Family history of dementia is a risk factor for Lewy body disease.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess alterations in brain metabolites of patients with Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) with the proteolipid protein gene 1 (PLP1) duplications using quantitative proton MRS. METHODS:Five unrelated male Japanese patients with PMD with PLP1 duplications were analyzed using automated proton brain examin...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Takanashi J,Inoue K,Tomita M,Kurihara A,Morita F,Ikehira H,Tanada S,Yoshitome E,Kohno Y

更新日期：2002-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the surgical and hardware complications in a series of 81 consecutive patients undergoing subthalamic (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson disease (PD). METHODS:The authors prospectively documented surgical and hardware complications occurring at the time of surgery and at subsequent ne...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lyons KE,Wilkinson SB,Overman J,Pahwa R

更新日期：2004-08-24 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：:High plasma levels of 3-O-methyldopa (OMD) were found in parkinsonian patients chronically treated with levodopa, particularly in those with on-off phenomenon. However, no relation could be established between circulating levels of the levodopa metabolite and the presence of motor response fluctuations at any stage of...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Fabbrini G,Juncos JL,Mouradian MM,Serrati C,Chase TN

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T, B, and "null" lymphocytes were determined in peripheral blood obtained from 24 control subjects and 15 multiple sclerosis patients. The total number of lymphocytes and T lymphocytes were reduced significantly in multiple sclerosis patients as compared with those of controls. Although the percentage of B lymphocytes...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Reddy MM,Goh KO

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate if patterns of CSF biomarkers (T-tau, P-tau, and Abeta42) can predict cognitive progression, outcome of cholinesterase inhibitor (ChEI) treatment, and mortality in Alzheimer disease (AD). METHODS:We included outpatients with AD (n = 151) from a prospective treatment study with ChEI. At baselin...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Wallin AK,Blennow K,Zetterberg H,Londos E,Minthon L,Hansson O

更新日期：2010-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We obtained continuous EEG/video recordings on four children who had the interictal EEG pattern of multifocal independent epileptiform discharges (MIED). The prominent feature of their evaluation was the evidence that their clinical seizures appeared to be of focal origin; 42/44 seizures were manifested by "fencing po...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Burnstine TH,Vining EP,Uematsu S,Lesser RP

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We followed 18 multiple sclerosis patients clinically and with repeated brain MRIs with and without gadolinium for over 1 year. Clinical evaluations included scoring on the Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) and the Ambulation Index (AI) scale. There was a significant correlation between the change in EDS...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Khoury SJ,Guttmann CR,Orav EJ,Hohol MJ,Ahn SS,Hsu L,Kikinis R,Mackin GA,Jolesz FA,Weiner HL

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infection with HIV can result in a debilitating CNS disorder known as HIV dementia (HIV-D). Since the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), the incidence of HIV-D has declined, but the prevalence continues to increase. In this new era of HIV-D, traditional biomarkers such as CSF viral load ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bandaru VV,McArthur JC,Sacktor N,Cutler RG,Knapp EL,Mattson MP,Haughey NJ

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four men with evidence of hemiatrophy resulting from early-life hemispheral injury developed unilateral hemiparkinsonism on the side of the hemiatrophy. The parkinsonism began in the fourth decade and has remained unilateral for 5 to 35 years. In all four patients, the parkinsonism was slowly progressive, but the clin...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Klawans HL

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted an exploratory study of young-onset Parkinson's disease (YOPD) to examine occupational and environmental factors associated with disease risk. This case-control study included 63 YOPD patients (diagnosis on or before age 50); controls (n = 68) were diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. Crude odds ratios (O...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Butterfield PG,Valanis BG,Spencer PS,Lindeman CA,Nutt JG

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatigue is a common but poorly understood symptom in Parkinson's disease (PD). Using previously validated scales, we asked 58 nondemented PD patients and 58 controls to fill out questionnaires assessing fatigue and depression and found that PD patients were more depressed and more fatigued than age-matched controls. A...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Friedman J,Friedman H

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluctuations in motor response eventually affect most patients with Parkinson's disease who have been exposed to chronic, intermittent levodopa administration for longer than 5 years. Response oscillations are often related to the timing of levodopa doses (predictable "wearing-off"), but random "on-off" effects also o...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Poewe WH

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interictal and ictal fluorodeoxyglucose scans were obtained with positron CT from four patients with spontaneous recurrent partial seizures, one with epilepsia partialis continua, and one with a single partial seizure induced by electrical stimulation of the hippocampus. Ictal metabolic patterns were different for eac...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Engel J Jr,Kuhl DE,Phelps ME,Rausch R,Nuwer M

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over 50% of persons with idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) will develop Parkinson disease (PD) or dementia. At present, there is no way to predict who will develop disease. Since polysomnography is performed in all patients with idiopathic RBD at diagnosis, there is an opportunity to analyze if ba...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Postuma RB,Gagnon JF,Rompré S,Montplaisir JY

更新日期：2010-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the performance of patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD) who participated in the placebo arm of a 12-week clinical trial. Assessments occurred at baseline and at 4, 6, 10, and 12 weeks after starting study medication. Patients received the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale--Cognitive on all fi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Knopman D,Gracon S

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether exon deletions or duplications in CLCN1 are associated with recessive myotonia congenita (MC). METHODS:We performed detailed clinical and electrophysiologic characterization in 60 patients with phenotypes consistent with MC. DNA sequencing of CLCN1 followed by multiplex ligation-dependent p...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Raja Rayan DL,Haworth A,Sud R,Matthews E,Fialho D,Burge J,Portaro S,Schorge S,Tuin K,Lunt P,McEntagart M,Toscano A,Davis MB,Hanna MG

