Multiple sclerosis after age 50.

abstract：:The one-and-a-half syndrome is a clinical disorder of extraocular movements characterized by a conjugate horizontal gaze palsy in one direction plus an internuclear ophthalmoplegia in the other. The syndrome is usually due to a single unilateral lesion of the paramedian pontine reticular formation or the abducens nucl...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Wall M,Wray SH

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Charcot Marie Tooth type 1a (CMT1a) is a primarily demyelinating neuropathy, characterized by slowly progressive muscle weakness, atrophy, and sensory loss, and is most pronounced in both feet and hands. There is increasing evidence that muscle weakness is determined by motor axonal dysfunction. OBJECTIVE:T...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Videler AJ,van Dijk JP,Beelen A,de Visser M,Nollet F,van Schaik IN

更新日期：2008-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease was studied among Libyan-born Israelis, in whom the disease appears with unusual frequency. Interviews with relatives of deceased victims revealed statistically significant clustering within families. The results suggest either a common source of exposure or a genetic influence on susceptibil...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Neugut RH,Neugut AI,Kahana E,Stein Z,Alter M

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In "Dark Victory," released in theaters in 1939, the diagnosis and management of a progressive brain tumor was a central part of the screenplay, and this film marked the beginnings of the depiction of neurologic disease in cinema. Bette Davis' cinematic portrayal of a young woman dying from a brain tumor is close to t...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Wijdicks EFM

更新日期：2016-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The 36-item Short Form Health Survey Questionnaire (SF-36) is a widely used generic health status measure. Recently it has been adapted to produce a disease-specific measure for MS-the 54-item Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life Scale (MSQOL-54)-composed of five unchanged SF-36 scales; three altered SF-36 scal...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Freeman JA,Hobart JC,Thompson AJ

更新日期：2001-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the associations of mild behavioral impairment (MBI) with cognitive deficits and patterns of gray matter changes in Parkinson disease (PD). METHODS:Sixty patients with PD without dementia and 29 healthy controls underwent a cognitive neuropsychological evaluation and structural MRI scan. MBI was ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Yoon EJ,Ismail Z,Hanganu A,Kibreab M,Hammer T,Cheetham J,Kathol I,Sarna JR,Martino D,Furtado S,Monchi O

更新日期：2019-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the frequency of neurologic events during commercial airline flights and to assess whether onboard emergency medical kits are adequate for in-flight neurologic emergencies. METHODS:Collaboration of the Mayo Clinic's Departments of Emergency Medicine and Medical Transportation Service and the Divis...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sirven JI,Claypool DW,Sahs KL,Wingerchuk DM,Bortz JJ,Drazkowski J,Caselli R,Zanick D

更新日期：2002-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated the prevalence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in Olmsted County, MN, using in-person evaluations and published criteria. METHODS:We evaluated an age- and sex-stratified random sample of Olmsted County residents who were 70-89 years old on October 1, 2004, using the Clinical Dementia Ratin...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Petersen RC,Roberts RO,Knopman DS,Geda YE,Cha RH,Pankratz VS,Boeve BF,Tangalos EG,Ivnik RJ,Rocca WA

更新日期：2010-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Eleven genetic loci have reached genome-wide significance in a recent meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in Parkinson disease (PD) based on populations of Caucasian descent. The extent to which these genetic effects are consistent across different populations is unknown. METHODS:Investigators f...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sharma M,Ioannidis JP,Aasly JO,Annesi G,Brice A,Van Broeckhoven C,Bertram L,Bozi M,Crosiers D,Clarke C,Facheris M,Farrer M,Garraux G,Gispert S,Auburger G,Vilariño-Güell C,Hadjigeorgiou GM,Hicks AA,Hattori N,Jeon B,

更新日期：2012-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated 85 patients with serologic evidence of Borrelia burgdorferi infection. Manifestations included encephalopathy (41), neuropathy (27), meningitis (2), multiple sclerosis (MS) (6), and psychiatric disorders (3). We performed lumbar punctures in 53, brain MRI in 33, and evoked potentials (EPs) in 33. Only pat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Halperin JJ,Luft BJ,Anand AK,Roque CT,Alvarez O,Volkman DJ,Dattwyler RJ

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracranial and intracranial angioplasty and stenting of the cerebral vessels are being performed more frequently. One clinical trial demonstrated equivalent outcomes between extracranial carotid angioplasty and carotid endarterectomy, but the results in both groups were suboptimal. Concerns remain about the iatrogen...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Chaturvedi S,Fessler R

更新日期：2002-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian spinal neurons grown in tissue culture were used to study the effects of the four convulsants-penicillin, pentylenetetrazol, picrotoxin, and bicuculline-on these neurons' responses to amino acids. Bath application of all four convulsants produced paroxysmal depolarizing events in the neurons; iontophoresis o...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Macdonald RL,Barker JL

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intracarotid amobarbital test (IAT) examines hemispheric memory and language. We set out to determine whether memory performance on the IAT correlated with seizure relief after anterior temporal lobectomy in 117 patients with refractory epilepsy. The IAT assessed recognition memory performance for nine items with ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sperling MR,Saykin AJ,Glosser G,Moran M,French JA,Brooks M,O'Connor MJ

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence suggests that untreated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can lead to hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and stroke. Conversely, the systemic effects of a wide variety of critical illnesses can lead to CNS dysfunction, which can precipitate respiratory failure. Reported is a patient in whom an acute encephalop...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dyken ME,Yamada T,Berger HA

