Venous drainage in multiple sclerosis: a combined MRI and ultrasound study.

abstract：:We measured the cerebral metabolic rate for glucose (CMRglc) with positron emission tomography and [18F]2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose in a 47-year-old man with trisomy 21 Down's syndrome (DS) and autopsy-confirmed Alzheimer's disease. Dementia was evident from a confirmed history of cognitive decline, memory loss, and pe...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Schapiro MB,Ball MJ,Grady CL,Haxby JV,Kaye JA,Rapoport SI

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate possible leptomeningeal contrast enhancement using postcontrast fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) MRI as an additional marker of inflammation in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS:A cohort of 112 patients (73 women) with clinically definitive MS or a clinically isolated s...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Eisele P,Griebe M,Szabo K,Wolf ME,Alonso A,Engelhardt B,Hennerici MG,Gass A

更新日期：2015-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the ability of nurse clinicians to assess parkinsonian signs in older persons with a modified version of the motor section of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS). After completing a structured training protocol, three nurse clinicians and a neurologist with expertise in movement disorders...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bennett DA,Shannon KM,Beckett LA,Goetz CG,Wilson RS

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoid therapy slows the progression of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. In muscle cultures, the addition of the glucocorticoid methylprednisolone increases myogenesis in most normal mixed and clonal cultures. Conversely, in some normal clonal and most dystrophic cultures, methylprednisolone inhibits fusion. Howev...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hardiman O,Sklar RM,Brown RH Jr

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine if there is abnormal phenylalanine and biopterin metabolism in patients with dopa-responsive dystonia (DRD), we measured plasma levels of phenylalanine, tyrosine, biopterin, and neopterin at baseline, and 1, 2, 4, and 6 hours after an oral phenylalanine load (100 mg/kg). Seven adults with DRD, two severel...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hyland K,Fryburg JS,Wilson WG,Bebin EM,Arnold LA,Gunasekera RS,Jacobson RD,Rost-Ruffner E,Trugman JM

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite convenience, accessibility, and strong correlation to severity of Alzheimer disease (AD) pathology, medial temporal lobe atrophy (MTA) has not been used as a criterion in the diagnosis of prodromal and probable AD. METHODS:Using a newly validated visual rating system, mean MTA scores of three bilate...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Duara R,Loewenstein DA,Potter E,Appel J,Greig MT,Urs R,Shen Q,Raj A,Small B,Barker W,Schofield E,Wu Y,Potter H

更新日期：2008-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A 48-year-old man presented with progressive spastic paraparesis and diffuse white matter involvement on neuroimaging that suggested a primary demyelinating disease. Brain biopsy 3 years after onset of symptoms demonstrated idiopathic granulomatous angiitis. In patients with MRI features of diffuse white matter diseas...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Finelli PF,Onyiuke HC,Uphoff DF

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the incidence, baseline characteristics, and clinical prognosis of blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption after endovascular therapy in acute ischemic stroke patients. METHODS:A total of 220 patients treated with endovascular therapy between April 2007 and October 2011 were identified from a prospe...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Desilles JP,Rouchaud A,Labreuche J,Meseguer E,Laissy JP,Serfaty JM,Lapergue B,Klein IF,Guidoux C,Cabrejo L,Sirimarco G,Lavallée PC,Schouman-Claeys E,Amarenco P,Mazighi M

更新日期：2013-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether, and to what degree, preclinical Alzheimer disease (AD) confounds studies of healthy aging where "healthy" is based on cognitive normality alone. METHODS:We examined the effects of preclinical AD in cognitively normal older individuals using resting-state functional connectivity MRI. We ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Brier MR,Thomas JB,Snyder AZ,Wang L,Fagan AM,Benzinger T,Morris JC,Ances BM

更新日期：2014-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Resistance to insulin-mediated glucose uptake by peripheral tissues is a cardinal defect in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Insulin resistance is also common among nondiabetic individuals, and may be an important risk factor for stroke in both populations. The authors review the definition, epidemiolog...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kernan WN,Inzucchi SE,Viscoli CM,Brass LM,Bravata DM,Horwitz RI

更新日期：2002-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate residual function of the motor cortex corresponding to the hand of the amputated arm (MCamp). METHODS:Focal transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of MCamp was performed in 10 patients 22 to 52 years after arm amputation to inhibit tonic muscle contraction in the intact hand ipsilateral to co...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Röricht S,Meyer BU

更新日期：2000-02-22 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：:Parenchymatous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a serious, infrequent complication of thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction. We studied the clinical and radiologic features, manner of presentation, associated factors, and temporal course in 23 patients with ICH associated with 150 mg or 100 mg recombin...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sloan MA,Price TR,Petito CK,Randall AM,Solomon RE,Terrin ML,Gore J,Collen D,Kleiman N,Feit F

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The best treatment for polyneuropathy associated with IgM monoclonal gammopathy (MGUS) is unknown. Oral cyclophosphamide combined with prednisone showed limited efficacy in a previous open label pilot study. We therefore performed a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study of combined oral cyclopho...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Niermeijer JM,Eurelings M,van der Linden MW,Lokhorst HM,Franssen H,Fischer K,Teunissen LL,van den Berg LH,Schobben F,Wokke JH,Notermans NC

更新日期：2007-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:As clinical trials move toward earlier intervention, we sought to redefine the β-amyloid (Aβ)-PET threshold based on the lowest point in a baseline distribution that robustly predicts future Aβ accumulation and cognitive decline in 3 independent samples of clinically normal individuals. METHODS:Sequential...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Farrell ME,Jiang S,Schultz AP,Properzi MJ,Price JC,Becker JA,Jacobs HIL,Hanseeuw BJ,Rentz DM,Villemagne VL,Papp KV,Mormino EC,Betensky RA,Johnson KA,Sperling RA,Buckley RF,Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative and t

