Multifocal visual evoked potentials are influenced by variable contrast stimulation in MS.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the feasibility and clinical utility of using passive electrocorticography (ECoG) for online spatial-temporal functional mapping (STFM) of language cortex in patients being monitored for epilepsy surgery. METHODS:We developed and tested an online system that exploits ECoG's temporal resolution...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Wang Y,Fifer MS,Flinker A,Korzeniewska A,Cervenka MC,Anderson WS,Boatman-Reich DF,Crone NE

更新日期：2016-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with frontal lobe dementia (FLD) include those who suffer from Pick's disease, corticobasal degeneration, FLD without specific histopathologic features, as well as the infrequent families with frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism associated with chromosome 17. Currently there have been no systematic effor...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Litvan I

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retarded mental and motor development was observed during the first year of life of a full-term female who had been delivered with difficulty. Generalized psychomotor seizures and dysplastic "acromegalic" facial changes began to develop when she was 8 years old, and generalized amyotrophy developed over the next sever...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Landau WM,Torack RM,Guggenheim MA

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) may not appropriately assess the spectrum of posterior circulation (PC)-related neurologic deficits. We determined the cutoff baseline NIHSS score that predicts independent daily life activity during the chronic stage in anterior circulation (AC) vs PC ischemic strokes. METHODS:A...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sato S,Toyoda K,Uehara T,Toratani N,Yokota C,Moriwaki H,Naritomi H,Minematsu K

更新日期：2008-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The intensive study of seizures via serial 24-hour EEG-video monitoring has allowed enhanced observation of sleep patterns among epilepsy patients and has revealed that disturbed rest is common in this population. Previous work has shown that sleep deprivation of any type can exacerbate seizure activity, leading to sp...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sammaritano M,Sherwin A

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fasciculations and cramps may occur in motor neuron disease or as part of a more benign syndrome. A man with apparently benign fasciculations and cramps for 4 years developed progressive muscle weakness and wasting. Such a previously undocumented evolution of benign fasciculations and cramps to motor neuron disease ma...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Fleet WS,Watson RT

更新日期：1986-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:A large proportion of survivors of traumatic brain injury (TBI) have persistent cognitive impairments, the profile of which does not always correspond to the size and location of injuries. One possible explanation could be that TBI-induced damage extends beyond obvious lesion sites to affect remote brain net...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kasahara M,Menon DK,Salmond CH,Outtrim JG,Taylor Tavares JV,Carpenter TA,Pickard JD,Sahakian BJ,Stamatakis EA

更新日期：2010-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A 33-year-old man with complex partial seizures developed de novo hypertension after the initiation of carbamazepine, which resolved on discontinuation. Although rare, a variety of cardiovascular effects including hypertension have been reported with carbamazepine. Numerous mechanisms may be responsible; however, shar...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Jette N,Veregin T,Guberman A

更新日期：2002-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Galantamine is a reversible, competitive cholinesterase inhibitor that also allosterically modulates nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. These mechanisms of action provided the rationale for a therapeutic trial of galantamine in AD. METHODS:A 6-month, multicenter, double-blind trial was undertaken in 636 pat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Raskind MA,Peskind ER,Wessel T,Yuan W

更新日期：2000-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunomodulating agents have beneficial effects in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS), decreasing the frequency of relapses, the progression of disability, and MRI measures of disease activity. Despite the efficacy of these agents, many patients continue to show progression of disability, breakthrough relapses, ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Jeffery DR

更新日期：2004-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured plasma norepinephrine levels in patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy. Patients with orthostatic hypotension had low basal plasma norepinephrine levels, which did not increase after postural change. On the basis of biochemical findings that suggest depletion of peripheral norepinephrine, DL-threo-3...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Suzuki T,Higa S,Sakoda S,Hayashi A,Yamamura Y,Takaba Y,Nakajima A

更新日期：1981-10-01 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：:Parry-Romberg syndrome (PRS) is a rare neurocutaneous disorder characterized by progressive facial hemiatrophy. In this study, 205 patients with PRS were surveyed using the Internet. Estimates of the frequency of limb involvement (19%), epilepsy (11%), and other clinical and etiologic features were obtained. There was...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Stone J

更新日期：2003-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate basal ganglia changes along the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)-ALS-frontotemporal dementia (FTD) continuum using multiple, complementary imaging techniques. METHODS:Sixty-seven C9orf72-negative patients with ALS and 39 healthy controls were included in a cross-sectional quantitative MRI stu...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Machts J,Loewe K,Kaufmann J,Jakubiczka S,Abdulla S,Petri S,Dengler R,Heinze HJ,Vielhaber S,Schoenfeld MA,Bede P

更新日期：2015-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To use the Unified Batten Disease Rating Scale (UBDRS) to measure the rate of decline in physical and functional capability domains in patients with juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (JNCL) or Batten disease, a neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disorder. We have evaluated the UBDRS in subjects with JN...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kwon JM,Adams H,Rothberg PG,Augustine EF,Marshall FJ,Deblieck EA,Vierhile A,Beck CA,Newhouse NJ,Cialone J,Levy E,Ramirez-Montealegre D,Dure LS,Rose KR,Mink JW

