Current treatments of epilepsy.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To use a historical placebo control design to determine whether lithium carbonate slows progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). METHODS:A phase II trial was conducted at 10 sites in the Western ALS Study Group using similar dosages (300-450 mg/day), target blood levels (0.3-0.8 mEq/L), outcome me...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Miller RG,Moore DH,Forshew DA,Katz JS,Barohn RJ,Valan M,Bromberg MB,Goslin KL,Graves MC,McCluskey LF,McVey AL,Mozaffar T,Florence JM,Pestronk A,Ross M,Simpson EP,Appel SH,WALS Study Group.

更新日期：2011-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A 64-year-old man with diffuse atherosclerosis developed an organic mental syndrome, followed by hypothalamic symptoms. Autopsy showed an old large cystic infarct involving the left temporal lobe including the hippocampus, and atrophy of the ipsilateral fornix, mammillary body, hypothalamus, mammillothalamic tract, an...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Torch WC,Hirano A,Solomon S

更新日期：1977-12-01 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：:A new generation of Atraumatic (blunt tipped) needles now exists in addition to the traditional Quincke (cutting tip) needles for LP. We wished to identify the optimal size and type of needle that should be used for this technique. Requirements include rapid and accurate transduction of CSF pressure and adequate flow ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Carson D,Serpell M

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate a neuropsychological algorithm for dementia diagnosis. METHODS:We developed a neuropsychological algorithm in a sample of 1,023 elderly residents of Cache County, UT. We compared algorithmic and clinical dementia diagnoses both based on DSM-III-R criteria. The algorithm diagnosed dementia when th...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tschanz JT,Welsh-Bohmer KA,Skoog I,West N,Norton MC,Wyse BW,Nickles R,Breitner JC

更新日期：2000-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine whether preadmission use of nonaspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) influenced 30-day stroke mortality. METHODS:We conducted a nationwide population-based cohort study. Using medical databases, we identified all first-time stroke hospitalizations in Denmark between 2004 and 2012 ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Schmidt M,Hováth-Puhó E,Christiansen CF,Petersen KL,Bøtker HE,Sørensen HT

更新日期：2014-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether cognitive impairment in Parkinson disease (PD) and Alzheimer disease (AD) derives from the same network pathology. METHODS:We analyzed 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET scans from 40 patients with AD and 40 age-matched healthy controls from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative and sc...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Mattis PJ,Niethammer M,Sako W,Tang CC,Nazem A,Gordon ML,Brandt V,Dhawan V,Eidelberg D

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Coccidioides species are the most common etiologic agents of chronic meningitis in regions endemic for coccidioidomycosis. Occasionally, even short-term travel to endemic regions results in the acquisition of meningeal disease, so awareness of this complication of coccidioidomycosis is important even in nonen...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Drake KW,Adam RD

更新日期：2009-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine neurosurgical patients suffering from a variety of brain tumors were studied. Sodium valproate was given for 3 days before surgery. At craniotomy, sections of brain and samples of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma were obtained and assayed for sodium valproate concentrations. Brain levels were 6.8 to 27.9% of ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Vajda FJ,Donnan GA,Phillips J,Bladin PF

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Parkinson disease (PD), a devastating neurodegenerative disorder, affects motor abilities and cognition as well. It is not clear whether the proapoptotic protein, Bid, is involved in tumor necrosis factor death receptor I (TNFRI)-mediated destructive signal transduction pathways such as cell dysfunction or ne...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Jiang H,He P,Adler CH,Shill H,Beach TG,Li R,Shen Y

更新日期：2012-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracranial and intracranial angioplasty and stenting of the cerebral vessels are being performed more frequently. One clinical trial demonstrated equivalent outcomes between extracranial carotid angioplasty and carotid endarterectomy, but the results in both groups were suboptimal. Concerns remain about the iatrogen...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Chaturvedi S,Fessler R

更新日期：2002-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of clinical and radiologic disease activity on the rate of thinning of the ganglion cell/inner plexiform (GCIP) layer and the retinal nerve fiber layer in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) using optical coherence tomography (OCT). METHODS:One hundred sixty-four patients with MS an...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ratchford JN,Saidha S,Sotirchos ES,Oh JA,Seigo MA,Eckstein C,Durbin MK,Oakley JD,Meyer SA,Conger A,Frohman TC,Newsome SD,Balcer LJ,Frohman EM,Calabresi PA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the role of multiple distributed brain networks, including the default mode, fronto-temporo-parietal, and cingulo-opercular networks, which mediate domain-general and task-specific processes during speech production after aphasic stroke. METHODS:We conducted an observational functional MRI stu...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Geranmayeh F,Leech R,Wise RJS

更新日期：2016-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the association of early morning serum cortisol with cognitive performance and brain structural integrity in community-dwelling young and middle-aged adults without dementia. METHODS:We evaluated dementia-free Framingham Heart Study (generation 3) participants (mean age 48.5 years, 46.8% men) who u...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Echouffo-Tcheugui JB,Conner SC,Himali JJ,Maillard P,DeCarli CS,Beiser AS,Vasan RS,Seshadri S

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:To learn if limb-kinetic apraxia (LKA) is associated with Parkinson disease (PD), participants with PD (on medications) and control subjects performed finger tapping (FT), measuring movement speed, and performed coin rotation (CR), measuring precise coordinated but independent finger movements and speed. There were no...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Quencer K,Okun MS,Crucian G,Fernandez HH,Skidmore F,Heilman KM

更新日期：2007-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:More than a decade has passed since the last major workforce survey of child neurologists in the United States; thus, a reassessment of the child neurology workforce is needed, along with an inaugural assessment of a new related field, neurodevelopmental disabilities. METHODS:The American Academy of Pediatr...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kang PB,Bale JF Jr,Mintz M,Joshi SM,Gilbert DL,Radabaugh C,Ruch-Ross H,Section on Neurology Executive Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Board of Directors of the Child Neurology Society.

