Neurotransmitters in basal ganglia and cortex of Alzheimer's disease with and without Lewy bodies.

abstract：:We studied 30 necropsy cases of vascular dementia with a lacunar state. Manifestations included dementia, lack of volition, emotional lability, small-stepped gait, dysarthria, urinary incontinence, grasp reflex, pyramidal signs, paraplegia in flexion, and akinetic mutism. Pathologically, there was diffuse incomplete s...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ishii N,Nishihara Y,Imamura T

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unique case of a baritone with a spinal dural arteriovenous fistula (SDAVF) causing recurrent, acute paraplegia during singing is described. This case underscores the presence of impaired venous drainage in these lesions and the high level of clinical suspicion required for their diagnosis in patients with any mye...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Khurana VG,Perez-Terzic CM,Petersen RC,Krauss WE

更新日期：2002-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the extent of leukoaraiosis, a composite marker of baseline brain integrity, differed between patients with TIA with diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) evidence of infarction (transient symptoms with infarction [TSI]) and patients with ischemic stroke. METHODS:Leukoaraiosis volume on MRI w...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Arsava EM,Bayrlee A,Vangel M,Rost NS,Rosand J,Furie KL,Sorensen AG,Ay H

更新日期：2011-07-05 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

abstract：:Proximal myotonic myopathy (PROMM) is an autosomal dominantly inherited multisystemic disorder characterized by myotonia, proximal muscle weakness, and cataracts. This disorder is not linked to the gene locus of myotonic dystrophy (DM). We describe three new families with PROMM. In all patients, CTG repeats of the DM ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hund E,Jansen O,Koch MC,Ricker K,Fogel W,Niedermaier N,Otto M,Kuhn E,Meinck HM

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is only limited evidence from adequately controlled clinical trials to support high-dose methylprednisolone therapy for attacks of multiple sclerosis (MS) and none supporting oral administration. We assessed the effect of oral high-dose methylprednisolone therapy in attacks of MS. METHODS:Twenty-five p...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sellebjerg F,Frederiksen JL,Nielsen PM,Olesen J

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Twenty-eight percent of patients with the Guillain-Barré syndrome remain able to walk unaided. Studying patients with the mild form of Guillain-Barré syndrome can further contribute to knowledge of the spectrum of the syndrome and explore whether this subgroup may need treatment with IV immunoglobulin. METHO...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Van Koningsveld R,Schmitz PI,Ang CW,Groen J,Osterhaus AD,Van der Meché FG,Van Doorn PA

更新日期：2002-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment with 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme-A reductase inhibitors ("statins") has been associated in some epidemiologic studies with reduced risk of Alzheimer disease (AD). However, direct evidence of statin effects on neuropathologic markers of AD is lacking. We investigated whether antecedent stati...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Li G,Larson EB,Sonnen JA,Shofer JB,Petrie EC,Schantz A,Peskind ER,Raskind MA,Breitner JC,Montine TJ

更新日期：2007-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define potential pathogenic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) point mutations in a patient with myoclonus epilepsy with ragged-red fibers (MERRF) syndrome. BACKGROUND:MERRF syndrome is typically associated with point mutations in the mtDNA tRNALys gene. METHODS:We performed morphologic, biochemical, and genetic ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Arenas J,Campos Y,Bornstein B,Ribacoba R,Martín MA,Rubio JC,Santorelli FM,Zeviani M,DiMauro S,Garesse R

更新日期：1999-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We followed 419 patients with a first, unprovoked, primarily or secondarily generalized tonic-clonic seizure, randomized to immediate antiepileptic treatment or to treatment only in the event of seizure recurrence. The probability of achieving a 2-year remission was 72 vs 57% at 3 months, 84 to 79% at 3 years, and 85 ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Leone MA,Solari A,Beghi E,FIRST Group.