更新日期：2003-05-27 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：:We present a case of uncontrolled temporal lobe epilepsy due to a focal left temporal neuronal heterotopia associated with the nevoid-basal-cell carcinoma syndrome. This is the first pathologically described lesion associated with temporal lobe epilepsy in this syndrome. Because the patient's seizures resolved after a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hogan RE,Tress B,Gonzales MF,King JO,Cook MJ

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although hospital-outcome relationships have been explored for a variety of procedures and interventions, little is known about the association between annual stroke admission volumes and stroke mortality. Our aim was to determine whether facility type and hospital volume was associated with stroke mortality...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Saposnik G,Baibergenova A,O'Donnell M,Hill MD,Kapral MK,Hachinski V,Stroke Outcome Research Canada (SORCan) Working Group.

更新日期：2007-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon beta (IFN-beta) has been shown in several clinical trials to have efficacy in MS. Its mechanism of action, however, remains unclear. In this review, several biological activities of IFN-beta are highlighted, including its inhibitory effects on proliferation of leukocytes and antigen presentation. Furthermor...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Yong VW,Chabot S,Stuve O,Williams G

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pergolide, a long-acting central dopamine agonist, was used as monotherapy in 16 parkinsonian patients. A mean daily dose of 6.3 mg resulted in 73% improvement of parkinsonian disability. Clinical improvement after acute administration of one dose of pergolide was similar to that observed after levodopa plus a periphe...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Mear JY,Barroche G,de Smet Y,Weber M,Lhermitte F,Agid Y

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurements of cerebral metabolism in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) using PET are artifactually depressed due to partial volume averaging of brain tissue activity with enlarged CSF spaces. To investigate the effects of correction for the expansion of CSF spaces on regional metabolic measures, as well as the ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Meltzer CC,Zubieta JK,Brandt J,Tune LE,Mayberg HS,Frost JJ

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrent stroke is a major public health concern and new treatment strategies are needed. While modulation of the renin angiotensin aldosterone system (RAAS) has proven effective in reducing recurrent cardiac events, its role in preventing recurrent cerebrovascular events remains unclear. RAAS is both a circulating a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sokol SI,Portnay EL,Curtis JP,Nelson MA,Hebert PR,Setaro JF,Foody JM

更新日期：2004-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cohorts of 20 patients diagnosed with neoplastic meningitis (NM) with or without encephalopathy were matched with respect to age, sex, primary tumor, and performance status. Median survival was 10 weeks (range 6 to 20 weeks) in the cohort with NM-related encephalopathy compared to 24 weeks (range 8 to 40 weeks) in...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Chamberlain MC,Tsao-Wei D,Groshen S

更新日期：2004-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The progressive myoclonus epilepsies (PMEs) are a devastating group of rare disorders(1) that manifest with increasing action myoclonus, which is also present at rest but activates with stimuli such as noise, light, or touch. Ultimately, patients become wheelchair-bound and experience early death. Neurologic signs tha...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Knupp K,Wirrell E

更新日期：2014-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Myoclonus--dystonia is a genetically heterogeneous autosomal dominant disorder caused by a mutation in the D2 dopamine receptor on chromosome 11 and a locus on chromosome 7q21-q31. The authors tested linkage to the chromosome 7q candidate region in four families with either myoclonic dystonia (n = 3) or essential myoc...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Vidailhet M,Tassin J,Durif F,Nivelon-Chevallier A,Agid Y,Brice A,Dürr A

更新日期：2001-05-08 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：:The extracranial carotid systems of 105 patients with retinal ischemia were examined using B-mode ultrasonography with integrated pulsed Doppler. Sixty-four patients had amaurosis fugax (AF), 17 central retinal artery occlusions (CRAO), and 21 branch retinal artery occlusions (BRAO). The prevalence of carotid stenosis...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Chawluk JB,Kushner MJ,Bank WJ,Silver FL,Jamieson DG,Bosley TM,Conway DJ,Cohen D,Savino PJ

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) is a neuroactive cytokine found in Schwann cells, which appears to be released in response to nerve injury. The ALS CNTF Treatment Study (ACTS) clinical trial was a phase II-III randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and effi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors：

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the inflammatory processes in the pathogenesis of psychiatric symptoms and the prognostic value of psychiatric comorbidities in multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS:Four hundred five patients with relapsing-remitting (RR) MS underwent psychiatric evaluation by means of Beck Depression Inventory II (BD...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rossi S,Studer V,Motta C,Polidoro S,Perugini J,Macchiarulo G,Giovannetti AM,Pareja-Gutierrez L,Calò A,Colonna I,Furlan R,Martino G,Centonze D

更新日期：2017-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous circadian fluctuations of motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease (PD) often occur, with dysfunction typically less severe in the early morning than in the afternoon. In 23 PD patients with or without a history of circadian motor fluctuations, we studied contrast sensitivity (CS), a non-motor function, consi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Struck LK,Rodnitzky RL,Dobson JK

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS) and antecedent Haemophilus influenzae infection. BACKGROUND:Little is known about agents in prior respiratory tract infection of MFS, whereas antecedent upper respiratory symptoms are frequent. H. influenzae is a major pathogen that can cause hu...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Koga M,Yuki N,Tai T,Hirata K

更新日期：2001-08-28 00:00:00