Effect of intrathecal baclofen on sleep and respiratory function in patients with spasticity.

abstract：:We report a patient with rostral hypothalamic damage that significantly disrupted temporal patterning of the sleep-wake cycle, body temperature, and cognitive and behavioral functioning. The findings suggest that the suprachiasmatic region of the hypothalamus is important for the circadian control of human behavior, a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cohen RA,Albers HE

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pompe disease (acid maltase deficiency, glycogen storage disease type II; OMIM 232300) is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder characterized by acid alpha-glucosidase deficiency due to mutations in the GAA gene. Progressive skeletal muscle weakness affects motor and respiratory functions and is ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kroos MA,Pomponio RJ,Hagemans ML,Keulemans JL,Phipps M,DeRiso M,Palmer RE,Ausems MG,Van der Beek NA,Van Diggelen OP,Halley DJ,Van der Ploeg AT,Reuser AJ

更新日期：2007-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon beta (IFN-beta) has been shown in several clinical trials to have efficacy in MS. Its mechanism of action, however, remains unclear. In this review, several biological activities of IFN-beta are highlighted, including its inhibitory effects on proliferation of leukocytes and antigen presentation. Furthermor...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Yong VW,Chabot S,Stuve O,Williams G

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of intracranial arterial stenosis on the progression from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to Alzheimer disease (AD). METHODS:A total of 423 participants with MCI were included and evaluated with clinical and neuropsychological examinations annually for 4 years. The incidence of dementia ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Zhu J,Wang Y,Li J,Deng J,Zhou H

更新日期：2014-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore an association with survival of modifying the current standard of care for patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma of surgery followed by radiotherapy plus concurrent and 6 cycles of maintenance temozolomide chemotherapy (TMZ/RT → TMZ) by extending TMZ beyond 6 cycles. METHODS:The German Glioma...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gramatzki D,Kickingereder P,Hentschel B,Felsberg J,Herrlinger U,Schackert G,Tonn JC,Westphal M,Sabel M,Schlegel U,Wick W,Pietsch T,Reifenberger G,Loeffler M,Bendszus M,Weller M

更新日期：2017-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A 27-year-old man, recent visitor to the Middle East, presented with 6-week history of fever (up to 102°F) followed by altered behavior and left hemiparesis. CSF was acellular with raised protein (138 mg/dL). CSF bacterial culture was sterile; adenosine deaminase normal (3 U/L); cryptococcal antigen, Venereal Disease ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rajan R,Khurana D,Kesav P

更新日期：2013-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After 1 to 4 years, seizure-free children with epilepsy are encouraged to stop daily antiepileptic drug (AED) treatment. Approximately 70% are successful. The authors examined how often intractable epilepsy follows discontinuation of AED treatment in a population-based cohort of children with epilepsy. METH...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Camfield P,Camfield C

更新日期：2005-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients with disabling action tremor in the setting of MS were treated with isoniazid (800 to 1200 mg per day). All patients showed significant improvement of the tremor, allowing more functional use of their extremities. To the best of our knowledge, this is the only medical treatment for this type of tremor. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sabra AF,Hallett M,Sudarsky L,Mullally W

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In cerebral small vessel disease, the core MRI findings include white matter lesions (WML) and lacunar infarcts. While the clinical significance of WML is better understood, the contribution of lacunes to the rate of cognitive decline has not been established. This study investigated whether incident lacunes...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Jokinen H,Gouw AA,Madureira S,Ylikoski R,van Straaten EC,van der Flier WM,Barkhof F,Scheltens P,Fazekas F,Schmidt R,Verdelho A,Ferro JM,Pantoni L,Inzitari D,Erkinjuntti T,LADIS Study Group.

