Improvement in multiple sclerosis during prolonged induced hypothermia.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plasma exchange (PE) is used to treat severe episodes of CNS demyelination unresponsive to corticosteroids. Predictors of long-term response are not well known. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 41 patients consecutively treated by PE between January 1995 and July 2007. The primary ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Llufriu S,Castillo J,Blanco Y,Ramió-Torrentà L,Río J,Vallès M,Lozano M,Castellà MD,Calabia J,Horga A,Graus F,Montalban X,Saiz A

更新日期：2009-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The pedunculopontine nucleus region (PPNR) is being investigated as a target for deep brain stimulation (DBS) in Parkinson disease (PD), particularly for gait and postural impairment. A greater understanding of how PPNR activities and oscillations are modulated with voluntary movements is crucial to the devel...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tsang EW,Hamani C,Moro E,Mazzella F,Poon YY,Lozano AM,Chen R

更新日期：2010-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the clinical, CT, and angiographic findings in 50 black patients with carotid transient ischemic attacks (TIAs). Thirty-two percent had TIAs lasting less than 1 hour, 26% had TIAs lasting 1 to 6 hours, and 42% had TIAs lasting 6 to 24 hours. Fifty-two percent of TIA patients had CT evidence of cerebral inf...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Weisberg LA

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CSF hypocretin-1 levels at 6 PM did not significantly differ between patients with restless legs syndrome (RLS) and control subjects as measured by direct radioimmunoassay and after acid extraction. The authors did not observe significant differences between early onset and late onset RLS. Hypocretin-1 levels did not ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Stiasny-Kolster K,Mignot E,Ling L,Möller JC,Cassel W,Oertel WH

更新日期：2003-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate the Narcolepsy Severity Scale (NSS), a brief clinical instrument to evaluate the severity and consequences of symptoms in patients with narcolepsy type 1 (NT1). METHODS:A 15-item scale to assess the frequency and severity of excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, hypnagogic hallucinations, slee...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dauvilliers Y,Beziat S,Pesenti C,Lopez R,Barateau L,Carlander B,Luca G,Tafti M,Morin CM,Billiard M,Jaussent I

更新日期：2017-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether cognitive function is related to incidence of stroke. METHODS:A population-based cohort of 1551 subjects with no clinical history or signs of stroke, age 75 years and over at baseline, were followed up for 3 years. Individuals with a first-ever stroke event that was recorded in the Sto...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Zhu L,Fratiglioni L,Guo Z,Winblad B,Viitanen M

更新日期：2000-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) represents 8 to 15% of all strokes in the United States and 20 to 30% of all strokes in Japan and China. Although ICH represents a relatively small fraction of total strokes, it is a formidable disease, with a 30-day mortality rate two- to sixfold higher than that for ischemic stroke. Fu...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Fayad PB,Awad IA

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infection with HIV can result in a debilitating CNS disorder known as HIV dementia (HIV-D). Since the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), the incidence of HIV-D has declined, but the prevalence continues to increase. In this new era of HIV-D, traditional biomarkers such as CSF viral load ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bandaru VV,McArthur JC,Sacktor N,Cutler RG,Knapp EL,Mattson MP,Haughey NJ

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Deep brain stimulation of the internal pallidum (GPi-DBS) is an established therapeutic option in treatment-refractory dystonia, and the identification of factors predicting surgical outcome is needed to optimize patient selection. METHODS:In this retrospective multicenter study, GPi-DBS outcome of 8 patien...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Brüggemann N,Kühn A,Schneider SA,Kamm C,Wolters A,Krause P,Moro E,Steigerwald F,Wittstock M,Tronnier V,Lozano AM,Hamani C,Poon YY,Zittel S,Wächter T,Deuschl G,Krüger R,Kupsch A,Münchau A,Lohmann K,Volkmann J,Kle

更新日期：2015-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective trial of plasmapheresis and azathioprine or azathioprine alone was carrier out on 20 patients with chronic progressive MS. Seven of 10 patients in each group continued therapy for 12 months. When the groups were compared by disability ratings, the combination of plasmapheresis and azathioprine was no bet...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tindall RS,Walker JE,Ehle AL,Near L,Rollins J,Becker D

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To make evidence-based treatment recommendations for patients with Parkinson disease (PD) with dementia, depression, and psychosis based on these questions: 1) What tools are effective to screen for depression, psychosis, and dementia in PD? 2) What are effective treatments for depression and psychosis in PD?...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Miyasaki JM,Shannon K,Voon V,Ravina B,Kleiner-Fisman G,Anderson K,Shulman LM,Gronseth G,Weiner WJ,Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

更新日期：2006-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We prospectively evaluated the relationship between a common psychological stressor and relapses in multiple sclerosis (MS) in a group of 32 MS patients exposed to the threat of missile attacks during the Persian Gulf War of 1991. The number of relapses during the war and the following 2 months was significantly lower...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Nisipeanu P,Korczyn AD

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the genetic contribution of TBK1, a gene implicated in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), and FTD-ALS, in Belgian FTD and ALS patient cohorts containing a significant part of genetically unresolved patients. METHODS:We sequenced TBK1 in a hospital-based cohort of 48...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gijselinck I,Van Mossevelde S,van der Zee J,Sieben A,Philtjens S,Heeman B,Engelborghs S,Vandenbulcke M,De Baets G,Bäumer V,Cuijt I,Van den Broeck M,Peeters K,Mattheijssens M,Rousseau F,Vandenberghe R,De Jonghe P,Cras P

更新日期：2015-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrent episodes of oscillopsia, rotational vertigo, and postural imbalance were elicited and modulated by changing the horizontal head positions of a patient with an arachnoid cyst in the right cerebellopontine angle that distorted the vestibulocochlear nerve. Oculomotor analysis revealed two different types of att...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Arbusow V,Strupp M,Dieterich M,Jäger L,Hischa A,Schulz P,Brandt T