更新日期：2006-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the usefulness of ocular motor information in the early diagnosis of corticobasal degeneration (CBD) and progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). METHODS:Seven PSP patients, six CBD patients, and three atypical CBD patients were followed longitudinally with repeated electrooculographic (EOG) recordi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rivaud-Péchoux S,Vidailhet M,Gallouedec G,Litvan I,Gaymard B,Pierrot-Deseilligny C

更新日期：2000-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether, and to what degree, preclinical Alzheimer disease (AD) confounds studies of healthy aging where "healthy" is based on cognitive normality alone. METHODS:We examined the effects of preclinical AD in cognitively normal older individuals using resting-state functional connectivity MRI. We ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Brier MR,Thomas JB,Snyder AZ,Wang L,Fagan AM,Benzinger T,Morris JC,Ances BM

更新日期：2014-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate patients with early HIV-cognitive motor complex (HIV-CMC) for possible regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) abnormalities on perfusion MRI (pMRI). BACKGROUND:Nuclear medicine techniques have demonstrated global and focal cerebral perfusion abnormalities in patients with HIV dementia. Ultrafast pMR...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Chang L,Ernst T,Leonido-Yee M,Speck O

更新日期：2000-01-25 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 determine whether longitudinal cognitive decline is associated with increased risk of sleep disturbance in older, nondemented, community-dwelling women. METHODS:We studied 2,474 women (mean age 68.9 years) who were part of a prospective study started in 1986; women with baseline or follow-up evidence of p...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Yaffe K,Blackwell T,Barnes DE,Ancoli-Israel S,Stone KL,Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Group.

更新日期：2007-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prognosis of asymptomatic carotid artery occlusion. BACKGROUND:As opposed to symptomatic carotid occlusion, little information is available on the prognosis of asymptomatic carotid occlusion. METHOD:Thirty never-symptomatic and 81 symptomatic patients with carotid occlusion underwent baseli...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Powers WJ,Derdeyn CP,Fritsch SM,Carpenter DA,Yundt KD,Videen TO,Grubb RL Jr

更新日期：2000-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Nigrostriatal dopaminergic function and cerebral energy metabolism were measured with PET in two brothers with early-onset parkinsonism caused by mutation of the parkin gene. Energy metabolism did not differ, but the nigrostriatal dopaminergic pattern was clearly different than that of sporadic PD. Thus parkinsonism i...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Portman AT,Giladi N,Leenders KL,Maguire P,Veenma-van der Duin L,Swart J,Pruim J,Simon ES,Hassin-Baer S,Korczyn AD

更新日期：2001-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether groups of surrogates for patients with severe acute brain injury (SABI) with poor prognosis can be identified based on their prioritization of goals-of-care (GOC) decisional concerns, an online survey of 1,588 adults recruited via a probability-based panel representative of the US populat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hwang DY,Knies AK,Mampre D,Kolenikov S,Schalk M,Hammer H,White DB,Holloway RG,Sheth KN,Fraenkel L

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Current medical educational theory encourages the development of competency-based curricula. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's 6 core competencies for resident education (medical knowledge, patient care, professionalism, interpersonal and communication skills, practice-based learning, and syst...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Merlin LR,Horak HA,Milligan TA,Kraakevik JA,Ali II

更新日期：2014-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A 79-year-old woman had rheumatic chorea that persisted after age 5 years and increased in severity at age 73. The continued chorea and late decompensation could have been due to incomplete functional resolution in the basal ganglia and decreasing reserve of striatal neurons with age. Sydenham's chorea persisting into...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gibb WR,Lees AJ,Scadding JW

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To quantify the quality of physicians' emergency first response to status epilepticus (SE) and to identify risk factors for nonadherence to treatment guidelines in a standardized simulated scenario. METHODS:In this prospective trial, 58 physicians (of different background) of the University Hospital Basel, ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sutter R,Tisljar K,Opić P,De Marchis GM,Bassetti S,Bingisser R,Hunziker S,Marsch S

