Environmental antecedents of young-onset Parkinson's disease.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report on the long-term outcomes of deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the thalamic ventral intermediate nucleus (VIM) in Parkinson disease (PD), essential tremor (ET), and dystonic tremor. METHODS:One hundred fifty-nine patients with PD, ET, and dystonia underwent VIM DBS due to refractory tremor at the Gre...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cury RG,Fraix V,Castrioto A,Pérez Fernández MA,Krack P,Chabardes S,Seigneuret E,Alho EJL,Benabid AL,Moro E

更新日期：2017-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether pergolide, a mixed D1/D2/D3 dopamine agonist, is efficacious and safe in the treatment of children with chronic tic disorders and Tourette syndrome. BACKGROUND:Neuroleptics, which block dopamine transmission, are currently used to treat children with severe tics, but major side effects a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gilbert DL,Dure L,Sethuraman G,Raab D,Lane J,Sallee FR

更新日期：2003-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether cognitive function is related to incidence of stroke. METHODS:A population-based cohort of 1551 subjects with no clinical history or signs of stroke, age 75 years and over at baseline, were followed up for 3 years. Individuals with a first-ever stroke event that was recorded in the Sto...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Zhu L,Fratiglioni L,Guo Z,Winblad B,Viitanen M

更新日期：2000-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Differentiating idiopathic late-onset cerebellar ataxia (ILOCA) from ataxia due to the cerebellar subtype of multiple-system atrophy (MSA-C) can be difficult in the early stages of the disease METHODS:The authors analyzed the levels of various CSF biomarkers in 27 patients with MSA-C and 18 patients with IL...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Abdo WF,van de Warrenburg BP,Munneke M,van Geel WJ,Bloem BR,Kremer HP,Verbeek MM

更新日期：2006-08-08 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：OBJECTIVE:Causes of benign positional vertigo (BPV) are mostly unknown. The aim of this study was to elucidate an association of osteoporosis with idiopathic BPV. METHODS:Two hundred nine consecutive patients with a confirmed diagnosis of idiopathic BPV underwent bone mineral densitometry of anterior-posterior lumbar ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Jeong SH,Choi SH,Kim JY,Koo JW,Kim HJ,Kim JS

更新日期：2009-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pharmacologic interventions (e.g., beta blockers) and thalamic lesions have failed to alter the pathophysiology of essential tremor (ET) beyond a reduction in tremor amplitude. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the ventral intermediate (VIM) nucleus of the thalamus successfully reduces tremor rating scores. It...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Vaillancourt DE,Sturman MM,Verhagen Metman L,Bakay RA,Corcos DM

更新日期：2003-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:There are multiple difficulties in evaluating new treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS). The clinical diagnosis is imprecise, and the correlation between lesion and clinical dysfunction is incomplete. The neurologic evaluation is complex and lacks full precision. The course of MS is complex and has limited predictabi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Brown JR

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the cause of hypokalemic periodic paralysis (HOKPP) in a family whose disease is not caused by a mutation in the dihydropyridine-sensitive (DHP) receptor alpha1-subunit gene (CACNA1S). BACKGROUND:Hypokalemic periodic paralysis is primarily caused by mutations within CACNA1S. Genetic heterogeneity...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bulman DE,Scoggan KA,van Oene MD,Nicolle MW,Hahn AF,Tollar LL,Ebers GC

更新日期：1999-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the historical features, preoperative diagnostic evaluation, operative procedure, and surgical outcome in 16 patients with refractory frontal lobe epilepsy. Clinical expression of the epilepsy varied widely, particularly with respect to seizure characteristics, although high monthly seizure frequency and a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Laskowitz DT,Sperling MR,French JA,O'Connor MJ

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of bilateral frontal leukotomy on motor function was evaluated by neurologic examination, tests of praxis, and appropriate neuropsychologic tests administered to five groups of subjects. Postleukotomy schizophrenic patients were subdivided into three degrees of recovery. Two nonleukotomized groups served as...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Benson DF,Stuss DT

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was not until the first half of the 19th century that the vascular nature of strokes was readily recognized and accepted. Brain "softenings" were distinguished from hemorrhagic "apoplexy," but stroke etiology remained unstudied. The terms artherosclerosis, thrombosis, embolism, and lacune were introduced to indicat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Paciaroni M,Bogousslavsky J

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In children with tuberous sclerosis, the PET tracer alpha[11C]methyl-L-tryptophan (AMT) has been shown to be selectively taken up by epileptogenic tubers, thus allowing differentiation from nonepileptogenic tubers in the interictal state. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether cortical areas showing increased AMT u...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Juhász C,Chugani DC,Muzik O,Shah A,Asano E,Mangner TJ,Chakraborty PK,Sood S,Chugani HT

更新日期：2003-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory disturbance in the unilateral hand and ipsilateral mouth region, the cheiro-oral syndrome, may be due to cortical, thalamic, or brainstem lesions. We report five patients with this syndrome due to infarction at the border of the posterior limb of the internal capsule and the corona radiata. The sensory fibers ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Isono O,Kawamura M,Shiota J,Araki S,Hirayama K

