Weir Mitchell's 1859 demonstration of "a peculiar contraction" produced by a percussion hammer.

abstract：:Migraine is a frequent familial disorder that, in common with most multifactorial disorders, has an unknown etiology. The authors identified several families with multiple individuals affected by typical migraine using a single set of diagnostic criteria and studied these families for cosegregation between the disorde...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Nyholt DR,Lea RA,Goadsby PJ,Brimage PJ,Griffiths LR

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The cytokine interferon beta (IFNbeta) is successfully used in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS), although there is a high degree of variability in the response. A common mechanism involved in the modulation of responsiveness to cytokines is represented by regulation of their receptor expression throu...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gilli F,Valentino P,Caldano M,Granieri L,Capobianco M,Malucchi S,Sala A,Marnetto F,Bertolotto A

更新日期：2008-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic trigeminal sensory neuropathy is a benign disorder. We report two patients with transient MRI abnormalities, suggesting transient inflammation of the trigeminal nerve caused temporary facial sensory symptoms. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rorick MB,Chandar K,Colombi BJ

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The best treatment for polyneuropathy associated with IgM monoclonal gammopathy (MGUS) is unknown. Oral cyclophosphamide combined with prednisone showed limited efficacy in a previous open label pilot study. We therefore performed a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study of combined oral cyclopho...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Niermeijer JM,Eurelings M,van der Linden MW,Lokhorst HM,Franssen H,Fischer K,Teunissen LL,van den Berg LH,Schobben F,Wokke JH,Notermans NC

更新日期：2007-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the clinical, genetic and MR characteristics of patients with familial mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE). DESIGN/METHODS:The familial occurrence of MTLE was identified by a systematic search of family history of seizures in patients followed in the authors' epilepsy clinic. All probands and, w...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kobayashi E,Lopes-Cendes I,Guerreiro CA,Sousa SC,Guerreiro MM,Cendes F

更新日期：2001-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To systematically review the evidence concerning the diagnostic yield of genetic and metabolic evaluation of children with global developmental delay or intellectual disability (GDD/ID). METHODS:Relevant literature was reviewed, abstracted, and classified according to the 4-tiered American Academy of Neurolo...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Michelson DJ,Shevell MI,Sherr EH,Moeschler JB,Gropman AL,Ashwal S

更新日期：2011-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The probability of hearing loss during cerebellopontine angle (CPA) surgery can be reduced by using brainstem auditory evoked potential (BAEP) intraoperative monitoring (IOM). A wave V latency prolongation of 1.0 milliseconds or amplitude decrement of greater than 50% is arbitrarily considered the point when...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： James ML,Husain AM

更新日期：2005-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Dominant, left anteromedial temporal lobe resection (AMTLR) for seizure control carries risks to verbal episodic memory and visual object naming. Consistent with traditional thinking, verbal memory decline is considered a consequence of hippocampal removal and naming decline has been attributed to lateral tem...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hamberger MJ,Seidel WT,McKhann GM 2nd,Goodman RR

更新日期：2010-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of a single oral dose of levodopa administered in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled cross-over design on formation of a motor memory were studied by a training protocol in patients with chronic stroke. Levodopa enhanced the ability of motor training to encode an elementary motor memory relativ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Floel A,Hummel F,Breitenstein C,Knecht S,Cohen LG

更新日期：2005-08-09 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 carried out an open study of the effects of large doses (12 to 16 gm per day) of oral choline on medically intractable human complex partial seizures (CPS). Marked increases of plasma choline concentration (75 to 300%) in three subjects were associated with (1) shorter duration of CPS, (2) less postseizure fatigue,...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： McNamara JO,Carwile S,Hope V,Luther J,Miller P

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Observational and experimental studies suggest that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may protect against Alzheimer disease (AD); however, clinical trials and other observational studies, including the Adult Changes in Thought (ACT) study, show no protection or promotion of AD. The objective of t...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sonnen JA,Larson EB,Walker RL,Haneuse S,Crane PK,Gray SL,Breitner JC,Montine TJ

更新日期：2010-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a relatively common neurodegenerative tauopathy clinically characterized by parkinsonism, axial rigidity, and supranuclear gaze palsy. Pathologic findings of PSP are neuronal loss, gliosis, and neurofibrillary tangles in basal ganglia, diencephalon, and brainstem; there is incre...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Fujioka S,Algom AA,Murray ME,Strongosky A,Soto-Ortolaza AI,Rademakers R,Ross OA,Wszolek ZK,Dickson DW

更新日期：2013-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness and macular volume in neuromyelitis optica (NMO) spectrum patients using optical coherence tomography (OCT). BACKGROUND:OCT can quantify damage to retinal ganglion cell axons and can identify abnormalities in multiple sclerosis and optic neuritis (ON...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ratchford JN,Quigg ME,Conger A,Frohman T,Frohman E,Balcer LJ,Calabresi PA,Kerr DA

更新日期：2009-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A 57-year-old chronically immunosuppressed woman with systemic lupus erythematosus developed fulminant meningoencephalitis due to Acanthamoeba castellanii. Amebic trophozoites were also found in the lungs, suggesting a primary pulmonary focus of infection. This case illustrates that Acanthamoeba can cause a fulminant,...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Grunnet ML,Cannon GH,Kushner JP