更新日期：2012-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to apply the HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) criteria for diagnosing HAND in HIV-infected adults, in a cohort of HIV-infected youth to thus establish whether this system is able to detect a spectrum of neurocognitive disorders (ND) in HIV-infected youth. METHODS:We us...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hoare J,Phillips N,Joska JA,Paul R,Donald KA,Stein DJ,Thomas KG

更新日期：2016-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the proportion of APOE ε4 genotype carriers in aphasic vs amnestic variants of Alzheimer disease (AD). METHOD:The proportion of APOE ε4 carriers was compared among the following 3 groups: (1) 42 patients with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) and AD pathology (PPA/AD) enrolled in the Northwestern ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Weintraub S,Teylan M,Rader B,Chan KCG,Bollenbeck M,Kukull WA,Coventry C,Rogalski E,Bigio E,Mesulam MM

更新日期：2020-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:From 536 patients with the CREST syndrome (calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, esophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasis), seven were identified as having peripheral neuropathy not attributable to another cause. Peripheral neuropathy developed 0 to 25 years after their first symptoms of scleroderma. Unex...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dyck PJ,Hunder GG,Dyck PJ

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the attributes of quantitative strength testing using hand-held dynamometry (HHD) as an efficacy measure in 2 large phase 3 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) trials. METHODS:In the phase 3 trials of ceftriaxone and dexpramipexole, 513 and 943 patients, respectively, were enrolled in double-blind, ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Shefner JM,Liu D,Leitner ML,Schoenfeld D,Johns DR,Ferguson T,Cudkowicz M

更新日期：2016-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of bilateral frontal leukotomy on motor function was evaluated by neurologic examination, tests of praxis, and appropriate neuropsychologic tests administered to five groups of subjects. Postleukotomy schizophrenic patients were subdivided into three degrees of recovery. Two nonleukotomized groups served as...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Benson DF,Stuss DT

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:SCN8A encodes the sodium channel voltage-gated α8-subunit (Nav1.6). SCN8A mutations have recently been associated with epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders. We aimed to delineate the phenotype associated with SCN8A mutations. METHODS:We used high-throughput sequence analysis of the SCN8A gene in 683 pat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Larsen J,Carvill GL,Gardella E,Kluger G,Schmiedel G,Barisic N,Depienne C,Brilstra E,Mang Y,Nielsen JE,Kirkpatrick M,Goudie D,Goldman R,Jähn JA,Jepsen B,Gill D,Döcker M,Biskup S,McMahon JM,Koeleman B,Harris M,Bra

更新日期：2015-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the rate of progression of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). METHODS:We followed 337 patients with MCI in the Mayo Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (range 2-12 years). Competing risks survival models were used to examine the rates of progression to clinically...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ferman TJ,Smith GE,Kantarci K,Boeve BF,Pankratz VS,Dickson DW,Graff-Radford NR,Wszolek Z,Van Gerpen J,Uitti R,Pedraza O,Murray ME,Aakre J,Parisi J,Knopman DS,Petersen RC

更新日期：2013-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether cognitive function is related to incidence of stroke. METHODS:A population-based cohort of 1551 subjects with no clinical history or signs of stroke, age 75 years and over at baseline, were followed up for 3 years. Individuals with a first-ever stroke event that was recorded in the Sto...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Zhu L,Fratiglioni L,Guo Z,Winblad B,Viitanen M

更新日期：2000-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define potential pathogenic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) point mutations in a patient with myoclonus epilepsy with ragged-red fibers (MERRF) syndrome. BACKGROUND:MERRF syndrome is typically associated with point mutations in the mtDNA tRNALys gene. METHODS:We performed morphologic, biochemical, and genetic ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Arenas J,Campos Y,Bornstein B,Ribacoba R,Martín MA,Rubio JC,Santorelli FM,Zeviani M,DiMauro S,Garesse R

更新日期：1999-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied three patients with Leigh's syndrome (LS) and cytochrome c oxidase (COX) deficiency. Biochemical studies in brain, muscle, heart, liver, kidney, and fibroblasts disclosed a generalized COX deficiency. Kinetic studies of COX activity in brain mitochondria showed a low Vmax and a normal Km for reduced cytochr...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lombes A,Nakase H,Tritschler HJ,Kadenbach B,Bonilla E,DeVivo DC,Schon EA,DiMauro S

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients with a clinical syndrome closely resembling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis recovered completely, without treatment, 5 to 12 months after onset. Electrodiagnostic tests revealed acute and chronic denervation, with normal motor and sensory nerve conduction studies. The CSF was normal, and tests for paraprot...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tucker T,Layzer RB,Miller RG,Chad D

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypnic headache has been described in several case reports since 1981 and is regarded as an idiopathic headache disorder. In this review of 71 cases in the literature, the clinical features, neurophysiologic including polysomnographic findings, and treatment procedures are analyzed and the pathophysiology of this cond...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Evers S,Goadsby PJ

更新日期：2003-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypohidrosis predisposes to hyperthermia and may indicate generalized thermoregulatory failure. To assess the sweating capacity in human poikilothermia, we performed a quantitative analysis of the central and peripheral sudomotor pathways in four women with acquired poikilothermia (aged 29 to 38 years) and nine contro...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： MacKenzie MA,Schönbaum E,Hermus AR,Wollersheim HC,Thien T,Smals AG,Kloppenborg PW

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00