Early penetration of the blood-brain-barrier by HIV.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study analyzed the relationship between performance on the American Academy of Neurology Residency In-Service Training Examination (RITE) and subsequent performance on the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) Certification Examination. METHODS:Pearson correlation coefficients were used to e...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Juul D,Flynn FG,Gutmann L,Pascuzzi RM,Webb L,Massey JM,Dekosky ST,Foertsch M,Faulkner LR

更新日期：2013-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of recurrent cerebral ischemia and death was determined prospectively in 36 patients who presented with ischemic stroke and had atrial fibrillation. Patients were followed an average of 2.3 months (range, 3 weeks to 9 months). The recurrence rate for cerebral ischemia was 33%, and the mortality rate was ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kelley RE,Berger JR,Alter M,Kovacs AG

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) has variants with widely different outcomes, hampering clinical counseling and evaluation of therapies. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the degree to which MRI patterns can predict lesion progression. METHODS:Two hundred six boys and men with cerebral X-ALD (median age 12.2 year...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Loes DJ,Fatemi A,Melhem ER,Gupte N,Bezman L,Moser HW,Raymond GV

更新日期：2003-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the medial plantar nerve action potential (NAP) and skin biopsy in the evaluation of suspected distal sensory neuropathies (SN) with normal routine nerve conduction studies (NCS). METHODS:A total of 110 consecutive patients with suspected distal SN and normal routine NCS underwent medial plantar NA...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Herrmann DN,Ferguson ML,Pannoni V,Barbano RL,Stanton M,Logigian EL

更新日期：2004-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Essential tremor (ET) is a common movement disorder that often causes functional disability, potentially leading to physical and emotional difficulties. The paucity of data available regarding the underlying pathophysiologic mechanism of ET hinders the development of innovative approaches to pharmacotherapeutic treatm...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Koller WC,Hristova A,Brin M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize prospectively the cognitive profile in ALS. METHODS:Clinically definite ALS patients (11 men, 2 women), age 39.9 to 74.0 years (mean age, 54.2 +/- 9.6 years; mean disease duration, 21.1 +/- 10.5 months) underwent neuropsychologic, language, and speech testing followed by MR 1H spectroscopy (4...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Strong MJ,Grace GM,Orange JB,Leeper HA,Menon RS,Aere C

更新日期：1999-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the illusional sensation of movement evoked by vibration of an immobilized arm. METHODS:Patients with idiopathic focal dystonia were compared with those with idiopathic PD and with patients with dystonia secondary to PD. A 100-Hz transcutaneous vibratory stimulus was applied to the biceps brachii...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rome S,Grünewald RA

更新日期：1999-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with spatial neglect, contralesional reflexive saccades toward suddenly appearing targets show direction-specific deficits. We examined whether these deficits also occur during free exploration of space. Neglect patients' voluntary eye movements showed reduced amplitudes for saccades in all directions but ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Niemeier M,Karnath HO

更新日期：2000-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the cases of three siblings homozygous for a mutated transthyretin (TTR) gene that causes type I familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP), in whom we made the diagnosis by identifying both the mutated TTR gene and a variant TTR in their sera. Their serum levels for the variant TTR are twice those of patient...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Yoshinaga T,Nakazato M,Ikeda S,Ohnishi A

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the usefulness of a mismatch between the severity of acute clinical manifestations and the diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) lesion in predicting early stroke outcome and infarct volume. METHODS:One hundred sixty-six patients with a hemispheric ischemic stroke of <12 hours' duration were studied. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dávalos A,Blanco M,Pedraza S,Leira R,Castellanos M,Pumar JM,Silva Y,Serena J,Castillo J

更新日期：2004-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Demyelination alone may not explain the progressive disability that frequently develops in MS. An alternative explanation for irreversible disability assumes a contribution from axonal injury or loss. In theory, axonal injury may occur in the focal areas characterized by early inflammation, or can be more di...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Simon JH,Kinkel RP,Jacobs L,Bub L,Simonian N

更新日期：2000-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Four adolescents had basilar migraine, infrequent cerebral seizures, and severe EEG abnormalities. The clinical course was benign, with normal personality, mentation, and neurologic examination. Almost continuous EEG abnormalities, consisting of rhythmic temporo-occipital sharp and slow wave discharges, or generalized...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Camfield PR,Metrakos K,Andermann F

更新日期：1978-06-01 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：:Of 53 patients with drug-induced seizures seen in the last decade, 45% had single seizures, 40% had multiple convulsions, and 15% had status epilepticus. Generalized seizures with focal features were common, but simple partial (motor) seizures occurred in only two patients. Isoniazid, insulin, lidocaine, and psychotro...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Messing RO,Closson RG,Simon RP

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The histopathology of AIDS-associated myelopathy (AM) closely resembles that of myelopathies due to cobalamin or folate deficiency, with white matter vacuolization in the spinal cord. The pathogenesis of AM appears unrelated to direct HIV infection of the spinal cord. There is abnormal trans-methylation meta...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Di Rocco A,Werner P,Bottiglieri T,Godbold J,Liu M,Tagliati M,Scarano A,Simpson D

更新日期：2004-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Structural abnormalities were detected in bilateral primary sensorimotor areas in writer's cramp. Evidence in other primary dystonia, including blepharospasm and cervical dystonia, suggest that structural abnormalities may be observed in other brain areas such as the cerebellum in writer's cramp. OBJECTIVE:...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Delmaire C,Vidailhet M,Elbaz A,Bourdain F,Bleton JP,Sangla S,Meunier S,Terrier A,Lehéricy S

