Metabolic correlates of levodopa response in Parkinson's disease.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To improve clinical recognition and provide research diagnostic criteria for three clinical syndromes associated with frontotemporal lobar degeneration. METHODS:Consensus criteria for the three prototypic syndromes-frontotemporal dementia, progressive nonfluent aphasia, and semantic dementia-were developed b...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Neary D,Snowden JS,Gustafson L,Passant U,Stuss D,Black S,Freedman M,Kertesz A,Robert PH,Albert M,Boone K,Miller BL,Cummings J,Benson DF

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the genetic and physiologic basis for recessive myasthenic congenital myopathy in 2 families, suggestive of a channelopathy involving the sodium channel gene, SCN4A. METHODS:A combination of whole exome sequencing and targeted mutation analysis, followed by voltage-clamp studies of mutant sodium ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Elia N,Palmio J,Castañeda MS,Shieh PB,Quinonez M,Suominen T,Hanna MG,Männikkö R,Udd B,Cannon SC

更新日期：2019-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To define CSF β-amyloid 1-42 (Aβ42) cutpoints to detect cortical amyloid deposition as assessed by 11C-Pittsburgh compound B ([11C]PiB)-PET and to compare these calculated cutpoints with cutpoints currently used in clinical practice. METHODS:We included 433 participants (57 controls, 99 with mild cognitive ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Zwan MD,Rinne JO,Hasselbalch SG,Nordberg A,Lleó A,Herukka SK,Soininen H,Law I,Bahl JM,Carter SF,Fortea J,Blesa R,Teunissen CE,Bouwman FH,van Berckel BN,Visser PJ

更新日期：2016-01-05 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine the surgical outcome and factors of predictive value in patients undergoing reoperation for intractable partial epilepsy. METHODS:The authors retrospectively studied the operative outcome in 64 consecutive patients who underwent reoperation for intractable partial epilepsy. Demographic data, res...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Siegel AM,Cascino GD,Meyer FB,McClelland RL,So EL,Marsh WR,Scheithauer BW,Sharbrough FW

更新日期：2004-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavioral testing following division of the corpus callosum has shown that the anterior commissure can transfer information related to visual tasks interhemispherically in nonhuman primates but not in humans. We have found that the ratio of anterior commissure cross-sectional area to total neocortical commissural are...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Foxman BT,Oppenheim J,Petito CK,Gazzaniga MS

更新日期：1986-11-01 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 33-year-old man with untreated hypertension had sudden onset of signs and symptoms suggestive of a dorsal lateral medullary syndrome. He died after 27 days. Postmortem studies revealed intramedullary hemorrhage with extension into the fourth ventricle and hypertensive cardiovascular disease. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Neumann PE,Mehler MF,Horoupian DS

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the gene frequencies for the alleles of the HLA-linked complement markers C2, properdin factor B (BF), C4A (Rodgers) and C4B (Chido), and the red cell enzyme glyoxalase-I in 38 unrelated patients with senile dementia of the Alzheimer type, 42 patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease, and 59 unaffecte...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Nerl C,Mayeux R,O'Neill GJ

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between temporal discrimination threshold (TDT) and "off" period gait freezing (OGF) in patients with fluctuating Parkinson disease (PD). METHODS:TDT values were measured at the dorsum of the toes in 11 control subjects and 22 patients with PD with a wearing-off phenomenon (16...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lee MS,Kim HS,Lyoo CH

更新日期：2005-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Although people with migraine are aware of their headaches they are often not aware that they have migraine. This can lead to inappropriate or ineffective use of treatments, delays in seeking appropriate care, and miscommunication during clinical encounters. This article assesses self-recognition of migraine and ident...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lipton RB,Stewart WF,Liberman JN

更新日期：2002-05-14 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：:Morphologic findings of thymuses from 32 anti-acetylcholine receptor (AChR)-negative myasthenia gravis patients, 12 with and 20 without antibodies against the muscle-specific kinase (MuSK), were compared with those from 30 AChR-positive subjects. In contrast with the high frequency of thymic hyperplastic changes in AC...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lauriola L,Ranelletti F,Maggiano N,Guerriero M,Punzi C,Marsili F,Bartoccioni E,Evoli A

更新日期：2005-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Curative therapy for childhood cancer has dramatically improved over past decades. Therapeutic radiation has been instrumental in this success. Unfortunately, irradiation is associated with untoward effects, including stroke and other cerebrovascular disease (CVD). The Children's Oncology Group (COG) has dev...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Morris B,Partap S,Yeom K,Gibbs IC,Fisher PG,King AA

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied two unrelated patients with autosomal recessive multisystem triglyceride storage disease. Cultured fibroblasts accumulated 10 times more triglyceride than controls under glycerol or palmitate feeding. Mutant fibroblasts could not degrade accumulated triglycerides of endogenous origin, but normally degraded ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Di Donato S,Garavaglia B,Strisciuglio P,Borrone C,Andria G

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report five stroke patients with sensory deficits including prominent chest discomfort mimicking angina. BACKGROUND:Chest wall sensory discomfort, as a part of unilateral sensory dysfunction, has seldom been recognized as a potential imitator of cardiac ischemia. METHODS:A retrospective review of stroke ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gorson KC,Pessin MS,DeWitt LD,Caplan LR