更新日期：2011-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the 24-hour pattern of blood pressure (BP), heart rate, and urinary catecholamine (CA) excretion and the response of BP and plasma CA to the tilt test have been investigated in 13 untreated patients affected by Parkinson's disease (PD) and in 11 age-matched healthy controls. Seven of the 13 PD subjects ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Micieli G,Martignoni E,Cavallini A,Sandrini G,Nappi G

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate the ability of a specifically developed cognitive risk score to identify patients at risk of poststroke neurocognitive disorders (NCDs) who are eligible for a comprehensive cognitive assessment. METHODS:After assessing 404 patients (infarct 91.3%) in the Groupe de Réflexion pour l'Evaluation Cogn...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Godefroy O,Yaïche H,Taillia H,Bompaire F,Nédélec-Ciceri C,Bonnin C,Varvat J,Vincent-Grangette F,Diouf M,Mas JL,Canaple S,Lamy C,Arnoux A,Leclercq C,Tasseel-Ponche S,Roussel M,Barbay M,GRECogVASC Study Group.

更新日期：2018-11-20 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 examine the genetic relationships among epilepsies with different seizure types--myoclonic, absence, and generalized tonic-clonic--within the idiopathic generalized epilepsies (IGEs). BACKGROUND:Careful phenotype definition in the epilepsies may allow division into groups that share susceptibility genes. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Winawer MR,Marini C,Grinton BE,Rabinowitz D,Berkovic SF,Scheffer IE,Ottman R

更新日期：2005-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the causal relationships between sleep, major depressive disorder (MDD), and Alzheimer disease (AD). METHODS:We conducted bidirectional 2-sample Mendelian randomization analyses. Genetic associations were obtained from the largest genome-wide association studies currently available in UK Biobank (...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Huang J,Zuber V,Matthews PM,Elliott P,Tzoulaki J,Dehghan A

更新日期：2020-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency, patterns of inheritance and clinical phenotypes of inherited myopathies with histologic features of rimmed vacuoles, tubulofilamentous inclusions and absence of inflammation (familial and hereditary inclusion body myopathy [f-IBM]) are poorly defined. Quadriceps sparing is a characteristic of f-IBM seen...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sivakumar K,Dalakas MC

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed EEGs performed over a 6-month period on patients with impaired consciousness following acute hypoxia or anoxia. There were 17 EEGs performed on 14 patients. Nine of the 17 records contained spindle activity. Spindles were present in 6/8 EEGs in stuporous patients, in 3/9 EEGs in comatose patients, in 6/10 ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hulihan JF Jr,Syna DR

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a case-control study of the possible association of occupations with likely exposure to electromagnetic fields and Alzheimer's disease (AD) with patients from the Alzheimer Disease Treatment and Diagnostic Center, Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center, Downey, CA. Patients with definite or probable AD were the...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sobel E,Dunn M,Davanipour Z,Qian Z,Chui HC

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the association of PD with preceding smoking, alcohol, and coffee consumption using a case-control design. METHODS:The authors used the medical records linkage system of the Rochester Epidemiology Project to identify 196 subjects who developed PD in Olmsted County, MN, during the years 1976 to 1995....

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Benedetti MD,Bower JH,Maraganore DM,McDonnell SK,Peterson BJ,Ahlskog JE,Schaid DJ,Rocca WA

更新日期：2000-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether a simple small vessel disease (SVD) score, which uses information available on rapid visual assessment of clinical MRI scans, predicts risk of cognitive decline and dementia, above that provided by simple clinical measures. METHODS:Three prospective longitudinal cohort studies (SCANS [St...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Amin Al Olama A,Wason JMS,Tuladhar AM,van Leijsen EMC,Koini M,Hofer E,Morris RG,Schmidt R,de Leeuw FE,Markus HS

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and angiographic correlations of small deep infarcts seen on computed tomography (CT) scan were studied in 297 consecutive patients. Some of these showed the features described by Fisher as part of the lacunar syndrome. In a large number, a source of emboli from either a cardiac or a carotid source was hi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Pullicino P,Nelson RF,Kendall BE,Marshall J

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Placebo, or sham surgery, as a control condition in surgical clinical trials in Parkinson disease (PD) remains controversial. The authors reviewed the adverse effects reported in double blind, placebo surgery controlled trials for PD. Placebo surgeries were generally safe and well tolerated but the number of subjects ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Frank S,Kieburtz K,Holloway R,Kim SY

更新日期：2005-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Seven loci for autosomal dominant hereditary spastic paraplegia (ADHSP) have been mapped. To date, two families of SPG12 (chromosome 19q13) have been analyzed; however, there is not enough clinical information on SPG12 to establish locus-phenotype correlations. METHODS:The authors studied 60 individuals fro...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Orlacchio A,Kawarai T,Rogaeva E,Song YQ,Paterson AD,Bernardi G,St George-Hyslop PH

更新日期：2002-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The natural history of succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase (SSADH) deficiency in adulthood is unknown; we elucidate the clinical manifestations of the disease later in life. METHODS:A 63-year-old man with long-standing intellectual disability was diagnosed with SSADH deficiency following hospitalization for ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lapalme-Remis S,Lewis EC,De Meulemeester C,Chakraborty P,Gibson KM,Torres C,Guberman A,Salomons GS,Jakobs C,Ali-Ridha A,Parviz M,Pearl PL

更新日期：2015-09-08 00:00:00