Caffeinated clues and the promise of adenosine A(2A) antagonists in PD.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine associations between 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (1H MRSI)-detected hippocampal creatine to N-acetylaspartate (Cr/NAA) ratios and neuropsychological measures sensitive to mesial temporal lobe function. BACKGROUND:The measurement of 1H MRSI-detected hippocampal metabolites has prov...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Martin RC,Sawrie S,Hugg J,Gilliam F,Faught E,Kuzniecky R

更新日期：1999-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of two noninvasive diagnostic methods--oculoplethysmography-carotid phonoangiography (OPG/CPA) and directional Doppler ultrasonography--to detect extracranial cerebrovascular disease was examined in 400 consecutive studies. Cerebral arteriography was performed in 74 patients. Transient ischemic attack was ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ginsberg MD,Greenwood SA,Goldberg HI

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the clinical features, MRI findings, and pathogenesis of strokes producing internuclear ophthalmoplegia (INO) as an isolated or predominant clinical manifestation. METHODS:Thirty patients presenting with INO without (n = 12) or with (n = 18) minimal other neurologic signs were studied. MRI and an...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kim JS

更新日期：2004-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the prevalence of brain MRI abnormalities in people with epilepsy in rural China and to compare it with that of individuals in the United Kingdom. METHODS:Brain MRI scans were obtained in people with epilepsy who participated in a rural community-based program in China between July 2010 and Decembe...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Davagnanam I,Chen Z,Hoskote C,Ding D,Yang B,Wang Y,Wang T,Li W,Duncan JS,Wang W,Sander JW,Kwan P

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies have demonstrated that dipyridamole is not purely an antiplatelet agent but also exerts its antithrombotic properties through the vessel wall. Using a laboratory model in which bovine endothelial cells are seeded to form a subendothelial matrix (SEM), investigators have shown that dipyridamole enhances th...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Eisert WG

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intrathecal humoral immune response was analyzed in 83 patients with MS and 35 patients with acute CNS infections. CSF free kappa chains and CSF free lambda chains were quantified by radioimmunoassay; CSF IgG and albumin were measured by electroimmunodiffusion. The MS patients were characterized by higher levels o...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： DeCarli C,Menegus MA,Rudick RA

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-two patients were analyzed 2 or more years after corpus callosum section (9 partial, 13 total). Forty-one percent had class 1 outcome (elimination of secondarily generalized and complex partial seizures), 32% had class 2 outcome (elimination of secondarily generalized seizures), and 27% had class 3 outcome (no ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Spencer SS,Spencer DD,Williamson PD,Sass K,Novelly RA,Mattson RH

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The APOE epsilon4 allele has emerged as a major genetic factor for Alzheimer disease (AD), and its presence has been associated with an increase in beta-amyloid senile plaques (SPs) and neuritic plaques (NPs). Whether it affects neurofibrillary tangle (NFT) accumulation or cholinergic losses in AD remains co...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tiraboschi P,Hansen LA,Masliah E,Alford M,Thal LJ,Corey-Bloom J

更新日期：2004-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of our study was to assess the 5-year risk of and prognostic factors for the development of clinically definite multiple sclerosis (CDMS) following optic neuritis. In a prospective cohort study design, 388 patients, who did not have probable or definite MS at study entry enrolled in the Optic Neuritis Tr...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Optic Neuritis Study Group.

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with symptomatic > or = 60% (n = 134), asymptomatic > or = 80% (n = 143), and asymptomatic progressive > or = 60% (n = 25) internal carotid artery stenosis underwent stenting and were followed clinically and by Doppler-assisted duplex imaging for 27.1 +/- 15.6 months. Stroke and death from stroke occurred wit...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bibl D,Lampl C,Biberhofer I,Kerschner K,Kypta A,Bergmann J,Kaindlstorfer A,Röper C,Yazdi K,Engleder C,Hofmann R,Deibl M,Leisch F,Ransmayr G

更新日期：2005-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Article abstract-The authors analyzed whether the pituitary gland enlarges in intracranial hypotension syndrome by studying 11 consecutive patients. Initial MRI scans showed pituitary gland enlargement with a convex superior margin. Follow-up MRI studies revealed that the size of the gland invariably diminished in all...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Alvarez-Linera J,Escribano J,Benito-León J,Porta-Etessam J,Rovira A

更新日期：2000-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:CNS dysfunction occurs frequently in patients with HIV infection. To better define the role of HIV in the pathogenesis of neurologic dysfunction, HIV isolation and antibody studies were investigated from the CSF in 52 seropositive patients, 29 with and 23 without neurologic signs and symptoms, in various stages of dis...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Resnick L,Berger JR,Shapshak P,Tourtellotte WW

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was conducted to determine the relationship of frontal lobe cortical thickness and basal ganglia volumes to measures of cognition in adults with sickle cell anemia (SCA). METHODS:Participants included 120 adults with SCA with no history of neurologic dysfunction and 33 healthy controls (HCs). Part...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Mackin RS,Insel P,Truran D,Vichinsky EP,Neumayr LD,Armstrong FD,Gold JI,Kesler K,Brewer J,Weiner MW,Neuropsychological Dysfunction and Neuroimaging Adult Sickle Cell Anemia Study Group.

