Is fusion the most suitable treatment option for recurrent lumbar disc herniation? A systematic review.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study sought to compare the atherosclerotic plaque burden between middle cerebral artery (MCA) and extracranial carotid artery (ECA) in ischemic stroke patients using high-resolution, black-blood (HR BB) MRI and to investigate the relationship between plaque burden found in both arteries and stroke seve...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Cao Y,Sun Y,Zhou B,Zhao H,Zhu Y,Xu J,Liu X

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1-Aminocyclopropanecarboxylic acid is a high affinity ligand with partial agonist properties at strychnine-insensitive glycine sites associated with the N-methyl-D-aspartate subtype of glutamate receptors. Since occupation of these sites appears required for operation of N-methyl-D-aspartate, receptor coupled cation c...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Fossom LH,Von Lubitz DK,Lin RC,Skolnick P

更新日期：1995-08-01 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：OBJECTIVES:There is no definitive data regarding the usefulness of Brain microbleeds (BMBs) as an imaging marker with homeostatic markers to predict intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and ischemic stroke risk to personalize decisions on anticoagulation in AF. In this study, we prospectively evaluated clinical, radiological...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Altintas O,Niftaliyev E,Asil T

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study comprises scientific-theoretic fundamental investigations of laserneedle technology, a new and painless method of acupuncture stimulation. Laserneedles are not inserted in the skin, but are merely placed on the surface of the acupuncture point. The study documents the significant changes in peripheral micro...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Litscher G

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study is to use diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) parameters to evaluate cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury in the infarct core (IC) and ischemic penumbra (IP) in a rhesus transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model. METHODS:Seven rhesus monkeys were used to construct the MCAO...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Guo J,Zheng HB,Duan JC,He L,Chen N,Gong QY,Tang HH,Li HX,Wang L,Cheng JQ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to characterize mouse neural stem cells (NSC) transduced by a multigenic lentiviral vector (LV) and stably express recombinant human nerve growth factor (rhNGF). We obtained NSC-derived cell lines which express human NGF in relevant amount to exploit their ability for therapeuti...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Cenciarelli C,Budoni M,Mercanti D,Fernandez E,Pallini R,Aloe L,Cimino V,Maira G,Casalbore P

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In the present study, we investigated the effects of treadmill exercise on microglial activation and the subsequent release of tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-1-beta in the hippocampus in a rat model of type 2 diabetes. METHODS:At 30 weeks of age, diabetic (Zucker diabeti...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Yoo DY,Chae J,Jung HY,Yim HS,Kim JW,Nam SM,Kim DW,Choi JH,Seong JK,Yoon YS,Hwang IK

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology of multiple sclerosis (MS) remains unknown. However, both genetic and environmental factors play important roles in its pathogenesis. While demyelination of axons is a hallmark histological feature of MS, axonal and neuronal dysfunction may correlate better with clinical disability. All major immune cell ...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： McDole J,Johnson AJ,Pirko I

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Objectives : To detect and compare the features of interictal perfusion and volume asymmetry between temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) patients with and without hippocampal sclerosis (HS). Methods : Sixty-one TLE patients (mean age ...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Zhang Y,Dou W,Zuo Z,You H,Lv Y,Hou B,Shi L,Feng F

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In this study, we aimed to investigate the effect of bone mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) conditioned medium on BMP4-induced activation of the Smad signaling pathway during the process of neural stem cells differentiation. METHODS:We designed four experimental groups: (A) control group, (B) BMP-4 treatment g...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Fang H,Song P,Shen C,Liu X,Li H

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is reported of intractable epilepsy associated with a hypothalamic hamartoma in an 18 year old man. The patient underwent a two-third anterior callsotomy and, subsequently, removal of the hamartoma. Callosotomy did not affect the generalized seizure pattern. The authors believe this to be the first documented c...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Pallini R,Bozzini V,Colicchio G,Lauretti L,Scerrati M,Rossi GF

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Venous compression might be the main cause of incomplete decompression and symptom recurrence after microvascular decompression (MVD) in patients with trigeminal neuralgia. Although it can be killed in most cases, cutting the vein sometimes has the potential risk arising from venous congestion. To maneuver th...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Zhong J,Li ST,Xu SQ,Wan L,Wang X

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the prevalence of calcification surrounding the odontoid process (odontoid calcification) with crowned dens syndrome (CDS) and without CDS (non-CDS) and investigate factors that may related to the onset of CDS. METHODS:Retrospective review of consecutive patients visited Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital ...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Lu PL,Niu ZF,Qiu CW,Hu XY

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: To determine the time of dementia diagnosis, symptom intensity and to assess the comorbidities.Methods: 110 patients with dementia or mild cognitive impairment were enrolled in this retrospective study. The study group was divided into subgroups: patients with a maximum of three (S ≤ 3 n = 62) and four or m...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Niedziela N,Nowak MM,Lis M,Blaszkowska M,Kośmider R,Adamczyk-Sowa M

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our goal was to clarify the optimum management of the inaccessible unruptured giant and large aneurysms of the internal carotid artery (ICA). Since 1981, we have treated 18 patients with unclippable unruptured giant or large aneurysms of the ICA. Aneurysms were classified as either intracavernous or intradural. We per...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Kaminogo M,Kitagawa N,Takahata H,Matsuo Y,Hayashi K,Yoshioka T,Shibata S

