Practical approaches to incidental findings in brain imaging research.

abstract：:An allele (263bp) of the nonamyloid component of plaques (NACP)-Repl polymorphism has shown association with sporadic PD in a German population. The authors studied this polymorphism in 100 American PD patients and 100 healthy controls. The authors also studied 46 essential tremor (ET) and 55 Huntington's disease (HD)...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tan EK,Matsuura T,Nagamitsu S,Khajavi M,Jankovic J,Ashizawa T

更新日期：2000-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether patients with moyamoya angiopathy without obvious retinal pathologies such as retinal infarctions or the congenital morning glory anomaly may have subtle subclinical retinal changes. METHODS:In this cross-sectional study, spectral domain optical coherence tomography was used to analyze...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Albrecht P,Blasberg C,Lukas S,Ringelstein M,Müller AK,Harmel J,Kadas EM,Finis D,Guthoff R,Aktas O,Hartung HP,Paul F,Brandt AU,Berlit P,Methner A,Kraemer M

更新日期：2015-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the US commercially insured multiple sclerosis (MS) annual prevalence from 2008 to 2012. METHODS:The study was a retrospective analysis using PharMetrics Plus, a nationwide claims database for over 42 million covered US representative lives. Annual point prevalence required insurance eligibility ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dilokthornsakul P,Valuck RJ,Nair KV,Corboy JR,Allen RR,Campbell JD

更新日期：2016-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of solitary CNS chloroma in a patient with chronic granulocytic leukemia (CGL) is described. This appears to be the first reported case of intracranial chloroma in CGL without systemic blastic crisis. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lysy J,Globus M,Okon E,Polliack A,Chowers I

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serum copper not bound to ceruloplasmin ("free") appears slightly elevated in patients with Alzheimer disease (AD). We explored whether a deregulation of the free copper pool can predict AD clinical worsening. METHODS:We assessed levels of copper, iron, zinc, transferrin, ceruloplasmin, peroxides, total ant...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Squitti R,Bressi F,Pasqualetti P,Bonomini C,Ghidoni R,Binetti G,Cassetta E,Moffa F,Ventriglia M,Vernieri F,Rossini PM

更新日期：2009-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A marked decrease in the amplitude of the evoked thenar compound muscle action potential followed brief exercise at room temperature in two patients with paramyotonia congenita. This decline was more rapid and pronounced in our patient with coexistent thyrotoxicosis. The prolonged recovery period in paramyotonia conge...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gutmann L,Riggs JE,Brick JF

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether changes in cerebral structure are present after preeclampsia that may explain increased cerebrovascular risk in these women. METHODS:We conducted a case control study in women between 5 and 15 years after either a preeclamptic or normotensive pregnancy. Brain MRI was performed. Analysis ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Siepmann T,Boardman H,Bilderbeck A,Griffanti L,Kenworthy Y,Zwager C,McKean D,Francis J,Neubauer S,Yu GZ,Lewandowski AJ,Sverrisdottir YB,Leeson P

更新日期：2017-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize a kindred with a distinctive autosomal dominant neuromuscular disorder. BACKGROUND:The authors studied a large Italian family affected by a progressive neuromyopathy. Ten individuals over three generations were affected. The disease was characterized by onset from the late teens to early 50s ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Servidei S,Capon F,Spinazzola A,Mirabella M,Semprini S,de Rosa G,Gennarelli M,Sangiuolo F,Ricci E,Mohrenweiser HW,Dallapiccola B,Tonali P,Novelli G

更新日期：1999-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abnormal insulin metabolism may contribute to the clinical symptoms and pathophysiology of AD. In vitro studies show that insulin enhances the release of beta-amyloid protein (Abeta) or inhibits its degradation, either of which might increase amyloid burden. METHODS:On separate mornings, 16 healthy older ad...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Watson GS,Peskind ER,Asthana S,Purganan K,Wait C,Chapman D,Schwartz MW,Plymate S,Craft S

