Abstract:
:Stimulated by the impressive effect of interferon beta on magnetic resonance imaging-detected disease activity, the past year or so has seen a particular interest in the use of magnetic resonance imaging to monitor treatment. To be effective in this regard, there needs to be a high sensitivity and accuracy in detecting disease activity, and the imaging findings should be predictive of clinical outcome, especially disability. A number of approaches show promise as being more sensitive than the conventional T2-weighted sequence. Furthermore, conventional magnetic resonance imaging cannot identify demyelination and axonal loss, the pathological substrates of irreversible disability. Newer magnetic resonance imaging techniques may be more pathologically specific, for example magnetization transfer imaging and magnetic resonance imaging spectroscopy. Such techniques provide new insights into the pathophysiology of multiple sclerosis. Improved methods for examining the often disabling spinal cord lesions have also emerged.
journal_name
Curr Opin Neuroljournal_title
Current opinion in neurologyauthors
Miller DHdoi
10.1097/00019052-199506000-00009subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-06-01 00:00:00pages
210-5issue
3eissn
1350-7540issn
1473-6551journal_volume
8pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Most patients suffering from muscular dystrophies can now obtain a precise diagnosis of their underlying molecular defect, but no efficient treatment to prevent disability and death. This review summarizes recent progress towards developing efficient treatments for these severe diseases. RECENT FINDI...
journal_title:Current opinion in neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00019052-200210000-00007
更新日期:2002-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Chlamydia pneumoniae is a common respiratory pathogen that is now being implicated in a number of chronic diseases. That the organism can infect vascular endothelium, macrophages and smooth muscle cells suggests that it may play a role in many systemic diseases. The present review focuses on the possibility that the c...
journal_title:Current opinion in neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00019052-200106000-00015
更新日期:2001-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Malingered anterograde amnesia is a phenomenon that has been exhaustively studied, whereas research on retrograde amnesia has tended to focus upon functional and organic accounts of impairment. The present review explores studies relevant to extending the malingering paradigm to retrograde amnesia. R...
journal_title:Current opinion in neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/WCO.0b013e32833299bb
更新日期:2009-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:There continues to be more males than females diagnosed with neurodevelopmental disorders, which may provide clues about their cause. This review will focus on the two most common neurodevelopmental disorders - autism spectrum disorder (autism) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and ...
journal_title:Current opinion in neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/WCO.0000000000000714
更新日期:2019-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Since the first successful attempts in 1990, human embryonic tissue transplantation has attracted the attention of multiple investigators and clinicians as a serious candidate therapy for Parkinson's disease. Although over two hundred patients have undergone the procedure, multiple issues and questions remain unresolv...
journal_title:Current opinion in neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00019052-199808000-00010
更新日期:1998-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Recent terminations of clinical trials of myostatin inhibitors in muscular dystrophy have raised questions about the predictiveness of mouse models for this therapeutic strategy. RECENT FINDINGS:A variety of myostatin inhibitors have been developed for preclinical and clinical studies. These inhibito...
journal_title:Current opinion in neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/WCO.0000000000000853
更新日期:2020-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review will summarize new neuroimaging techniques, particularly MRI and PET imaging, that can be used to assess brain tumor growth and angiogenesis. RECENT FINDINGS:Glioma tumor vasculature is abnormal, and advances in MRI now permit visualization of the hemodynamic properties of gliomas includi...
journal_title:Current opinion in neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/WCO.0b013e328318402a
更新日期:2008-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Recent advances in clinical neurophysiology of epilepsy have enhanced our ability to study the epileptogenic region and have improved the localization of seizures in patients with intractable epilepsy. Computed spike analyses using electroencephalogram or magnetoencephalography superimposed on magnetic resonance image...
journal_title:Current opinion in neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00019052-199404000-00011
更新日期:1994-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune and inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS) that causes neurological disability in young adults and that to date has no cure. Until now, expensive and only partially efficacious therapies have become available. For this reason, researchers, cli...
journal_title:Current opinion in neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/WCO.0b013e32833960f6
更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::New reports of the incidence, prevalence and mortality of Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism are reviewed. Evidence for occupational and lifestyle risk factors and protective factors is updated. Recent genetic epidemiology studies of parkinsonism in twins and families, and studies that investigated imaging and physi...
journal_title:Current opinion in neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00019052-200008000-00010
更新日期:2000-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Magnetic resonance spectroscopy provides noninvasive insight into the regional and global biochemical alterations that are concomitants of the dynamic processes that underlie the evolution of fundamental pathologic changes in multiple sclerosis. These include now well-recognized alterations of neuronal biochemical mar...
journal_title:Current opinion in neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00019052-200206000-00004
更新日期:2002-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Campylobacter jejuni is the most frequent agent of antecedent infection in an axonal variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome, acute motor axonal neuropathy, and anti-GM1 or anti-GD1a IgG antibody is also associated with acute motor axonal neuropathy. Molecular mimicry has been found between human GM1 gangl...
journal_title:Current opinion in neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/01.wco.0000174604.42272.2d
更新日期:2005-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review of recent work in the area of neurorehabilitation of multiple sclerosis patients surveys progress and underscores the need for further work to evaluate the effectiveness of treatments. RECENT FINDINGS:Several recent review documents have summarized the current position regarding neuroreha...
journal_title:Current opinion in neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/01.wco.0000169743.37159.a0
更新日期:2005-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The last 5 years have seen the number of ultra-high field (UHF; 7 T and beyond) MRI scanners nearly double. Benefits include improved specificity, better sensitivity for signal-starved compounds, and the ability to detect, quantify, and monitor tumor activity and treatment effects. This is especially ...
