Maintaining high thrombectomy rates during pandemics.

abstract：:This review centers on important recent advances in the understanding of the role of glial fibrillary acidic protein in Alexander disease and of proteolipid protein in hypomyelinating disorders such as Pelizaeus-Merzbacher and spastic paraplegia. We also describe seven novel leukodystrophies. These include childhood a...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Schiffmann R,Boespflüg-Tanguy O

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural circuits comprised of dopamine-containing and dopamine-receptive neurons are altered functionally after the repeated intermittent administration of cocaine and its withdrawal. The characterization of these neuroadaptive changes at various times after repeated exposure to cocaine is important because they may re...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Pilotte NS

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To give an overview of recent data on the use of skin biopsy as a diagnostic tool in neuropathies. RECENT FINDINGS:The sensitivity and specificity of skin biopsy in detecting small fiber neuropathy is supported by new data. In many patients with small fiber neuropathy, a treatable disorder can be ide...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Sommer C

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To review the clinical findings, differential diagnosis, treatment and outcome of pseudotumoral demyelinating lesions including tumefactive demyelination and Baló's concentric sclerosis. RECENT FINDINGS:MRI findings, such as dynamic restricted diffusion changes at the edge of pseudotumoral lesions he...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Hardy TA

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review describe the role and advancements of MRI in the diagnosis and monitoring of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in multiple sclerosis patients treated with natalizumab. RECENT FINDINGS:MRI is the most sensitive paraclinical tool in the detection of PML lesions in natalizumab...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Wattjes MP,Barkhof F

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disability following head injury varies depending on injury mechanism, neuropathology, and other factors, including medical complications. Mild head injury (Glasgow Coma Scale score 13-15) has been shown to have considerable variability in outcome. Some persons experience rapid symptom resolution whereas others contin...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Macciocchi SN,Reid DB,Barth JT

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review presents the new terms and concepts proposed by the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Classification Commission in 2010 to describe seizures and epilepsies. This is the first major revision in 21 years and reflects the rapid evolution in our understanding of the epilepsies. REC...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Korff CM,Scheffer IE

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The traditional focus of neurorehabilitaion has been on the patients' attention on their deficit, such that they should become aware of their problems and gain intentional control of compensatory strategies (descending approach). We review prism adaptation as one of the approaches that emphasize ascen...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Pisella L,Rode G,Farnè A,Tilikete C,Rossetti Y

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This article reviews the most significant advances concerning the neural correlates of decision-making with emphasis on those imaging studies investigating the neural implementation of evaluative judgment processes. This is done against the background of current concepts from the field of judgment and...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Volz KG,Schubotz RI,von Cramon DY

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To describe the path of technological developments that have led to the actual application of MRI-guided focused ultrasound in multiple neurological disorders and to update the more recent technical advances in the field. An insight into the latest clinical achievements in movement disorders will be p...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Martínez-Fernández R,Pineda-Pardo JA

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The advent of novel techniques for tracing connections in vivo, such as diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging tractography, allows us, for the first time in the human brain, to study the microstructural integrity of white matter fibres and perform virtual dissections of large scale neurocognitiv...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Catani M

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability in children. Prognostication of outcome following TBI is challenging in this population and likely requires complex, multimodal models to achieve clinically relevant accuracy. This review highlights injury characteristics, physiol...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Au AK,Clark RSB

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Campylobacter jejuni is the most frequent agent of antecedent infection in an axonal variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome, acute motor axonal neuropathy, and anti-GM1 or anti-GD1a IgG antibody is also associated with acute motor axonal neuropathy. Molecular mimicry has been found between human GM1 gangl...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Yuki N,Odaka M

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent discoveries emanating from basic electrophysiological, anatomical, and pharmacological studies have implications for the diagnosis and treatment of clinical disorders of eye movements caused by disease affecting the brainstem and cerebellum. Electrophysiological studies have better defined the role of the super...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Averbuch-Heller L,Leigh RJ

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:With the aging of the population, treatment of painful neuropathies is becoming more and more important for neurological practice. This short review highlights recent findings and current problems. RECENT FINDINGS:In addition to tricyclic antidepressants and gabapentin, the reliability of which is es...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Cruccu G

