Alexander disease: ventricular garlands and abnormalities of the medulla and spinal cord.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the epidemiology, etiology, clinical characteristics, treatment, outcome, and prevention of zoonotic bacterial meningitis in human adults. METHODS:We identified 16 zoonotic bacteria causing meningitis in adults. RESULTS:Zoonotic bacterial meningitis is uncommon compared to bacterial meningitis c...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： van Samkar A,Brouwer MC,van der Ende A,van de Beek D

更新日期：2016-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurologic disorders are among the most frequent causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Moreover, the current shortfall of neurologists is expected to worsen over the coming decade. As a consequence, many patients with neurologic disorders will be treated by physicians and primary care providers witho...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sandrone S,Berthaud JV,Chuquilin M,Cios J,Ghosh P,Gottlieb-Smith RJ,Kushlaf H,Mantri S,Masangkay N,Menkes DL,Nevel KS,Sarva H,Schneider LD

更新日期：2019-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian spinal neurons grown in tissue culture were used to study the effects of the four convulsants-penicillin, pentylenetetrazol, picrotoxin, and bicuculline-on these neurons' responses to amino acids. Bath application of all four convulsants produced paroxysmal depolarizing events in the neurons; iontophoresis o...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Macdonald RL,Barker JL

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a crossed-response task, monkeys with neglect induced by frontal lesions appear to have motor rather than sensory neglect. However, the crossed-response task may not reveal sensory neglect (inattention) if no perceptual discrimination is required. We therefore trained two monkeys in a perceptually complex crosse...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Heilman KM,Valenstein E,Day A,Watson R

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if migraine with aura is associated with neuroinflammation, which has been suggested by preclinical models of cortical spreading depression (CSD) as well as imaging of human pain conditions. METHODS:Thirteen migraineurs with aura and 16 healthy controls received integrated PET/MRI brain scans wi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Albrecht DS,Mainero C,Ichijo E,Ward N,Granziera C,Zürcher NR,Akeju O,Bonnier G,Price J,Hooker JM,Napadow V,Loggia ML,Hadjikhani N

更新日期：2019-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional mail survey evaluated the prevalence and predictors of unconventional therapy (UT) utilization among 569 community-based people with MS. One-third reported having visited a UT practitioner in the last 6 months. Utilizers tended to report at least one medical comorbidity, earn at least $50,000 a ye...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Schwartz CE,Laitin E,Brotman S,LaRocca N

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied brain sections from 10 patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) by in situ hybridization with a biotin-labeled JC virus (JCV) DNA probe and by immunohistochemistry using antibody against the JCV capsid antigen. We compared the results w...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Aksamit AJ,Gendelman HE,Orenstein JM,Pezeshkpour GH

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously described demyelination in the brain and subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord in a patient with 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase deficiency. To assess the role of methionine, S-adenosylmethionine, folate, and neurotransmitter amine metabolism in the demyelination process, we measured...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hyland K,Smith I,Bottiglieri T,Perry J,Wendel U,Clayton PT,Leonard JV

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate teriflunomide as add-on therapy to ongoing stable-dosed interferon-β (IFNβ) in patients with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (RMS). METHODS:A total of 118 patients with RMS were randomly assigned 1:1:1 to receive oral placebo or teriflunomide, 7 or 14 mg, once daily for 24 weeks; 86 patient...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Freedman MS,Wolinsky JS,Wamil B,Confavreux C,Comi G,Kappos L,Olsson TP,Miller A,Benzerdjeb H,Li H,Simonson C,O'Connor PW,Teriflunomide Multiple Sclerosis Trial Group and the MRI Analysis Center.

更新日期：2012-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To improve clinical recognition and provide research diagnostic criteria for three clinical syndromes associated with frontotemporal lobar degeneration. METHODS:Consensus criteria for the three prototypic syndromes-frontotemporal dementia, progressive nonfluent aphasia, and semantic dementia-were developed b...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Neary D,Snowden JS,Gustafson L,Passant U,Stuss D,Black S,Freedman M,Kertesz A,Robert PH,Albert M,Boone K,Miller BL,Cummings J,Benson DF

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether the fornix and mamillary bodies, being part of the limbic system, are abnormal in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE). BACKGROUND:The limbic system comprises the hippocampal formation, fornix, mamillary bodies, thalamus, and other integrated structures. This system is im...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kuzniecky R,Bilir E,Gilliam F,Faught E,Martin R,Hugg J

更新日期：1999-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Impairment in the central dopaminergic system has been consistently suggested as an etiologic factor in restless legs syndrome (RLS). OBJECTIVE:To investigate a possible role for the MAOA and MAOB genes in RLS using a population-based association study. METHODS:In addition to a dinucleotide repeat located ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Desautels A,Turecki G,Montplaisir J,Brisebois K,Sequeira A,Adam B,Rouleau GA

更新日期：2002-07-23 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：:This paper reviews the issue of hepatotoxicity with the use of the catechol-O-methly transferase (COMT) inhibitors tolcapone and entacapone. Neither drug caused hepatotoxicity in preclinical toxicity testing. However, in clinical trials of tolcapone, liver chemistry tests were elevated more than 3 times above the uppe...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Watkins P

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the prevalence and nature of cognitive changes associated with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) using a large scale study. METHODS:Consecutive patients with sporadic ALS (n = 279) underwent comprehensive neurologic evaluation and neuropsychological testing. Testing data from normal...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ringholz GM,Appel SH,Bradshaw M,Cooke NA,Mosnik DM,Schulz PE