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the present study was to analyse inflammatory cells in lumbar disc tissue under cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor therapy, to detect their prevalence in different subtypes of lumbar disc herniations and to assess the influence of inflammatory reactions in herniated disc tissue on postoperative out...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Aydin MV,Sen O,Kayaselcuk F,Bolat F,Tufan K,Caner H,Altinors N

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since the late 1990s, imaging studies have allowed the visualization of brain response to acupuncture stimulation with alteration in blood flow. In 1998, the first functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study for the Korean acupuncture was published and thereafter, many subsequent neuroimaging studies ...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Chae Y,Park HJ,Hahm DH,Hong M,Ha E,Park HK,Lee H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a confocal laser scanning microscope for intra-operative imaging of brain tumors using near infrared fluorescence. The quality of near infrared images of Indocyanine Green (ICG) was compared with the surgical confocal scanning (SCS) microscope and a conventional charge-coupled device (CCD) camera; we comp...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Sakatani K,Kashiwasake-Jibu M,Terada H,Zuo H

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Neurovascular ultrasound (nUS) is widely used as a screening and monitoring tool in patients with spontaneous cervical artery dissection (sCAD). The aim of the study was to describe the sonographical course of the affected arteries in patients with a MRI-proven sCAD by repetitive nUS. METHODS:Thirty-seven co...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Sengelhoff C,Nebelsieck J,Nassenstein I,Maintz D,Nabavi DG,Kuhlenbaeumer G,Ringelstein EB,Dittrich R

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decreased metabolic rate may precede cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and is thus an early occurring hallmark. Several observations in post-mortem brain indicate that activated neurons are better able to withstand aging and AD, a phenomenon paraphrased by us as 'use it or lose it'. Moreover, a number o...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Swaab DF

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diffusion tensor tractography (DTT) has recently been shown to accurately detect nerve injury and regeneration. This study assesses whether 7-tesla (7T) DTT imaging is a viable modality to observe axonal outgrowth in a 4 cm rabbit sciatic nerve injury model fixed by a reverse autograft (RA) surgical techniqu...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Farinas AF,Pollins AC,Stephanides M,O'Neill D,Al-Kassis S,Esteve IVM,Colazo JM,Keller PR,Rankin T,Wormer BA,Kaoutzanis C,Dortch RD,Thayer WP

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Microglial cells in spinal dorsal horn can be activated by nociceptive stimuli and the activated microglial cells release various cytokines enhancing the nociceptive transmission. However, the mechanisms underlying the activation of spinal microglia during nociceptive stimuli have not been well understood. I...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Li L,Wu Y,Bai Z,Hu Y,Li W

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective Preoperative magnetic resonance (MR) angiography sometimes shows the absence of collateral flow via the circle of Willis. This study examined whether brain temperature (BT) imaging on multi-voxel proton MR spectroscopy after this finding increases the accuracy of predicting hemispheric ischemia during intern...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Tsutsui S,Nanba T,Yoshioka Y,Sasaki M,Fujiwara S,Kobayashi M,Yoshida K,Miyoshi K,Sato S,Ogasawara K

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six cases of very large anterior circulation intracranial aneurysms are presented. Aneurysms of 53-84 mm in three female and two male adults and a 40 mm lesion in a seven week infant were successfully excised. Three patients tolerated trial intraluminal balloon occlusion preoperatively and underwent subsequent parent ...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Cahill DW

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Both of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disease (NMOSDs) and idiopathic transverse myelitis (ITM) could present as acute transverse myelitis. However, long-term immunological treatment and prognosis are different for high recurrence of NMOSDs. In this study, we summarized clinical differences between acut...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Liu Z,Xie M,Lu Z,Zhang C,Chen H,Xu Y,Zhang M

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 51-year-old man presented with loss of consciousness when he underwent urological examination at another hospital. CT scans showed subarachnoid hemorrhage, and cerebral angiography showed bilateral dissecting aneurysms of the vertebral arteries. Following ventricular drainage, the lesion was managed conservatively w...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Matsumoto K,Akagi K,Abekura M,Sakaguchi T

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess whether a weaning protocol reduces the mechanical ventilation (MV) duration compared to physician's judgement-based weaning in neurological patients and to determine whether patient consciousness influences this reduction. METHODS:A randomised controlled trial was conducted in a neurological inten...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Fan L,Su Y,Elmadhoun OA,Zhang Y,Zhang Y,Gao D,Ye H,Chen W

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent publications have suggested that intra-ocular pressure (IOP) may be an indirect assessment of intra-cranial pressure (ICP). Both IOP and ICP have similar physiologic pressure ranges and similar responses to changes in intra-abdominal, intra-thoracic and aortic pressure. Previous studies have demonstrated the re...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Dickerman RD,Smith GH,Langham-Roof L,McConathy WJ,East JW,Smith AB

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compromise of blood flow to the brain leads to cerebral ischemia, which if left untreated may even result in cerebral infarction. This has been the main cause of major morbidity and mortality over the years in the US and around the world. Cerebral ischemia to the posterior fossa is more critical and difficult to treat...

journal_title：Neurological research

authors： Misra M,Alp MS,Hier D,Ausman JI

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00