SEPT9 gene sequencing analysis reveals recurrent mutations in hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy.

abstract：:Mammalian spinal cord neurons were grown in dissociated cell culture and used to study the effects of the anticonvulsant barbiturates phenobarbital and mephobarbital, and the anesthetic barbiturates pentobarbital, secobarbital, and 1,3-dimethyl-butylethyl barbituric acid on amino acid responses and neuronal membrane p...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Macdonald RL,Barker JL

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased urinary levels of the polyamines, putrescine, spermidine, and spermine are present in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients. Alterations in excretion are detectable when based on nanomoles per milligram creatinine, micromoles per 24-hour urine collection, or nanomoles per kilogram body weight per 24-hou...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Russell DH,Stern LZ

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate possible correlations between tumor location and genetic alterations in a series of oligodendrogliomas. METHODS:A series of 158 consecutive oligodendrogliomas were retrospectively reviewed. In each case, the radiologic picture and the chromosome 1p (chr 1p) status of the tumor detected by the ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Laigle-Donadey F,Martin-Duverneuil N,Lejeune J,Crinière E,Capelle L,Duffau H,Cornu P,Broët P,Kujas M,Mokhtari K,Carpentier A,Sanson M,Hoang-Xuan K,Thillet J,Delattre JY

更新日期：2004-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined longitudinal disability scores in 54 patients with Parkinson's disease followed for 6 years at UCLA. We sorted data into 3 groups based on age at onset of symptoms: group A, onset under 50 years; group B, 50 to 59 years; group C, 60 years or older. There were no significant differences between groups initi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Diamond SG,Markham CH,Hoehn MM,McDowell FH,Muenter MD

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To correlate the two types of early ischemic change on noncontrast CT (NCCT) (parenchymal hypoattenuation [PH] and isolated focal swelling [IFS]) with concurrent assessment of cerebral perfusion and to compare their rates of progression to infarction. METHODS:We assessed cortical regions on NCCT for early i...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Parsons MW,Pepper EM,Bateman GA,Wang Y,Levi CR

更新日期：2007-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Aiming to detect associations between neuroradiologic and EEG evaluations and long-term clinical outcome in order to detect possible prognostic factors, a detailed clinical and neuroimaging characterization of 67 cases of Aicardi syndrome (AIC), collected through a multicenter collaboration, was performed. M...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Masnada S,Pichiecchio A,Formica M,Arrigoni F,Borrelli P,Accorsi P,Bonanni P,Borgatti R,Bernardina BD,Danieli A,Darra F,Deconinck N,De Giorgis V,Dulac O,Gataullina S,Giordano L,Guerrini R,La Briola F,Mastrangelo M,Mo

更新日期：2020-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effects of gabapentin on sensory and motor symptoms in patients with restless legs syndrome (RLS). METHODS:Patients with RLS (22 idiopathic, 2 secondary to iron deficiency) were randomized and treated for 6 weeks with either gabapentin or placebo. After a 1-week washout they crossed over to the...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Garcia-Borreguero D,Larrosa O,de la Llave Y,Verger K,Masramon X,Hernandez G

更新日期：2002-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety and efficacy of l-serine in humans with hereditary sensory autonomic neuropathy type I (HSAN1). METHODS:In this randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial with open-label extension, patients aged 18-70 years with symptomatic HSAN1 were randomized to l-serine (400 mg/kg/day) o...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Fridman V,Suriyanarayanan S,Novak P,David W,Macklin EA,McKenna-Yasek D,Walsh K,Aziz-Bose R,Oaklander AL,Brown R,Hornemann T,Eichler F

更新日期：2019-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies demonstrated an excess of winter births in children with brain tumors and in adults with various neurologic or psychiatric diseases relative to the general population. OBJECTIVE:To investigate a possible association between month of birth and risk of brain tumors in adults using data from a l...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Brenner AV,Linet MS,Shapiro WR,Selker RG,Fine HA,Black PM,Inskip PD

