Catechol-O-methyltransferase inhibition increases striatal L-dopa and dopamine: an in vivo study in rats.

abstract：:Hirayama disease is a nonprogressive, asymmetric amyotrophy of the hands and forearms, possibly caused by compression of the lower cervical cord on neck flexion. The authors used phase-contrast MR angiography to study a patient with this disorder and observed abnormal spinal epidural venous dilation on neck flexion. I...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Baba Y,Nakajima M,Utsunomiya H,Tsuboi Y,Fujiki F,Kusuhara T,Yamada T

更新日期：2004-04-27 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 examine whether blast exposure alone and blast-associated concussion result in similar neurologic and mental health symptoms. METHODS:A 14-item questionnaire was administered to male US Marines on their return from deployment in Iraq and/or Afghanistan. RESULTS:A total of 2,612 Marines (median age 22 yea...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tsao JW,Stentz LA,Rouhanian M,Howard RS,Perry BN,Haran FJ,Pasquina PF,Wolde M,Taylor CE,Lizardo R,Liu S,Flores E 3rd,Creason AH,Sher K

更新日期：2017-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of botulinum toxin A in 12 patients with spasticity and in eight patients with rigidity. The study design was a double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial with botulinum toxin A versus saline. Using the Ashworth Scale for spasticity and the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale for rigi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Grazko MA,Polo KB,Jabbari B

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Migration from an area where MS is common to an area where it is rare (and vice versa) affects the risk of MS, provided migration occurs in childhood. A childhood infection might explain this effect. Therefore, the age pattern of infectious diseases in different regions was examined. A higher proportion of children sh...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Alter M,Zhang ZX,Davanipour Z,Sobel E,Zibulewski J,Schwartz G,Friday G

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The progressive myoclonus epilepsies (PMEs) are a devastating group of rare disorders(1) that manifest with increasing action myoclonus, which is also present at rest but activates with stimuli such as noise, light, or touch. Ultimately, patients become wheelchair-bound and experience early death. Neurologic signs tha...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Knupp K,Wirrell E

更新日期：2014-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A 25-year-old man with the skin lesions of malignant atrophic papulosis had clinical and electrodiagnostic evidence of a multifocal asymmetric myelomalacia or polyradiculopathy in association with elevated CSF protein and hypoglycorrhachia. Autopsy findings included widespread infarctions and necrosis of brain, brains...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Label LS,Tandan R,Albers JW

更新日期：1983-07-01 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：:Electromyography (EMG) was performed in 10 patients with multiple system atrophy, laryngeal or pharyngeal symptoms, or both. In patients with stridor, EMG during quiet breathing revealed persistent tonic activity in both abductor and adductor vocal cord muscles. In patients with dysphagia, the cricopharyngeal muscle s...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Merlo IM,Occhini A,Pacchetti C,Alfonsi E

更新日期：2002-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the lifetime prevalence and the concordance risk of cluster headache (CH) in a twin sample representative of the Swedish general population. METHODS:The authors assessed CH as defined by the second edition of the International Classification of Headache Disorders in 31,750 registered twins born fr...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ekbom K,Svensson DA,Pedersen NL,Waldenlind E

更新日期：2006-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the relationship between hippocampal, amygdalar, and entorhinal cortex atrophy and duration of epilepsy, presence of secondary generalized seizures, and prolonged childhood febrile convulsions in patients with pharmacologically intractable temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). METHODS:Volumetric MRI of ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bernasconi N,Natsume J,Bernasconi A

更新日期：2005-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:There are several reports of a defect of complex I in the substantia nigra (SN) of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. To evaluate whether this is specific to dopaminergic neurons or the phenotypically relevant consequence of a widespread failure of the mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) system, we measur...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： DiDonato S,Zeviani M,Giovannini P,Savarese N,Rimoldi M,Mariotti C,Girotti F,Caraceni T

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1 (CMT1) is associated with atrophy and degeneration of peripheral nerve axons in addition to prominent changes in the structure of Schwann cells. We have investigated the composition of the axonal cytoskeleton in sural nerve biopsies from patients with CMT1. Compared to controls, CMT1...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Watson DF,Nachtman FN,Kuncl RW,Griffin JW

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied lymphocyte subsets and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II antigens in frozen brain tissues from three patients with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) using immunocytochemical techniques. Perivascular cuffs consisted predominantly of T cells and MHC class II-positive cells. In the paren...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Nagano I,Nakamura S,Yoshioka M,Kogure K

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of an APOE epsilon4 allele may be a risk factor for neuropathy severity in diabetes. The authors assessed the frequency of APOE epsilon4 in patients presenting with sensory predominant neuropathy. APOE epsilon4 frequency among patients with early diabetic neuropathy and impaired glucose tolerance-associat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Zhou Z,Hoke A,Cornblath DR,Griffin JW,Polydefkis M

更新日期：2005-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The epsilon 4 allele of the APOE gene (APOE) is more frequent in patients with AD than in the general population, but studies are inconclusive as to whether it affects rate of progression or survival. Because survival in AD is generally longer in women than in men, the authors investigated whether APOE affec...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dal Forno G,Carson KA,Brookmeyer R,Troncoso J,Kawas CH,Brandt J

