Lambert-Eaton syndrome IgG inhibits transmitter release via P/Q Ca2+ channels.

abstract：:Study of diagnostic practice is necessary to optimize neurologists' clinical performance and ensure patient safety. To our knowledge, this report is the first set of systematic observations of diagnostic practices of community neurologists in their clinics. The study consisted of six 2-week periods of in situ observat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dhand A,Engstrom J,Dhaliwal G

更新日期：2013-10-15 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:To describe and evaluate the incidence and risk factors of severe neurologic events (SNE) in pediatric recipients of allogeneic or autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for hematologic or nonhematologic diseases. METHODS:Retrospective analysis of 272 consecutive children admitted to the G...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Faraci M,Lanino E,Dini G,Fondelli MP,Morreale G,Dallorso S,Manzitti C,Calevo MG,Gaggero R,Castagnola E,Haupt R

更新日期：2002-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify modifying factors that preserve functional independence among individuals at high dementia risk. METHODS:Health and Retirement Study participants aged 65 years or older without baseline activities of daily living (ADL) limitations (n = 4,922) were interviewed biennially for up to 12 years. Dement...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rist PM,Capistrant BD,Wu Q,Marden JR,Glymour MM

更新日期：2014-04-29 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：BACKGROUND:Bilateral absent N20 responses of median nerve somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) reliably predict poor prognosis after cardiac arrest. However, the studies supporting this fact were carried out before hypothermia was established as standard treatment. Recent evidence suggests that hypothermia treatment ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Leithner C,Ploner CJ,Hasper D,Storm C

更新日期：2010-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that concussion-related brain alterations seen at symptomatic injury and medical clearance to return to play (RTP) will have dissipated by 1 year after RTP. METHODS:For this observational study, 24 athletes with concussion were scanned longitudinally within 1 week after injury, at RTP,...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Churchill NW,Hutchison MG,Graham SJ,Schweizer TA

更新日期：2019-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate clinical and economic consequences following generic substitution of one vs multiple generics of topiramate (Topamax; Ortho-McNeil Neurologics, Titusville, NJ). METHODS:Medical and pharmacy claims data of Régie de l'Assurance-Maladie du Québec from January 2006 to October 2007 were used. Patie...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Duh MS,Paradis PE,Latrémouille-Viau D,Greenberg PE,Lee SP,Durkin MB,Wan GJ,Rupnow MF,LeLorier J

更新日期：2009-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cervical artery dissection is often attributed to an underlying arteriopathy related to a generalized extracellular matrix defect. OBJECTIVE:The authors compared the hemodynamic and morphologic properties of the carotid artery, as assessed noninvasively by ultrasonography, in patients with spontaneous inter...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Guillon B,Tzourio C,Biousse V,Adraï V,Bousser MG,Touboul PJ

更新日期：2000-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of sleep on partial seizures arising from various brain regions. METHODS:The authors prospectively studied 133 patients with localization-related epilepsy undergoing video-EEG monitoring over a 2-year period. Seizure type, site of onset, sleep/wake state at onset, duration, and epilep...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Herman ST,Walczak TS,Bazil CW

更新日期：2001-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to determine the amount and histologic appearance of the persistent thymic tissue removed post mortem from 20 patients over 60 years of age with myasthenia gravis. One patient died several days after thymectomy. No recognizable thymic tissue on gross examination was seen in any patient. On mi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Perlo VP,Arnason B,Castleman B

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgM anti-GM1 antibodies occur with increased frequency in the serum of patients with multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN). We tested the ability of serum IgM from patients with MMN to bind to GM1 ganglioside covalently bound to secondary amino groups on ELISA plates (Co-GM1). The Co-GM1 technique detected high titer (> 1...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Pestronk A,Choksi R

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is a hereditary arteriopathy caused by mutations of the Notch3 gene. The disease is characterized by T2-hyperintense lesions (subcortical white matter lesions), T1-hypointense lesions (lacunar lesions), and T2...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Viswanathan A,Gschwendtner A,Guichard JP,Buffon F,Cumurciuc R,O'Sullivan M,Holtmannspötter M,Pachai C,Bousser MG,Dichgans M,Chabriat H

更新日期：2007-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterozygous PAX6 mutation is associated with an absent or hypoplastic anterior commissure and a reduction in the area of the corpus callosum. The authors found deficient auditory interhemispheric transfer in a 53-year-old woman with a PAX6 mutation who had an absent anterior commissure but normal callosal volume. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bamiou DE,Musiek FE,Sisodiya SM,Free SL,Mitchell TN,Davies RA

更新日期：2004-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbamazepine was compared with phenytoin in a double-blind study. Of 87 patients, data on 70 patients were complete and used for analysis. Thirty-five patients were treated with each drug. The incidence of major side effects, minor side effects, and complete control (85%) was the same in both groups. A mild but signi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ramsay RE,Wilder BJ,Berger JR,Bruni J

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the neuropathologic findings in a case of Sneddon's syndrome. There were multiple small, predominantly cortical, infarcts, with focal hyperplasia and fibrotic occlusion of arterial vessels in the superficial white matter, cortex, and leptomeninges. A very occasional arterial thrombus was seen. These...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hilton DA,Footitt D

