Electrophysiologic detection of extrapyramidal motor signs in Alzheimer's disease.

abstract：:We examined the performance of patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD) who participated in the placebo arm of a 12-week clinical trial. Assessments occurred at baseline and at 4, 6, 10, and 12 weeks after starting study medication. Patients received the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale--Cognitive on all fi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Knopman D,Gracon S

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with glioblastoma of the rostral brainstem and hypothalamus exhibited bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia and vertical nystagmus; he suffered episodes of cataplexy, narcolepsy, and sleep paralysis. A peculiar fluctuation of posture and tone ("limp man syndrome") proved to be a manifestation of continuous ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Stahl SM,Layzer RB,Aminoff MJ,Townsend JJ,Feldon S

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the utility of "clinic room" case presentation in the ambulatory care setting. BACKGROUND:Neurology is increasingly an outpatient specialty. The transition from ward to clinic presents challenges for student and resident education. Interaction between attending physician and trainee is limited by...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Smith AG,Bromberg MB,Singleton JR,Forshew DA

更新日期：1999-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study correlated the extent of abnormalities detected by different magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques [proton density (PD)-weighted, T1-weighted, and magnetization transfer imaging (MTI)] with the overall cognitive, frontal lobe, and memory impairments in patients with MS. PATIENTS:There were 3...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rovaris M,Filippi M,Falautano M,Minicucci L,Rocca MA,Martinelli V,Comi G

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Only a small percentage of patients with acute stroke are treated with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA). OBJECTIVE:To investigate why patients with right-hemisphere strokes seem at high risk of not receiving rt-PA. METHODS:This study includes two phases. Phase 1: the authors compared demogr...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Di Legge S,Fang J,Saposnik G,Hachinski V

更新日期：2005-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A population-based case-control study in western Washington state was performed to assess the relation between head trauma and meningioma. Based on 200 case and 400 control subjects, head trauma was associated with an increased risk of meningioma (odds ratio = 1.83; 95% CI = 1.28, 2.62), especially head traumas occurr...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Phillips LE,Koepsell TD,van Belle G,Kukull WA,Gehrels JA,Longstreth WT Jr

更新日期：2002-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought cognitive event-related potential (ERP) biomarkers of disease progression and subsequent conversion to dementia in mild cognitive impairment (MCI). BACKGROUND:Two ERP components, the P600 and N400, are sensitive to abnormal episodic/declarative memory and semantic processing. When congruous categor...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Olichney JM,Taylor JR,Gatherwright J,Salmon DP,Bressler AJ,Kutas M,Iragui-Madoz VJ

更新日期：2008-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate to what extent subjective memory complaints and APOE-epsilon4 allele carriage predict future cognitive decline in cognitively intact elderly persons, by evaluating both their separate and combined effects. METHODS:We selected 1,168 subjects from the population-based Longitudinal Aging Study Am...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dik MG,Jonker C,Comijs HC,Bouter LM,Twisk JW,van Kamp GJ,Deeg DJ

更新日期：2001-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence and incidence of epilepsy among U.S. Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years old and over, and to compare rates across demographic groups. METHODS:We performed a retrospective analysis of Medicare administrative claims for 2001-2005, defining prevalent cases as persons with ≥1 claim ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Faught E,Richman J,Martin R,Funkhouser E,Foushee R,Kratt P,Kim Y,Clements K,Cohen N,Adoboe D,Knowlton R,Pisu M

更新日期：2012-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To create and validate a simple, standardized version of the antisaccade (AS) task that requires no specialized equipment for use as a measure of executive function in multicenter clinical studies. METHODS:The bedside AS (BAS) task consisted of 40 pseudorandomized AS trials presented on a laptop computer. BA...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hellmuth J,Mirsky J,Heuer HW,Matlin A,Jafari A,Garbutt S,Widmeyer M,Berhel A,Sinha L,Miller BL,Kramer JH,Boxer AL

更新日期：2012-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe neural autoantibody profiles and outcomes in patients with neurologic autoimmunity associated with immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) cancer immunotherapy. METHODS:In this retrospective descriptive study, 63 patients with ICI-related neurologic autoimmunity were included: 39 seen at the Mayo Clini...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sechi E,Markovic SN,McKeon A,Dubey D,Liewluck T,Lennon VA,Lopez-Chiriboga AS,Klein CJ,Mauermann M,Pittock SJ,Flanagan EP,Zekeridou A

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:About 20% of patients with familial hemiplegic migraine (FHM) develop progressive cerebellar signs. Genetic studies have established an association with mutations in the CACNA1A gene. However, the mechanisms underlying cerebellar involvement are largely unknown. OBJECTIVE:To use proton MR spectroscopy (1H-M...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dichgans M,Herzog J,Freilinger T,Wilke M,Auer DP

更新日期：2005-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:It is not known whether the antiepileptic drug (AED) levetiracetam can be used safely in human pregnancy. As part of a study to determine the risks of major congenital malformations (MCMs) for infants exposed to AEDs in utero, we identified all cases exposed to levetiracetam. Three of 117 exposed pregnancies had an MC...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hunt S,Craig J,Russell A,Guthrie E,Parsons L,Robertson I,Waddell R,Irwin B,Morrison PJ,Morrow J

更新日期：2006-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We obtained continuous EEG/video recordings on four children who had the interictal EEG pattern of multifocal independent epileptiform discharges (MIED). The prominent feature of their evaluation was the evidence that their clinical seizures appeared to be of focal origin; 42/44 seizures were manifested by "fencing po...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Burnstine TH,Vining EP,Uematsu S,Lesser RP