更新日期：2005-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied four patients with neurologic disorders of the lumbosacral plexus. Except for location of symptoms, the disorder confirmed to criteria established for the clinical diagnosis of brachial plexus neuritis. Acute onset of pain in one or both legs was followed by weakness, loss of stretch reflexes, and sometimes...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sander JE,Sharp FR

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a previous study, the authors found that the risk of AD among mothers who were 35 years or younger when their children with Down syndrome (DS) were born was five times that of mothers of children with other forms of mental retardation. The current study investigated the specificity of the familial aggrega...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Schupf N,Kapell D,Nightingale B,Lee JH,Mohlenhoff J,Bewley S,Ottman R,Mayeux R

更新日期：2001-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors evaluated how history of concussion affects symptom reporting prior to and after sustaining a concussion. At baseline, athletes with a positive concussion history reported more current symptomatology than athletes who had never been concussed. At 2 hours postinjury, concussed athletes with a history of pre...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bruce JM,Echemendia RJ

更新日期：2004-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the prevalence of headaches in a Chinese elderly population. BACKGROUND:There are few headache surveys in the elderly. Previous studies have shown a low headache prevalence in Chinese. METHODS: TARGET POPULATION:eligible registered residents > or = 65 years old (N = 2,003) in two townships o...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Wang SJ,Liu HC,Fuh JL,Liu CY,Lin KP,Chen HM,Lin CH,Wang PN,Hsu LC,Wang HC,Lin KN

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is controversy about the clinical consequences of intermediate alleles (IAs) in Huntington disease (HD). The main objective of this study was to establish the clinical manifestations of IA carriers for a prospective, international, European HD registry. METHODS:We assessed a cohort of participants at r...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cubo E,Ramos-Arroyo MA,Martinez-Horta S,Martínez-Descalls A,Calvo S,Gil-Polo C,European HD Network.

更新日期：2016-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Pearson syndrome is a systemic disorder of oxidative phosphorylation in infants, predominantly affecting the bone marrow and exocrine pancreas and associated with single deletions in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). CNS involvement may occur in patients who survive the infantile hematopoietic disorder. We describe a Pearson...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Santorelli FM,Barmada MA,Pons R,Zhang LL,DiMauro S

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The medical records of all children at our hospital with International Classification of Diseases 9th revision (ICD-9) codes 342, 433 to 438, or 767 from May 1999 to May 2004 were reviewed to assess whether they had stroke (any type) or, specifically, arterial ischemic stroke (AIS). Code accuracy ranged from 37 to 88%...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Golomb MR,Garg BP,Saha C,Williams LS

更新日期：2006-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied evoked potentials (EPs) in 27 patients with typical acute Guillain-Barré syndrome and 3 with Fisher's syndrome. Three of 21 had BAEP abnormalities: 1 with bilateral I-III, 1 with unilateral I-III, and another with unilateral III-V interwave latency prolongations. Three with Fisher's syndrome had normal BAEP...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ropper AH,Chiappa KH

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine associations between aggregate genetic risk and Alzheimer disease (AD) markers in stages preceding the clinical symptoms of dementia using data from 2 large observational cohort studies. METHODS:We computed polygenic risk scores (PGRS) using summary statistics from the International Genomics of Al...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Mormino EC,Sperling RA,Holmes AJ,Buckner RL,De Jager PL,Smoller JW,Sabuncu MR,Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative.

更新日期：2016-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe risk and risk factors of epilepsy after hospitalization for brain infection in adults in Sweden. METHODS:This was a matched retrospective cohort study based on the comprehensive National Patient and Cause of Death Registers. All individuals age >18 without prior epilepsy who received inpatient ca...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Zelano J,Westman G

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report on the long-term outcomes of deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the thalamic ventral intermediate nucleus (VIM) in Parkinson disease (PD), essential tremor (ET), and dystonic tremor. METHODS:One hundred fifty-nine patients with PD, ET, and dystonia underwent VIM DBS due to refractory tremor at the Gre...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cury RG,Fraix V,Castrioto A,Pérez Fernández MA,Krack P,Chabardes S,Seigneuret E,Alho EJL,Benabid AL,Moro E

更新日期：2017-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Periodic paralyses and paramyotonia congenita are rare disorders causing disabling weakness and myotonia. Mutations in sodium, calcium, and potassium channels have been recognized as causing disease. OBJECTIVE:To analyze the clinical phenotype of patients with and without discernible genotype and to identif...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Miller TM,Dias da Silva MR,Miller HA,Kwiecinski H,Mendell JR,Tawil R,McManis P,Griggs RC,Angelini C,Servidei S,Petajan J,Dalakas MC,Ranum LP,Fu YH,Ptácek LJ

更新日期：2004-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors performed serial transcranial Doppler (TCD) and carbon dioxide reactivity (CO2R) testing in 20 aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage patients to determine whether impaired cerebrovascular reactivity was associated with symptomatic vasospasm. Symptomatic vasospasm occurred in 9 of 14 patients with abnormal CO2...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Frontera JA,Rundek T,Schmidt JM,Claassen J,Parra A,Wartenberg KE,Temes RE,Mayer SA,Mohr JP,Marshall RS

更新日期：2006-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and eight patients with independent, multifocal, spike discharges in the EEG were studied. The abnormality occurred at all ages but was more frequent between 4 and 7 years. The basic EEG activity in wake tracing was invariably slow for the age of the patient. The majority of the patients with independent m...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Noriega-Sanchez A,Markand ON

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with postanoxic intention myoclonus, two patients with intention tremor, and one patient with cerebral palsy were administered L-5-hydroxytryptophan (L-5HTP), the precursor of serotonin, in combination with MK 486, a peripheral amino acid decarboxylase inhibitor. L-5HTP combined with MK 486 were potent ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Van Woert MH,Sethy VH

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00