更新日期：2003-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A 12-year-old girl developed simple partial motor and sensory seizures due to a right perirolandic astrocytoma. Subdural EEG recording and functional stimulation disclosed close correlation between EEG-clinical manifestations of focal seizures and functional responses to cortical stimulation. This case supports the id...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Arroyo S,Krauss GL,Lesser RP,Gordon B,Hart J Jr,Carson BS,Uematsu S

更新日期：1992-03-01 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:To assess the relationship between CSF creatine kinase BB isoenzyme activity (CSF CKBB) and neurologic outcome after cardiac arrest in clinical practice. BACKGROUND:CSF CKBB reflects the extent of brain damage following cardiac arrest. METHODS:To help with prognosis, treating physicians ordered CSF CKBB tes...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tirschwell DL,Longstreth WT Jr,Rauch-Matthews ME,Chandler WL,Rothstein T,Wray L,Eng LJ,Fine J,Copass MK

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To address the role of cell death regulatory genes of the bcl-2 and caspase families in the neuropathology of human epilepsy using tissue extracted from patients undergoing temporal lobectomy for intractable seizures. METHODS:Using Western blotting and immunohistochemistry, the authors investigated the expre...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Henshall DC,Clark RS,Adelson PD,Chen M,Watkins SC,Simon RP

更新日期：2000-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parkinsonian signs such as gait disturbance, rigidity, bradykinesia, and tremor are common among individuals with dementia and are associated with negative outcomes, but little is known about parkinsonian signs among individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). OBJECTIVE:To examine the extent to which ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Boyle PA,Wilson RS,Aggarwal NT,Arvanitakis Z,Kelly J,Bienias JL,Bennett DA

更新日期：2005-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the first development of diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis (MS), there have been regular revisions of disease definitions and diagnostic thresholds aimed at improving specificity while maintaining sensitivity. The central requirements for diagnosis of MS are dissemination in space (DIS) and disseminatio...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Selchen D,Bhan V,Blevins G,Devonshire V,Duquette P,Grand'Maison F,Kremenchutzky M,Lapierre Y,Li D,von Riedemann SJ,Freedman M

更新日期：2012-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:A number of familial temporal lobe epilepsies (TLE) have been recently recognized. Mutations in LGI1 (leucine-rich, glioma-inactivated 1 gene) have been found in a few families with the syndrome of autosomal dominant partial epilepsy with auditory features (ADPEAF). The authors aimed to determ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Berkovic SF,Izzillo P,McMahon JM,Harkin LA,McIntosh AM,Phillips HA,Briellmann RS,Wallace RH,Mazarib A,Neufeld MY,Korczyn AD,Scheffer IE,Mulley JC

更新日期：2004-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize humoral response to cerebellum in patients with gluten ataxia. BACKGROUND:Gluten ataxia is a common neurologic manifestation of gluten sensitivity. METHODS:The authors assessed the reactivity of sera from patients with gluten ataxia (13), newly diagnosed patients with celiac disease without ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hadjivassiliou M,Boscolo S,Davies-Jones GA,Grünewald RA,Not T,Sanders DS,Simpson JE,Tongiorgi E,Williamson CA,Woodroofe NM

更新日期：2002-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brodmann brain maps, assembled in 1909, are still in use, but understanding of their animal-human homology is uncertain. Furthermore, in 1909, Brodmann did not identify human area 12 (BA12), a location now important to understanding of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). METHODS:We re-examined Brodman...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kawamura M,Miller MW,Ichikawa H,Ishihara K,Sugimoto A

更新日期：2011-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate brain amyloid pathology in a dementia-risk population defined as cardiovascular risk factors, aging, and dementia risk (CAIDE) score of at least 6 but with normal cognition and to examine associations between brain amyloid load and cognitive performance and vascular risk factors. METHODS:A sub...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kemppainen N,Johansson J,Teuho J,Parkkola R,Joutsa J,Ngandu T,Solomon A,Stephen R,Liu Y,Hänninen T,Paajanen T,Laatikainen T,Soininen H,Jula A,Rokka J,Rissanen E,Vahlberg T,Peltoniemi J,Kivipelto M,Rinne JO