更新日期：2021-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathologic substrate of essential tremor (ET) remains unknown. The authors studied 10 patients with ET and 10 volunteers using a multislice MR spectroscopy imaging sequence. Left and right cerebellar hemisphere NAA/CR and NAA/Cho ratios were significantly smaller in the ET patients than healthy subjects. The autho...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Pagan FL,Butman JA,Dambrosia JM,Hallett M

更新日期：2003-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Because Hughlings Jackson directed that his personal documents be destroyed upon his death, none of his own clinical records are known. However, we have discovered several pages of notes in the Royal London Hospital Archive written in 1893 by Jackson to his House Physician at Queen Square concerning his proposals for ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Swash M,Evans J

更新日期：2006-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocyte subpopulations ("active' T cells, total T cells, and B cells), leukocyte migration, lymphocyte transformation, complements (CH50, C3, and C4), and immune complexes in serum and cerebrospinal fluid were studied in 23 patients with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. The percentage of active T cells was norm...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Derakhshan I,Massoud A,Foroozanfar N,Nikbin B,Lotfi J,Shakib N,Ala F

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An emerging issue in stroke prevention and stroke treatment is that therapies shown to be effective in clinical trials are not being used or are being used suboptimally. One of many explanations relates to cost, ranging from concerns about inappropriate use of societal resources to more immediate concerns of organizat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Matchar DB

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using PET with the opioidergic ligand [11C]diprenorphine, the authors demonstrate decreased tracer binding in the pineal gland of cluster headache patients vs healthy volunteers. Opioid receptor availability in the hypothalamus and cingulate cortex depended on the duration of the headache disorder. Therefore, the path...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sprenger T,Willoch F,Miederer M,Schindler F,Valet M,Berthele A,Spilker ME,Förderreuther S,Straube A,Stangier I,Wester HJ,Tölle TR

更新日期：2006-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We report imaging and clinical findings of leukoencephalopathy occurring after levamisole. The lesions were hypoattenuating on CT and appeared as multifocal oval or elliptical foci in the white matter or along the subependymal veins on MRI. Most lesions resolve after prompt withdrawal of levamisole. Detailed history t...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Liu HM,Hsieh WJ,Yang CC,Wu VC,Wu KD

更新日期：2006-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Weight loss is common in Alzheimer's disease (AD), but its pathogenesis is poorly understood. It is unclear whether an elevated daily energy expenditure contributes to the weight loss. We tested the hypothesis that daily energy expenditure is higher in AD patients compared to healthy elderly. Thirty AD (73 +/- 8 years...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Poehlman ET,Toth MJ,Goran MI,Carpenter WH,Newhouse P,Rosen CJ

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe neurodevelopment and head growth in HIV-1-infected and exposed uninfected infants with and without in utero exposure to opiates and cocaine. METHODS:Using data from a multicenter cohort study of HIV-1-infected women and their children, the authors fit repeated measures regression models to estima...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Macmillan C,Magder LS,Brouwers P,Chase C,Hittelman J,Lasky T,Malee K,Mellins CA,Velez-Borras J

更新日期：2001-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure was measured in four groups of patients: 116 with acute pseudotumor cerebri, 18 with chronic pseudotumor cerebri, 41 obese and 15 nonobese normal patients undergoing spinal anesthesia. Spinal fluid pressure between 200 and 250 mm H2O was found in members of each group. This suggests ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Corbett JJ,Mehta MP

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Collagen abnormalities of skin have been reported among patients with ALS. However, little is known concerning glycosaminoglycans of the skin in ALS. Our objective was to clarify morphologic and biochemical findings of skin glycosaminoglycans among patients with ALS. METHODS:We performed morph...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ono S,Imai T,Aso A,Yamano T,Shimizu N,Nagao K

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the efficacy of coenzyme Q10 (ubidecarenone, CoQ10) therapy in patients with Kearns-Sayre syndrome and other mitochondrial myopathies with chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO). We treated seven patients for 1 year with daily oral administration of 120 mg of CoQ10. Throughout the treatment most...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bresolin N,Bet L,Binda A,Moggio M,Comi G,Nador F,Ferrante C,Carenzi A,Scarlato G

更新日期：1988-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To report our experience delivering intrathecal nusinersen through cervical puncture in patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) with no lumbar access. BACKGROUND:SMA is a neuromuscular disorder characterized by profound muscle weakness, atrophy, and paralysis due to degeneration of the anterior horn cell...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Veerapandiyan A,Pal R,D'Ambrosio S,Young I,Eichinger K,Collins E,Westesson PL,Kwon J,Ciafaloni E

更新日期：2018-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2001, the authors described the clinical features of a genetically distinct autosomal dominant limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD; LGMD 1F). Using a genome-wide screen with more than 400 microsatellite markers, the authors identified a novel LGMD disease locus at chromosome 7q32.1-32.2. Within this chromosomal re...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Palenzuela L,Andreu AL,Gàmez J,Vilà MR,Kunimatsu T,Meseguer A,Cervera C,Fernandez Cadenas I,van der Ven PF,Nygaard TG,Bonilla E,Hirano M

更新日期：2003-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence suggests that the vasopressin analogue desglycinamide-arginine8-vasopressin (DGAVP) might specifically benefit mild brain trauma patients. We investigated the effect of intranasal DGAVP treatment in 32 patients who had sustained a mild head injury for 3 months in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, mat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bohnen NI,Twijnstra A,Jolles J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00