journal_title:Current opinion in neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/WCO.0b013e32834cd495
更新日期:2011-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review considers the role of neuroimaging in developmental disorders by highlighting recent studies in two distinct, but overlapping, developmental disorders: autism and fragile X syndrome. RECENT FINDINGS:After a decade of conflicting results in neuroimaging studies of autism, recent studies ha...
journal_title:Current opinion in neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/01.wco.0000063763.15877.d2
更新日期:2003-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Multiple sclerosis is a common neurological disorder that represents a significant source of disability. B cells have recently emerged as a novel therapeutic target for multiple sclerosis. The natural development of B cells is characterized by an antigen-independent phase that occurs in the bone marrow and an antigen-...
journal_title:Current opinion in neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/01.wco.0000313358.53553.c7
更新日期:2008-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:In recent years, advances in the understanding of the regulatory mechanisms of the immune system has led to the development of new approaches for cancer treatment. Currently, immune checkpoint inhibitors are the first successful examples of this approach and several agents that target cytotoxic lympho...
journal_title:Current opinion in neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/WCO.0000000000000391
更新日期:2016-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Although cluster headache has traditionally been thought of as a vascular headache disorder, its periodicity suggests an involvement of central areas such as the hypothalamus. This review covers the past 3 years, which have seen remarkable progress in understanding the pathophysiology of circadian hea...
journal_title:Current opinion in neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/01.wco.0000073934.19076.0e
更新日期:2003-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Here we summarize the evidence from human studies of the impairments to the structural, functional, and metabolic capacities in skeletal muscle in those with type 1 diabetes (T1D) - a condition known as diabetic myopathy. Given the importance of skeletal muscle for blood lipid and glucose management, ...
journal_title:Current opinion in neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/WCO.0000000000000479
更新日期:2017-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review presents the new terms and concepts proposed by the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Classification Commission in 2010 to describe seizures and epilepsies. This is the first major revision in 21 years and reflects the rapid evolution in our understanding of the epilepsies. REC...
journal_title:Current opinion in neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/WCO.0b013e32835ee58e
更新日期:2013-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::An increasing number of mutations in the CACNA1A gene have been identified, which are associated with a broad clinical spectrum, including familial hemiplegic migraine. Transfection studies and mouse model analyses are currently being undertaken to study the correlation between CACNA1A mutations and disease. ...
journal_title:Current opinion in neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00019052-200206000-00014
更新日期:2002-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Preterm infants are at high risk for neurological sequelae and cognitive dysfunction. These problems have been attributed to a high occurrence of central nervous system (CNS) lesions, but suboptimal brain development appears to be just as important. In this brief review we present the hypothesis that ...
journal_title:Current opinion in neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/01.wco.0000162851.44897.8f
更新日期:2005-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Patients with acute life-threatening neuromuscular disease require close cooperation between neuromuscular and intensive care specialists to achieve the best possible outcomes. The problems encountered by these patients are different from those in traditional neuromuscular practice, and neurologists c...
journal_title:Current opinion in neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/WCO.0000000000000480
更新日期:2017-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Serum IgG autoantibodies against the myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) are present in atypical demyelinating disorders such as neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) or acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. Whereas the role of aquaporin-4 antibodies as diagnostic markers for NMOSD is ...
journal_title:Current opinion in neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/WCO.0000000000000446
更新日期:2017-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Human ischemic stroke is a multistage disorder with different options for recovery. Imaging has opened a window to explore the pathophysiology and recovery mechanisms of ischemic stroke in vivo. RECENT FINDINGS:It was shown that in the acute phase, arterial recanalization and reperfusion are the most...
journal_title:Current opinion in neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/WCO.0b013e328334c84d
更新日期:2010-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:New insights into the psychophysiological determinants of performance changes and brain plasticity associated with motor sequence learning have recently been gained through behavioral and imaging studies in healthy individuals. In addition, using a variety of motor sequential paradigms in groups of pa...
journal_title:Current opinion in neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/WCO.0b013e328304b6a3
更新日期:2008-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Status epilepticus refractory to first and second-line anticonvulsants represents an outstanding challenge to the medical team. This review covers new insights into the anaesthetic and intensive care of status epilepticus. RECENT FINDINGS:In the anaesthetic treatment of status epilepticus, barbiturat...
journal_title:Current opinion in neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/WCO.0b013e328042bacb
更新日期:2007-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::With respect to diverse clinical applications for muscle regeneration, this paper discusses the latest markers for identifying skeletal muscle precursor cells in regenerating muscle, the implications of alternative sources of myogenic precursor cells and putative stem cells, and the current status of administration of...
journal_title:Current opinion in neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00019052-199910000-00007
更新日期:1999-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Although theoretical reasons exist for believing that selegiline slows the progression of Parkinson's disease, this has not been shown in clinical trials. Selegiline improves the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, allowing the introduction of levodopa to be delayed in de-novo patients and, later, for levodopa to be used...
journal_title:Current opinion in neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00019052-199608000-00012
更新日期:1996-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Two major entities continue to be controversial in the field of clinical myotoxicity: the various myopathies that are induced by the cholesterol-lowering agents and the acute quadriplegic myopathy of intensive care. Both conditions are relatively common, but their pathogenesis is unclear. The problematic issues relate...
journal_title:Current opinion in neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00019052-200010000-00006
更新日期:2000-10-01 00:00:00