A case of chronic demyelinating polyneuropathy resembling the Guillain-Barré syndrome.

abstract：:Isoflavone formononetin is a typical phytoestrogen isolated from Chinese medical herb red clover. It has been reported that estrogens have neuroprotective properties, and dietary intake of phytoestrogens could reduce stroke injury in cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) animal models. In the present research, we sought...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Liang K,Ye Y,Wang Y,Zhang J,Li C

更新日期：2014-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneomuscular reflexes have been recorded from the first dorsal interosseous muscle during a sustained abduction of the index finger of 20 subjects (25 recordings) following stimulation of the digital nerves at the following frequencies: 2 Hz, 3 Hz, 5 Hz, 7 Hz and 9 Hz, presented in random order. Five hundred stimul...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Harrison LM,Norton JA,Stephens JA

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet aggregation (PA) induced by (-)-epinephrine and adenosine diphosphate (ADP) was studied in 16 patients with myotonic dystrophy (MyD) and 14 healthy subjects. Plasma beta-thromboglobulin level (beta-TG), a useful marker of in vivo platelet release reaction, as well as in vitro 5-[14C]hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) r...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Bornstein NM,Zahavi M,Korczyn AD,Zahavi J

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual function was studied in a group of 15 patients with hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN). Psychophysical measures of luminance and chromatic threshold and temporal contrast sensitivity were undertaken, together with visual evoked potentials (VEPs), visual fields and clinical neuro-ophthalmological exa...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Honan WP,Heron JR,Foster DH,Edgar GK,Scase MO

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of the hypothesis that a biochemical abnormality in the childhood forms of neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis may lie in the utilization of dolichols in glycoprotein synthesis, we analyzed the oligosaccharide structures of brain glycoproteins in infantile neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis (INCL). Lectin affinity chro...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Krusius T,Viitala J,Palo J,Maury CP

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, PRRT2 gene mutations have been identified as a causative factor of paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia (PKD). However, evidence is still lacking with respect to the genotype to phenotype correlation in PKD patients. METHODS:We recruited a cohort of PKD patients with or without PRRT2 mutations for th...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Mao CY,Shi CH,Song B,Wu J,Ji Y,Qin J,Li YS,Wang JJ,Shang DD,Sun SL,Xu YM

更新日期：2014-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of specific IgM antibodies and direct electron-microscopic examination of brain biopsies or vesicle fluid was tested as means of raped diagnosis in 6 cases of herpes simplex encephalitis seen consecutively in Montreal. In 2 of 3 biopsies herpes viruses were seen by negative staining of a cell extract within 1 ...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Joncas JH,Berthiaume L,McLaughlin B,Granger-Julien M

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is one of the most frequent forms of muscular dystrophy. The aims of this study were: 1) to evaluate the prevalence of sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in patients with FSHD; 2) to define the sleep-related respiratory patterns in FSHD patients with SDB; and 3) to find the ...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Della Marca G,Frusciante R,Dittoni S,Vollono C,Buccarella C,Iannaccone E,Rossi M,Scarano E,Pirronti T,Cianfoni A,Mazza S,Tonali PA,Ricci E

更新日期：2009-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to obtain insight into the pathogenesis of proteolipid apoprotein (PLP)-induced experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) in Lewis rats (Yamamura et al. 1986), PLP-sensitized lymph node cells or spleen cells were passively transferred into normal or irradiated (400 rad) recipients after incubation wi...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Yamamura T,Namikawa T,Endoh M,Kunishita T,Tabira T

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mast cells (MC) have been implicated in the pathogenesis of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE). In order to further evaluate their role, several morphological and functional studies were performed. Semiquantitative counts of histological sections showed a significant reduction in MC numbers in EAE brains. I...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Brenner T,Soffer D,Shalit M,Levi-Schaffer F

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-Yo antibodies are present in the sera and cerebrospinal fluid of some patients with paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD), but there is no evidence that the presence of anti-Yo antibodies causes the Purkinje cell loss seen in PCD patients. We examined the level of cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) activity agai...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Tanaka M,Tanaka K,Tokiguchi S,Shinozawa K,Tsuji S

更新日期：1999-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Common pathogenic mechanisms may be involved in the prevalence of ischemic stroke and coronary heart disease. Recently, genome-wide association (GWA) studies identified a chromosome region (9p21) that confers the risk of coronary heart disease. In a hospital-based case-control study conducted in Chinese Hans, we teste...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Li SJ,Hu WL,Liu DT,Sun FH,Zhang Q,Yang XC,Yu SZ,Jin L,Wang XF

更新日期：2009-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by loss of motor neuron and various cognitive deficits including writing errors. (11)C-flumazenil (FMZ), the positron emission tomography (PET) GABA(A) receptor ligand, is a marker of cortical dysfunction. The objective of this study was...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Yabe I,Tsuji-Akimoto S,Shiga T,Hamada S,Hirata K,Otsuki M,Kuge Y,Tamaki N,Sasaki H

更新日期：2012-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The present study aims to elucidate the role of Rho-mediated ROCK-Semaphorin3A signaling pathway in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD) in a mouse model. METHODS:One-hundred twelve eight-week male C57BL/6 mice were selected. The mouse model of PD was constructed by intraperitoneal injection of MPTP....