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Study of diagnostic practice is necessary to optimize neurologists' clinical performance and ensure patient safety. To our knowledge, this report is the first set of systematic observations of diagnostic practices of community neurologists in their clinics. The study consisted of six 2-week periods of in situ observat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dhand A,Engstrom J,Dhaliwal G

更新日期：2013-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Three family members intoxicated with methyl bromide presented with a variety of neuropsychiatric manifestations including coma, severe status epilepticus, hyporeflexia, and acute psychosis. The simulation of Reye syndrome in the child emphasizes the need for careful toxicologic screening of all children presenting wi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Shield LK,Coleman TL,Markesbery WR

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors sought to determine in a retrospective analysis whether carotid plaque soft TD on CT is associated with recent ischemic neurologic events. Among 141 patients (99 asymptomatic), 106 plaques with more than 50% stenosis were selected for density measurements. They found an odds ratio for neurologic events ass...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Serfaty JM,Nonent M,Nighoghossian N,Rouhart F,Derex L,Rotaru C,Chirossel P,Thabut G,Guias B,Heautot JF,Gouny P,de la Vega A,Pachai C,Ecochard R,Villard J,Douek PC,CARMEDAS Study Group.

更新日期：2006-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A 35-year-old woman had cardiac arrest requiring treatment with a left ventricular assist device. After regaining consciousness, examination revealed upbeating nystagmus, otherwise normal bulbar function, left arm dysmetria, and numbness periorally and in areas she described as "a turtleneck of numbness with a T-shirt...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ryman DC,Ju YE

更新日期：2013-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the hypothesis that an anticardiolipin antibody (aCL) titer of > or = 10 IgG phospholipid (GPL) at the time of an index ischemic stroke is associated with an increased risk of subsequent thrombo-occlusive events or death. First-time ischemic stroke patients from the Antiphospholipid Antibodies and Stroke Stu...

journal_title：Neurology

authors：

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To detect and quantify lesions of the small-caliber sural nerve (SN) in symptomatic and asymptomatic transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy (TTR-FAP) by high-resolution magnetic resonance neurography (MRN) in correlation with electrophysiologic and histopathologic findings. METHODS:Twenty-five patient...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kollmer J,Sahm F,Hegenbart U,Purrucker JC,Kimmich C,Schönland SO,Hund E,Heiland S,Hayes JM,Kristen AV,Röcken C,Pham M,Bendszus M,Weiler M

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) ALS Practice Parameter was published in April 1999. The ALS CARE Database has been collecting data on the management of patients with ALS in North America since 1996. OBJECTIVE:To compare the management of patients with ALS in North America as recorded in the ALS CARE...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bradley WG,Anderson F,Bromberg M,Gutmann L,Harati Y,Ross M,Miller RG,ALS CARE Study Group.

更新日期：2001-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the long-term effects of acute anoxia have been studied, the effects of chronic hypoxia on the developing human brain have received little attention. We studied children with a cyanotic congenital heart defect to assess the impact of chronic hypoxia by eight measures: neurologic examination, visual evoked res...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： O'Dougherty M,Wright FS,Loewenson RB,Torres F

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Article abstract Depressive disorders (DDs) are the most common type of psychiatric co-morbidity in patients with epilepsy. They are more likely to occur in patients with partial seizure disorders of temporal and frontal lobe origin and are more frequent among patients with poorly controlled seizures. Despite their re...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kanner AM,Balabanov A

更新日期：2002-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied a family with an extrapyramidal disorder characterized by childhood onset of lower-limb and axial dystonia, followed by parkinsonism. Dramatic response to levodopa therapy and minimal progression in adult life was seen. The family included five generations of affected members of both sexes in an autosomal d...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Nygaard TG,Duvoisin RC

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess frontal lobe functions of subjects with age-associated memory impairment (AAMI) and to examine whether performance on neuropsychological tests is correlated with the volume of the frontal lobes in magnetic resonance imaging. DESIGN:Cross-sectional two-group comparison. SETTING:The Memory Research ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hänninen T,Hallikainen M,Koivisto K,Partanen K,Laakso MP,Riekkinen PJ Sr,Soininen H

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize children with new-onset seizures presenting as status epilepticus at a tertiary care children's hospital. METHODS:Prospectively collected data were reviewed from a database derived from a mandated critical care pathway. A total of 1,382 patients presented with new-onset seizures between 2001 ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Singh RK,Stephens S,Berl MM,Chang T,Brown K,Vezina LG,Gaillard WD

更新日期：2010-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a patient with bilateral papilledema, visual field abnormalities, poorly reactive pupils, meningeal enhancement on cranial MRI, and diffuse brain parenchymal hypervascularity. The opening pressure at the time of lumbar puncture was normal, and results of other CSF studies were normal. All abnormal...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： O'Halloran HS,Berger JR,Baker RS,Lee WB,Pearson PA,Ryan S

更新日期：1999-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism by which prednisone improves muscle strength and function in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is unknown. We addressed the possibility that clinical improvement was related to prednisone-induced alterations in skeletal muscle dystrophin. We performed muscle biopsies on patients at the conclusion of a ra...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Burrow KL,Coovert DD,Klein CJ,Bulman DE,Kissel JT,Rammohan KW,Burghes AH,Mendell JR

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00