更新日期：2011-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:In spinal cords from seven amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients and four controls, we found no difference in thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) concentration relative to protein content, but there was a reduction per tissue wet weight in ALS. Immunohistochemical localization of TRH in ALS cord was unaltered. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Jackson IM,Adelman LS,Munsat TL,Forte S,Lechan RM

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because Hughlings Jackson directed that his personal documents be destroyed upon his death, none of his own clinical records are known. However, we have discovered several pages of notes in the Royal London Hospital Archive written in 1893 by Jackson to his House Physician at Queen Square concerning his proposals for ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Swash M,Evans J

更新日期：2006-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Zinc is essential for normal embryogenesis and may have particular importance for closure of the human neural tube. Compared to 258 controls, we found increased zinc content in umbilical cord serum in eight of nine newborn anencephalics (p less than 0.02) and three infants with spina bifida (p less than 0.001). Increa...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Zimmerman AW

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied reciprocal inhibition by recording the changes in firing probability of single motor units of the tibialis anterior muscle following stimulation of low-threshold afferents in the posterior tibial nerve. In 15 patients with cerebral palsy, the inhibition was as great or greater than normal. We found no evide...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Berbrayer D,Ashby P

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ependymoma is a rare type of glioma, representing 5% of all CNS malignancies. Radiotherapy (RT) is commonly administered, but there is no standard chemotherapy. At recurrence, ependymoma is notoriously refractory to therapy and the prognosis is poor. In recurrent glioblastoma, encouraging responses with beva...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Green RM,Cloughesy TF,Stupp R,DeAngelis LM,Woyshner EA,Ney DE,Lassman AB

更新日期：2009-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:MRI and CSF investigations revealed meningeal involvement in a 29-year-old patient with biopsy-confirmed Wegener's granulomatosis. The intracranial manifestation of Wegener's granulomatosis was supported by the detection of pathologic circulating antineutrophil cytoplasm (c-ANCA) in the CSF. We monitored disease activ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Spranger M,Schwab S,Meinck HM,Tischendorf M,Sis J,Breitbart A,Andrassy K

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult-onset dystonia-parkinsonism is a syndrome in search of a pathology. We therefore reviewed the literature on dystonic manifestations in autopsy-proven cases of multiple system atrophy (MSA), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), and idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD). Only 6 of 140 autopsy reports of MSA remarke...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rivest J,Quinn N,Marsden CD

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the use of the newer antidepressants beyond the traditional tricyclics and monoamine oxidase inhibitors, newer options in headache prophylaxis are provided as well as the potential for undesirable and even potentially life-threatening interactions between medications. In this article, four patient reports of a sp...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Diamond S,Pepper BJ,Diamond ML,Freitag FG,Urban GJ,Erdemoglu AK

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 101 patients with benign intracranial hypertension not related to vasculitis, neck stiffness occurred in 31, tinnitus in 27, distal extremity paresthesias in 22, joint pains in 13, low back pain in 5, and gait "ataxia" in 4. Symptoms resolved promptly upon lowering the intracranial pressure by lumbar puncture, and ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Round R,Keane JR

更新日期：1988-09-01 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:Analysis of twins with epilepsy to explore the genetic architecture of specific epilepsies, to evaluate the applicability of the 2010 International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) organization of epilepsy syndromes, and to integrate molecular genetics with phenotypic analyses. METHODS:A total of 558 twin pair...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Vadlamudi L,Milne RL,Lawrence K,Heron SE,Eckhaus J,Keay D,Connellan M,Torn-Broers Y,Howell RA,Mulley JC,Scheffer IE,Dibbens LM,Hopper JL,Berkovic SF

更新日期：2014-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to perform a third cognitive assessment in our pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis (MS) patient cohort and determine predictors of the individual cognitive outcome. METHODS:After 4.7 ± 0.7 years from baseline evaluation, 48 of 63 patients in the original cohort were reassessed on an e...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Amato MP,Goretti B,Ghezzi A,Hakiki B,Niccolai C,Lori S,Moiola L,Falautano M,Viterbo RG,Patti F,Cilia S,Pozzilli C,Bianchi V,Roscio M,Martinelli V,Comi G,Portaccio E,Trojano M,MS Study Group of the Italian Neurological