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Qi L,Tang YG,Wang L,He W,Pan HH,Nie RR,Can Y

更新日期：2016-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common disorder of the central nervous system in the elderly. The pathogenesis of PD is a complex process, with genetics as an important contributing factor. This factor may stem from mitochondrial gene variations and mutations as well as from nuclear gene variations and mutations. More r...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Andalib S,Vafaee MS,Gjedde A

更新日期：2014-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have demonstrated that cytokines play an important role in the pathogenesis of intracranial aneurysms (IAs). Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is an important proinflammatory cytokine. In our study, we investigated the association of genetic variants within the gene encoding interleukin-6-572G/C (IL-6-572G/C) with I...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Zhang G,Tu Y,Feng W,Huang L,Li M,Qi S

更新日期：2011-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Myasthenogenic regions in the acetylcholine receptor (AChR) alpha-subunit were studied in view of the conformation-dependent B-cell epitope expected at beta-turn and the MHC class II-restricted T-cell epitope expected at alpha-helix. Torpedo AChR alpha 67-76 and alpha 107-116 were synthesized as the main immunogenic r...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Takamori M,Hamada T,Okumura S

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is essential for the medical workup of patients with neurological conditions and for disease-modifying clinical trials. Post- lumbar puncture (LP) headache is influenced by both operator and patient-related factors, including needle type and gauge, age, and gender. OBJECTIVES:We ai...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Droby A,Omer N,Gurevich T,Kestenbaum M,Mina Y,Cedarbaum JM,Aizenstein O,Giladi N,Mirelman A,Thaler A

更新日期：2020-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The COVID-19 pandemics required several changes in stroke management and it may have influenced some clinical or functional characteristics. We aimed to evaluate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemics on stroke management during the first month of Italy lockdown. In addition, we described the emergency struct...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Naccarato M,Scali I,Olivo S,Ajčević M,Buoite Stella A,Furlanis G,Lugnan C,Caruso P,Peratoner A,Cominotto F,Manganotti P

更新日期：2020-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Brainstem gliomas constitute 10% of brain tumors in children and less than 2% in adults. Since therapeutic options are limited and brainstem gliomas are associated with a high morbidity and mortality, we sought to analyze the prognostic factors associated with a better outcome. We reviewed the records of 86 patients w...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Ueoka DI,Nogueira J,Campos JC,Maranhão Filho P,Ferman S,Lima MA

更新日期：2009-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute effect of a single intraperitoneal dose of alcohol (2 g kg-1 body weight) was studied in normally fed rats anaesthetised with sodium pentabarbitone . Rapidly achieved high blood alcohol levels were accompanied by an equally rapid but transient 4-fold increase in the total creatine kinase (CK) activity in the...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Spargo E

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There is insufficient data on the efficacy of intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIg) as maintenance treatment in myasthenia gravis (MG). We therefore examined response to maintenance IVIg therapy in a cohort of MG patients. METHODS:We reviewed all MG patient files treated with IVIg in our neuro-immunology clini...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Hellmann MA,Mosberg-Galili R,Lotan I,Steiner I

更新日期：2014-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Entrapment neuropathy of the radial nerve at the spiral groove region is relatively common. However, its localization may be technically challenging. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the use of ultrasound (US), in relation to electrophysiological testing, for this purpose. METHODS:We studied 32 normal controls to obt...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Lo YL,Fook-Chong S,Leoh TH,Dan YF,Tan YE,Lee MP,Gan HY,Chan LL

更新日期：2008-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 70-year-old Japanese woman developed progressive, dopa-responsive parkinsonism consisting of akinesia, resting tremor, rigidity, and postural instability. Neuropathological examination revealed a marked loss of nigral neurons, but no Lewy bodies (LBs) were observed. Lewy bodies were also absent from their usual site...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Ishihara K,Nonaka A,Fukui T,Kawamura M,Shiota J,Nakano I

更新日期：2002-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we demonstrated that neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) is activated and promotes muscle atrophy in skeletal muscle during tail suspension, a model of unloading and denervation. Here, we examined patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and mutant (H46R) SOD1 transgenic (Tg) mice model using im...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Suzuki N,Mizuno H,Warita H,Takeda S,Itoyama Y,Aoki M

更新日期：2010-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence and pattern of cognitive impairment in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients with (NPSLE) and without (nSLE) overt neuropsychiatric manifestations were investigated. Fifty-two nSLE patients, 23 NPSLE patients and 27 healthy controls were evaluated with a battery of standardized neuropsychological ...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Monastero R,Bettini P,Del Zotto E,Cottini E,Tincani A,Balestrieri G,Cattaneo R,Camarda R,Vignolo LA,Padovani A

更新日期：2001-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology of Parkinson's disease is mainly unknown. Immune abnormalities have been reported, including the occurrence of autoantibodies against neuronal structures and abnormal T cell functions. gamma delta+ T cells represent a recently recognized T cell subpopulation which is considered to play a role in immune re...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Fiszer U,Mix E,Fredrikson S,Kostulas V,Olsson T,Link H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aims of this paper are: 1) to present the data of systemic thrombolysis for ischemic stroke in five Croatian centers from July 2008 till January 2010; 2) to compare the results between centers and; 3) to compare data with previously published results from 2006 to 2008 period from our center, and with the...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Matijević V,Poljaković Z,Malojčić B,Mišmaš A,Bazina A,Boban M,Bilić I,Radanović B,Glavor KD,Kiđemet-Piskač S,Habek M

更新日期：2012-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study used reaction time (RT) as an objective marker of cognitive fatigue and fatigability in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). METHOD:RT was measured in fifteen healthy controls and in thirty MS patients with cognitive fatigue identified with the Fatigue Scale for Motor and Cognitive Function (FSM...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Neumann M,Sterr A,Claros-Salinas D,Gütler R,Ulrich R,Dettmers C

更新日期：2014-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A common cause of nerve cell death often leading to vascular dementia is ischemic stroke. Attempts to develop clinically effective stroke treatment and prevention strategies based on pharmacological manipulations of a single mechanism have not led to clinical success. Analysis of clinical neuroprotection trials sugges...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Baskys A,Blaabjerg M

更新日期：2005-03-15 00:00:00