Neural stem/progenitors and glioma stem-like cells have differential sensitivity to chemotherapy.

abstract：:The aim of this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled cross-over study was to test whether valproic acid relieves painful polyneuropathy. Thirty-one patients completed two treatment phases of 4 weeks' duration with valproic acid (1,500 mg daily) and placebo. There was no significant difference between valproic ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Otto M,Bach FW,Jensen TS,Sindrup SH

更新日期：2004-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether faster cognitive decline in elders without dementia is associated with decreased risk of cancer mortality. METHODS:In this population-based, prospective study of 2,627 people without dementia aged 65 years and older (Neurological Disorders in Central Spain), a 37-item version of the Mini-Me...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Benito-León J,Romero JP,Louis ED,Bermejo-Pareja F

更新日期：2014-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetization transfer imaging (MTI) is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique that is now used in multiple sclerosis (MS) studies, and is thought to have a higher pathological specificity than conventional T2-weighted imaging. This review outlines the correlations between magnetization transfer (MT) metrics and...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rovaris M,Horsfield MA,Filippi M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a highly lethal disease of the elderly. Use of statins is increasingly widespread among the elderly, and therefore common in patients who develop ICH. Accumulating data suggests that statins have neuroprotective effects, but their association with ICH outcome has been incons...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Biffi A,Devan WJ,Anderson CD,Ayres AM,Schwab K,Cortellini L,Viswanathan A,Rost NS,Smith EE,Goldstein JN,Greenberg SM,Rosand J

更新日期：2011-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Weight gain has been recognized as an adverse effect of valproic acid therapy, but there are are no data about serum leptin levels in patients receiving this drug. To evaluate if valproic acid treatment in epileptic patients in whom obesity develops modifies serum levels of insulin and leptin, 40 female patients with ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Verrotti A,Basciani F,Morresi S,de Martino M,Morgese G,Chiarelli F

更新日期：1999-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess alterations in brain metabolites of patients with Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) with the proteolipid protein gene 1 (PLP1) duplications using quantitative proton MRS. METHODS:Five unrelated male Japanese patients with PMD with PLP1 duplications were analyzed using automated proton brain examin...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Takanashi J,Inoue K,Tomita M,Kurihara A,Morita F,Ikehira H,Tanada S,Yoshitome E,Kohno Y

更新日期：2002-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The administration of lecithin has failed to improve memory in aged or demented individuals. We studied the effect of lecithin on another cholinergic function, REM sleep latency. Intravenous doses of physostigmine shortened the latency to the first REM sleep period, but oral lecithin did not. In contrast to physostigm...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kapen S,Fleming PD,Drachman DA

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four prolonged episodes of partial complex status epilepticus were observed in a teenaged girl. During each there was an "ictal" phase, in which her mental state frequently fluctuated between mildly clouded consciousness and almost total unresponsiveness; once, she was also blind during this phase of impaired consciou...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Engel J Jr,Ludwig BI,Fetell M

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To define CSF β-amyloid 1-42 (Aβ42) cutpoints to detect cortical amyloid deposition as assessed by 11C-Pittsburgh compound B ([11C]PiB)-PET and to compare these calculated cutpoints with cutpoints currently used in clinical practice. METHODS:We included 433 participants (57 controls, 99 with mild cognitive ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Zwan MD,Rinne JO,Hasselbalch SG,Nordberg A,Lleó A,Herukka SK,Soininen H,Law I,Bahl JM,Carter SF,Fortea J,Blesa R,Teunissen CE,Bouwman FH,van Berckel BN,Visser PJ

更新日期：2016-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Outcome after carpal tunnel surgery was studied retrospectively in 32 patients with peripheral neuropathy and carpal tunnel syndrome. Nocturnal paresthesias were almost universally relieved, followed in order of responsiveness by pain, numbness, and weakness. Twenty-five of 28 patients said they would have the surgery...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Morgenlander JC,Lynch JR,Sanders DB