更新日期：2014-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We compared the ability of molecular biomarkers for Alzheimer disease (AD), including amyloid imaging and CSF biomarkers (Aβ42, tau, ptau181, tau/Aβ42, ptau181/Aβ42), to predict time to incident cognitive impairment among cognitively normal adults aged 45 to 88 years and followed for up to 7.5 years. METHOD...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Roe CM,Fagan AM,Grant EA,Hassenstab J,Moulder KL,Maue Dreyfus D,Sutphen CL,Benzinger TL,Mintun MA,Holtzman DM,Morris JC

更新日期：2013-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the expression of heat shock proteins (HSP) in glioma cells in vitro and in vivo and to examine their role in resistance to apoptosis. BACKGROUND:HSP are expressed in response to various forms of stress. Constitutive HSP expression may confer resistance to cytotoxic stimuli in human cancers. METHO...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hermisson M,Strik H,Rieger J,Dichgans J,Meyermann R,Weller M

更新日期：2000-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine animal exposure in ALS patients, a case-control study was undertaken on 40 ALS patients and 40 closely matched controls. Exposure to pets of any kind and to small dogs in the period from birth until 10 years before onset of ALS symptoms was significantly increased. Affected men showed a trend toward increas...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tarras S,Schenkman N,Boesch R,Mulvihill M,Caroscio JT

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate urinary neurotrophin receptor p75 extracellular domain (p75ECD) levels as disease progression and prognostic biomarkers in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). METHODS:The population in this study comprised 45 healthy controls and 54 people with ALS, 31 of whom were sampled longitudinally. Urinar...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Shepheard SR,Wuu J,Cardoso M,Wiklendt L,Dinning PG,Chataway T,Schultz D,Benatar M,Rogers ML

更新日期：2017-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In children with tuberous sclerosis, the PET tracer alpha[11C]methyl-L-tryptophan (AMT) has been shown to be selectively taken up by epileptogenic tubers, thus allowing differentiation from nonepileptogenic tubers in the interictal state. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether cortical areas showing increased AMT u...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Juhász C,Chugani DC,Muzik O,Shah A,Asano E,Mangner TJ,Chakraborty PK,Sood S,Chugani HT

更新日期：2003-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To use the Unified Batten Disease Rating Scale (UBDRS) to measure the rate of decline in physical and functional capability domains in patients with juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (JNCL) or Batten disease, a neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disorder. We have evaluated the UBDRS in subjects with JN...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kwon JM,Adams H,Rothberg PG,Augustine EF,Marshall FJ,Deblieck EA,Vierhile A,Beck CA,Newhouse NJ,Cialone J,Levy E,Ramirez-Montealegre D,Dure LS,Rose KR,Mink JW

更新日期：2011-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-one individuals awaiting trial or sentencing for murder or undergoing an appeal process requested a neurologic examination through legal counsel. We attempted in each instance to obtain EEG, MRI or CT, and neuropsychological testing. Neurologic examination revealed evidence of "frontal" dysfunction in 20 (64.5%...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Blake PY,Pincus JH,Buckner C

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present 3 new cases of cervical epidural abscess (CEA), a rare condition, along with a review of 12 other case reports. The average patient age was 45 years; just over half were male. The abscesses usually involved the mid to lower cervical region and extended an average of three to four segments. Neck stiffness wa...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lasker BR,Harter DH

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantify the risk of peripheral neuropathy (PN) with oral fluoroquinolone (FQ) use. METHODS:We conducted a case-control study within a cohort of men aged 45 to 80 years in the United States followed from 2001 to 2011. Cases were defined as those with the first physician visit diagnosis of PN, polyneuropat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Etminan M,Brophy JM,Samii A

更新日期：2014-09-30 00:00:00