更新日期：2003-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Based on the theories of brain reserve and cognitive reserve, we investigated whether larger maximal lifetime brain growth (MLBG) and/or greater lifetime intellectual enrichment protect against cognitive decline over time. METHODS:Forty patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) underwent baseline and 4.5-year fo...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sumowski JF,Rocca MA,Leavitt VM,Dackovic J,Mesaros S,Drulovic J,DeLuca J,Filippi M

更新日期：2014-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aims of this study were to examine executive dysfunction using an antisaccade (AS) task in normal elderly (NE) and patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer disease (AD) as well as to evaluate the relationship between AS performance and cortical thinning within AD-associated regions. ME...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Heuer HW,Mirsky JB,Kong EL,Dickerson BC,Miller BL,Kramer JH,Boxer AL

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We hypothesized that integrated motor-visual functions measured by manipulative manual dexterity are affected by white matter lesion (WML) burden as measured on cranial MRI across relevant brain regions in subjects at risk of preclinical occult vascular disease. METHODS:A real-time cross-sectional study of ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Nyquist PA,Yanek LR,Bilgel M,Cuzzocreo JL,Becker LC,Chevalier-Davis K,Yousem D,Prince J,Kral BG,Vaidya D,Becker DM

更新日期：2015-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In a 24-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study of rivastigmine, 487 patients with dementia associated with Parkinson disease underwent assessment of attention on the Cognitive Drug Research computerized cognitive assessment system before dosing and 16 and 24 weeks later. Significant bene...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Wesnes KA,McKeith I,Edgar C,Emre M,Lane R

更新日期：2005-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined longitudinal disability scores in 54 patients with Parkinson's disease followed for 6 years at UCLA. We sorted data into 3 groups based on age at onset of symptoms: group A, onset under 50 years; group B, 50 to 59 years; group C, 60 years or older. There were no significant differences between groups initi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Diamond SG,Markham CH,Hoehn MM,McDowell FH,Muenter MD

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that higher-challenge gait and balance tasks are more sensitive than traditional metrics to subtle patient-reported gait dysfunction and future fall risk in early multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS:Persons with early MS (n = 185; ≤5 years diagnosed) reported gait function (MS Walking Sca...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Brandstadter R,Ayeni O,Krieger SC,Harel NY,Escalon MX,Katz Sand I,Leavitt VM,Fabian MT,Buyukturkoglu K,Klineova S,Riley CS,Lublin FD,Miller AE,Sumowski JF

更新日期：2020-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare nondemented patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) with and without REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) to healthy controls on quantitative EEG characteristics for both wakefulness and REM sleep. METHODS:Fifteen patients with PD (7 patients with polysomnographic-confirmed RBD [PD-RBD] and 8 patients...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gagnon JF,Fantini ML,Bédard MA,Petit D,Carrier J,Rompré S,Décary A,Panisset M,Montplaisir J

更新日期：2004-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe clinical characteristics, imaging findings, morbidity, and mortality in a single-center cohort of 12 pediatric cavernous sinus thrombosis cases and to review all cases available in recent English literature. METHODS:Clinical data and radiographic studies on 12 cases from our institution were anal...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Smith DM,Vossough A,Vorona GA,Beslow LA,Ichord RN,Licht DJ

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to identify intracranial EEG patterns characteristic of epileptogenic tubers and to understand the contribution of perituberal cortex. METHODS:Twenty-three intracranial EEG monitoring studies were reviewed from 17 children aged 1.3-7.7 years with tuberous sclerosis complex and intractable multifoca...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Mohamed AR,Bailey CA,Freeman JL,Maixner W,Jackson GD,Harvey AS

更新日期：2012-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We detected crossed cerebellar as well as uncrossed basal ganglia and thalamic diaschisis in Alzheimer's disease by positron emission tomography (PET) using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose. We studied a series of 26 consecutive, clinically diagnosed Alzheimer cases, including 6 proven by later autopsy, and compared them with 9...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Akiyama H,Harrop R,McGeer PL,Peppard R,McGeer EG

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with active epilepsy, adverse medication effects and severity of depression are correlated with health-related quality of life, but seizure frequency is not. We sought to examine if the same pattern exists in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES). METHODS:We administered seizure...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： LaFrance WC Jr,Syc S

更新日期：2009-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize the molecular basis of a novel fast-channel congenital myasthenic syndrome. METHODS:We used the candidate gene approach to identify the pathogenic mutation in the acetylcholine receptor (AChR) ε subunit, genetically engineered the mutant AChR into HEK cells, and evaluated the level of express...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Shen XM,Brengman JM,Edvardson S,Sine SM,Engel AG

更新日期：2012-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the relative utility of 1H MRSI and hippocampal volumetry for the lateralization of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) in patients with intractable epilepsy. BACKGROUND:MTLE is the most common partial-onset seizure disorder in patients undergoing temporal lobe epilepsy surgery. MR volumetry a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kuzniecky R,Hugg JW,Hetherington H,Butterworth E,Bilir E,Faught E,Gilliam F

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report two patients with suspected brain death who required confirmatory tests other than clinical examination because of prolonged barbiturate administration for intracranial hypertension. Absence of intracranial blood flow was documented on CT angiography and confirmed by CT perfusion images. Cerebral an...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Qureshi AI,Kirmani JF,Xavier AR,Siddiqui AM

更新日期：2004-02-24 00:00:00