Why do patients with PSP fall? Evidence for abnormal otolith responses.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the inflammatory processes in the pathogenesis of psychiatric symptoms and the prognostic value of psychiatric comorbidities in multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS:Four hundred five patients with relapsing-remitting (RR) MS underwent psychiatric evaluation by means of Beck Depression Inventory II (BD...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rossi S,Studer V,Motta C,Polidoro S,Perugini J,Macchiarulo G,Giovannetti AM,Pareja-Gutierrez L,Calò A,Colonna I,Furlan R,Martino G,Centonze D

更新日期：2017-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Diagnostic criteria from 2002 classify transverse myelitis (TM) as idiopathic or disease associated but predate the discovery of aquaporin-4 (AQP4)-immunoglobulin G (IgG) and myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG)-IgG, which associate with TM. Prior incidence estimates of idiopathic TM (ITM) range from 1 t...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sechi E,Shosha E,Williams JP,Pittock SJ,Weinshenker BG,Keegan BM,Zalewski NL,Lopez-Chiriboga AS,Jitprapaikulsan J,Flanagan EP

更新日期：2019-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In epilepsy as in other disorders, family history information is often obtained by asking patients about the medical histories of their relatives rather than interviewing or examining the relatives directly. The accuracy of this type of information for epilepsy and other seizure disorders is unclear. METHOD...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ottman R,Barker-Cummings C,Leibson CL,Vasoli VM,Hauser WA,Buchhalter JR

更新日期：2011-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantify the associations of peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (pRNFL) thickness and macular ganglion cell layer (mGCL) volume with cognitive functioning and to investigate how demographic and vascular health factors affect these associations in a population-based sample of adults. METHODS:The sampl...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ward DD,Mauschitz MM,Bönniger MM,Merten N,Finger RP,Breteler MMB

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Two recent studies suggest that the risk of ALS is increased among Gulf War veterans. It is not known whether military service outside of the Gulf War is associated with increased risk of ALS. METHODS:The authors prospectively assessed the relation between service in the military and ALS mortality among par...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Weisskopf MG,O'Reilly EJ,McCullough ML,Calle EE,Thun MJ,Cudkowicz M,Ascherio A

更新日期：2005-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Deep brain stimulation of the internal global pallidus (GPi) and the subthalamic nucleus (STN) has become a treatment alternative in advanced PD. Although the effects of GPi stimulation have been examined recently, little is known about STN stimulation effects on motor cortex excitability. METHODS:The effec...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Däuper J,Peschel T,Schrader C,Kohlmetz C,Joppich G,Nager W,Dengler R,Rollnik JD

更新日期：2002-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-one neonates were observed for the relationship between phenobarbital plasma concentrations and elimination of seizures. Sixty neonates (85%) had seizures controlled by phenobarbital alone. Effective plasma concentrations were 10.1 to 46.4 mg per liter. Although 36 neonates had seizures controlled by phenobarb...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gal P,Toback J,Boer HR,Erkan NV,Wells TJ

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is widely used in clinical practice, few norms exist for healthy populations covering a broad range of ages. OBJECTIVE:To obtain MMSE norms specific for age, gender, and education in healthy adults. METHODS:From the population registers of seven communities...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Grigoletto F,Zappalà G,Anderson DW,Lebowitz BD

更新日期：1999-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to develop and validate a risk index for prospective cognitive decline in older adults based on blood-derived markers. METHODS:The index was based on 8 markers that have been previously associated with cognitive aging: APOE genotype, plasma β-amyloid 42/40 ratio, telomere length, cystatin C, glucos...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Nettiksimmons J,Ayonayon H,Harris T,Phillips C,Rosano C,Satterfield S,Yaffe K,Health ABC Study.

