The prevalence and clinical correlates of apathy and irritability in Alzheimer's disease.

abstract：:The activities of the metalloproteinase gelatinase B, and the presence of IL-6, an inducer of metalloproteinase inhibitors, were investigated in CSF samples of 190 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS; n = 55), optic neuritis (ON; n = 46), other inflammatory neurological diseases (OIND; n = 27) or control patients (CO...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Paemen L,Olsson T,Söderström M,van Damme J,Opdenakker G

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Disease-modifying therapies provide new horizons for hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis with polyneuropathy (ATTRv-PN) to slow neuropathic progression. Initiating treatment at the earliest time requires biomarkers reflecting both small- and large-fiber degeneration in carriers. METHODS:This st...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Chiang MC,Yeh TY,Sung JY,Hsueh HW,Kao YH,Hsueh SJ,Chang KC,Feng FP,Lin YH,Chao CC,Hsieh ST

更新日期：2020-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Up to now, there are few systematic studies in a sufficient number of patients with lesions involving the insular cortex (IC) examining whether damage of the IC is directly related to dysarthria. Thus, this is the first study applying modern voxel-lesion behaviour mapping (VLBM) aimed to examine whether the ...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Baier B,zu Eulenburg P,Glassl O,Dieterich M

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) experience gradual progression of disability, either as secondary progressive MS (SPMS) or primary progressive MS (PPMS). A subgroup with relapsing-remitting MS shows a benign course with little or no disease progression and minimal disability decades after the fir...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Ramsaransing GS,Heersema DJ,De Keyser J

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Superficial siderosis of the central nervous system is a sporadic finding in magnetic resonance imaging, resulting from recurrent bleedings into the subarachnoid space. This study aimed to determine the frequency of spinal dural cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks amongst patients with a symmetric in...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Friedauer L,Rezny-Kasprzak B,Steinmetz H,du Mesnil de Rochemont R,Foerch C

更新日期：2020-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, a novel protein-interaction partner of alpha-synuclein, designated synphilin-1, is identified as a constituent of Lewy bodies (LB) in Parkinson's disease (PD) brains. To investigate an involvement of genetic variations of synphilin-1 in development of sporadic PD, a possible single nucleotide polymorphism (S...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Satoh JI,Kuroda Y

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Headache has been associated with various lifestyle and psychosocial factors, one of which is smoking. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether the association between smoking intensity and headache is likely to be causal. METHOD:A total of 58 316 participants from the Nord-Trønde...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Johnsen MB,Winsvold BS,Børte S,Vie GÅ,Pedersen LM,Storheim K,Skorpen F,Hagen K,Bjørngaard JH,Åsvold BO,Zwart JA

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Jaw-opening dystonia (oromandibular dystonia with jaw-opening; Brueghel's syndrome) is a rare condition, and only a limited number of cases have been reported in the literature. However, many patients may remain undiscovered or misdiagnosed, like a patient described previously. A case (40-year-old man) of jaw-opening ...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Miyaoka T,Miura S,Seno H,Inagaki T,Horiguchi J

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Studies investigating the association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] and cognition in the very old (85+) are lacking. METHODS:Cross-sectional (baseline) and prospective data (up to 3 years follow-up) from 775 participants in the Newcastle 85+ Study were analysed for global (measured by th...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Granic A,Hill TR,Kirkwood TB,Davies K,Collerton J,Martin-Ruiz C,von Zglinicki T,Saxby BK,Wesnes KA,Collerton D,Mathers JC,Jagger C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a T-cell-mediated autoimmune demyelinating disease of the central nervous system, associated with an altered cytokine network. We previously assayed peripheral blood T-lymphocyte binding for two prototypic cytokines, tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-6 (IL-6), and foun...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Bongioanni P,Lombardo F,Moscato G,Mosti S,Meucci G

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Improved biomarkers are needed to facilitate clinical decision-making and as surrogate endpoints in clinical trials in multiple sclerosis (MS). We assessed whether neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory markers in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) at initial sampling could predict disease activity durin...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Håkansson I,Tisell A,Cassel P,Blennow K,Zetterberg H,Lundberg P,Dahle C,Vrethem M,Ernerudh J

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astasia, inability to stand unsupported despite good strength, resembles the marked balance impairment of patients with vestibulocerebellar disease. We describe a patient with unilateral thalamic infarct that presented with astasia. A 76-year-old hypertensive woman was admitted to our hospital because of marked unstea...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Lee PH,Lee JH,Joo US

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Although there are a number of positive reports on the therapeutic effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for treatment of tinnitus, there are few details about the duration of treatment effects or the relative efficiency of different rTMS protocols. METHODS:Sixty six pat...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Khedr EM,Rothwell JC,El-Atar A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The levels of malondialdehyde (MDA), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and superoxide dismutase (SOD-1) were measured in the red blood cells (RBC) of 34 patients with acute ischemic hemispheric stroke on the first and seventh day after their stroke onset, and compared with 30 control individuals matched for sex, age and...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Demirkaya S,Topcuoglu MA,Aydin A,Ulas UH,Isimer AI,Vural O

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, we present the clinical and pathological details of a kindred of four individuals with a novel missense mutation (V272A) of the presenilin 1 gene (PSEN1) that experienced a subcortical dementia. The age of onset of symptoms ranged 26-36-year old, with an age at death of 36-46 years. Initial symptom was...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Jimenez-Escrig A,Rabano A,Guerrero C,Simon J,Barquero MS,Güell I,Ginestal RC,Montero T,Orensanz L