更新日期：2018-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A 53-year-old man presented with a painful, demyelinating sensorimotor peripheral neuropathy with lymphomatous infiltration on sural nerve biopsy, but no evidence of systemic lymphoma. The neuropathy responded to cytotoxic therapy. Seven years later he developed generalized lymphadenopathy due to B cell lymphoplasmacy...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ince PG,Shaw PJ,Fawcett PR,Bates D

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Functional neuroimaging has shown that the absence of externally observable signs of consciousness and cognition in severely brain-injured patients does not necessarily indicate the true absence of such abilities. However, relative to traumatic brain injury, nontraumatic injury is known to be associated with...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cruse D,Chennu S,Chatelle C,Fernández-Espejo D,Bekinschtein TA,Pickard JD,Laureys S,Owen AM

更新日期：2012-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:According to the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD)-2, primary daily headaches unremitting from onset are classified as new daily-persistent headache (NDPH) only if migraine features are absent. When migraine features are present, classification is problematic. METHODS:We developed a ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Robbins MS,Grosberg BM,Napchan U,Crystal SC,Lipton RB

更新日期：2010-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 96 Chinese patients with TIAs using transcranial Doppler and duplex ultrasonography. We found intracranial stenosis or occlusion in 51% of cases and extracranial disease in 19% of cases. The most common intracranial lesion was stenosis of the terminal internal carotid artery or proximal middle cerebral arte...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Huang YN,Gao S,Li SW,Huang Y,Li JF,Wong KS,Kay R

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) encompasses a variety of clinicopathologic entities. The antemortem prediction of the underlying pathologic lesions is reputed to be difficult. This study sought to characterize correlations between 1) the different clinical variants of primary progressive language and...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Deramecourt V,Lebert F,Debachy B,Mackowiak-Cordoliani MA,Bombois S,Kerdraon O,Buée L,Maurage CA,Pasquier F

更新日期：2010-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of pharmacologic therapy for patients with epilepsy is to suppress seizures without side effects. There is growing interest in developing antiepileptogenic drugs capable of preventing the onset of seizures in patients at high risk and inducing a permanent remission of seizures in patients with epilepsy, i.e.,...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Schachter SC

更新日期：2002-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report eight cases of sensory Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). BACKGROUND:The concept of sensory equivalent to ascending paralysis of GBS was raised in 1958, and the diagnostic criteria for a sensory loss and areflexia variant of GBS were proposed in 1981. However, clinical cases meeting these criteria have...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Oh SJ,LaGanke C,Claussen GC

更新日期：2001-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Gamma hydroxybutyrate was administered to adult cats by intravenous infusion at varying dosages while an electroencephalogram (EEG) was recorded from electrodes placed stereotactically in the right and left hippocampus and thalamic intralaminar nucleus and from cortical electrodes. Blood cerebrospinal fluid samples we...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Snead OC 3rd,Yu RK,Huttenlocher PR

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brainstem auditory evoked responses were recorded after acute asphyxia in 126 infants, ages birth through 18 months. Of these, 21 had markedly abnormal amplitude ratios, and all infants with abnormal amplitude ratios had severe neurologic handicaps. An abnormal amplitude ratio predicts long-term neurologic sequelae of...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hecox KE,Cone B

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The primary objective of this research was to characterize the movement disorders associated with FOXG1 mutations. METHODS:We identified patients with FOXG1 mutations who were referred to either a tertiary movement disorder clinic or tertiary epilepsy service and retrospectively reviewed medical records, cli...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Papandreou A,Schneider RB,Augustine EF,Ng J,Mankad K,Meyer E,McTague A,Ngoh A,Hemingway C,Robinson R,Varadkar SM,Kinali M,Salpietro V,O'Driscoll MC,Basheer SN,Webster RI,Mohammad SS,Pula S,McGowan M,Trump N,Jenkin

更新日期：2016-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A 14-year-old girl developed severe bilateral optic neuritis 1 week after the onset of chickenpox. Though previous case reports state that complete recovery is the rule, this child had a persistent decrease in visual acuity in the right eye and loss of color vision and defects in visual fields in both eyes. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Purvin V,Hrisomalos N,Dunn D

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00