更新日期：2004-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic stroke subtype distribution was compared between Mexican Americans (MAs) and non-Hispanic whites (NHWs) in a community-based stroke surveillance study in Nueces County, TX. There was no difference in the distribution of stroke subtype by ethnicity (p = 0.19). There was a similar proportion of small-vessel and...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Uchino K,Risser JM,Smith MA,Moyé LA,Morgenstern LB

更新日期：2004-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a randomized double-blind comparison of three doses of the novel antiepileptic drug (AED) topiramate (200, 400, and 600 mg/day) and placebo as adjunctive therapy in patients with refractory partial onset epilepsy receiving one or two other AEDs at therapeutic concentrations. A total of 181 patients comple...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Faught E,Wilder BJ,Ramsay RE,Reife RA,Kramer LD,Pledger GW,Karim RM

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied imagery for learned, skilled movements (praxis imagery) in a patient with severe ideomotor apraxia and intact language abilities. This patient, who made predominantly spatial and movement errors when performing transitive movements demonstrating the use of tools (transitive gestures), was also impaired in h...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ochipa C,Rapcsak SZ,Maher LM,Rothi LJ,Bowers D,Heilman KM

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:It is known that muscle phosphorylase deficiency restricts carbohydrate utilization, but the implications for muscle fat metabolism have not been studied. We questioned whether patients with McArdle disease can compensate for the blocked muscle glycogen breakdown by enhancing fat oxidation during exercise. M...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ørngreen MC,Jeppesen TD,Andersen ST,Taivassalo T,Hauerslev S,Preisler N,Haller RG,van Hall G,Vissing J

更新日期：2009-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient with striatonigral degeneration in whom T2-weighted MRI imaging revealed low signal and atrophy in the putamen. Neuropathologic studies confirmed putaminal atrophy and iron deposition in the MRI low signal regions. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： O'Brien C,Sung JH,McGeachie RE,Lee MC

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether physical activity and body mass index (BMI) predict instrumental or basic activities of daily living (I/ADL) trajectories before or after stroke compared to individuals who remained stroke-free. METHODS:Using a prospective cohort, the Health and Retirement Study, we followed adults witho...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rist PM,Capistrant BD,Mayeda ER,Liu SY,Glymour MM

更新日期：2017-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A striking behavioral abnormality is described in three individuals who had severe head trauma. At a point when general mnestic capabilities had returned to a near normal level, the patients persistently relocated the hospital at another geographical site, even in the face of compelling counter-evidence. The strong pa...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Benson DF,Gardner H,Meadows JC

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the proportion of APOE ε4 genotype carriers in aphasic vs amnestic variants of Alzheimer disease (AD). METHOD:The proportion of APOE ε4 carriers was compared among the following 3 groups: (1) 42 patients with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) and AD pathology (PPA/AD) enrolled in the Northwestern ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Weintraub S,Teylan M,Rader B,Chan KCG,Bollenbeck M,Kukull WA,Coventry C,Rogalski E,Bigio E,Mesulam MM

更新日期：2020-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the role of ceruloplasmin in the antioxidative process in the brain in a patient with hereditary ceruloplasmin deficiency (HCD). Immunohistochemistry revealed an accumulation of Nepsilon-(carboxymethyl) lysine (CML) in basal ganglia of the HCD brain. In vitro study disclosed that ceruloplasmin inhibite...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tajima K,Kawanami T,Nagai R,Horiuchi S,Kato T

更新日期：1999-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine whether the incidence, comorbidity, and mortality of first-time ischemic stroke changed in Denmark between 1996 and 2016 overall and according to age and sex using a nationwide cohort design. METHODS:In this cohort study, 224,617 individuals ≥18 years of age admitted with first-time ischemic strok...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Yafasova A,Fosbøl EL,Christiansen MN,Vinding NE,Andersson C,Kruuse C,Johnsen SP,Gislason GH,Torp-Pedersen C,Køber L,Butt JH

