was applied intrathecally abolished rhythmic bladder contraction, suggesting that naftopidil might inhibit a voiding reflex through interaction with spinal dor...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Uta D,Xie DJ,Hattori T,Kasahara KI,Yoshimura M

更新日期：2017-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Although control of hypertension is established as an important factor in the primary and secondary prevention of stroke, management of blood pressure in the setting of acute ischemic stroke remains controversial. Given limited data, the general consensus is that there is no proven benefit to lowering blood pressure i...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Wityk RJ

更新日期：2007-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Auditory vocal hallucinations are sometimes observed in temporal-lobe epilepsy, but are a frequent sign of psychosis and may rarely be mistaken for the latter. Here we report two patients who suffered from auditory vocal hallucinations, described as unintelligible human voices perceived at their left side during epile...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Hug A,Bartsch A,Gutschalk A

更新日期：2011-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To clarify the prevalence and clinical characteristics of myasthenia gravis (MG) in Japan. METHODS:We performed a nationwide epidemiological survey of MG in Japan. The clinical features were compared among five groups of patients, divided according to onset age. A generalized additive model (GAM) was used to...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Murai H,Yamashita N,Watanabe M,Nomura Y,Motomura M,Yoshikawa H,Nakamura Y,Kawaguchi N,Onodera H,Araga S,Isobe N,Nagai M,Kira J

更新日期：2011-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal function of apolipoprotein E (apoE) has been implicated in the incidence of some neurological disorders including dementia. Our recent experiments have shown that apoE deficiency alters the dynamics of alpha tocopherol (vitamin E) handling by brain. In the current investigation, we examined the uptake and ret...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Vatassery GT,Smith WE,Quach HT

更新日期：2009-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ischemic stroke that is sufficiently severe to cause loss of consciousness has a high rate of morbidity and mortality. Many individuals who suffer from these disorders never recover conscious awareness. In this study, we aimed to identify an accurate and simple bedside method to predict awareness recovery af...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Hu Y,Wang C,Yan X,Fu H,Wang K

更新日期：2017-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) non-invasively measures excitability of central motor pathways in humans and is used to characterize neuroplasticity after stroke. Using TMS to index lower extremity neuroplasticity after gait rehabilitation requires test-retest reliability. This study assesses the reliability o...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Wheaton LA,Villagra F,Hanley DF,Macko RF,Forrester LW

更新日期：2009-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has become an increasingly attractive area for the pharmaceutical industry, the most experimentally tractable of the neurodegenerative diseases. Mechanisms underlying cell death in ALS are likely to be important in more common but more complex disorders. Riluzole, the only drug laun...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Hurko O,Walsh FS

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cannabis use is on the rise both as medical treatment and recreational use. There is evidence that cannabis can cause hallucinations and psychosis especially with heavy and prolonged use. Parkinson's disease (PD) carries an increased risk for development of hallucinations and psychosis. It is possible that cannabis ma...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Cravanas B Jr,Frei K

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00