Subcortical degeneration in Alzheimer's disease.

abstract：:A 61-year-old woman presented with two paraneoplastic neurologic disorders--Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) and subacute cerebellar degeneration (SCD)--that antedated the diagnosis of small-cell carcinoma of the lung by 15 months. Plasmapheresis initiated before the identification of the tumor had a beneficia...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Blumenfeld AM,Recht LD,Chad DA,DeGirolami U,Griffin T,Jaeckle KA

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We attempted to determine whether separable components underlie normal subjects' upward bias in bisecting vertical and radial lines under visual guidance. Twelve normal subjects indicated the midpoint of visually presented lines oriented vertically, radially, and horizontally. We placed directional labels ("TOP" and "...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Jeerakathil TJ,Kirk A

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We aimed to compare survival in the multiple sclerosis (MS) population with a matched cohort from the general population, and to evaluate the association of comorbidity with survival in both populations. METHODS:Using population-based administrative data, we identified 5,797 persons with MS and 28,807 contro...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Marrie RA,Elliott L,Marriott J,Cossoy M,Blanchard J,Leung S,Yu N

更新日期：2015-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the extent that different dopamine (DA) neuronal markers provide similar estimates of striatal (caudate and putamen) DA nerve terminal loss in idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD), we compared, in postmortem striatum of 12 patients with PD and 10 matched controls, levels of five different DA neuronal marke...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Wilson JM,Levey AI,Rajput A,Ang L,Guttman M,Shannak K,Niznik HB,Hornykiewicz O,Pifl C,Kish SJ

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors pooled four population-based European studies to determine the risk for institutionalization and death after stroke. Risk for institutionalization was assessed in 13,095 subjects. Survival was calculated for prevalent stroke in 7929 individuals and incident stroke in 8550 individuals. The adjusted risk of ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Schmidt R,Breteler MM,Inzitari D,Fratiglioni L,Hofman A,Launer LJ

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brainstem auditory evoked responses were recorded after acute asphyxia in 126 infants, ages birth through 18 months. Of these, 21 had markedly abnormal amplitude ratios, and all infants with abnormal amplitude ratios had severe neurologic handicaps. An abnormal amplitude ratio predicts long-term neurologic sequelae of...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hecox KE,Cone B

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the prospective association of long-term intake of vegetables and fruits with late-life subjective cognitive function (SCF). METHODS:Among 27,842 men with a mean age of 51 years in 1986, we used multinomial logistic regression to examine the relation of vegetable and fruit consumption to future S...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Yuan C,Fondell E,Bhushan A,Ascherio A,Okereke OI,Grodstein F,Willett WC

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Using interictal alpha-[11C]methyl-l-tryptophan ([11C]AMT) PET scan, the authors have undertaken a quantitative analysis of all tubers visible on MRI or 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-d-glucose ([18F]FDG) PET, to determine the relationship between [11C]AMT uptake and epileptic activity on EEG. BACKGROUND:Tuberous scl...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Asano E,Chugani DC,Muzik O,Shen C,Juhász C,Janisse J,Ager J,Canady A,Shah JR,Shah AK,Watson C,Chugani HT

更新日期：2000-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the horizontal and vertical components of brain displacement on coronal MRIs in 10 patients with acute supratentorial masses. The vertical distances from the superior sagittal sinus to the pontomesencephalic junction (PMJ) and from the vertical midline of the brain to the PMJ did not differ from measurem...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ropper AH

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate patient-acceptable symptom state (PASS) cut points for myasthenia gravis (MG) health scales. METHODS:We conducted an electronic survey that included the Myasthenia Gravis Impairment Index (MGII), EuroQol 5-Dimension (EQ5D), and a simple PASS question. PASS-anchored thresholds were estimated for ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Mendoza M,Tran C,Bril V,Katzberg HD,Barnett C

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective diagnosis and treatment of cytomegalovirus infection of the nervous system in AIDS patients has been limited by a lack of sensitive diagnostic measures. Retrospective series suggest a poor prognosis for cytomegalovirus encephalitis with rapid mortality. Polymerase chain reaction amplification of cytomegalovi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cohen BA

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Weight loss is common in Alzheimer's disease (AD), but its pathogenesis is poorly understood. It is unclear whether an elevated daily energy expenditure contributes to the weight loss. We tested the hypothesis that daily energy expenditure is higher in AD patients compared to healthy elderly. Thirty AD (73 +/- 8 years...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Poehlman ET,Toth MJ,Goran MI,Carpenter WH,Newhouse P,Rosen CJ

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a common neurologic disorder that affects 5 to 10% of the population and increases in prevalence with aging. The clinical hallmarks of RLS include dysesthesias or paresthesias in the legs and sometimes the arms, occurring primarily at rest, which are usually worse in the evening and are...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Comella CL

更新日期：2002-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To better understand the epileptogenesis of symptomatic generalized epilepsy in patients with hypothalamic hamartoma and intractable epilepsy, many of whom experience remission of generalized seizures and slow spike-wave discharges following surgery. METHODS:The authors documented the evolution of symptomati...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Freeman JL,Harvey AS,Rosenfeld JV,Wrennall JA,Bailey CA,Berkovic SF

更新日期：2003-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Campylobacter jejuni enteritis is the predominant bacterial infection preceding Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), an acute postinfectious immune-mediated polyradiculoneuropathy. The purpose of this study was to define the clinical phenotype of GBS and the relation with preceding C jejuni infections in Banglades...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Islam Z,Jacobs BC,van Belkum A,Mohammad QD,Islam MB,Herbrink P,Diorditsa S,Luby SP,Talukder KA,Endtz HP