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aims to investigate if patients with inflammatory neuropathies and tremor have evidence of dysfunction in the cerebellum and interactions in sensorimotor cortex compared to nontremulous patients and healthy controls. METHODS:A prospective data collection study investigating patients with inflamma...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Schwingenschuh P,Saifee TA,Katschnig-Winter P,Reilly MM,Lunn MP,Manji H,Aguirregomozcorta M,Schmidt R,Bhatia KP,Rothwell JC,Edwards MJ

更新日期：2013-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the potential relationship of ultraviolet B radiation (UVB) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) exposure in explaining the period prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) in England. METHODS:English national Hospital Episode Statistics covering all admissions to National Health Service hospitals in England i...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ramagopalan SV,Handel AE,Giovannoni G,Rutherford Siegel S,Ebers GC,Chaplin G

更新日期：2011-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A 25-year-old woman with Kearns-Sayre syndrome (KSS) had complete external ophthalmoplegia, short stature, ataxia, cardiac conduction defects, and pigmentary retinopathy. Muscle biopsy revealed ragged-red fibers. Electron microscopy showed increased numbers of mitochondria with disordered structure and paracrystalline...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rivner MH,Shamsnia M,Swift TR,Trefz J,Roesel RA,Carter AL,Yanamura W,Hommes FA

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:E.C. Seguin was one of the early, influential 19th-century neurologists who participated in the development of neurology as a specialty in the United States. Born in France, but raised from early childhood in the United States, Seguin published widely, developed a high-profile New York City practice, and was named Cli...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Goetz CG,Harter DH

更新日期：2013-04-30 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

abstract：:Clinical trials have demonstrated that risk of cardiovascular events may be reduced in patients with stroke, using blood pressure (BP) reduction and statin therapy, independently of the presence of specific risk factors. These results suggest an alternative approach to secondary stroke prevention, focused more on glob...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Elkind MS

更新日期：2005-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:X-linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is usually associated with feminization and hypogonadism. We were unable to find androgen receptor (AR) in the scrotal skin of three patients with SBMA, and propose that AR abnormality is the cause of the disease. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Matsuura T,Demura T,Aimoto Y,Mizuno T,Moriwaka F,Tashiro K

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:New immigrants to North America, most of whom are under age 50 years, exhibit fewer risk factors for cardiovascular disease than their native-born counterparts, yet the stress of resettlement may conceivably place them at higher risk of stroke. We determined the risk of acute stroke associated with recency o...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Saposnik G,Redelmeier DA,Lu H,Lonn E,Fuller-Thomson E,Ray JG

更新日期：2010-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We developed the Recurrence and Recovery Questionnaire (RRQ) by converting the Pediatric Stroke Outcome Measure (PSOM) to a questionnaire for telephone interview and sought to validate the RRQ in a large cohort. METHOD:We analyzed parents' RRQ responses and same-day PSOM assessments for 232 children who had ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lo WD,Ichord RN,Dowling MM,Rafay M,Templeton J,Halperin A,Smith SE,Licht DJ,Moharir M,Askalan R,Deveber G,International Pediatric Stroke Study (IPSS) Investigators.

更新日期：2012-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alexander disease is most commonly associated with macrocephaly and, on MRI, a leukoencephalopathy with frontal preponderance. The disease is caused by mutation of the GFAP gene. Clinical and MRI phenotypic variation have been increasingly recognized. METHODS:The authors studied seven patients with Alexande...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： van der Knaap MS,Ramesh V,Schiffmann R,Blaser S,Kyllerman M,Gholkar A,Ellison DW,van der Voorn JP,van Dooren SJ,Jakobs C,Barkhof F,Salomons GS

更新日期：2006-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pompe disease (acid maltase deficiency, glycogen storage disease type II; OMIM 232300) is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder characterized by acid alpha-glucosidase deficiency due to mutations in the GAA gene. Progressive skeletal muscle weakness affects motor and respiratory functions and is ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kroos MA,Pomponio RJ,Hagemans ML,Keulemans JL,Phipps M,DeRiso M,Palmer RE,Ausems MG,Van der Beek NA,Van Diggelen OP,Halley DJ,Van der Ploeg AT,Reuser AJ

