Normal pressure hydrocephalus, parkinsonism, and primary empty sella--coincidence or cause-effect?

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the influence of birthdays on the onset and course of vascular events such as stroke, TIA, and acute myocardial infarction (AMI). METHODS:This population-based study included all emergency department (ED) admissions due to ischemic stroke, TIA, or AMI from April 2002 to March 2004 in Ontario, Cana...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Saposnik G,Baibergenova A,Dang J,Hachinski V

更新日期：2006-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the hypothesis that an anticardiolipin antibody (aCL) titer of > or = 10 IgG phospholipid (GPL) at the time of an index ischemic stroke is associated with an increased risk of subsequent thrombo-occlusive events or death. First-time ischemic stroke patients from the Antiphospholipid Antibodies and Stroke Stu...

journal_title：Neurology

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更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report the assessment of a patient exhibiting gustatory agnosia. METHODS:Preoperative and postoperative neuropsychological, neuroimaging, and chemosensory evaluations were performed in a 39-year-old woman undergoing surgical treatment for intractable epilepsy. RESULTS:Preoperative MRIs showed bilateral (...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Small DM,Bernasconi N,Bernasconi A,Sziklas V,Jones-Gotman M

更新日期：2005-01-25 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：BACKGROUND:The pathogenesis of stroke-like episodes in patients with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) remains unknown. METHODS:Fourteen stroke-like episodes in six patients with MELAS were studied using clinical, neuroradiologic, and electrophysiologic approaches...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Iizuka T,Sakai F,Suzuki N,Hata T,Tsukahara S,Fukuda M,Takiyama Y

更新日期：2002-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Status epilepticus occurs in more than 50,000 people in the United States each year and should be considered a neurologic emergency. A variety of drugs are used to treat status epilepticus, including i.v. benzodiazepines, phenytoin, and barbiturates. They are all short of being ideal, primarily because of difficulties...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Runge JW,Allen FH

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Coccidioides species are the most common etiologic agents of chronic meningitis in regions endemic for coccidioidomycosis. Occasionally, even short-term travel to endemic regions results in the acquisition of meningeal disease, so awareness of this complication of coccidioidomycosis is important even in nonen...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Drake KW,Adam RD

更新日期：2009-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A 59-year-old woman with levodopa-responsive parkinsonism complicated by motor fluctuations and generalized levodopa dyskinesia underwent bilateral subthalamic deep brain stimulation (STN DBS) 7 years after symptom onset. DBS improved levodopa-responsive upper extremity bradykinesia but aggravated speech, swallowing, ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tarsy D,Apetauerova D,Ryan P,Norregaard T

更新日期：2003-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Because Hughlings Jackson directed that his personal documents be destroyed upon his death, none of his own clinical records are known. However, we have discovered several pages of notes in the Royal London Hospital Archive written in 1893 by Jackson to his House Physician at Queen Square concerning his proposals for ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Swash M,Evans J

更新日期：2006-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the late 19th century, a man with a psychogenic movement disorder was evaluated by many of the Philadelphia neurologists associated with Silas Weir Mitchell. In 1885, prior to the development of movie cameras or projectors, the patient was photographed by pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge, in col...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lanska DJ

更新日期：2015-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brodmann brain maps, assembled in 1909, are still in use, but understanding of their animal-human homology is uncertain. Furthermore, in 1909, Brodmann did not identify human area 12 (BA12), a location now important to understanding of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). METHODS:We re-examined Brodman...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kawamura M,Miller MW,Ichikawa H,Ishihara K,Sugimoto A

更新日期：2011-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to use high-resolution MRI techniques to determine whether children with Down syndrome exhibit decreases in hippocampal and amygdala volumes similar to those demonstrated in recent studies of adults with this condition. When corrected for overall brain volumes, amygdala volumes did not ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Pinter JD,Brown WE,Eliez S,Schmitt JE,Capone GT,Reiss AL

更新日期：2001-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the frequency of subjective sleep problems in spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6), the authors surveyed 25 patients and 25 age-matched controls with the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). The ESS was higher in patients with SCA6 (9.12 +/- 5.80; CI: 2.28) than in con...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Howell MJ,Mahowald MW,Gomez CM

更新日期：2006-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) may not appropriately assess the spectrum of posterior circulation (PC)-related neurologic deficits. We determined the cutoff baseline NIHSS score that predicts independent daily life activity during the chronic stage in anterior circulation (AC) vs PC ischemic strokes. METHODS:A...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sato S,Toyoda K,Uehara T,Toratani N,Yokota C,Moriwaki H,Naritomi H,Minematsu K

更新日期：2008-06-10 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether cognitive impairment in Parkinson disease (PD) and Alzheimer disease (AD) derives from the same network pathology. METHODS:We analyzed 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET scans from 40 patients with AD and 40 age-matched healthy controls from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative and sc...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Mattis PJ,Niethammer M,Sako W,Tang CC,Nazem A,Gordon ML,Brandt V,Dhawan V,Eidelberg D

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Brain atrophy is common in subcortical ischemic vascular disease, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. We set out to examine the effects of incident subcortical infarcts on cortical morphology. METHODS:A total of 276 subjects with cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infa...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Duering M,Righart R,Csanadi E,Jouvent E,Hervé D,Chabriat H,Dichgans M