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence and specificity of a characteristic behavioral syndrome among patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) remains controversial. The behavioral pattern of many epilepsy patients differs from that of age-, sex-, and socioeconomic-matched control subjects. Patients with TLE and other forms of epilepsy can e...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Devinsky O,Najjar S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN), high dose of IV immunoglobulin (IVIg) is the only established treatment. Subcutaneous self-infusion with immunoglobulin G (IgG) (SCIG) increases patient autonomy and treatment flexibility, and might be associated with fewer side effects due to lower peak IgG levels. In a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Harbo T,Andersen H,Jakobsen J

更新日期：2010-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine associations of average and change in late-life blood pressure (BP) with cerebrovascular and Alzheimer disease (AD) neuropathology in a large group of decedents followed longitudinally in vivo. METHODS:This clinical-pathologic study was derived from prospective, community-based cohort studies of a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Arvanitakis Z,Capuano AW,Lamar M,Shah RC,Barnes LL,Bennett DA,Schneider JA

更新日期：2018-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the incidence and predictors of acute cerebral ischemia and neurologic deterioration in intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) patients after an institutional protocol change in systolic blood pressure (SBP) target from <160 to <140 mm Hg. METHODS:We retrospectively compared persons admitted with primar...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Buletko AB,Thacker T,Cho SM,Mathew J,Thompson NR,Organek N,Frontera JA,Uchino K

更新日期：2018-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested three serotonin antagonists--lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), 2-bromolysergic acid diethylamide (BOL), and cinanserin--for effects on experimental spinal cord ischemia in the rabbit. Blood flow to spinal cord was obstructed. Drugs were administered before or after initiation of occlusion, and flow was later...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Zivin JA,Venditto JA

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To devise a neurophysiologic strategy to select X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy syndrome (CMTX) families for connexin 32 mutation screening. BACKGROUND:Once the common chromosome 17 DNA duplication (CMT1A syndrome) has been excluded, clinical features are not sufficiently distinctive to select which ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Nicholson GA,Yeung L,Corbett A

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythrocyte calcium transport as a function of free [Ca++] was examined using inside-out vesicles from eight pairs of patients with Duchenne dystrophy and age- and sex-matched controls. The Km for Ca++ of the transport protein and the Vmax were higher in the Duchenne vesicles in seven of the eight pairs. The mean Km a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Mollman JE,Cardenas JC,Pleasure DE

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with neglect for extrapersonal space following right-hemisphere stroke both demonstrated retained ability to attend to the left side of internally generated visual images. The attentional system for extrapersonal space may not be identical to the attentional system for intrapersonal space. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Anderson B

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies reported that a 2- to 3-week course of IV cyclophosphamide plus adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) induction can temporarily halt progressive MS for a period of 12 months in the majority of patients treated, after which reprogression occurs. The Northeast Cooperative Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Group...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Weiner HL,Mackin GA,Orav EJ,Hafler DA,Dawson DM,LaPierre Y,Herndon R,Lehrich JR,Hauser SL,Turel A

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To visualize the sites involved in audiovestibular dysfunction during bacterial meningitis in adults and to relate these findings to the extent of hearing impairment and vestibular dysfunction. BACKGROUND:Hearing impairment is among the most frequent complications of bacterial meningitis. METHODS:High-resol...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dichgans M,Jäger L,Mayer T,Schorn K,Pfister HW

更新日期：1999-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an infant with molybdenum cofactor deficiency (MCD) and a unique clinical presentation of hemiplegia, hypotonia, dystonia, and bilateral basal ganglia changes. Biochemistry revealed absent serum homocysteine, low concentrations of plasma cystine, high levels of urinary S-sulfocysteine and sulfite, and high l...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Graf WD,Oleinik OE,Jack RM,Weiss AH,Johnson JL

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationships between age at onset and duration of seizure disorder with severity of hippocampal sclerosis (HS) and cognitive functioning in patients with HS and unilateral temporal lobe epilepsy. METHODS:Twenty-six subjects had left temporal lobe seizure onset; 20 had right temporal onset. Me...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Fuerst D,Shah J,Kupsky WJ,Johnson R,Shah A,Hayman-Abello B,Ergh T,Poore Q,Canady A,Watson C

更新日期：2001-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is characterized by loss of atonia during REM sleep, resulting in motor activity during dreams. Studies estimate that approximately half of patients with RBD will eventually develop Parkinson disease (PD), so RBD may be an indicator of presymptomatic PD. Several p...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Postuma RB,Lang AE,Massicotte-Marquez J,Montplaisir J

更新日期：2006-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathologic substrate of essential tremor (ET) remains unknown. The authors studied 10 patients with ET and 10 volunteers using a multislice MR spectroscopy imaging sequence. Left and right cerebellar hemisphere NAA/CR and NAA/Cho ratios were significantly smaller in the ET patients than healthy subjects. The autho...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Pagan FL,Butman JA,Dambrosia JM,Hallett M

更新日期：2003-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because of the relatively poor results of frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) surgery, identification of prognostic factors for surgical outcome is of great importance. METHODS:To identify predictive factors for FLE surgery, we analyzed the data of 61 patients (mean age at surgery 19.2) who had undergone presurgica...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Janszky J,Jokeit H,Schulz R,Hoppe M,Ebner A

更新日期：2000-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate if mental fatigue is a symptom that appears independently from other clinical features in patients with Parkinson disease (PD), and to study if fatigue is persistent over time in these patients. METHODS:In 1993, 233 patients with PD were included in a community-based study of fatigue and followed...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Alves G,Wentzel-Larsen T,Larsen JP

更新日期：2004-11-23 00:00:00