Significance of circadian rhythms in severely brain-injured patients: A clue to consciousness?

abstract：:In a retrospective study of 103 corticosteroid-treated MS patients, the average rate of fracture events was 3.2% of the patients per year over 7.1 (+/- 5.7 SD) years at risk. Fractures of the ribs, pelvis, hip, or vertebrae occurred in 11 patients and became most common 5 years after starting steroids. Relatively high...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Troiano RA,Jotkowitz A,Cook SD,Bansil S,Zito G

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age at 1st risk for seizures may predict anomia following dominant anterior temporal lobectomy. We assessed confrontation naming before and 2 to 3 weeks after surgery in 45 right-handed patients grouped by side of focus and presence or absence of early (less than or equal to 5 years) risk factors. After left lobectomy...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Stafiniak P,Saykin AJ,Sperling MR,Kester DB,Robinson LJ,O'Connor MJ,Gur RC

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The current literature provides discrepant results regarding preoperative sociodemographic and clinical factors, and no information about preoperative cerebral metabolic patterns associated with apathy after subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) in Parkinson disease. METHODS:To resolve this is...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Robert GH,Le Jeune F,Lozachmeur C,Drapier S,Dondaine T,Péron J,Houvenaghel JF,Travers D,Sauleau P,Millet B,Vérin M,Drapier D

更新日期：2014-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent years have seen major changes in our understanding of Parkinson disease (PD), challenging conventional wisdom, much of which was established during the Decade of the Brain. In this article, we highlight important changes in our understanding of PD in six general categories: definition, etiology, pathology, path...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Marras C,Lang A

更新日期：2008-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and eight patients with independent, multifocal, spike discharges in the EEG were studied. The abnormality occurred at all ages but was more frequent between 4 and 7 years. The basic EEG activity in wake tracing was invariably slow for the age of the patient. The majority of the patients with independent m...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Noriega-Sanchez A,Markand ON

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metals are suspected of being involved in the pathogenesis of various neurologic diseases. We previously found a complex imbalance in serum chemical elements and oxidative status in patients with clinically definite multiple sclerosis (CDMS). OBJECTIVE:To understand whether this imbalance affects people wit...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ristori G,Brescianini S,Pino A,Visconti A,Vittori D,Coarelli G,Cotichini R,Bocca B,Forte G,Pozzilli C,Pestalozza I,Stazi MA,Alimonti A,Salvetti M

更新日期：2011-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:IV immunoglobulin therapy can lead to vascular events through increased serum viscosity and possibly other mechanisms. The authors describe the successful use of tissue plasminogen activator in three of four patients who developed cerebral and peripheral arterial thrombosis after treatment with IV immunoglobulin. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Okuda D,Flaster M,Frey J,Sivakumar K

更新日期：2003-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the baseline characteristics of patients in the Ticlopidine Aspirin Stroke Study (TASS) to determine if the effects of the two treatments in preventing stroke differed in various subgroups. Patients with the following characteristics did less well on aspirin: elevated creatinine, hypertension or diabetes r...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Grotta JC,Norris JW,Kamm B

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) fall frequently, beginning early in the course of their disease. Abnormal vestibulospinal reflexes are suspected, but the angular vestibulo-ocular reflex, which is mediated by the labyrinthine semicircular canals, survives late into the course of the disease...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Liao K,Wagner J,Joshi A,Estrovich I,Walker MF,Strupp M,Leigh RJ

更新日期：2008-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The American Academy of Neurology Workforce Task Force (WFTF) report predicts a future shortfall of neurologists in the United States. The WFTF data also suggest that for most states, the current demand for neurologist services already exceeds the supply, and by 2025 the demand for neurologists will be even higher. Th...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Freeman WD,Vatz KA,Griggs RC,Pedley T

更新日期：2013-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We report 9 patients with an isolated infarct of the anterior part of the rostral cerebellum, ie, the territory of the lateral branch of the superior cerebellar artery. Clinicoanatomic correlations are based on CT, MRI, or both in 8 patients and on pathologic data in the ninth. The main clinical features were ipsilate...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Amarenco P,Roullet E,Goujon C,Chéron F,Hauw JJ,Bousser MG

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors retrospectively reviewed the efficacy of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF; mean dose, 2 g/day given for an average of 14 months) in 21 patients with immune demyelinating polyneuropathy. There were no significant differences in the median strength, sensory, or Rankin scores before and after treatment. In patients...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gorson KC,Amato AA,Ropper AH

更新日期：2004-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microvascular brain injury, typically measured by extent of white matter hyperintensity (WMH) on MRI, is an important contributor to cognitive impairment in the elderly. Recent studies suggest a role for circulating beta-amyloid peptide in microvascular dysfunction and white matter disease. METHODS:The auth...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gurol ME,Irizarry MC,Smith EE,Raju S,Diaz-Arrastia R,Bottiglieri T,Rosand J,Growdon JH,Greenberg SM

更新日期：2006-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Functional neuroimaging has shown that the absence of externally observable signs of consciousness and cognition in severely brain-injured patients does not necessarily indicate the true absence of such abilities. However, relative to traumatic brain injury, nontraumatic injury is known to be associated with...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cruse D,Chennu S,Chatelle C,Fernández-Espejo D,Bekinschtein TA,Pickard JD,Laureys S,Owen AM

