Survival in Alzheimer disease: a multiethnic, population-based study of incident cases.

abstract：:The excitability of the corticospinal system was studied in 23 healthy subjects in sleep stages NREM2, NREM4, REM, and wakefulness using transcranial magnetic stimulation. Assessment of motor thresholds, stimulus-response curves, and latencies of motor evoked potentials shows activation of the fast-conducting corticos...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Grosse P,Khatami R,Salih F,Kühn A,Meyer BU

更新日期：2002-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term hypothalamic stimulation is effective in improving drug-resistant chronic cluster headache (CH). We assessed acute hypothalamic stimulation to resolve ongoing CH attacks in 16 patients implanted to prevent chronic CH, investigating 136 attacks. A pain intensity reduction of > or =50% occurred in 25 of 108 ev...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Leone M,Franzini A,Broggi G,Mea E,Cecchini AP,Bussone G

更新日期：2006-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) has variants with widely different outcomes, hampering clinical counseling and evaluation of therapies. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the degree to which MRI patterns can predict lesion progression. METHODS:Two hundred six boys and men with cerebral X-ALD (median age 12.2 year...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Loes DJ,Fatemi A,Melhem ER,Gupte N,Bezman L,Moser HW,Raymond GV

更新日期：2003-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe two patients with clinical manifestations of the osmotic demyelination syndrome (ODS) and unusual MRI findings of gadolinium-enhancing peripheral cortical abnormalities. They propose that these represent extrapontine manifestations of ODS because neither patient had a notable hypoxic-ischemic insu...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Calakos N,Fischbein N,Baringer JR,Jay C

更新日期：2000-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To verify the previously reported association between long-term use of β2-adrenoreceptor (β2AR) agonist and antagonist with reduced and increased risk of Parkinson disease (PD), respectively. METHODS:We obtained odds ratios (ORs) associating time of β2AR agonist and antagonist use with PD risk in nationwide ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hopfner F,Wod M,Höglinger GU,Blaabjerg M,Rösler TW,Kuhlenbäumer G,Christensen K,Deuschl G,Pottegård A

更新日期：2019-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We used riboflavin to treat a patient with lipid myopathy, reduced exercise capacity, intolerance to fasting, and reduced concentrations of carnitine in muscle and serum. Although carnitine concentrations did not change, exercise capacity doubled, and response to fasting improved. Muscle enzyme assay showed that palmi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Carroll JE,Shumate JB,Brooke MH,Hagberg JM

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many aging-associated neurologic disorders, including primary malignant brain tumors (MBT), share a common biphasic age-specific mortality rate pattern: initially increasing exponentially with age, and then declining. A modeling study using MBT mortality was conducted to determine if the observed biphasic pattern of M...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Riggs JE

更新日期：2000-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitors were first administered in Europe to human subjects in the 1860s, and synthetic derivatives of the natural alkaloid inhibitors were developed in the 1930s to modulate peripheral cholinergic function. However, only within the last decade have these agents been systematically studi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Taylor P

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To update the 1997 American Academy of Neurology (AAN) practice parameter regarding sports concussion, focusing on 4 questions: 1) What factors increase/decrease concussion risk? 2) What diagnostic tools identify those with concussion and those at increased risk for severe/prolonged early impairments, neurolo...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Giza CC,Kutcher JS,Ashwal S,Barth J,Getchius TS,Gioia GA,Gronseth GS,Guskiewicz K,Mandel S,Manley G,McKeag DB,Thurman DJ,Zafonte R

更新日期：2013-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the disciplinary process by which the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) enforces its formalized standards of professional conduct. METHODS:We reviewed the AAN's Disciplinary Action Policy. We tracked the elapsed time from receipt to final decision of all allegations ("complaints") of improper con...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hutchins JC,Sagsveen MG,Larriviere D

更新日期：2010-12-14 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：OBJECTIVE:To define a clinical syndrome associated with active drug abuse in HIV-infected individuals. METHODS:We performed a retrospective review to identify individuals treated at the Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1993 to 2008 who were HIV-infected and were actively abusing drugs and had bilateral basal ganglia lesion...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Newsome SD,Johnson E,Pardo C,McArthur JC,Nath A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Computerized ambulatory monitoring provides real-time assessments of clinical outcomes in natural contexts, and it has been increasingly applied in recent years to investigate symptom expression in a wide range of disorders. The purpose of this study was to examine the feasibility and validity of this data c...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Johnson EI,Sibon I,Renou P,Rouanet F,Allard M,Swendsen J

更新日期：2009-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Delusions and other manifestations of psychotic behavior are common side effects in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients chronically treated with dopaminergic drugs. Clozapine, a dibenzodiazepine derivative, is an antipsychotic drug largely devoid of extrapyramidal side effects. We evaluated the effects of low doses of c...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rabey JM,Treves TA,Neufeld MY,Orlov E,Korczyn AD

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether impaired spatial memory contributes to cognitive deficits in idiopathic cervical dystonia (ICD). METHODS:The authors tested 16 untreated patients with ICD and 16 healthy controls with four variants of a classic spatial memory task, in which subjects were requested to recall the locatio...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ploner CJ,Stenz U,Fassdorf K,Arnold G

更新日期：2005-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), before and after the administration of gadolinium-DTPA (Gd-DTPA), in 23 patients with medically refractory partial epilepsy who subsequently had surgical treatment for their seizure disorder. In most patients, 61%, unenhanced and enhanced MRI studies were negative. In 26%...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cascino GD,Hirschorn KA,Jack CR,Sharbrough FW

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare in the Vertebral Artery Ischaemia Stenting Trial (VIST) the risks and benefits of vertebral angioplasty and stenting with best medical treatment (BMT) alone for symptomatic vertebral artery stenosis. METHODS:VIST was a prospective, randomized, open-blinded endpoint clinical trial performed in 14 h...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Markus HS,Larsson SC,Kuker W,Schulz UG,Ford I,Rothwell PM,Clifton A,VIST Investigators.

