COMT Val158Met polymorphism and Parkinson's disease risk: a pooled analysis in different populations.

abstract：:Severe head injuries tend to be associated with hypermetabolism and hypercatabolism resulting in negative nitrogen balances which may exceed 30 grams day-1. Enteral feeding should begin as soon as the patient is hemodynamically stable, attempting to reach a non-protein caloric intake of at least 30-35 kcal kg-1 day-1 ...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Wilson RF,Dente C,Tyburski JG

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:It is not fully understood how the stimulus/response curves obtained by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) reflect the function of the cortico-motoneuronal (CM) and spinal motoneuronal (SM) systems in healthy subjects. To understand these response functions, we studied patients with amyotrophic lateral s...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Oishi A,Tobimatsu S,Ogata K,Taniwaki T,Kinukawa N,Toyoshiba H,Kira J

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined antioxidant activity of cabergoline, a dopamine agonist, during the aerobic oxidation of phosphatidylcholine liposomes at 37 degrees C. Cabergoline retarded the oxidation initiated with a lipid-soluble initiator significantly better than that with a water-soluble initiator, suggesting that cabergoline loca...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Sohmiya M,Tanaka M,Okamoto K,Fujisawa A,Yamamoto Y

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) describes a syndrome of neuroimaging, pathological, and associated clinical features caused by small intracranial vascular lesions, which commonly coexists with large artery atherosclerosis (LAA) and has been identified as a major cause of motor impairment over time. In th...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Zhu H,Li Z,Lv J,Zhao R

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral blood flow (CBF), 113mIndium-DPTA, and 14C-glucose extraction were measured simultaneously in rat brain from 2 to 58 days following a thermal insult. In the early stage of a cold induced lesion (2 days), the blood-brain barrier (BBB) was disrupted with resulting leakage and diffusionary loss of both glucose a...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Pollay M,Stevens FA

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In the clinical set, autologus nerve grafts are the current option for reconstruction of nerve tissue losses. The length of the nerve graft has been suggested to affect outcomes. Experiments were performed in the rat in order to test this assumption and to detect a possible mechanism to explain differences i...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Bertelli JA,Taleb M,Mira JC,Ghizoni MF

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The predictive effect of blood cell ratio on ischemic event has been widely confirmed. Whether PWR and PNR can assess the risk of endovascular treatment (EVT) is largely unclear. This study aimed to investigate the prognostic value of PNR and PWR in acute ischemic stroke patients treated with EVT...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Wang L,Cheng Q,Peng M,Lv D,Zi W,Xu G,Liu X

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspirin therapy for stroke prophylaxis in low risk patients has paradoxically demonstrated an increased risk of ischemic stroke in several studies. Moreover, the MAST-Italy trial reported a near doubling of mortality with the addition of aspirin to thrombolytics while experimentally, we have noted that aspirin antagon...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Bednar MM,Gross CE

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Natalizumab (NTZ), a treatment indicated for patients with highly active Relapsing - Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS), is known to induce increased relative frequency of lymphocytes. Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalitis (PML) is a rare but serious adverse event related to NTZ. Moreover, reduced L-se...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Boziki MK,Karapanayotides T,Papadopoulos G,Lagoudaki R,Melo P,Bakirtzis C,Nikolaidis I,Gounari E,Tsavdaridou V,Skoura L,Afrantou T,Tatsi T,Grigoriadou E,Polyzoidou E,Mandoras N,Giantzi V,Kalogera-Fountzila A,Ioannidis P

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: To explore the neural substrates of implicit self-esteem in university students. METHODS: The subjects comprised four females and six males (aged 20-25 years). They were asked to finish the implicit association test (IAT) for implicit self-esteem while brain electrical activity was recorded at 64 scalp site...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Yang J,Zhang Q

更新日期：2009-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Crossed-uncrossed differentials (CUDs) are viewed as surrogates for interhemispheric transfer time (IHTT). Not uncommonly CUDs assume statistically significant negative values (inverted CUDs). This raises doubts of the accepted interpretation of CUDs, i.e. intra- and inter-hemispheric routings of signals in ...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Derakhshan I

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to determine whether cerebral inflammation in ischemic rats was reduced by a neuroprotective action of pre-ischemic tumor necrosis factor-alpha up-regulation, which down-regulated matrix metalloproteinase-9 activity via extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 phosphorylation. MATERIAL AND METHODS...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Curry A,Guo M,Patel R,Liebelt B,Sprague S,Lai Q,Zwagerman N,Cao FX,Jimenez D,Ding Y

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to improve the ability to detect cerebrovascular complications in patients undergoing complicated neurosurgical procedures using on-line monitoring of cerebral pH with in vivo microdialysis. We employed on-line pH monitoring in patients with a variety of neurosurgical procedures includi...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Mendelowitsch A,Sekhar LN,Caputy AJ,Shuaib A

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies suggest that high plasma levels of tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) and its inhibitor (plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, PAI-1) are markers of an increased risk of atherothrombotic ischemic events such as stroke and myocardial infarction. In this prospective study, we measured tPA antigen, PAI-1...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Zunker P,Schick A,Padró T,Kienast J,Phillips A,Ringelstein EB