更新日期：2019-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the risk of seizure recurrence after a first seizure due to neurocysticercosis (NC) and to evaluate risk factors for seizure recurrence, including the influence of antihelminthic treatment. METHODS:The authors prospectively followed 77 patients with a first seizure and active or transitional NC ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Carpio A,Hauser WA

更新日期：2002-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the efficacy, pharmacokinetics, and brain entry of lorazepam in the treatment of status epilepticus (SE) using a rat model of secondarily generalized convulsive SE. Lorazepam entered the bloodstream rapidly following intraperitoneal injection. Brain concentrations peaked 10 minutes after peak serum levels w...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Walton NY,Treiman DM

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the role of alcohol as a causal factor for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and whether its effects might vary according to the pathogenic mechanisms underlying cerebral bleeding. METHODS:We performed a case-control analysis, comparing a cohort of consecutive white patients with ICH aged 55 year...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Costa P,Grassi M,Iacoviello L,Zedde M,Marcheselli S,Silvestrelli G,DeLodovici ML,Sessa M,Zini A,Paciaroni M,Azzini C,Gamba M,Del Sette M,Toriello A,Gandolfo C,Bonifati DM,Tassi R,Cavallini A,Chiti A,Calabrò RS,Gri

更新日期：2018-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the sensitivity and specificity of B-mode ultrasound in the diagnosis of neuromuscular diaphragmatic dysfunction, including phrenic neuropathy. METHODS:A prospective study of patients with dyspnea referred to the EMG laboratory over a 2-year time frame for evaluation of neuromuscular respirator...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Boon AJ,Sekiguchi H,Harper CJ,Strommen JA,Ghahfarokhi LS,Watson JC,Sorenson EJ

更新日期：2014-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hypertensive men presented clinically with small, largely unilateral hematomas of the pons and midbrain demonstrated by computerized tomography. Clinical manifestations included "ocular bobbing," complex forms of ophthalmoplegia, Cheyne-Stokes respiration, and pyramidal tract signs. The "typical" sings of massive ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kase CS,Maulsby GO,Mohr JP

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To conduct a comprehensive analysis of circulating metabolites and incident stroke in large prospective population-based settings. METHODS:We investigated the association of metabolites with risk of stroke in seven prospective cohort studies including 1,791 incident stroke events among 38,797 participants in...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Vojinovic D,Kalaoja M,Trompet S,Fischer K,Shipley MJ,Li S,Havulinna AS,Perola M,Salomaa V,Yang Q,Sattar N,Jousilahti P,Amin N,Satizabal CL,Taba N,Sabayan B,Vasan RS,Ikram MA,Stott DJ,Ala-Korpela M,Jukema JW,Sesh

更新日期：2020-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine if there is abnormal phenylalanine and biopterin metabolism in patients with dopa-responsive dystonia (DRD), we measured plasma levels of phenylalanine, tyrosine, biopterin, and neopterin at baseline, and 1, 2, 4, and 6 hours after an oral phenylalanine load (100 mg/kg). Seven adults with DRD, two severel...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hyland K,Fryburg JS,Wilson WG,Bebin EM,Arnold LA,Gunasekera RS,Jacobson RD,Rost-Ruffner E,Trugman JM

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether impaired spatial memory contributes to cognitive deficits in idiopathic cervical dystonia (ICD). METHODS:The authors tested 16 untreated patients with ICD and 16 healthy controls with four variants of a classic spatial memory task, in which subjects were requested to recall the locatio...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ploner CJ,Stenz U,Fassdorf K,Arnold G

更新日期：2005-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:More than 30 different rare mutations, including copy number variants (CNVs), in the amyloid precursor protein gene (APP) cause early-onset familial Alzheimer disease (EOFAD), whereas the contribution of common APP variants to disease risk remains controversial. In this study we systematically assessed the r...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hooli BV,Mohapatra G,Mattheisen M,Parrado AR,Roehr JT,Shen Y,Gusella JF,Moir R,Saunders AJ,Lange C,Tanzi RE,Bertram L

更新日期：2012-04-17 00:00:00