Nigral dysfunction in drug-induced parkinsonism: an 18F-dopa PET study.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to determine the frequency of CNS infection by dengue virus (DENV) in individuals with fatal outcomes. METHODS:Samples of 150 individuals suspect of an infection disease and with fatal outcomes were investigated for evidence of the presence of DENV. The sampling was made up of 150 CSF, 120 t...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Araújo FM,Araújo MS,Nogueira RM,Brilhante RS,Oliveira DN,Rocha MF,Cordeiro RA,Araújo RM,Sidrim JJ

更新日期：2012-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Two women with myasthenia gravis became apneic immediately after IV injection of iodinated contrast material for CT. Aggravation of myasthenia continued for days after this initial reaction. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Chagnac Y,Hadani M,Goldhammer Y

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the clinical and neuroimaging findings of a mother and daughter with seizure disorders and band heterotopias seen on magnetic resonance imaging studies. These clinicoradiologic findings simulate those for a diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis complex. Clinicians should be aware of this migrational anomaly and it...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： DiMario FJ Jr,Cobb RJ,Ramsby GR,Leicher C

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been disagreement about the precise characteristics of "subcortical aphasia." We evaluated 14 patients with aphasia after subcortical lesions and controlled for duration, general anatomic site of lesions (capsulostriatal only), and etiology. The clinical profiles of the patients were quite similar, varying i...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Mega MS,Alexander MP

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conditioning stimuli to the coronal gyrus or periventricular gray matter inhibit the activity of spinal trigeminal neurons. Valproate decreased the corticofugal inhibition of the spinal trigeminal nucleus, as did ethosuximide, trimethadione, and imipramine. Valproate and ethosuximide also decreased the periventricular...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Fromm GH,Glass JD,Chattha AS,Martinez AJ,Silverman M

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Clinical trials of fetal neural tissue transplantation for Huntington disease (HD) have been conducted with variable clinical results. However, no long-term analysis of graft survival and integration has been published. Here, we report the pathologic findings in two patients with HD who died 74 and 79 months ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Keene CD,Sonnen JA,Swanson PD,Kopyov O,Leverenz JB,Bird TD,Montine TJ

更新日期：2007-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:This nested case-control study assessed the putative protective effect of human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) against HIV-1-related dementia (dementia). The HHV-8 seropositivity of 210 male age- and HIV disease stage-matched cases and controls was compared. The overall HHV-8 seropositivity of 66% was similar among demented HI...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Polk S,Muñoz A,Sacktor NC,Jenkins FJ,Cohen B,Miller EN,Jacobson LP

更新日期：2002-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the association of primary retinal inflammation, namely retinal periphlebitis (RP) and microcystic macular edema, with clinical, brain, and retinal imaging biomarkers of multiple sclerosis (MS) severity. METHODS:One hundred patients with MS underwent a neurologic and ophthalmic examination, MRI, a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ortiz-Pérez S,Martínez-Lapiscina EH,Gabilondo I,Fraga-Pumar E,Martínez-Heras E,Saiz A,Sanchez-Dalmau B,Villoslada P

更新日期：2013-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatigue is a common but poorly understood symptom in Parkinson's disease (PD). Using previously validated scales, we asked 58 nondemented PD patients and 58 controls to fill out questionnaires assessing fatigue and depression and found that PD patients were more depressed and more fatigued than age-matched controls. A...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Friedman J,Friedman H

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether patients with moyamoya angiopathy without obvious retinal pathologies such as retinal infarctions or the congenital morning glory anomaly may have subtle subclinical retinal changes. METHODS:In this cross-sectional study, spectral domain optical coherence tomography was used to analyze...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Albrecht P,Blasberg C,Lukas S,Ringelstein M,Müller AK,Harmel J,Kadas EM,Finis D,Guthoff R,Aktas O,Hartung HP,Paul F,Brandt AU,Berlit P,Methner A,Kraemer M