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspirin and ticlopidine are two commonly used drugs in the prevention of cerebral embolic ischemic events. No direct comparisons in a cross-over design of the effects of ticlopidine and aspirin on asymptomatic circulating cerebral microemboli are available. We investigated 53 patients with cerebrovascular disease. Twe...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Droste DW,Sonne M,Siemens HJ,Kaps M

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined whether or not NF-kappaB, a factor that regulates expression of the genes that code for pro-inflammatory cytokines, is activated in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cells to investigate the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines by CSF cells in patients with meningitis. Western blotting demonstrated that NF-kap...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Ichiyama T,Isumi H,Yoshitomi T,Nishikawa M,Matsubara T,Furukawa S

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Vascular endothelial growth factor is a potent stimulator of angiogenesis; activation of hypoxia inducible factor-1alpha and p44/42 mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways has been associated with vascular endothelial growth factor production. The present study examined if thrombin modulates vascular endoth...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Xu Y,Gu Y,Keep RF,Heth J,Muraszko KM,Xi G,Hua Y

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of etomidate, ketamine, phenytoin, and phenytoin/midazolam in a mouse model of acute cocaine toxicity. METHODS:We performed a randomized controlled study consisting of five groups (n = 25 each) of rats that received intraperitoneal injections of normal saline solution, 5 mg/kg ketamin...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Erdur B,Degirmenci E,Kortunay S,Yuksel A,Seyit M,Ergin A

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we evaluated the differences between epileptic electroencephalogram (EEG) and interictal EEG by computing some non-linear features. Correlation dimension (CD) and Hurst exponent (H) were calculated for 100 segments of epileptic EEG and 100 segments of interictal EEG. A comparison was made between epilept...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Geng S,Zhou W,Yuan Q,Cai D,Zeng Y

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Leptin may be associated with cardiovascular disease. We tested to determine whether leptin is a marker for first-ever acute ischemic stroke (AIS) in a nested case-referent study. METHODS:Consecutive patients with first-ever AIS from May 2017 to December 2017 were included. Referents were matched for sex, ag...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Liu G,Dong M,Ma S,Fu L,Xiao Y,Zhong L,Geng J

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common inflammatory disease of the central nervous system. A contribution from complement has long been suspected. We investigated the association of complement factor H (CFH) Tyr402 His gene polymorphism and serum level in Egyptian patients with MS to examine whet...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Abdel Rasol HA,Helmy H,Aziz MA

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore whether intracranial pulse pressure amplitudes relate to arterial pulse pressure amplitudes and whether correlations between time-related changes in intracranial and arterial pulse pressure amplitudes associate with indices of cerebral autoregulation. METHODS:A total of 257 continuous and simultan...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Eide PK,Czosnyka M,Sorteberg W,Pickard JD,Smielewski P

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) and oxygen metabolism (rCMRO2) in 10 patients with progressive dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (DALS), in 21 patients with classical amyotrophic lateral sclerosis without dementia (ALS), and in 17 controls. The mean rCBF and rCMRO2, especially in the anterior ...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Tanaka M,Ichiba T,Kondo S,Hirai S,Okamoto K

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we examined the degree of disruption of blood-brain barrier (BBB) in irradiated rat brains using P-glycoprotein, one of the functional molecules of BBB, as a marker. In the animal experiments, disruption of BBB has been mainly studied at the acute stage of brain edema caused by a lethal dose of irradiat...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Mima T,Toyonaga S,Mori K,Taniguchi T,Ogawa Y

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of arteriovenous malformations depends on the efforts of a multidisciplinary team whose ultimate goal is to achieve better results when compared to the natural history of the pathology. The role of adjuvant treatment modalities such as radiosurgery and endovascular embolization is discussed. Treatment st...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： de Oliveira E,Tedeschi H,Raso J

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study of the expression of the chemokine receptor CCR7 was performed in 11 relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) patients during 12 months of interferon-beta (IFNbeta) treatment. The results show increased expression of CCR7 on peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) of MS patients receiving IFNbeta tre...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Vallittu AM,Saraste M,Airas L

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen patients with symptoms of cerebral ischaemia and angiographically confirmed unilateral stenoses or occlusions of the extracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) and 20 controls were studied by a 2 MHz transcranial Doppler (TCD) at rest and after stimulation with 1 g acetazolamide i.v., a cerebral vasodilator. I...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Rosenkranz K,Hierholzer J,Langer R,Hepp W,Palenker J,Felix R

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the risk factors for stroke-associated pneumonia (SAP). METHODS:A retrospective research study was carried out to investigate the clinical data of 1435 patients admitted to the neurological intensive care unit at our university hospital between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2009. RESULTS:A multi...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Sui R,Zhang L

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with head trauma and consecutive acute diffuse cerebral swelling the sudden initial rise in intracranial pressure with subsequent impairment of cerebral blood flow is explained by engorgement due to vasoparalysis. How quickly hyperaemic brain swelling can occur is shown by a case report. The review of clin...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Krasznai L,Grote EH

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) may aggravate ischemic neuronal damage after focal cerebral ischemia and increase blood-brain barrier permeability. Human serum albumin has neuroprotective effects on ischemic stroke. However, whether albumin can attenuate the deleterious effects of tPA is yet unknown. METH...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Tang J,Li YJ,Mu J,Li Q,Yang DY,Xie P

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00