更新日期：2012-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the frequency of epilepsy in a consecutive series of patients who received a definitive diagnosis of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) after completing inpatient video-EEG (VEEG) monitoring. Of the 1,590 patients receiving definitive diagnosis, 514 (32.3%) were diagnosed with PNES. Twenty-ni...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Martin R,Burneo JG,Prasad A,Powell T,Faught E,Knowlton R,Mendez M,Kuzniecky R

更新日期：2003-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous anatomic and physiologic studies suggest brainstem dysfunction in cranial-cervical dystonia. To further explore this, we studied suprathreshold acoustic reflex waveforms in 15 such patients. A unique feature of this technique is its ability to reject movement artifacts before averaging the acoustic reflex wav...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lew H,Jordan C,Jerger J,Jankovic J

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We undertook serial clinical and electromyographic muscle action potential (MAP) amplitude assessments in nine patients with the Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) over 0.5 to 2.5 years who received plasma exchange (PE; 5 to 15 exchanges over 4 to 19 days) and immunosuppressive drug (IS) treatment (prednisolone ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Newsom-Davis J,Murray NM

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The epsilon 4 allele of the APOE gene (APOE) is more frequent in patients with AD than in the general population, but studies are inconclusive as to whether it affects rate of progression or survival. Because survival in AD is generally longer in women than in men, the authors investigated whether APOE affec...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dal Forno G,Carson KA,Brookmeyer R,Troncoso J,Kawas CH,Brandt J

更新日期：2002-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously compared the diagnostic capabilities of MRI of the head with CT, evoked potentials, and CSF oligoclonal banding (OB) analysis in a prospective evaluation of 200 patients with suspected multiple sclerosis (MS). To examine the ability of MRI and other paraclinical tests to predict the diagnosis of clinical...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lee KH,Hashimoto SA,Hooge JP,Kastrukoff LF,Oger JJ,Li DK,Paty DW

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To learn if limb-kinetic apraxia (LKA) is associated with Parkinson disease (PD), participants with PD (on medications) and control subjects performed finger tapping (FT), measuring movement speed, and performed coin rotation (CR), measuring precise coordinated but independent finger movements and speed. There were no...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Quencer K,Okun MS,Crucian G,Fernandez HH,Skidmore F,Heilman KM

更新日期：2007-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society develop practice parameters as strategies for patient management based on analysis of evidence. For this parameter, the authors reviewed available evidence on the evaluation of the...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lewis DW,Ashwal S,Dahl G,Dorbad D,Hirtz D,Prensky A,Jarjour I,Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.,Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society.

更新日期：2002-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine black-white differences in 1-year recurrent stroke and 30-day case fatality after a recurrent stroke in older US adults. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective cohort study using a 5% random sample of Medicare beneficiaries with fee-for-service health insurance coverage who were hospitalized for i...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Albright KC,Huang L,Blackburn J,Howard G,Mullen M,Bittner V,Muntner P,Howard V

更新日期：2018-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from the Aspirin in Transient Ischemic Attack (AITIA) study, an ongoing study of two platelet antiaggregant drugs, and other published therapeutic trials were reviewed to determine whether the severity of stroke is reduced in patients taking platelet antiaggregants. Data from three of four studies suggest that st...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Grotta JC,Lemak NA,Gary H,Fields WS,Vital D

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging was superior to CT for imaging the brain lesions of 27 patients with MS. The incidence of abnormal examinations was 78% by NMR and 63% by CT. In cases in which both studies were abnormal, NMR usually demonstrated many more lesions and more extensive involvement than CT. The app...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Jacobs L,Kinkel WR,Polachini I,Kinkel RP

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with arm intention tremor due to multiple sclerosis (MS) often manifest eye movement deficits, illustrating the role of infratentorial brain in both ocular and manual movement control. Our previous study showed that both the amplitude of intention tremor and eye fixational movements were greatly enh...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Feys P,Helsen W,Nuttin B,Lavrysen A,Ketelaer P,Swinnen S,Liu X

更新日期：2008-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the therapeutic efficacy and toxicity of high-dose monotherapy, using carbamazepine or phenytoin, in patients with previously uncontrolled seizures. Treatment with a single drug was equal to or better than polypharmacy, but only a few patients became free of seizures. Toxicity was mild and associated with...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lesser RP,Pippenger CE,Lüders H,Dinner DS

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the potential efficacy of immediate-release methylphenidate (MPH) for treating cognitive deficits in epilepsy. METHODS:This was a double-blind, randomized, single-dose, 3-period crossover study in patients with epilepsy and chronic cognitive complaints comparing the effects of placebo and MPH 10 ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Adams J,Alipio-Jocson V,Inoyama K,Bartlett V,Sandhu S,Oso J,Barry JJ,Loring DW,Meador K

更新日期：2017-01-31 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：:Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is characterized by a hyperimmune state toward the polypeptides of measles virus except the matrix (M) protein. Using cloned (3H)-labeled complementary DNA probes for in situ hybridization, we found the M protein and nucleocapsid (NP) protein nucleotide sequences in glial cel...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Shapshak P,Tourtellotte WW,Nakamura S,Graves MC,Darvish M,Hoffman D,Walsh MJ,Fareed GC,Schmid P,Heinzmann C

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Alzheimer's disease is generally considered a degenerative disease that primarily affects the cerebral cortex, subcortical structures such as the substantia innominata and certain brainstem nuclei may be involved. In 28 patients with progressive dementia and pathologically confirmed Alzheimer's disease, we fo...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： McDuff T,Sumi SM

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00