Selective reduction of N-acetylaspartate in medial temporal and parietal lobes in AD.

abstract：:We conducted a randomized double-blind comparison of three doses of the novel antiepileptic drug (AED) topiramate (200, 400, and 600 mg/day) and placebo as adjunctive therapy in patients with refractory partial onset epilepsy receiving one or two other AEDs at therapeutic concentrations. A total of 181 patients comple...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Faught E,Wilder BJ,Ramsay RE,Reife RA,Kramer LD,Pledger GW,Karim RM

更新日期：1996-06-01 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：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：OBJECTIVE:To survey brain death criteria throughout the world. BACKGROUND:The clinical diagnosis of brain death allows organ donation or withdrawal of support. Declaration of brain death follows a certain set of examinations. The code of practice throughout the world has not been systematically investigated. METHODS:...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Wijdicks EF

更新日期：2002-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the US commercially insured multiple sclerosis (MS) annual prevalence from 2008 to 2012. METHODS:The study was a retrospective analysis using PharMetrics Plus, a nationwide claims database for over 42 million covered US representative lives. Annual point prevalence required insurance eligibility ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dilokthornsakul P,Valuck RJ,Nair KV,Corboy JR,Allen RR,Campbell JD

更新日期：2016-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous brain infarctions seen on CT are common in the absence of history of stroke. Eleven percent of patients (135/1,203) without stroke history had ischemic lesions on their first CT, unrelated to the presenting stroke. Stroke Data Bank files were reviewed to determine whether the occurrence, location, and CT char...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Chodosh EH,Foulkes MA,Kase CS,Wolf PA,Mohr JP,Hier DB,Price TR,Furtado JG Jr

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated 185 families with ALS for evidence of anticipation and mitochondrial inheritance. Although initial analysis demonstrated significant anticipation of age at death between generations in patients with familial ALS, further analysis demonstrated features of regression to the mean, suggesting that the perc...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bradley M,Bradley L,de Belleroche J,Orrell RW

更新日期：2005-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of lamotrigine (LTG) for the treatment of pain in HIV-associated sensory neuropathies. METHODS:In a randomized, double-blind study, patients with HIV-associated distal sensory polyneuropathy (DSP) received LTG or placebo during a 7-week dose escalation phase followed...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Simpson DM,McArthur JC,Olney R,Clifford D,So Y,Ross D,Baird BJ,Barrett P,Hammer AE,Lamotrigine HIV Neuropathy Study Team.

更新日期：2003-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors correlated neurologic features of rostral lateral pontine infarct (rLPI) with lesion location on MRI. rLPI is a motor-sensory stroke presenting as crural monoparesis or crural dominant hemiparesis and segmental superficial or deep sensory disturbances. The dorsolateral pontine base causes crural paresis wi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kataoka S,Miaki M,Saiki M,Saiki S,Yamaya Y,Hori A,Hirose G

更新日期：2003-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the potential effect of the 2008 Institute of Medicine (IOM) work duty hour (WDH) recommendations on neurology residency programs. METHODS:This study evaluated resident sleepiness, personal study hours, quality of life, and satisfaction and faculty satisfaction during a control month using the Accre...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Schuh LA,Khan MA,Harle H,Southerland AM,Hicks WJ,Falchook A,Schultz L,Finney GR

更新日期：2011-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Utilization of postacute care is associated with improved poststroke outcomes. However, more than 20% of American adults under age 65 are uninsured. We sought to determine whether insurance status is associated with utilization and intensity of institutional postacute care among working age stroke survivors. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Skolarus LE,Meurer WJ,Burke JF,Prvu Bettger J,Lisabeth LD

更新日期：2012-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) has variants with widely different outcomes, hampering clinical counseling and evaluation of therapies. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the degree to which MRI patterns can predict lesion progression. METHODS:Two hundred six boys and men with cerebral X-ALD (median age 12.2 year...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Loes DJ,Fatemi A,Melhem ER,Gupte N,Bezman L,Moser HW,Raymond GV

更新日期：2003-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors carried out a three-phase door-to-door survey in Atahualpa, Ecuador to assess epidemiologic and pathogenetic mechanisms of stroke. They found 10 stroke patients among 1,568 individuals aged > or =15 years (crude prevalence, 638 per 100,000). There was only one incident case (incidence, 64 per 100,000). Six...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Del Brutto OH,Idrovo L,Mosquera A,Navas C,Santibáñez R,Cuesta F,Díaz-Calderón E

更新日期：2004-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Attempts at cell-based dopamine replacement therapy in Parkinson disease (PD) have included surgical implantation of adrenal medullary, fetal mesencephalic, and cultured human mesencephalic tissue grafts. Trials involving putamenal implantation of human retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells in PD have also ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Farag ES,Vinters HV,Bronstein J

更新日期：2009-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abnormal insulin metabolism may contribute to the clinical symptoms and pathophysiology of AD. In vitro studies show that insulin enhances the release of beta-amyloid protein (Abeta) or inhibits its degradation, either of which might increase amyloid burden. METHODS:On separate mornings, 16 healthy older ad...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Watson GS,Peskind ER,Asthana S,Purganan K,Wait C,Chapman D,Schwartz MW,Plymate S,Craft S

更新日期：2003-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An association between primary hyperparathyroidism (PHP) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has been noted; however, a causal relation between these disorders has not been confirmed. PATIENTS/METHODS:We report five patients (three men, two women) meeting El Escorial criteria for ALS who also had PHP. I...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Jackson CE,Amato AA,Bryan WW,Wolfe GI,Sakhaee K,Barohn RJ