更新日期：2007-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory disturbance in the unilateral hand and ipsilateral mouth region, the cheiro-oral syndrome, may be due to cortical, thalamic, or brainstem lesions. We report five patients with this syndrome due to infarction at the border of the posterior limb of the internal capsule and the corona radiata. The sensory fibers ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Isono O,Kawamura M,Shiota J,Araki S,Hirayama K

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To construct a grading score that predicts neurologic function 1 year after diagnosis of anti-NMDA receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis. METHODS:Three hundred eighty-two patients with detailed information and functional status at 1 year were studied. Factors associated with poor status (defined as modified Rankin S...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Balu R,McCracken L,Lancaster E,Graus F,Dalmau J,Titulaer MJ

更新日期：2019-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:TCH346 exerts antiapoptotic effects by binding to glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) and blocking the apoptotic pathway in which GAPDH is involved. Apoptosis is considered to be a key pathogenic mechanism in neurodegenerative diseases including ALS. METHODS:Patients were randomly assigned in a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Miller R,Bradley W,Cudkowicz M,Hubble J,Meininger V,Mitsumoto H,Moore D,Pohlmann H,Sauer D,Silani V,Strong M,Swash M,Vernotica E,TCH346 Study Group.

更新日期：2007-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured monoamine metabolites and biopterin in the CSF of 37 patients with dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT), with or without extrapyramidal signs, and in 14 age-matched healthy controls. Compared with concentrations in DAT and controls, the concentrations of homovanillic acid (HVA) and biopterin were significa...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kaye JA,May C,Daly E,Atack JR,Sweeney DJ,Luxenberg JS,Kay AD,Kaufman S,Milstien S,Friedland RP

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the setting of severe immunosuppression, the polyomavirus JC (JCV) can cause a lytic infection of oligodendrocytes. This demyelinating disease of the CNS white matter (WM) is called progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). JCV has a very narrow host-cell range and productive infection of neurons ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Du Pasquier RA,Corey S,Margolin DH,Williams K,Pfister LA,De Girolami U,Mac Key JJ,Wüthrich C,Joseph JT,Koralnik IJ

更新日期：2003-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present the current terminology and natural history of neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) cutaneous neurofibromas (cNF). METHODS:NF1 experts from various research and clinical backgrounds reviewed the terms currently in use for cNF as well as the clinical, histologic, and radiographic features of these tumors usin...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ortonne N,Wolkenstein P,Blakeley JO,Korf B,Plotkin SR,Riccardi VM,Miller DC,Huson S,Peltonen J,Rosenberg A,Carroll SL,Verma SK,Mautner V,Upadhyaya M,Stemmer-Rachamimov A

更新日期：2018-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of West Nile virus (WNV) infection in an HIV-infected patient who presented with an isolated flaccid monoparesis of the right upper extremity. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of flaccid paralysis caused by WNV infection in an HIV-infected patient. We then review the medical literat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Torno M,Vollmer M,Beck CK

更新日期：2007-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Two adult brothers became ill within 48 hours of each other, and both had severe myoglobinuria. One brother died of oliguric renal failure. The other did not have renal failure and survived. Acute influenza A infection was documented serologically and from throat washings in the surviving brother, and by isolation of ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Zamkoff K,Rosen N

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report results of SPECT cerebral perfusion studies in two patients with familial dysautonomia (FD) during dysautonomic crises and when clinically stable. SPECT imaging studies used 99mTc ethylene cysteine dimer. During dysautonomic crises, regions in the temporoparietal and frontal lobes had increased upta...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Axelrod FB,Zupanc M,Hilz MJ,Kramer EL

更新日期：2000-07-12 00:00:00