Study of the afferent pathways from the rectum with a new distention control device.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship of migraine and other severe headaches with panic disorder. METHODS:Representative samples of persons with migraine, non-migrainous severe headaches, and controls with no history of severe headaches, identified by a telephone survey, were interviewed in person, using a standardize...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Breslau N,Schultz LR,Stewart WF,Lipton R,Welch KM

更新日期：2001-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) are markers of vascular injury and their numbers decrease in acute stroke. However, the relation of EPC levels to stroke severity has not been quantified. MRI measurements of lesion volume provide an objective method for stroke severity assessment and outcome pr...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bogoslovsky T,Chaudhry A,Latour L,Maric D,Luby M,Spatz M,Frank J,Warach S

更新日期：2010-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:New data suggest that glioma stem-like cells (GSCs) and neural stem/progenitor cells (NSCs) may share common origins. GSCs drive tumor proliferation and appear to be resistant to classic chemotherapy, while the effects of chemotherapy on NSCs are not well studied. As the role of NSCs in learning and memory i...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gong X,Schwartz PH,Linskey ME,Bota DA

更新日期：2011-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents the findings relating to the European subgroup of 91 patients in an international survey of the current diagnosis and treatment of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The mean time between first symptoms and first consultation with a physician was 4.9 months, and mean delay in seei...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dengler R

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the role of current weekly alcohol consumption as a risk factor for cerebral infarction, we administered a pretested questionnaire to 205 middle-aged and elderly acute ischemic stroke patients and 410 outpatient controls matched by age, sex, race, and method of hospital payment. The frequency of hypertension...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gorelick PB,Rodin MB,Langenberg P,Hier DB,Costigan J

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether exon deletions or duplications in CLCN1 are associated with recessive myotonia congenita (MC). METHODS:We performed detailed clinical and electrophysiologic characterization in 60 patients with phenotypes consistent with MC. DNA sequencing of CLCN1 followed by multiplex ligation-dependent p...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Raja Rayan DL,Haworth A,Sud R,Matthews E,Fialho D,Burge J,Portaro S,Schorge S,Tuin K,Lunt P,McEntagart M,Toscano A,Davis MB,Hanna MG

更新日期：2012-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In 17 patients with cough syncope, electroencephalograms showed normal interictal recordings in 12 patients, minimally abnormal recordings in 4, and a moderately abnormal recording in 1. Fourteen episodes of cough syncope (six patients) were recorded, with the EEGs showing diffuse theta and delta slowing during the ep...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： DeMaria AA Jr,Westmoreland BF,Sharbrough FW

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We evaluated patterns of tumor progression in patients with recurrent glioblastoma who were treated with bevacizumab (BEV) alone or in combination with irinotecan (CPT-11) while participating in the BRAIN study. METHODS:An independent neuroradiologist reviewed MRI scans at baseline and progression in patient...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Pope WB,Xia Q,Paton VE,Das A,Hambleton J,Kim HJ,Huo J,Brown MS,Goldin J,Cloughesy T

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in POMT1 have been identified in Walker-Warburg syndrome and in patients with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy and mental retardation (LGMD2K). The authors report new POMT1 mutations in three unrelated children with severe motor impairment, leg hypertrophy, and mental retardation but without brain and ocular m...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： D'Amico A,Tessa A,Bruno C,Petrini S,Biancheri R,Pane M,Pedemonte M,Ricci E,Falace A,Rossi A,Mercuri E,Santorelli FM,Bertini E

更新日期：2006-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glycine encephalopathy, also known as nonketotic hyperglycinemia (NKH), is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by a defect in the glycine cleavage system. NKH is classically associated with neonatal apnea, lethargy, hypotonia, and seizures, followed by severe psychomotor retardation in those who survive. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hoover-Fong JE,Shah S,Van Hove JL,Applegarth D,Toone J,Hamosh A

更新日期：2004-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the possible role of vitamin E in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD), we compared serum levels of alpha-tocopherol (vitamin E), measured by high-performance liquid chromatography, and the vitamin E/cholesterol ratio of 42 Parkinson's disease (PD) patients using their spouses as the control group...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Férnandez-Calle P,Molina JA,Jiménez-Jiménez FJ,Vázquez A,Pondal M,García-Ruiz PJ,Urra DG,Domingo J,Codoceo R

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present 3 new cases of cervical epidural abscess (CEA), a rare condition, along with a review of 12 other case reports. The average patient age was 45 years; just over half were male. The abscesses usually involved the mid to lower cervical region and extended an average of three to four segments. Neck stiffness wa...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lasker BR,Harter DH

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the clinical features, neuropathology, and genetic studies in a family with autosomal dominant frontotemporal dementia (FTD). BACKGROUND:Clinical Pick's disease, or FTD with parkinsonism, has been described in several families linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17). Most of these have shown tau protei...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kertesz A,Kawarai T,Rogaeva E,St George-Hyslop P,Poorkaj P,Bird TD,Munoz DG