更新日期：2015-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the diagnostic accuracy of confrontation visual field testing and to compare the accuracy of confrontation tests both individually and in combination. METHODS:Patients were prospectively recruited from ophthalmology clinics over a 6-month period. All patients underwent SITA-standard 24-2 Humphre...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kerr NM,Chew SS,Eady EK,Gamble GD,Danesh-Meyer HV

更新日期：2010-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the sensitivity of structural MRI and 18F-fludeoxyglucose PET (18FDG-PET) to detect longitudinal changes in frontotemporal dementia (FTD). METHODS:Thirty patients with behavioral variant FTD (bvFTD), 7 with nonfluent/agrammatic variant primary progressive aphasia (nfvPPA), 16 with semantic variant...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bejanin A,Tammewar G,Marx G,Cobigo Y,Iaccarino L,Kornak J,Staffaroni AM,Dickerson BC,Boeve BF,Knopman DS,Gorno-Tempini M,Miller BL,Jagust WJ,Boxer AL,Rosen HJ,Rabinovici GD

更新日期：2020-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 50 patients with phenytoin intoxication, 14 had seizures during the episode. Seizures in 9 of these 14 patients probably resulted from poor seizure control despite high phenytoin levels, but in 5 cases, attacks were attributed to phenytoin toxicity. The only factor that seemed to correlate with seizures was a se...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Stilman N,Masdeu JC

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prospectively evaluated the relationship between a common psychological stressor and relapses in multiple sclerosis (MS) in a group of 32 MS patients exposed to the threat of missile attacks during the Persian Gulf War of 1991. The number of relapses during the war and the following 2 months was significantly lower...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Nisipeanu P,Korczyn AD

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the clinical course of nine patients with neuro-Behçet's disease to assess difficulties in making this diagnosis. Factors delaying proper diagnosis included lack of accurate history and physical examination, lack of recognition of an underlying systemic syndrome and its relationship to the neurologic sympt...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Devlin T,Gray L,Allen NB,Friedman AH,Tien R,Morgenlander JC

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the association between hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) and cognitive impairment 15 years after pregnancy, we measured cognitive performance in 115 women with a history of HDP and in 481 women with a previous normotensive pregnancy. METHODS:This was a nested cohort study embedded in a ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Adank MC,Hussainali RF,Oosterveer LC,Ikram MA,Steegers EAP,Miller EC,Schalekamp-Timmermans S

更新日期：2021-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the relationship between hippocampal, amygdalar, and entorhinal cortex atrophy and duration of epilepsy, presence of secondary generalized seizures, and prolonged childhood febrile convulsions in patients with pharmacologically intractable temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). METHODS:Volumetric MRI of ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bernasconi N,Natsume J,Bernasconi A

更新日期：2005-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although small fiber neuropathy (SFN) often occurs without apparent cause, the molecular etiology of idiopathic SFN (I-SFN) has remained enigmatic. Sodium channel Na(v)1.7 is preferentially expressed within dorsal root ganglion (DRG) and sympathetic ganglion neurons and their small-diameter peripheral axons....

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Han C,Hoeijmakers JG,Ahn HS,Zhao P,Shah P,Lauria G,Gerrits MM,te Morsche RH,Dib-Hajj SD,Drenth JP,Faber CG,Merkies IS,Waxman SG

更新日期：2012-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Coma is rare in temporal arteritis (TA). We describe a patient with TA who suddenly developed coma with a triphasic EEG pattern that resolved after initiation of steroid treatment. Although the arterial lesions in TA are segmental in nature, TA may present with signs of diffuse neurologic deficit; early treatment can ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tomer Y,Neufeld MY,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：1992-02-01 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 test efficacy and safety of atorvastatin in subjects with clinically isolated syndrome (CIS). METHODS:Subjects with CIS were enrolled in a phase II, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 14-center randomized trial testing 80 mg atorvastatin on clinical and brain MRI activity. Brain MRIs were performed quarter...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Waubant E,Pelletier D,Mass M,Cohen JA,Kita M,Cross A,Bar-Or A,Vollmer T,Racke M,Stüve O,Schwid S,Goodman A,Kachuck N,Preiningerova J,Weinstock-Guttman B,Calabresi PA,Miller A,Mokhtarani M,Iklé D,Murphy S,Kopetskie