更新日期：2010-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocyte subpopulations ("active' T cells, total T cells, and B cells), leukocyte migration, lymphocyte transformation, complements (CH50, C3, and C4), and immune complexes in serum and cerebrospinal fluid were studied in 23 patients with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. The percentage of active T cells was norm...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Derakhshan I,Massoud A,Foroozanfar N,Nikbin B,Lotfi J,Shakib N,Ala F

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibromyalgia (FM) and transformed migraine (TM) are common chronic pain disorders. The authors estimated the prevalence of FM in 101 patients with TM, and analyzed its relationship to depression, anxiety, and insomnia. FM was diagnosed in 35.6% of cases. Patients with FM had more insomnia, were older, and had headache...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Peres MF,Young WB,Kaup AO,Zukerman E,Silberstein SD

更新日期：2001-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the episodic migraine (EM)-obesity association and the influence of age, race, and sex on this relationship. METHODS:We examined the EM-obesity association and the influence of age, race, and sex in 3,862 adult participants of both black and white race interviewed in the National Comorbidity Surv...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Peterlin BL,Rosso AL,Williams MA,Rosenberg JR,Haythornthwaite JA,Merikangas KR,Gottesman RF,Bond DS,He JP,Zonderman AB

更新日期：2013-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We used the Mayo Clinic medical records linkage system to detect all cases of intracranial vascular malformation (IVM) among residents of Olmsted County, Minnesota from 1965 to 1992 and found 48 IVMs over the 27-year period, including four patients with IVM detected at autopsy, without prior symptoms. Twenty-nine of 4...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Brown RD Jr,Wiebers DO,Torner JC,O'Fallon WM

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the risk, predictors, and prognosis of independence loss and institutionalization in patients with early Parkinson disease (PD). METHODS:We conducted a prospective population-based 5-year longitudinal study following 189 patients with incident PD and 174 controls matched for age, sex, and comorb...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bjornestad A,Tysnes OB,Larsen JP,Alves G

更新日期：2016-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Titus Lucretius Carus was an ancient Roman philosopher of the Epicurean school whose epic poem On the Nature of Things described numerous aspects of the natural world. In fact, much contemporary scientific understanding is consistent with or inspired by his work. Among Lucretius's contributions to neurology were his d...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hyam JA,Paterson DJ,Aziz TZ,Green AL

更新日期：2011-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Optical coherence tomography (OCT) noninvasively quantifies retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness. Studies show RNFL thinning in multiple sclerosis (MS), and we assessed its association with brain atrophy. METHODS:RNFL thickness was measured in 40 patients with MS and 15 controls. Brain parenchymal frac...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gordon-Lipkin E,Chodkowski B,Reich DS,Smith SA,Pulicken M,Balcer LJ,Frohman EM,Cutter G,Calabresi PA

更新日期：2007-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively studied the effects of changing antiepileptic drug levels on patterns of seizure discharge in 8 patients investigated with intracerebral electrodes during presurgical evaluation. We compared seizures recorded at high levels of medication to seizures recorded at low levels for changes in seizure dura...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： So N,Gotman J

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the possible association of persistent enterovirus (EV) infection with the development of ALS. BACKGROUND:Although ALS is a clinically well-defined motor neuron disease, little is known about the etiology and pathogenesis of the sporadic cases. Among the different causes that have been hypothe...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Berger MM,Kopp N,Vital C,Redl B,Aymard M,Lina B

更新日期：2000-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Minor head trauma precipitated oculomotor nerve palsies in two patients who subsequently were discovered to have ipsilateral posterior communicating artery aneurysms. A history of minor trauma should not dissuade investigation for underlying causes of oculomotor nerve palsy, including intracranial aneurysm. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Walter KA,Newman NJ,Lessell S

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Given that vagal afferents project to brainstem regions that promote alertness, the authors tested the hypothesis that vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) would improve daytime sleepiness in patients with epilepsy. METHODS:Sixteen subjects with medically refractory seizures underwent polysomnography and multiple ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Malow BA,Edwards J,Marzec M,Sagher O,Ross D,Fromes G

更新日期：2001-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serum copper not bound to ceruloplasmin ("free") appears slightly elevated in patients with Alzheimer disease (AD). We explored whether a deregulation of the free copper pool can predict AD clinical worsening. METHODS:We assessed levels of copper, iron, zinc, transferrin, ceruloplasmin, peroxides, total ant...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Squitti R,Bressi F,Pasqualetti P,Bonomini C,Ghidoni R,Binetti G,Cassetta E,Moffa F,Ventriglia M,Vernieri F,Rossini PM

更新日期：2009-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence linking APOE to myelin repair, neuronal plasticity, and cerebral inflammatory processes suggests that it may be relevant in multiple sclerosis (MS). The purpose of this study was to determine whether the epsilon4 allele of APOE is associated with cognitive deficits in patients with MS. METHOD:Using...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ghaffar O,Reis M,Pennell N,O'Connor P,Feinstein A

更新日期：2010-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the frequency of Lewy bodies (LB) in progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). BACKGROUND:LB are characteristic of PD, but are also found in normal controls and in other neurodegenerative diseases, especially AD. METHOD:The authors evaluated the brains of 72 consecutive cases of pathologically conf...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tsuboi Y,Ahlskog JE,Apaydin H,Parisi JE,Dickson DW

更新日期：2001-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The intrathecal humoral immune response was analyzed in 83 patients with MS and 35 patients with acute CNS infections. CSF free kappa chains and CSF free lambda chains were quantified by radioimmunoassay; CSF IgG and albumin were measured by electroimmunodiffusion. The MS patients were characterized by higher levels o...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： DeCarli C,Menegus MA,Rudick RA

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00