更新日期：2016-09-27 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：:In 10 patients with chronic autonomic failure, the sympathetic perivascular nerve plexuses from quadriceps muscle biopsies were studied by catecholamine fluorescence and electronmicroscopy. There was almost complete absence of catecholamine fluorescence and fewer than normal numbers of small granular (noradrenergic) v...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bannister R,Crowe R,Eames R,Burnstock G

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serial determinations of spinal fluid homovanillic acid (HVA) and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) were made in four patients with the Lesch-Nyhan syndrome over a 5-year period. Control spinal fluids for age-matched comparison were obtained from 194 neurologic and nonneurologic pediatric patients. A rapid decline i...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Silverstein FS,Johnston MV,Hutchinson RJ,Edwards NL

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myoclonus--dystonia is a genetically heterogeneous autosomal dominant disorder caused by a mutation in the D2 dopamine receptor on chromosome 11 and a locus on chromosome 7q21-q31. The authors tested linkage to the chromosome 7q candidate region in four families with either myoclonic dystonia (n = 3) or essential myoc...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Vidailhet M,Tassin J,Durif F,Nivelon-Chevallier A,Agid Y,Brice A,Dürr A

更新日期：2001-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a woman with a chronic inflammatory myopathy who developed muscle stiffness and dystonic postures of both upper extremities. Electromyography demonstrated that involuntary complex repetitive discharges of muscle caused the posture. Rare cases of dystonic posturing may be of peripheral, and not central system...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Preston DC,Finkleman RS,Munsat TL

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Given that vagal afferents project to brainstem regions that promote alertness, the authors tested the hypothesis that vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) would improve daytime sleepiness in patients with epilepsy. METHODS:Sixteen subjects with medically refractory seizures underwent polysomnography and multiple ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Malow BA,Edwards J,Marzec M,Sagher O,Ross D,Fromes G

更新日期：2001-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A 12-year-old girl presented with headache, nausea, decreased level of consciousness, and diplopia. Brain MRI, arteriography (figure e-1 on the Neurology® Web site at www.neurology.org), vasculitic markers, and CSF were normal, as were EEGs and ECGs. Transcranial color-coded ultrasonography of the basilar artery revea...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kraft P,Müllges W

更新日期：2013-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe four patients with temporal lobe epilepsy with limbic encephalitis unrelated to neoplasm. METHODS:The authors performed a retrospective evaluation of patient data obtained during presurgical evaluation, with additional CSF analyses, serum analyses, and histopathologic investigations. RESULTS:The...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bien CG,Schulze-Bonhage A,Deckert M,Urbach H,Helmstaedter C,Grunwald T,Schaller C,Elger CE

更新日期：2000-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We detected 29 conduction blocks in 12 patients with hereditary neuropathy and liability to pressure palsies. The blocks occurred at entrapment sites, most often the ulnar nerve at the elbow. Some had lasted for several years. This kind of block seems to be characteristic of the neuropathy, and may be related to the l...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Magistris MR,Roth G

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cerebrovascular disease (CVD) may contribute to mild cognitive impairment (MCI). We sought to determine the relation of white matter hyperintensity (WMH) volume and infarcts in brain MRI to MCI in a community-based sample. METHODS:A total of 679 elderly persons without dementia underwent brain MRI. WMH and ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Luchsinger JA,Brickman AM,Reitz C,Cho SJ,Schupf N,Manly JJ,Tang MX,Small SA,Mayeux R,DeCarli C,Brown TR

更新日期：2009-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Neurocysticercosis (NCYST) is the most frequent CNS parasitic disease worldwide, affecting more than 50 million people. However, some of its clinical findings, such as cognitive impairment and dementia, remain poorly characterized, with no controlled studies conducted so far. We investigated the frequency an...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ciampi de Andrade D,Rodrigues CL,Abraham R,Castro LH,Livramento JA,Machado LR,Leite CC,Caramelli P

更新日期：2010-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship between age-related memory decline and hippocampal anatomic changes is a matter of debate. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the relationship between age-related memory decline and MRI hippocampal anatomic changes in a cohort of healthy individuals. METHODS:In this cross-sectional study, 76 health...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Carlesimo GA,Cherubini A,Caltagirone C,Spalletta G

更新日期：2010-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The motor effects of direct agonists which act selectively on certain dopamine receptors were studied in monkeys rendered hemiparkinsonian by unilateral intracarotid injection of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP). The D-2 dopamine agonist, LY 171555, but not the D-1 agonist, SKF 38393, reduced parkin...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Barone P,Bankiewicz KS,Corsini GU,Kopin IJ,Chase TN

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breastfeeding is known to have beneficial effects, but there is concern that breastfeeding during antiepileptic drug (AED) therapy may be harmful to cognitive development. Animal and human studies have demonstrated that some AEDs can adversely affect the immature brain. However, no investigation has examined...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Meador KJ,Baker GA,Browning N,Clayton-Smith J,Combs-Cantrell DT,Cohen M,Kalayjian LA,Kanner A,Liporace JD,Pennell PB,Privitera M,Loring DW,NEAD Study Group.

更新日期：2010-11-30 00:00:00