更新日期：2012-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Parent of origin effects caused by genomic imprinting may influence the phenotypic expression of a number of heritable human disorders. To test this phenomenon in Tourette's syndrome (TS), we studied 437 first degree relatives systematically ascertained through 57 probands. We compared age at onset, age at diagnosis, ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Eapen V,O'Neill J,Gurling HM,Robertson MM

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors measured the association of early ischemic change on CT scan, measured using the Alberta Stroke Programme Early CT score (ASPECTS), and functional outcome in 825 patients with anterior circulation stroke treated with IV thrombolysis within 3 hours of onset. ASPECTS predicted outcome in a graded fashion (li...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Weir NU,Pexman JH,Hill MD,Buchan AM,CASES investigators.

更新日期：2006-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy and safety of donepezil as a treatment for patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD) was investigated in a multicenter, double-blind study. Patients were randomly assigned to treatment with placebo (n = 162), 5 mg/d donepezil (n = 154), or 10 mg/d donepezil (n = 157) for 24 weeks followed by...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rogers SL,Farlow MR,Doody RS,Mohs R,Friedhoff LT

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the baseline characteristics of patients in the Ticlopidine Aspirin Stroke Study (TASS) to determine if the effects of the two treatments in preventing stroke differed in various subgroups. Patients with the following characteristics did less well on aspirin: elevated creatinine, hypertension or diabetes r...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Grotta JC,Norris JW,Kamm B

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spasticity may result in part from segmental spinal disinhibition. We determined the content and specific activity of glycine (the putative neurotransmitter thought to mediate spinal postsynaptic inhibition) and serine (the probable precursor of glycine) in feline spastic spinal cord following the intra-aortic adminis...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hall PV,Smith JE,Lane J,Mote T,Campbell R

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine whether late-life exposure to PM2.5 (particulate matter with aerodynamic diameters <2.5-µm) contributes to progressive brain atrophy predictive of Alzheimer's disease (AD) using a community-dwelling cohort of women (aged 70-89) with up to two brain MRI scans (MRI-1: 2005-6; MRI-2: 2010-11). METHOD...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Younan D,Wang X,Casanova R,Barnard R,Gaussoin SA,Saldana S,Petkus AJ,Beavers DP,Resnick SM,Manson JE,Serre ML,Vizuete W,Henderson VW,Sachs BC,Salinas JA,Gatz M,Espeland MA,Chui HC,Shumaker SA,Rapp SR,Chen JC,Wom

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Original reports on temporal arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica were reviewed before and after the introduction of steroid therapy to prevent blindness in temporal arteritis. In some cases, the original data were reworked. There is evidence that both diseases have become more benign. As a result, the perceived risk ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Turnbull J

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) to study postictal cerebral blood flow (CBF) in 51 patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. There were 78 seizures studied, 77 by early postictal injection of Tc-99m HMPAO (delay from seizure onset = 4.3 +/- 4.5 min) and one by ictal injection. Increased focal te...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rowe CC,Berkovic SF,Austin MC,McKay WJ,Bladin PF

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the involvement of the epidermal small sensory fibers in the neurodegenerative process in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). METHODS:In the present study, skin biopsies of 28 patients with ALS were obtained at an average of 34 months after disease onset by history. Protein gene product 9.5 (...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Weis J,Katona I,Müller-Newen G,Sommer C,Necula G,Hendrich C,Ludolph AC,Sperfeld AD

更新日期：2011-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-seven patients with static or worsening chronic inflammatory-demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy were randomly assigned to alternate day decremental prednisone therapy alone or with azathioprine (2 mg/kg) for 9 months. No statistically significant alterations were demonstrated between these treatment schedules...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dyck PJ,O'Brien P,Swanson C,Low P,Daube J

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00