更新日期：2007-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Acid protease activity was increased in skeletal muscle of patients with ALS. The highest levels of activity were found in individuals with the clinically and histologically most affected muscle. High levels of proteolytic activity correlated with the extent of muscle atrophy, the presence of target fibers and the ove...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Antel JP,Chelmicka-Schorr E,Sportiello M,Stefansson K,Wollmann RL,Arnason BG

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lyme borreliosis (LB) causes a range of neurologic manifestations, the most common of which is facial nerve paralysis. To evaluate nervous system LB, we organized a neurologic collaborative study group in Suffolk County, NY, a region of high LB incidence. Between July and September 1989, LB serologies were performed o...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Halperin JJ,Golightly M

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine factors (including the role of specific disease modulatory treatments [DMTs]) associated with (1) baseline, (2) on-treatment, and (3) change (from treatment start to on-treatment assessment) in plasma neurofilament light chain (pNfL) concentrations in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS)...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Delcoigne B,Manouchehrinia A,Barro C,Benkert P,Michalak Z,Kappos L,Leppert D,Tsai JA,Plavina T,Kieseier BC,Lycke J,Alfredsson L,Kockum I,Kuhle J,Olsson T,Piehl F

更新日期：2020-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We pooled the results of studies on natural history of cavernous malformations (CM) to calculate point estimates and investigate main sources of heterogeneity. METHODS:We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, and ISI Web of Science for relevant studies published before May 2015. We used fixed or random effects models an...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Taslimi S,Modabbernia A,Amin-Hanjani S,Barker FG 2nd,Macdonald RL

更新日期：2016-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:While plasma biomarkers have been proposed to aid in the clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer disease (AD), few biomarkers have been validated in independent patient cohorts. Here we aim to determine plasma biomarkers associated with AD in 2 independent cohorts and validate the findings in the multicenter Alzheim...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hu WT,Holtzman DM,Fagan AM,Shaw LM,Perrin R,Arnold SE,Grossman M,Xiong C,Craig-Schapiro R,Clark CM,Pickering E,Kuhn M,Chen Y,Van Deerlin VM,McCluskey L,Elman L,Karlawish J,Chen-Plotkin A,Hurtig HI,Siderowf A,Swens

更新日期：2012-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment with 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme-A reductase inhibitors ("statins") has been associated in some epidemiologic studies with reduced risk of Alzheimer disease (AD). However, direct evidence of statin effects on neuropathologic markers of AD is lacking. We investigated whether antecedent stati...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Li G,Larson EB,Sonnen JA,Shofer JB,Petrie EC,Schantz A,Peskind ER,Raskind MA,Breitner JC,Montine TJ

更新日期：2007-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of volumetric MRI as a biomarker for assessing transitions to dementia presumes that more rapid brain loss marks the clinical transition from benign aging to mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The trajectory of this volume loss relative to the timing of the clinical transition to dementia has not been ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Carlson NE,Moore MM,Dame A,Howieson D,Silbert LC,Quinn JF,Kaye JA

更新日期：2008-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have examined the role of APOE variation in multiple sclerosis (MS), but have lacked the statistical power to detect modest genetic influences on risk and disease severity. The meta- and pooled analyses presented here utilize the largest collection, to date, of MS cases, controls, and famili...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Burwick RM,Ramsay PP,Haines JL,Hauser SL,Oksenberg JR,Pericak-Vance MA,Schmidt S,Compston A,Sawcer S,Cittadella R,Savettieri G,Quattrone A,Polman CH,Uitdehaag BM,Zwemmer JN,Hawkins CP,Ollier WE,Weatherby S,Enzinger C

更新日期：2006-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 66-year-old woman with long-standing HTLV-I-associated myelopathy who developed multiple parenchymal hemorrhages and whose angiogram suggested cerebral vasculitis. After cyclophosphamide and glucocorticoid therapy, both her acute deficits and chronic paraparesis improved. HTLV-I may be an etiologic agent...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Smith D,Lucas S,Jacewicz M

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 25-year-old man with a long history of temporal lobe epilepsy developed right occipital lobe seizures and a progressive right homonymous hemianopia. MRI showed diffuse enhancement of the left temporoparieto-occipital white matter and cortical thickening of the left medial temporal lobe. The resected temporal lobe re...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Thom M,Moran NF,Plant GT,Stevens JM,Scaravilli F

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was not until the first half of the 19th century that the vascular nature of strokes was readily recognized and accepted. Brain "softenings" were distinguished from hemorrhagic "apoplexy," but stroke etiology remained unstudied. The terms artherosclerosis, thrombosis, embolism, and lacune were introduced to indicat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Paciaroni M,Bogousslavsky J

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence of childhood ataxia resulting from both genetic and acquired causes. METHODS:A systematic review was conducted following the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses) statement. Five databases were searched for articles reporting a frequency measur...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Musselman KE,Stoyanov CT,Marasigan R,Jenkins ME,Konczak J,Morton SM,Bastian AJ

更新日期：2014-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Central nervous system disorders may cause obstructive sleep apnea, but this sleep-related breathing disorder is rarely associated with a structural abnormality of the medulla. We present a patient with obstructive apnea resulting from autopsy-proven syringobulbia-myelia. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Haponik EF,Givens D,Angelo J

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the accuracy of Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography Score (ASPECTS) and CT perfusion to detect established infarction in acute anterior circulation stroke. METHODS:We performed an observational study in 59 acute anterior circulation ischemic stroke patients who underwent brain noncont...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Demeestere J,Garcia-Esperon C,Garcia-Bermejo P,Ombelet F,McElduff P,Bivard A,Parsons M,Levi C

更新日期：2017-06-13 00:00:00