更新日期：2017-09-19 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：:Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a common neurologic disorder that affects 5 to 10% of the population and increases in prevalence with aging. The clinical hallmarks of RLS include dysesthesias or paresthesias in the legs and sometimes the arms, occurring primarily at rest, which are usually worse in the evening and are...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Comella CL

更新日期：2002-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To provide a comprehensive understanding of APOE ε4 effects across the lifespan on the 3 main neuroimaging biomarkers. METHODS:Two hundred seven community-dwelling, cognitively normal APOE ε4 carriers and noncarriers aged 20-87 years were involved in this study. They underwent structural MRI, fluorodeoxygluc...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gonneaud J,Arenaza-Urquijo EM,Fouquet M,Perrotin A,Fradin S,de La Sayette V,Eustache F,Chételat G

更新日期：2016-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effects of levodopa on resting-state brain metabolism in PD. BACKGROUND:In previous studies the authors used [18F] fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) and PET to quantify regional metabolic abnormalities in PD. They found that this disease is characterized reproducibly by a specific abnormal PD-related pa...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Feigin A,Fukuda M,Dhawan V,Przedborski S,Jackson-Lewis V,Mentis MJ,Moeller JR,Eidelberg D

更新日期：2001-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the role of mutations in GABRB3 encoding the β3 subunit of the GABAA receptor in individual patients with epilepsy with regard to causality, the spectrum of genetic variants, their pathophysiology, and associated phenotypes. METHODS:We performed massive parallel sequencing of GABRB3 in 416 patient...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Møller RS,Wuttke TV,Helbig I,Marini C,Johannesen KM,Brilstra EH,Vaher U,Borggraefe I,Talvik I,Talvik T,Kluger G,Francois LL,Lesca G,de Bellescize J,Blichfeldt S,Chatron N,Holert N,Jacobs J,Swinkels M,Betzler C,Syr

更新日期：2017-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the frequency of epilepsy in a consecutive series of patients who received a definitive diagnosis of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) after completing inpatient video-EEG (VEEG) monitoring. Of the 1,590 patients receiving definitive diagnosis, 514 (32.3%) were diagnosed with PNES. Twenty-ni...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Martin R,Burneo JG,Prasad A,Powell T,Faught E,Knowlton R,Mendez M,Kuzniecky R

更新日期：2003-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum levels of creatine phosphokinase (CPK) and pyruvic kinase (PK) were determined in 42 controls, 57 patients with various neuromuscular disorders, and 23 female relatives of Duchenne dystrophy patients. CPK and PK enzyme activities were increased in comparable numbers of muscle disease patients and female carriers...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Seay AR,Ziter FA,Wu LH,Wu JT

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemorrhage complicating acute carbon monoxide poisoning is usually confined to the basal ganglia. The authors report three people with acute carbon monoxide poisoning manifesting selective or prominent white matter involvement complicated by hemorrhagic infarction on CT and MRI in one and by subcortical T2*-weighted M...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Finelli PF,DiMario FJ Jr

更新日期：2004-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To discuss the indications and timing for resective surgery in patients with Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) and medication-resistant epilepsy. BACKGROUND:SWS that causes epilepsy severe enough to merit surgery is rare. Because of the variable natural history of the disease, it is difficult to establish clear-cu...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Arzimanoglou AA,Andermann F,Aicardi J,Sainte-Rose C,Beaulieu MA,Villemure JG,Olivier A,Rasmussen T

更新日期：2000-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Nonmotor symptoms (sleep dysfunction, sensory symptoms, autonomic dysfunction, mood disorders, and cognitive abnormalities) in Parkinson disease (PD) are a major cause of morbidity, yet are often underrecognized. This evidence-based practice parameter evaluates treatment options for the nonmotor symptoms of P...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Zesiewicz TA,Sullivan KL,Arnulf I,Chaudhuri KR,Morgan JC,Gronseth GS,Miyasaki J,Iverson DJ,Weiner WJ,Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

更新日期：2010-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the sensitivity and specificity of B-mode ultrasound in the diagnosis of neuromuscular diaphragmatic dysfunction, including phrenic neuropathy. METHODS:A prospective study of patients with dyspnea referred to the EMG laboratory over a 2-year time frame for evaluation of neuromuscular respirator...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Boon AJ,Sekiguchi H,Harper CJ,Strommen JA,Ghahfarokhi LS,Watson JC,Sorenson EJ

更新日期：2014-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary angiitis of the CNS (PACNS) is a diagnostically challenging disorder. In patients whose diagnosis is ascertained solely by cerebral angiography without histologic verification, a benign monophasic clinical course with favorable response to a brief course of immunosuppressive therapy is often reported...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Woolfenden AR,Tong DC,Marks MP,Ali AO,Albers GW

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three family members intoxicated with methyl bromide presented with a variety of neuropsychiatric manifestations including coma, severe status epilepticus, hyporeflexia, and acute psychosis. The simulation of Reye syndrome in the child emphasizes the need for careful toxicologic screening of all children presenting wi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Shield LK,Coleman TL,Markesbery WR

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00