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study investigated the sex difference in prevalence of depression at 90 days after first-ever stroke. METHODS:Patients with first-ever stroke (n = 786) were identified from the population-based Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Christi project (2011-2016). Poststroke depressive symptoms were assessed ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dong L,Sánchez BN,Skolarus LE,Stulberg E,Morgenstern LB,Lisabeth LD

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 43-year-old neurologically intact patient who reported episodes of diplopia and oscillopsia associated with a right-beating nystagmus and a skew deviation. These symptoms and signs were related to a left posterior epileptic EEG discharge. We suggest that these ocular motor signs derived from an ictal act...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Galimberti CA,Versino M,Sartori I,Manni R,Martelli A,Tartara A

更新日期：1998-05-01 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：:We performed a prospective study of neuroimaging studies and temporal lobe pathology in 13 patients with facial asymmetry and intractable partial epilepsy of temporal lobe origin. The 13 patients, derived from 50 consecutive patients with nonlesional medically refractory partial epilepsy, were deemed appropriate candi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cascino GD,Luckstein RR,Sharbrough FW,Jack CR Jr

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To further investigate the basis of abnormal neuromuscular transmission in two patients with congenital myasthenic syndrome associated with episodic ataxia type 2 (EA2) using stimulated single fiber EMG (SFEMG) and in vitro microelectrode studies. METHODS:Two patients with genetically characterized EA2 previ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Maselli RA,Wan J,Dunne V,Graves M,Baloh RW,Wollmann RL,Jen J

更新日期：2003-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy is associated with a high rate of premature mortality from direct and indirect effects of seizures, epilepsy, and antiseizure therapies. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is the second leading neurologic cause of total lost potential life-years after stroke, yet SUDEP may account for less than half ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Devinsky O,Spruill T,Thurman D,Friedman D

更新日期：2016-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the presenting characteristics of new-onset afebrile seizures in infants (age 1-24 months) and the yield of neuroimaging. METHODS:Prospective data were obtained from a standardized evaluation and management plan mandated by a critical care pathway. A total of 317 infants presented with new-ons...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hsieh DT,Chang T,Tsuchida TN,Vezina LG,Vanderver A,Siedel J,Brown K,Berl MM,Stephens S,Zeitchick A,Gaillard WD

更新日期：2010-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Somnolence and "sleep attacks" have been reported as an adverse effect of several antiparkinsonian drugs. The authors document, in a placebo-controlled, randomized, double-blind, crossover study performed in 20 healthy volunteers, using the Multiple System Latency Test (MSLT) as primary outcome, that ropinirole reduce...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ferreira JJ,Galitzky M,Thalamas C,Tiberge M,Montastruc JL,Sampaio C,Rascol O

更新日期：2002-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:To learn if limb-kinetic apraxia (LKA) is associated with Parkinson disease (PD), participants with PD (on medications) and control subjects performed finger tapping (FT), measuring movement speed, and performed coin rotation (CR), measuring precise coordinated but independent finger movements and speed. There were no...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Quencer K,Okun MS,Crucian G,Fernandez HH,Skidmore F,Heilman KM

更新日期：2007-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Six neonates with prolonged, intractable seizures were treated with valproic acid (VPA). Each patient had received maximum doses of phenobarbital (greater than 40 micrograms/ml), and five patients received at least two additional anticonvulsants, without success. Seizure activity was controlled in five of six (83%) ca...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gal P,Oles KS,Gilman JT,Weaver R

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether sex and race differences exist in dementia diagnosis risk associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI) among older veterans. METHODS:Using Fine-Gray regression models, we investigated incident dementia diagnosis risk with TBI exposure by sex and race. RESULTS:After the exclusion of ba...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kornblith E,Peltz CB,Xia F,Plassman B,Novakovic-Apopain T,Yaffe K

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00