更新日期：2002-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to identify intracranial EEG patterns characteristic of epileptogenic tubers and to understand the contribution of perituberal cortex. METHODS:Twenty-three intracranial EEG monitoring studies were reviewed from 17 children aged 1.3-7.7 years with tuberous sclerosis complex and intractable multifoca...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Mohamed AR,Bailey CA,Freeman JL,Maixner W,Jackson GD,Harvey AS

更新日期：2012-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:IV immunoglobulin therapy can lead to vascular events through increased serum viscosity and possibly other mechanisms. The authors describe the successful use of tissue plasminogen activator in three of four patients who developed cerebral and peripheral arterial thrombosis after treatment with IV immunoglobulin. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Okuda D,Flaster M,Frey J,Sivakumar K

更新日期：2003-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subjective memory deficit (SMD) is one of few potential presenting symptoms for people with early cognitive impairment. However, associations with underlying brain changes are unclear. METHODS:In a community sample of 1,779 people without dementia, and with neuroimaging (MRI) data, associations were investi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Stewart R,Dufouil C,Godin O,Ritchie K,Maillard P,Delcroix N,Crivello F,Mazoyer B,Tzourio C

更新日期：2008-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To provide updated evidence-based recommendations for migraine prevention using pharmacologic treatment with or without cognitive behavioral therapy in the pediatric population. METHODS:The authors systematically reviewed literature from January 2003 to August 2017 and developed practice recommendations usin...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Oskoui M,Pringsheim T,Billinghurst L,Potrebic S,Gersz EM,Gloss D,Holler-Managan Y,Leininger E,Licking N,Mack K,Powers SW,Sowell M,Victorio MC,Yonker M,Zanitsch H,Hershey AD

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the role of circulating microvesicles (MV) on long-term cardiovascular outcomes after stroke, we measured them in patients with first-ever stroke with a 3-year follow-up. METHODS:In the Prospective Cohort With Incident Stroke Berlin (PROSCIS-B), patients with first-ever ischemic stroke were foll...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Huo S,Kränkel N,Nave AH,Sperber PS,Rohmann JL,Piper SK,Heuschmann P,Landmesser U,Endres M,Siegerink B,Liman TGG

更新日期：2020-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Using a stereologic approach, the density of nerve fibers innervating sweat gland (SG) fragments in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and healthy controls using protein gene product (PGP), tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) was measured to determine which marker best detect...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Liu Y,Billiet J,Ebenezer GJ,Pan B,Hauer P,Wei J,Polydefkis M

更新日期：2015-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Kennedy disease (KD), or spinobulbomuscular atrophy, is a slowly progressive inherited neurodegenerative disorder, marked by prominent fasciculations that typically precede the development of other symptoms. Although the genetic basis of KD relates to triplet (CAG) repeat expansion in the androgen receptor (A...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Vucic S,Kiernan MC

更新日期：2007-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previously, hyperoxia and blood volume increase were reported in the red nucleus and substantia nigra during spontaneous migraine with aura. OBJECTIVE:To further understand the pathophysiologic role of these centers, activation of brainstem structures was investigated in patients with visually triggered mig...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cao Y,Aurora SK,Nagesh V,Patel SC,Welch KM

更新日期：2002-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether recurrent seizures cause hippocampal damage in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). PATIENTS:Eighteen patients with newly diagnosed cryptogenic TLE, 14 patients with chronic well-controlled cryptogenic TLE, 32 patients with chronic drug-resistant cryptogenic TLE, and 25 healthy subjects were ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kälviäinen R,Salmenperä T,Partanen K,Vainio P,Riekkinen P,Pitkänen A

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify phenotypic features of febrile seizures that can be used to reduce heterogeneity and thereby increase power in linkage analysis. BACKGROUND:Despite exciting discoveries in several rare pedigrees, the genetic basis of common febrile seizures remains a mystery. The major drawback of studying common...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Pal DK,Kugler SL,Mandelbaum DE,Durner M

更新日期：2003-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe 263 patients with autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia from the Holguín province, Cuba. There is evidence of a common ancestry and the population represents the largest homogeneous group of patients yet described. Primary features include gait ataxia, dysarthria, dysmetria, adiadochokinesia, cramps, tremor...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Orozco Diaz G,Nodarse Fleites A,Cordovés Sagaz R,Auburger G

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed brain MRIs on 21 patients with CNS sarcoidosis. Brain CTs were performed in 18 of these. Parenchymal lesions were seen in 17 of 21 with MRI, compared with 9 of 18 with CT. MRI detected a greater number of parenchymal lesions in cases where both CT and MRI were positive, and some lesions appeared more exte...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Miller DH,Kendall BE,Barter S,Johnson G,MacManus DG,Logsdail SJ,Ormerod IE,McDonald WI

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients with primary writing tremor had a focal, task-specific tremor that responded to anticholinergic drugs. Physiologic features included EMG activity alternating in antagonist muscles, 5- to 20-microV cerebral potentials evoked by stretch of pronator teres, and no C-reflexes. Another patient had myoclonic je...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ravits J,Hallett M,Baker M,Wilkins D

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Benefit from carotid endarterectomy is greatest when performed within 2 weeks of a presenting TIA or stroke and decreases rapidly thereafter. OBJECTIVE:To determine the delays to carotid imaging and endarterectomy in Oxfordshire, UK, and the consequences for the effectiveness of stroke prevention. METHODS:...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Fairhead JF,Mehta Z,Rothwell PM

更新日期：2005-08-09 00:00:00