更新日期：2014-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3-year old, previously well child developed paroxysms of left thigh pain. Evaluation was unremarkable except for interictal and postictal EEG epileptiform activity in the right parietal and posterior temporal regions. The painful spells were controlled with anticonvulsant medication. Episodes of paroxysmal, unexplai...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Trevathan E,Cascino GD

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To survey US physicians involved in acute stroke care to determine the proportion of hospitals that currently meet the recommended Brain Attack Coalition (BAC) criteria for Primary Stroke Centers (PSC) and obtain opinions regarding the value of stroke centers. METHODS:A survey regarding the BAC guidelines f...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kidwell CS,Shephard T,Tonn S,Lawyer B,Murdock M,Koroshetz W,Alberts M,Hademenos GJ,Saver JL

更新日期：2003-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the incidence of abnormalities of the pyruvate (PDH) or ketoglutarate (KGDH) dehydrogenase complexes in patients with spinocerebellar degenerations, we measured the activities of PDH and KGDH in platelet-enriched preparations from the blood of 14 patients. Low PDH was found in 6 of the 14 patients; low KGDH w...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kark RA,Rodriguez-Budelli M

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate evidence of the potential role of early cortical vulnerability in the development of primary progressive aphasia (PPA). METHOD:A woman with a diagnosis of PPA and her 9 adult siblings, 7 with developmental language disabilities, underwent neuropsychological testing, structural MRI, and resting...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Weintraub S,Rader B,Coventry C,Sridhar J,Wood J,Guillaume KA,Coppola G,Ramos EM,Bonakdarpour B,Rogalski EJ,Mesulam MM

更新日期：2020-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with neglect for extrapersonal space following right-hemisphere stroke both demonstrated retained ability to attend to the left side of internally generated visual images. The attentional system for extrapersonal space may not be identical to the attentional system for intrapersonal space. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Anderson B

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether faster cognitive decline in elders without dementia is associated with decreased risk of cancer mortality. METHODS:In this population-based, prospective study of 2,627 people without dementia aged 65 years and older (Neurological Disorders in Central Spain), a 37-item version of the Mini-Me...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Benito-León J,Romero JP,Louis ED,Bermejo-Pareja F

更新日期：2014-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined measures of lead dose that reflect intensity of exposure and cumulative exposure for differential association with neuropsychological functional domains and with neuropsychological performance by age. Eighty active lead smelter workers assessed for verbal memory and visuomotoric skills had a mean (range) a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bleecker ML,Lindgren KN,Ford DP

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantify the risk of peripheral neuropathy (PN) with oral fluoroquinolone (FQ) use. METHODS:We conducted a case-control study within a cohort of men aged 45 to 80 years in the United States followed from 2001 to 2011. Cases were defined as those with the first physician visit diagnosis of PN, polyneuropat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Etminan M,Brophy JM,Samii A

更新日期：2014-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of optimal combination of evidence-based drug therapies including antihypertensive agents, lipid modifiers, and antithrombotic agents on risk of recurrent vascular events after stroke. METHODS:We analyzed the database of a multicenter trial involving 3,680 recent noncardioembolic st...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Park JH,Ovbiagele B

更新日期：2015-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cohorts of 20 patients diagnosed with neoplastic meningitis (NM) with or without encephalopathy were matched with respect to age, sex, primary tumor, and performance status. Median survival was 10 weeks (range 6 to 20 weeks) in the cohort with NM-related encephalopathy compared to 24 weeks (range 8 to 40 weeks) in...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Chamberlain MC,Tsao-Wei D,Groshen S

更新日期：2004-12-14 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：: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 measured monoamine metabolites and biopterin in the CSF of 37 patients with dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT), with or without extrapyramidal signs, and in 14 age-matched healthy controls. Compared with concentrations in DAT and controls, the concentrations of homovanillic acid (HVA) and biopterin were significa...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kaye JA,May C,Daly E,Atack JR,Sweeney DJ,Luxenberg JS,Kay AD,Kaufman S,Milstien S,Friedland RP

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Paroxysmal nonkinesigenic dyskinesia (PNKD) is a rare disorder characterized by episodic hyperkinetic movement attacks. We have recently identified mutations in the MR-1 gene causing familial PNKD. METHODS:We reviewed the clinical features of 14 kindreds with familial dyskinesia that was not clearly induced...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bruno MK,Lee HY,Auburger GW,Friedman A,Nielsen JE,Lang AE,Bertini E,Van Bogaert P,Averyanov Y,Hallett M,Gwinn-Hardy K,Sorenson B,Pandolfo M,Kwiecinski H,Servidei S,Fu YH,Ptácek L

更新日期：2007-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiologic and laboratory studies suggest that nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) reduce risk of Alzheimer disease (AD). We therefore investigated the association between use of NSAIDs, aspirin, and the non-NSAID analgesic acetaminophen with incidence of dementia and AD. METHODS:Participants in...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Szekely CA,Breitner JC,Fitzpatrick AL,Rea TD,Psaty BM,Kuller LH,Zandi PP

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dialysis encephalopathy is a progressive, fatal condition that occurs in patients receiving hemodialysis. It is characterized by abnormalities in speech, myoclonic jerks, and striking changes on the electroencephalogram. We observed dramatic reversal of the clinical symptoms and electroencephalographic abnormalities i...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Nadel AM,Wilson WP

更新日期：1976-12-01 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