更新日期：2000-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize children with new-onset seizures presenting as status epilepticus at a tertiary care children's hospital. METHODS:Prospectively collected data were reviewed from a database derived from a mandated critical care pathway. A total of 1,382 patients presented with new-onset seizures between 2001 ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Singh RK,Stephens S,Berl MM,Chang T,Brown K,Vezina LG,Gaillard WD

更新日期：2010-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a radioreceptor technique, we assayed serum trihexyphenidyl levels in patients with dystonia being treated chronically with high dosage. We found a significant correlation between total daily dose and the daily lowest (trough) serum levels. There was no relationship between serum levels and therapeutic response ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Burke RE,Fahn S

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between age-associated MRI leukoaraiosis or white matter hyperintensities (WMH) and cortical acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity. BACKGROUND:One possible mechanism of cognitive decline in elderly individuals with leukoaraiosis is disruption of cholinergic fibers by strategica...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bohnen NI,Müller ML,Kuwabara H,Constantine GM,Studenski SA

更新日期：2009-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Observational and experimental studies suggest that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may protect against Alzheimer disease (AD); however, clinical trials and other observational studies, including the Adult Changes in Thought (ACT) study, show no protection or promotion of AD. The objective of t...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sonnen JA,Larson EB,Walker RL,Haneuse S,Crane PK,Gray SL,Breitner JC,Montine TJ

更新日期：2010-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex virus DNA probes were labeled in vitro and hybridized to the DNA extracted from brains of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) to detect the presence of genetic information related to these viruses. We were unable to detect any virus-related genetic information complementary t...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Aulakh GS,Albrecht P,Tourtellotte WW

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since a parental sex effect has been reported in Huntington's disease, we looked to see whether a similar effect is apparent in adult (autosomal dominant) familial ALS. We analyzed the data for 145 patients, with an onset age range of 20 to 68 years and a known affected parent (AP), from 52 families described in the l...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Leone M

更新日期：1991-08-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To develop evidence-based recommendations for complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS:We searched the literature (1970-March 2011; March 2011-September 2013 MEDLINE search), classified articles, and linked recommendations to evidence. RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:Clin...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Yadav V,Bever C Jr,Bowen J,Bowling A,Weinstock-Guttman B,Cameron M,Bourdette D,Gronseth GS,Narayanaswami P

更新日期：2014-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Motivationally responsive motor deficits may occur in isolation or as part of more general neglect syndromes. We describe three patients with two discrete syndromes of isolated motor neglect, differentiated primarily by their performance in motor tasks enacted within or toward the contralesional hemispace. The lesions...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Simon ES,Hegarty AM,Mehler MF

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) commonly complain of impaired visual function and difficulty reading, despite normal visual acuity. Although previous studies have evaluated contrast sensitivity, color vision, visuospatial processing, visual hallucinations, and ocular movements, none has systematically evaluated...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Biousse V,Skibell BC,Watts RL,Loupe DN,Drews-Botsch C,Newman NJ

更新日期：2004-01-27 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：:The authors reviewed the incidence of cancer, repetitive nerve stimulation findings, and response to treatment in 73 patients with Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome. Thirty-one patients (42%) had lung cancer, 29 small cell. Doubling of the compound motor action potential amplitude in three tested distal muscles was se...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tim RW,Massey JM,Sanders DB

更新日期：2000-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide variety of movement disorders are associated with alcohol abuse. Some idiopathic movement disorders are markedly improved by small amounts of alcohol and this response occasionally may lead to alcoholism. Alcohol abuse alone or combined with hepatic encephalopathy can cause various types of tremor, asterixis, a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Neiman J,Lang AE,Fornazzari L,Carlen PL

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a series of 44 consecutive patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), we found restless legs syndrome (RLS) in 10 of 27 CMT type 2 (CMT2) patients (37%) and in none of 17 CMT type 1 patients (p = 0.004). In the CMT2 patients, RLS was associated with positive sensory symptoms (10/10 versus 10/17; p = 0.026). T...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gemignani F,Marbini A,Di Giovanni G,Salih S,Terzano MG

更新日期：1999-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the contribution of microstructural normal-appearing white matter (NAWM) damage to social cognition impairment, specifically in the theory of mind (ToM), in multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS:We enrolled consecutively 60 patients with MS and 60 healthy controls (HC) matched on age, sex, and education...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Batista S,Alves C,d'Almeida OC,Afonso A,Félix-Morais R,Pereira J,Macário C,Sousa L,Castelo-Branco M,Santana I,Cunha L

更新日期：2017-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The excitability of the corticospinal system was studied in 23 healthy subjects in sleep stages NREM2, NREM4, REM, and wakefulness using transcranial magnetic stimulation. Assessment of motor thresholds, stimulus-response curves, and latencies of motor evoked potentials shows activation of the fast-conducting corticos...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Grosse P,Khatami R,Salih F,Kühn A,Meyer BU

更新日期：2002-12-24 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