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Associations with multiple sclerosis (MS) of living conditions in childhood and characteristics in adolescence including physical fitness, cognitive function and psychological stress resilience were investigated. METHODS:A cohort of male Swedish residents born 1952-1956 who were included in the ...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Gunnarsson M,Udumyan R,Bahmanyar S,Nilsagård Y,Montgomery S

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the incidence of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) in Sweden in 1996. Information of incident GBS patients was mainly collected by a multicentre network of 18 neurologists prospectively monitoring a general population with 4.48 million inhabitants across the country and complemented with data from the national...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Cheng Q,Jiang GX,Fredrikson S,Link H,De Pedro-Cuesta J

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Corticobasal syndrome (CBS) is a clinical entity characterized by higher cortical dysfunctions associated with asymmetric onset of levodopa-resistant parkinsonism, dystonia and myoclonus. One of the most typical and distressful features of CBS is limb apraxia, which affects patients in their ever...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Bianchi M,Cosseddu M,Cotelli M,Manenti R,Brambilla M,Rizzetti MC,Padovani A,Borroni B

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several metabolic derangements associated with diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM) have been associated with a better outcome in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), including hyperlipidemia and obesity. Here, we tested the hypothesis that DM would have a positive effect on the motor and cognitive findings of ALS....

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Jawaid A,Salamone AR,Strutt AM,Murthy SB,Wheaton M,McDowell EJ,Simpson E,Appel SH,York MK,Schulz PE

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although visual hallucinations (VH) are relatively frequent in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients, their neural substrates are only known from neuropathological and functional magnetic resonance studies. The aim of this study was to investigate possible structural brain changes on MRI in non-demented PD patients with V...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Ramírez-Ruiz B,Martí MJ,Tolosa E,Giménez M,Bargalló N,Valldeoriola F,Junqué C

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary spastic paraparesis (HSP) is a heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders with progressive lower limb spasticity, categorized into pure (p-HSP) and complicated forms (c-HSP). The purpose of this study was to evaluate if brain volumes in HSP were altered compared with a control population. Brain volu...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Kassubek J,Sperfeld AD,Baumgartner A,Huppertz HJ,Riecker A,Juengling FD

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) removal improves clinical symptoms of many patients with idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH). The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation of changes in the optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) with patient responses to CSF removal. METHODS:Transor...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Ertl M,Aigner R,Krost M,Karnasová Z,Müller K,Naumann M,Schlachetzki F

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histamine has a selective affinity for H3-receptors and it may specifically inhibit the neurogenic edema response involved in migraine pathophysiology. The objective of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic potential of subcutaneous administration of histamine in migraine prophylaxis, compared with oral administr...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Millán-Guerrero RO,Isais-Millán R,Barreto-Vizcaíno S,Rivera-Castaño L,Garcia-Solorzano A,López-Blanca C,Membrila-Maldonado M,Muñoz-Solis R

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:  Although fatigue is recognized as a common and debilitating symptom in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), little is known on how and when this symptom emerges during disease progression. The aim of the study was to explore the presence and severity of fatigue in patients with PD at the tim...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Herlofson K,Ongre SO,Enger LK,Tysnes OB,Larsen JP

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:  A low ankle-brachial index (ABI) is predictive of peripheral arterial disease (PAD). For unknown reasons, patients with PAD demonstrate higher vascular mortality during follow-up than do those without. Initial stroke severity is a strong predictor of long-term outcome and may be different between patients ...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Lee DH,Kim J,Lee HS,Cha MJ,Kim YD,Nam HS,Nam CM,Heo JH

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Calculation of the cerebrospinal fluid:serum glucose (CSF:SGlu ) ratio is part of the routine cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) work-up. Reference values have been defined for lumbar CSF, but are lacking for ventricular CSF. The objective of this study was to investigate whether the CSF:SGlu ratio is sim...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Hegen H,Walde J,Auer M,Deisenhammer F

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:To compare the frequency of intrathecal immunoglobulin (Ig) synthesis in patients with symptomatic epilepsy and epilepsy of unknown etiology ('cryptogenic'). METHODS:Patients with epileptic (n = 301) and non-epileptic (n = 10) seizures were retrospectively screened for autochthonous intrathecal ...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Fauser S,Soellner C,Bien CG,Tumani H

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a devastating cerebrovascular disorder with high morbidity and mortality. Minocycline is a matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) inhibitor that may attenuate secondary mechanisms of injury in ICH. The feasibility and safety of minocycline in ICH patients were evalua...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Chang JJ,Kim-Tenser M,Emanuel BA,Jones GM,Chapple K,Alikhani A,Sanossian N,Mack WJ,Tsivgoulis G,Alexandrov AV,Pourmotabbed T

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether changes in specific regions of the brain can contribute to the development of depression in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). We prospectively studied 90 patients with clinically definite MS. Disability, independence, cognitive performances, and depressive and anxiety symptoms have been asses...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Zorzon M,Zivadinov R,Nasuelli D,Ukmar M,Bratina A,Tommasi MA,Mucelli RP,Brnabic-Razmilic O,Grop A,Bonfigli L,Cazzato G

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report discusses a biopsy proven case of cerebral amyloid angiopathy, with additional prominent vascular inflammatory features, characterized by a rapidly progressive dementia and leukoencephalopathy, where the clinical and radiological abnormalities resolved rapidly with minimal therapeutic intervention. We prop...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Harkness KA,Coles A,Pohl U,Xuereb JH,Baron JC,Lennox GG

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00