更新日期：2015-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The histopathology of AIDS-associated myelopathy (AM) closely resembles that of myelopathies due to cobalamin or folate deficiency, with white matter vacuolization in the spinal cord. The pathogenesis of AM appears unrelated to direct HIV infection of the spinal cord. There is abnormal trans-methylation meta...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Di Rocco A,Werner P,Bottiglieri T,Godbold J,Liu M,Tagliati M,Scarano A,Simpson D

更新日期：2004-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Hippocampal formation atrophy (HFA) developed in an adult, who did not have epilepsy previously, after the occurrence of new-onset partial seizures from acute thrombosis of an ipsilateral parietal venous angioma. There was no evidence of hippocampal injury, and the patient had only one brief, generalized tonic-clonic ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Worrell GA,Sencakova D,Jack CR,Flemming KD,Fulgham JR,So EL

更新日期：2002-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elevated serum retinol, CSF retinol, and serum retinol binding protein (RBP) levels have been found in some patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), but serum and CSF retinol levels have not been studied in matched serum and CSF samples in patients with IIH. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether s...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tabassi A,Salmasi AH,Jalali M

更新日期：2005-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A neurocutaneous syndrome is described in which spastic paraplegia, peroneal neuropathy, and crural hypopigmentation are inherited in a dominant pattern. Spastic paraplegia becomes clinically apparent during adolescence or in childhood and progresses slowly throughout the adult years with a variability in severity of ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Stewart RM,Tunell G,Ehle A

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of lamotrigine (LTG) for the treatment of pain in HIV-associated sensory neuropathies. METHODS:In a randomized, double-blind study, patients with HIV-associated distal sensory polyneuropathy (DSP) received LTG or placebo during a 7-week dose escalation phase followed...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Simpson DM,McArthur JC,Olney R,Clifford D,So Y,Ross D,Baird BJ,Barrett P,Hammer AE,Lamotrigine HIV Neuropathy Study Team.

更新日期：2003-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied six patients with the clinical, sonographic, CT, and biochemical profile of minimal euthyroid Graves' disease (MEGD). This syndrome was characterized clinically by small but obtrusive and measurable amounts of diplopia related to endocrine ophthalmopathy and the conspicuous absence of systemic or laboratory...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Spector RH,Carlisle JA

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To generate a national multiple sclerosis (MS) prevalence estimate for the United States by applying a validated algorithm to multiple administrative health claims (AHC) datasets. METHODS:A validated algorithm was applied to private, military, and public AHC datasets to identify adult cases of MS between 200...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Wallin MT,Culpepper WJ,Campbell JD,Nelson LM,Langer-Gould A,Marrie RA,Cutter GR,Kaye WE,Wagner L,Tremlett H,Buka SL,Dilokthornsakul P,Topol B,Chen LH,LaRocca NG,US Multiple Sclerosis Prevalence Workgroup.

更新日期：2019-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effect of a single oral intake of 30 to 40 grams of alcohol in 4 consecutive patients presenting with Ramsay Hunt syndrome, the most common type of degenerative progressive myoclonic epilepsy (PME) encountered in southern Europe. Clinical and polygraphic monitoring demonstrated abatement of myoclonus in...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Genton P,Guerrini R

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most gliomas in neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) are pilocytic astrocytomas (PAs) of the optic pathway occurring in young children. However, some individuals develop gliomas that lack the typical NF1-associated clinical features or radiographic appearance. We identified 17 atypical presentations from a review of 100 pat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Leonard JR,Perry A,Rubin JB,King AA,Chicoine MR,Gutmann DH

更新日期：2006-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to determine the range and extent of neurologic complications due to pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 infection (pH1N1'09) in children hospitalized with influenza. METHODS:Active hospital-based surveillance in 6 Australian tertiary pediatric referral centers between June 1 and September 30, 2009, f...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Khandaker G,Zurynski Y,Buttery J,Marshall H,Richmond PC,Dale RC,Royle J,Gold M,Snelling T,Whitehead B,Jones C,Heron L,McCaskill M,Macartney K,Elliott EJ,Booy R