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although motor fibers in the sural nerve were already described in three individuals, this nerve is considered purely sensory. We investigated the occurrence of motor fibers in 331 sural nerves of 207 individuals. We found motor fibers in 15 nerves (4.5%) or in 13 individuals (6.2%). The identification of motor fibers...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Amoiridis G,Schöls L,Ameridis N,Przuntek H

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (1H-MRSI) in patients with motor neuron disease (MND) to evaluate the distribution and extent of cortical neuron damage or loss as reflected by decreased N-acetyl (NA) to creatine (Cr) resonance intensity ratios. We examined premotor (superior frontal gyrus)...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Pioro EP,Antel JP,Cashman NR,Arnold DL

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied clinical characteristics and coexisting causes of stroke in 305 patients admitted to a population-based primary care center with an initial ischemic stroke and a potential cardiac source of embolism (PCSE). Using systematic standardized cardiac, arterial, and cerebral investigations and the logistics of the...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bogousslavsky J,Cachin C,Regli F,Despland PA,Van Melle G,Kappenberger L

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The University of Kentucky provides neurologic services to rural children by a traveling clinic. In 1978, 438 children (including 231 new patients) made 646 clinic visits. The primary diagnoses were appropriate for a neurology clinic; epilepsy was the most common (74 of 231) among new patients. A community survey of s...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Baumann RJ,Leonidakis MG

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently published reports have suggested that multiple sclerosis (MS) may be associated with human retrovirus infection. Indeed, an autonomously proliferating T-cell clone was isolated from the CSF of an MS patient, an observation interpreted as indicating an infection with human T lymphotropic virus I (HTLV I). In v...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Birnbaum G,Aubitz S,Kotilinek L

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epsilon 4 isoform of apolipoprotein E (Apo-E) may confer genetic susceptibility for familial and sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD). Because dementia in AD and Parkinson's disease (PD) share many biologic and clinical features, we determined the Apo-E genotypes for 79 patients with PD, 22 of whom were demented, and...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Marder K,Maestre G,Cote L,Mejia H,Alfaro B,Halim A,Tang M,Tycko B,Mayeux R

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although small fiber neuropathy (SFN) often occurs without apparent cause, the molecular etiology of idiopathic SFN (I-SFN) has remained enigmatic. Sodium channel Na(v)1.7 is preferentially expressed within dorsal root ganglion (DRG) and sympathetic ganglion neurons and their small-diameter peripheral axons....

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Han C,Hoeijmakers JG,Ahn HS,Zhao P,Shah P,Lauria G,Gerrits MM,te Morsche RH,Dib-Hajj SD,Drenth JP,Faber CG,Merkies IS,Waxman SG

更新日期：2012-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients with a clinical syndrome closely resembling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis recovered completely, without treatment, 5 to 12 months after onset. Electrodiagnostic tests revealed acute and chronic denervation, with normal motor and sensory nerve conduction studies. The CSF was normal, and tests for paraprot...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tucker T,Layzer RB,Miller RG,Chad D

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors recruited 19 nonambulant patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome into a pilot, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled safety trial of interferon beta 1a (IFN[beta]-1a) (Rebif). Participants received IFN[beta]-1a or placebo subcutaneously three times weekly, 22 microg for the first week and then 44 micr...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Pritchard J,Gray IA,Idrissova ZR,Lecky BR,Sutton IJ,Swan AV,Willison HJ,Winer JB,Hughes RA

更新日期：2003-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:To test possible biochemical mechanisms by which L-tryptophan may reverse mental side effects of levodopa therapy in parkinsonism we administered levodopa, 250 mg per kilogram intraperitoneally, alone and with L-tryptophan, 500 mg per kilogram intraperitoneally, to rats pretreated with the peripheral dopa decarboxylas...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Fahn S,Snider S,Prasad AL,Lane E,Makadon H

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, we investigated the effect of the catechol-O-methyltransferase inhibitor tolcapone 100 or 200 mg three times daily on activities of daily living and motor function in 298 patients with parkinsonism receiving levodopa but without motor fluctuations. At 6 months, both dosa...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Waters CH,Kurth M,Bailey P,Shulman LM,LeWitt P,Dorflinger E,Deptula D,Pedder S

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Distal sensory polyneuropathy (DSP) is the most common neurologic complication of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Risk factors for DSP have not been adequately defined in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy. METHODS:The authors evaluated 101 subjects with advanced HIV infection ove...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Simpson DM,Kitch D,Evans SR,McArthur JC,Asmuth DM,Cohen B,Goodkin K,Gerschenson M,So Y,Marra CM,Diaz-Arrastia R,Shriver S,Millar L,Clifford DB,ACTG A5117 Study Group.

更新日期：2006-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Pramipexole is a new, selective, nonergoline dopamine agonist that acts on D2 and preferentially on D3 dopamine receptors. Phase II and III clinical trials have shown this drug to be useful in treating both early and advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. A double-blind, randomized, multicenter study was performe...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Guttman M

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:First-degree relatives of narcoleptic subjects (probands) may have sleep pathology related to the transmission of the disorder through their family members. The authors examined four groups: probands (n = 96), first-degree relative (n = 337), environmental reference (n = 85), and general population (n = 6,694) groups....

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ohayon MM,Okun ML

更新日期：2006-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a retrospective study on a series of 119 of our patients who have Friedreich's disease to assess the predictive value of age at onset, gender, and left ventricular hypertrophy in regard to disease progression. Outcome variables were survival, time to loss of independent gait, and time to confinement in a ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： De Michele G,Perrone F,Filla A,Mirante E,Giordano M,De Placido S,Campanella G

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report an unusual case of venous infarction of the spinal cord associated with endoscopic sclerotherapy for esophageal varices. MR imaging findings included signal abnormalities and abnormal enhancement of the affected spinal cord and T-8 vertebral body. A review of the hemodynamic changes associated with ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Heller SL,Meyer JR,Russell EJ

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00