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate clinical differences in warm and cold complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) phenotypes. BACKGROUND:CRPS represents inhomogeneous chronic pain conditions; approximately 70% patients with CRPS have "warm" affected limbs and 30% have "cold" affected limbs. METHODS:We examined 50 patients with "c...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Eberle T,Doganci B,Krämer HH,Geber C,Fechir M,Magerl W,Birklein F

更新日期：2009-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To perform whole-brain morphometry in patients with frontal lobe epilepsy and evaluate the utility of group-level patterns for individualized diagnosis and prognosis. METHODS:We compared MRI-based cortical thickness and folding complexity between 2 frontal lobe epilepsy cohorts with histologically verified f...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hong SJ,Bernhardt BC,Schrader DS,Bernasconi N,Bernasconi A

更新日期：2016-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long-term treatment with valproate (VPA) or carbamazepine (CBZ) may induce reproductive endocrine disorders in patients with epilepsy. METHODS:Serum concentrations of reproductive hormones were studied in 17 women and 22 men with recently diagnosed epilepsy before they started either VPA or CBZ medication, ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rättyä J,Pakarinen AJ,Knip M,Repo-Outakoski M,Myllylä VV,Isojärvi JI

更新日期：2001-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We hypothesized that cardiac electrical instability and abnormal autonomic tone result from cumulative cardiac injury sustained in recurrent seizures. We tested this hypothesis by comparing T-wave alternans (TWA) and heart rate variability (HRV), both established markers of sudden cardiac death (SCD) risk, in...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Pang TD,Nearing BD,Krishnamurthy KB,Olin B,Schachter SC,Verrier RL

更新日期：2019-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the relationship between retinal thinning and nigral dopaminergic loss in de novo Parkinson disease (PD). METHODS:Forty-nine patients with PD and 54 age-matched controls were analyzed. Ophthalmologic examination and macula optical coherence tomography scans were performed with additional microperi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ahn J,Lee JY,Kim TW,Yoon EJ,Oh S,Kim YK,Kim JM,Woo SJ,Kim KW,Jeon B

更新日期：2018-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous work has suggested that functional reorganization of cortical motor areas might have a role in limiting the motor deficits in patients with MS. OBJECTIVE:To test whether movement-associated cortical changes in MS might extend beyond the "classic" motor areas and involve sites for multimodal integra...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rocca MA,Matthews PM,Caputo D,Ghezzi A,Falini A,Scotti G,Comi G,Filippi M

更新日期：2002-03-26 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：: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：:We retrospectively studied the effects of changing antiepileptic drug levels on patterns of seizure discharge in 8 patients investigated with intracerebral electrodes during presurgical evaluation. We compared seizures recorded at high levels of medication to seizures recorded at low levels for changes in seizure dura...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： So N,Gotman J

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate brain amyloid pathology in a dementia-risk population defined as cardiovascular risk factors, aging, and dementia risk (CAIDE) score of at least 6 but with normal cognition and to examine associations between brain amyloid load and cognitive performance and vascular risk factors. METHODS:A sub...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kemppainen N,Johansson J,Teuho J,Parkkola R,Joutsa J,Ngandu T,Solomon A,Stephen R,Liu Y,Hänninen T,Paajanen T,Laatikainen T,Soininen H,Jula A,Rokka J,Rissanen E,Vahlberg T,Peltoniemi J,Kivipelto M,Rinne JO

更新日期：2018-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We pooled the results of studies on natural history of cavernous malformations (CM) to calculate point estimates and investigate main sources of heterogeneity. METHODS:We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, and ISI Web of Science for relevant studies published before May 2015. We used fixed or random effects models an...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Taslimi S,Modabbernia A,Amin-Hanjani S,Barker FG 2nd,Macdonald RL

更新日期：2016-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathologic changes and distribution of lesions of the spinal cord were studied in 16 patients who suffered from "anoxic" episodes. The lesions were symmetrical and limited to the gray matter. The vulnerability of the spinal cord was most marked in the lumbosacral region, although almost every nucleus throughout the sp...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Azzarelli B,Roessmann U

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 10 patients with transient global amnesia (TGA). Routine electroencephalograms (EEGs) were normal in six; two showed mild temporal lobe abnormalities, one had bitemporal delta activity with rare sharp waves, and one showed bioccipital rhythmic theta activity. Nasopharyngeal (NP) recordings were obtained in ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rowan AJ,Protass LM

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a new benign eating disorder associated with lesions involving parts of the right anterior cerebral hemisphere. This "gourmand" syndrome describes a preoccupation with food and a preference for fine eating. Two exemplary case reports illustrate this new syndrome. Analysis of the clinical and anatomical data...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Regard M,Landis T

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intrathecal humoral immune response was analyzed in 83 patients with MS and 35 patients with acute CNS infections. CSF free kappa chains and CSF free lambda chains were quantified by radioimmunoassay; CSF IgG and albumin were measured by electroimmunodiffusion. The MS patients were characterized by higher levels o...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： DeCarli C,Menegus MA,Rudick RA

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a longitudinal follow-up study on six patients with chronic manganese-induced parkinsonism following cessation of manganese exposure. Compared with the 1987 study, their parkinsonian symptoms showed a slow progression, particularly in gait disturbances such as freezing during turning and walking backward wit...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Huang CC,Lu CS,Chu NS,Hochberg F,Lilienfeld D,Olanow W,Calne DB

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00