更新日期：2012-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgery is a safe and effective treatment for patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) who do not respond adequately to anticonvulsant medication and in whom the seizure generator can be identified and safely removed. Proton MR spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) can image and quantify neuronal damage in patients with TLE ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cendes F,Andermann F,Dubeau F,Matthews PM,Arnold DL

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three children with cerebral oligodendrogliomas causing partial complex or generalized seizures presented with completely normal neurologic examinations. CT showed low-density, nonenhancing surface lesions. Although these CT features are usually associated with infarcts or cysts, neoplasm was suspected because of irre...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Varma RR,Crumrine PK,Bergman I,Latchaw RE,Price RA,Vries J,Painter MJ

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the potential for clinical application, the reputed protective action of barbiturates in cerebral ischemia was tested in a controlled study after segmental middle cerebral artery occlusion in primates. Surviving treated animals promptly recovered consciousness, locomotion, and feeding behavior despite pers...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Moseley JI,Laurent JP,Molinari GF

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Muscle channelopathies such as paramyotonia, hyperkalemic periodic paralysis, and potassium-aggravated myotonia are caused by gain-of-function Na+ channel mutations. METHODS:Methods: Implementation of a three-dimensional radial 23Na magnetic resonance (MR) sequence with ultra-short echo times allowed the au...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Weber MA,Nielles-Vallespin S,Essig M,Jurkat-Rott K,Kauczor HU,Lehmann-Horn F

更新日期：2006-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe two symptomatic dysferlin gene mutation carriers. METHODS:One patient had limb girdle weakness. His brother was diagnosed with limb girdle muscular dystrophy 2B with two mutations in the dysferlin gene (D625Y and E1734G). The second patient had distal weakness. He had two sons with Miyoshi myopat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Illa I,De Luna N,Domínguez-Perles R,Rojas-García R,Paradas C,Palmer J,Márquez C,Gallano P,Gallardo E

更新日期：2007-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the degrees to which 8 domains of health are affected across types of cerebrovascular events and to identify factors associated with domain scores in different event types. METHODS:This was an observational cohort study of 2,181 patients with ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), subar...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Katzan IL,Schuster A,Newey C,Uchino K,Lapin B

更新日期：2018-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies of monozygotic (MZ) twins have revealed evidence of genetic influences on intellectual functions and their derangement in certain neurologic and psychiatric diseases afflicting the forebrain. Relatively little is known about genetic influences on the size and shape of the human forebrain and its gross mor...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tramo MJ,Loftus WC,Stukel TA,Green RL,Weaver JB,Gazzaniga MS

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether lifetime physical activity during work and leisure time is associated with an increased risk of developing ALS and to determine the association between physical activity and duration or age at onset of disease. METHODS:Patients referred to our clinic during the 1-year period 2001 to 2002 wh...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Veldink JH,Kalmijn S,Groeneveld GJ,Titulaer MJ,Wokke JH,van den Berg LH

更新日期：2005-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure white matter (WM) and gray matter (GM) atrophy and lesion load in a large population of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) using a fully automated, operator-independent, multiparametric segmentation method. METHODS:The study population consisted of 597 patients with MS and 104 control subjects....

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tedeschi G,Lavorgna L,Russo P,Prinster A,Dinacci D,Savettieri G,Quattrone A,Livrea P,Messina C,Reggio A,Bresciamorra V,Orefice G,Paciello M,Brunetti A,Coniglio G,Bonavita S,Di Costanzo A,Bellacosa A,Valentino P,Quar

更新日期：2005-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate rate of progression from normal cognition or mild impairment to dementia, and to identify potential risk and protective factors for incident dementia, based on age at dementia onset in a prospective study of a population-based cohort (n = 1,982) aged 65 years and older. METHODS:Following the coho...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ganguli M,Lee CW,Snitz BE,Hughes TF,McDade E,Chang CC

更新日期：2015-01-06 00:00:00