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenotypic heterogeneity of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) has been linked to biochemically distinct types of the protease-resistant form of the prion protein (type 1 and type 2 PrP(Sc)). We investigated 14 cases of sporadic CJD and found that both type 1 and type 2 PrP(Sc) coexisted in 5 subjects. The disti...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Puoti G,Giaccone G,Rossi G,Canciani B,Bugiani O,Tagliavini F

更新日期：1999-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hospital readmission is an important quality improvement measure that has not been well-studied in pediatric neurology. We examined predictors of 7-day and 30-day readmissions for pediatric patients hospitalized with a neurologic diagnosis. METHODS:This was a retrospective study of hospital readmission rates...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hong A,Shah Y,Singh K,Karkare S,Kothare S

更新日期：2019-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS) and antecedent Haemophilus influenzae infection. BACKGROUND:Little is known about agents in prior respiratory tract infection of MFS, whereas antecedent upper respiratory symptoms are frequent. H. influenzae is a major pathogen that can cause hu...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Koga M,Yuki N,Tai T,Hirata K

更新日期：2001-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The pedunculopontine nucleus region (PPNR) is being investigated as a target for deep brain stimulation (DBS) in Parkinson disease (PD), particularly for gait and postural impairment. A greater understanding of how PPNR activities and oscillations are modulated with voluntary movements is crucial to the devel...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tsang EW,Hamani C,Moro E,Mazzella F,Poon YY,Lozano AM,Chen R

更新日期：2010-09-14 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：:Genetic factors are important in Alzheimer disease (AD) and Parkinson disease but have not been well characterized in Lewy body dementia (LBD). The authors obtained family history in patients from an autopsy series of AD and LBD and in living healthy controls. A family history of dementia was more common in both LBD a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Woodruff BK,Graff-Radford NR,Ferman TJ,Dickson DW,DeLucia MW,Crook JE,Arvanitakis Z,Brassler S,Waters C,Barker W,Duara R

更新日期：2006-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Prompted by the observation that a fellow medical student sneezed at about the same time in class every morning, we recorded the time of each of the 118 sneezes she made on 69 days over a 6.5-month period. Analysis of the sneeze times with the goodness-of-fit test revealed a highly nonuniform distribution (p < 0.0001)...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Grant AC,Roter EP

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cerebral infarctions are common in older persons but their relationship with dementia and cognitive function remains controversial. METHODS:Participants were 164 older Catholic nuns, priests, and brothers who underwent annual clinical evaluation and brain autopsy at death. The authors quantified number and ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Schneider JA,Wilson RS,Cochran EJ,Bienias JL,Arnold SE,Evans DA,Bennett DA

更新日期：2003-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To test the hypothesis that neuropsychiatric symptomatology is predictive of the success of seizure control in patients newly treated with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), and that this predictive value adds to that provided by other clinical, imaging, and genomic factors in a multivariate model. METHODS:One hun...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Petrovski S,Szoeke CE,Jones NC,Salzberg MR,Sheffield LJ,Huggins RM,O'Brien TJ

更新日期：2010-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the presence of prodromal markers of Parkinson disease (PD) in patients with longstanding idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder (IRBD), a small subgroup of individuals with IRBD with long-term follow-up thought not to be at risk of developing PD. METHODS:Demographic, clinical, and neuroimaging m...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Iranzo A,Stefani A,Serradell M,Martí MJ,Lomeña F,Mahlknecht P,Stockner H,Gaig C,Fernández-Arcos A,Poewe W,Tolosa E,Högl B,Santamaria J,SINBAR (Sleep Innsbruck Barcelona) group.

更新日期：2017-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the area of the midbrain and pons on mid-sagittal MRI in patients with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), Parkinson disease (PD), and multiple-system atrophy of the Parkinson type (MSA-P), compare these appearances and values with those of normal control subjects, and establish diagnostic MRI c...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Oba H,Yagishita A,Terada H,Barkovich AJ,Kutomi K,Yamauchi T,Furui S,Shimizu T,Uchigata M,Matsumura K,Sonoo M,Sakai M,Takada K,Harasawa A,Takeshita K,Kohtake H,Tanaka H,Suzuki S

更新日期：2005-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The one-and-a-half syndrome is a clinical disorder of extraocular movements characterized by a conjugate horizontal gaze palsy in one direction plus an internuclear ophthalmoplegia in the other. The syndrome is usually due to a single unilateral lesion of the paramedian pontine reticular formation or the abducens nucl...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Wall M,Wray SH

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To relate signs and symptoms to morphologic changes and presence of multiple mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) deletions in a patient with autosomal dominant progressive external ophthalmoplegia (adPEO) and mitochondrial myopathy. BACKGROUND:An etiologic association between the somatic multiple mtDNA deletions in ad...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Moslemi AR,Melberg A,Holme E,Oldfors A

更新日期：1999-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy performed a word-position association learning task every 24 hours during video EEG monitoring. On 55 occasions recall performance was tested 30 minutes and 24 hours after the initial learning phase. Patients with left- but not right-sided temporal lobe epilepsy exhi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Jokeit H,Daamen M,Zang H,Janszky J,Ebner A

更新日期：2001-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We surveyed 297 patients with Parkinson disease (PD) with systematic screens and rigorous definitional criteria. Pathologic hypersexuality lifetime prevalence was 2.4%. Compulsive shopping was 0.7%. Combined with our pathologic gambling data, the lifetime prevalence of these behaviors was 6.1% and increases to 13.7% i...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Voon V,Hassan K,Zurowski M,de Souza M,Thomsen T,Fox S,Lang AE,Miyasaki J

更新日期：2006-10-10 00:00:00