更新日期：2012-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the relationship between the rate of motor response after a standard levodopa oral dose and drug dynamic variables and disease-related factors in 66 patients with Parkinson's disease. Time to maximum finger tapping effect was positively correlated with matched duration of levodopa dose response and fel...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Contin M,Riva R,Martinelli P,Triggs EJ,Albani F,Baruzzi A

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the neurologic and cognitive performance of 15 young veterans who suffered unilateral penetrating missile wounds to the basal forebrain 15 years ago in the Vietnam War with uninjured controls and patients with lesions elsewhere in the brain. The subjects performed worse on tests of episodic memory, reasoni...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Salazar AM,Grafman J,Schlesselman S,Vance SC,Mohr JP,Carpenter M,Pevsner P,Ludlow C,Weingartner H

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In the work-up of patients presenting with a clinically isolated syndrome (CIS), 3T MRI might offer a higher lesion detection than 1.5T, but it remains unclear whether this affects the fulfilment of the diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS:We recruited 66 patients with CIS within 6 months...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hagens MHJ,Burggraaff J,Kilsdonk ID,de Vos ML,Cawley N,Sbardella E,Andelova M,Amann M,Lieb JM,Pantano P,Lissenberg-Witte BI,Killestein J,Oreja-Guevara C,Ciccarelli O,Gasperini C,Lukas C,Wattjes MP,Barkhof F,MAGNIMS St

更新日期：2018-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A marked decrease in the amplitude of the evoked thenar compound muscle action potential followed brief exercise at room temperature in two patients with paramyotonia congenita. This decline was more rapid and pronounced in our patient with coexistent thyrotoxicosis. The prolonged recovery period in paramyotonia conge...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gutmann L,Riggs JE,Brick JF

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the role of weight loss in the treatment of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) in obese women. METHODS:Chart review of 250 patients with suspected IIH revealed 58 women who met our criteria, did not undergo early surgical intervention, and had adequate documentation of visual status, pap...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kupersmith MJ,Gamell L,Turbin R,Peck V,Spiegel P,Wall M

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Many patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) report chronic fatigue, and previous studies showed a potential relationship between sleepiness and fatigue in these patients. Our study first looked at the impact of objective and subjective sleepiness on fatigue in patients with TBI. We then investigated how ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Chaumet G,Quera-Salva MA,Macleod A,Hartley S,Taillard J,Sagaspe P,Mazaux JM,Azouvi P,Joseph PA,Guilleminault C,Bioulac B,Léger D,Philip P

更新日期：2008-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is widely used in clinical practice, few norms exist for healthy populations covering a broad range of ages. OBJECTIVE:To obtain MMSE norms specific for age, gender, and education in healthy adults. METHODS:From the population registers of seven communities...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Grigoletto F,Zappalà G,Anderson DW,Lebowitz BD

更新日期：1999-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In the North Dublin Population Stroke Study, we investigated the risk of recurrent stroke within the 14-day time window recommended for endarterectomy. METHODS:In a population-based prospective cohort study, all ischemic stroke patients were identified over 1 year and categorized into those with (CS-positive...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Marnane M,Ni Chroinin D,Callaly E,Sheehan OC,Merwick A,Hannon N,Horgan G,Kyne L,Moroney J,McCormack PM,Dolan E,Duggan J,Williams D,Crispino-O'Connell G,Kelly PJ

更新日期：2011-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To perform an evidence-based review of the safety and efficacy of botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) in the treatment of movement disorders. METHODS:A literature search was performed including MEDLINE and Current Contents for therapeutic articles relevant to BoNT and selected movement disorders. Authors reviewed, a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Simpson DM,Blitzer A,Brashear A,Comella C,Dubinsky R,Hallett M,Jankovic J,Karp B,Ludlow CL,Miyasaki JM,Naumann M,So Y,Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

更新日期：2008-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate whole-brain microinfarct burden from microinfarct counts in routine postmortem examination. METHODS:We developed a simple mathematical method to estimate the total number of cerebral microinfarcts from counts obtained in the small amount of tissue routinely examined in brain autopsies. We derived...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Westover MB,Bianchi MT,Yang C,Schneider JA,Greenberg SM

更新日期：2013-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between the presence of a circadian body temperature rhythm and behaviorally assessed consciousness levels in patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC; i.e., vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome or minimally conscious state). METHODS:In a cross-sectional stu...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Blume C,Lechinger J,Santhi N,del Giudice R,Gnjezda MT,Pichler G,Scarpatetti M,Donis J,Michitsch G,Schabus M

更新日期：2017-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this prospective study was to survey our patients about their experience with our clinic's telemedicine program to better understand telemedicine's utility for families, and to improve patient satisfaction and ultimately patient care. METHODS:This was a prospective survey study of patients and the...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Qubty W,Patniyot I,Gelfand A

更新日期：2018-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the feasibility and clinical utility of using passive electrocorticography (ECoG) for online spatial-temporal functional mapping (STFM) of language cortex in patients being monitored for epilepsy surgery. METHODS:We developed and tested an online system that exploits ECoG's temporal resolution...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Wang Y,Fifer MS,Flinker A,Korzeniewska A,Cervenka MC,Anderson WS,Boatman-Reich DF,Crone NE

更新日期：2016-03-29 00:00:00