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the relationship between markers of vitamin B(12) status and brain volume loss per year over a 5-year period in an elderly population. METHODS:A prospective study of 107 community-dwelling volunteers aged 61 to 87 years without cognitive impairment at enrollment. Volunteers were assessed year...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Vogiatzoglou A,Refsum H,Johnston C,Smith SM,Bradley KM,de Jager C,Budge MM,Smith AD

更新日期：2008-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare access to intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and its outcomes in patients with and without dementia. METHODS:This was a longitudinal cohort study of the Swedish dementia and stroke registries. Patients with preexisting dementia who had AIS from 2010 to 2014 (n = 1,356) ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Zupanic E,von Euler M,Kåreholt I,Contreras Escamez B,Fastbom J,Norrving B,Religa D,Kramberger MG,Winblad B,Johnell K,Eriksdotter M,Garcia-Ptacek S

更新日期：2017-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Dementia occurs infrequently in patients with giant cell (temporal) arteritis (GCA). Three elderly women with biopsy-proven GCA showed abrupt cognitive decline during periods of clinically active GCA, 1 to 6 months after diagnostic temporal artery biopsy, during periods of corticosteroid taper. One patient had additio...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Caselli RJ

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evidence of a relation between use of lipid lowering drugs and cognitive outcomes is mixed. This study aimed to test the association between use of statins and incidence of dementia and cognitive impairment without dementia (CIND) over 5 years of follow-up. METHODS:Data were from a population-based cohort st...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cramer C,Haan MN,Galea S,Langa KM,Kalbfleisch JD

更新日期：2008-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a case of hereditary multiple exostoses (HME) with neurologic complications, and review the literature. A 23-year-old man exhibited a worsening spastic paraparesis with sphincter dysfunction. The cranial nerves and the exteroceptive and deep sensations were apparently undamaged. The family history, ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ferrari G,Taddei L,Vivenza C,Rossi G

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional brain imaging has been a standard tool in the basic and clinical neurosciences for at least 2 decades, and structural brain imaging can claim an even longer track record of successful use for diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease. It is instructive to recall the ways in which brain imaging has been used to...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Habeck C,Whitwell JL

更新日期：2013-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:SCN8A encodes the sodium channel voltage-gated α8-subunit (Nav1.6). SCN8A mutations have recently been associated with epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders. We aimed to delineate the phenotype associated with SCN8A mutations. METHODS:We used high-throughput sequence analysis of the SCN8A gene in 683 pat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Larsen J,Carvill GL,Gardella E,Kluger G,Schmiedel G,Barisic N,Depienne C,Brilstra E,Mang Y,Nielsen JE,Kirkpatrick M,Goudie D,Goldman R,Jähn JA,Jepsen B,Gill D,Döcker M,Biskup S,McMahon JM,Koeleman B,Harris M,Bra

更新日期：2015-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of bromocriptine on periodic limb movements in sleep (PLMS) of narcoleptic patients. Bromocriptine significantly reduced the number and index of PLMS without improving the nocturnal sleep disruption in that disorder. These results support the hypothesis that dopaminergic mechanisms are involved ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Boivin DB,Lorrain D,Montplaisir J

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the clinical characteristics and clinical-anatomic correlations of homonymous hemianopia (HH). BACKGROUND:Homonymous hemianopia impairs visual function and frequently precludes driving. Most knowledge of HH is based on relatively few cases with clinical-anatomic correlations. METHODS:The authors...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Zhang X,Kedar S,Lynn MJ,Newman NJ,Biousse V

更新日期：2006-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia (PKD) is a rare disorder characterized by recurrent attacks of hyperkinetic movements. PKD can be isolated or associated with benign infantile seizures as part of the infantile convulsions with choreoathetosis (ICCA) syndrome. Mutations in the PRRT2 gene were recently identif...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Méneret A,Grabli D,Depienne C,Gaudebout C,Picard F,Dürr A,Lagroua I,Bouteiller D,Mignot C,Doummar D,Anheim M,Tranchant C,Burbaud P,Jedynak CP,Gras D,Steschenko D,Devos D,Billette de Villemeur T,Vidailhet M,Brice A,

更新日期：2012-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate patients with early HIV-cognitive motor complex (HIV-CMC) for possible regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) abnormalities on perfusion MRI (pMRI). BACKGROUND:Nuclear medicine techniques have demonstrated global and focal cerebral perfusion abnormalities in patients with HIV dementia. Ultrafast pMR...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Chang L,Ernst T,Leonido-Yee M,Speck O

更新日期：2000-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A specific form of deep cerebral hemisphere infarction was identified in 11 of 1,600 stroke register patients. Despite the CT finding of a deep striatocapsular lesion, these patients showed evidence of both cortical and capsular abnormalities. Angiography showed significant proximal carotid artery lesions as well as e...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bladin PF,Berkovic SF

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical characteristics of Tourette syndrome (TS) present challenges for the systematic determination of whether individuals are affected and severity. Vocal and motor tics wax and wane, decrease over time, and may be voluntarily suppressible, and therefore may be absent at interview. Current instrument...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Robertson MM,Banerjee S,Kurlan R,Cohen DJ,Leckman JF,McMahon W,Pauls DL,Sandor P,van de Wetering BJ

更新日期：1999-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A physically and intellectually normally developed boy had a resection of a lumbar myelomeningocele shortly after birth and a shunt was inserted for hydrocephalus. He died at age 12 years after a traffic accident. Autopsy disclosed a hyperplasia of the cerebellar vermis. An abnormal median-sagittal triangular fiber tr...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Friede RL,Briner J

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00