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulated by the impressive effect of interferon beta on magnetic resonance imaging-detected disease activity, the past year or so has seen a particular interest in the use of magnetic resonance imaging to monitor treatment. To be effective in this regard, there needs to be a high sensitivity and accuracy in detectin...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Miller DH

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsies, like other common diseases, have complex inheritance, and molecular genetic studies in such conditions are difficult. There has been recent success in identifying the molecular basis of certain epilepsies, particularly in those syndromes with autosomal dominant inheritance. All four genes discovered to dat...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Berkovic SF,Scheffer IE

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Is multiple sclerosis (MS) a generalized disease of the central nervous system? Or put another way, is MS pathology primarily focal with global consequences or global with focal consequences? Consideration of this question depends on how you view it both spatially and temporally. In this review, we ad...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Chard D,Miller D

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To gain a complete understanding of how the brain functions, both in illness and good health, data from multiple levels of analysis must be integrated. Technical advances have made direct recordings of neuronal activity deep inside the human brain tractable, providing a rare glimpse into cellular proc...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Viskontas IV

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The population of pediatric patients with cerebrovascular disease presents a unique set of challenges to the neurosurgeon. The wide scope of pathology, including arteriovenous malformations, cavernous malformations and moyamoya disease, coupled with marked advances in diagnosis and treatment of these conditions over t...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Smith ER,Butler WE,Ogilvy CS

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Slowly, advances are being made in the understanding and treatment of primary childhood brain tumors. The addition of chemotherapy has resulted in better survival for children with medulloblastoma. For other tumor types, therapeutic advances have been slower. High-dose chemotherapy is increasingly being employed to tr...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Packer RJ

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Stroke thrombolysis is in the process of moving from academic centers into community-based standard therapy in experienced centers. Recently published data on patient selection, imaging and other technical or organizational advances are reviewed in order to improve the safety and efficacy of stroke th...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Lindsberg PJ,Kaste M

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although reactive oxygen species are natural metabolic products, they can be toxic to cells and are implicated in some neurodegenerative disease. Cytosolic Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase normally defends against damage by reactive oxygen species; however, mutant forms of the enzyme might instead contribute to damage of m...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Hosler BA,Brown RH Jr

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:There is an urgent need for effective therapies to restore neurologic function and decrease disability following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Here, emerging findings on the mechanisms of post-TBI neural repair and regeneration, as well as therapeutic implications, are selectively reviewed. RECENT FI...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Werner JK,Stevens RD

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With respect to diverse clinical applications for muscle regeneration, this paper discusses the latest markers for identifying skeletal muscle precursor cells in regenerating muscle, the implications of alternative sources of myogenic precursor cells and putative stem cells, and the current status of administration of...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Grounds MD

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear magnetic resonance methods as a whole have contributed as much to the study and treatment of epilepsy as to any branch of medicine. The pace of the progress in this field increases as recently developed nuclear magnetic resonance techniques mature into practical tools for epilepsy research and management. Rece...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Prichard JW

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This article reviews the results of recent therapeutic trials in dermatomyositis, polymyositis, and inclusion body myositis and suggests an approach to treating patients with inflammatory myopathy. RECENT FINDINGS:We reviewed 10 double-blind, placebo-controlled therapeutic trials in patients with inf...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Amato AA,Griggs RC

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This article reviews what is known about the health and well being of adults with cerebral palsy. It also addresses the factors known to affect the areas identified in the World Health Organization International Classification of Functioning model as being critical for optimal health and well being. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Liptak GS

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The funduscopic examination can be a technically difficult, and often omitted, portion of the neurologic examination, despite its great potential to influence patient care. RECENT FINDINGS:Medical practitioners are often first taught to examine the ocular fundus using a direct ophthalmoscope, however...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Rodenbeck SJ,Mackay DD

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Homonymous hemianopia is the commonest form of acquired homonymous visual field defect; the usual causes are stroke, head injury and intracranial tumours. This impairment can affect a variety of cognitive visual functions, including visual search, safe navigation through changing environments and read...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Schofield TM,Leff AP

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00