Apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 and the pattern of regional brain atrophy in Alzheimer's disease.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between age-associated MRI leukoaraiosis or white matter hyperintensities (WMH) and cortical acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity. BACKGROUND:One possible mechanism of cognitive decline in elderly individuals with leukoaraiosis is disruption of cholinergic fibers by strategica...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bohnen NI,Müller ML,Kuwabara H,Constantine GM,Studenski SA

更新日期：2009-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that concussion-related brain alterations seen at symptomatic injury and medical clearance to return to play (RTP) will have dissipated by 1 year after RTP. METHODS:For this observational study, 24 athletes with concussion were scanned longitudinally within 1 week after injury, at RTP,...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Churchill NW,Hutchison MG,Graham SJ,Schweizer TA

更新日期：2019-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5-year-old child with clinical and radiologic evidence of Leigh syndrome (LS) showed a T-->C mutation at position nt 8993 in the mitochondrial DNA (instead of the more common T-->G substitution), resulting in an amino acid change from a highly conserved leucine to proline in subunit 6 of mitochondrial ATPase. The mu...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Santorelli FM,Shanske S,Jain KD,Tick D,Schon EA,DiMauro S

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This article estimates lost work days and lost work day equivalents in a population sample of migraineurs, differentiating work loss due to headache episodes that met criteria for migraine from migrainous headaches not meeting full criteria and nonmigrainous headaches. METHODS:A random digit dialing survey o...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Von Korff M,Stewart WF,Simon DJ,Lipton RB

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 1875 publications of Erb and Westphal brought widespread attention to the percussion of muscle stretch reflexes. Although the maneuver may have been observed before 1875, there is little concrete evidence of this. OBJECTIVES:To bring to light an early report of percussion eliciting the muscle stretch re...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Louis ED

更新日期：2008-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether exon deletions or duplications in CLCN1 are associated with recessive myotonia congenita (MC). METHODS:We performed detailed clinical and electrophysiologic characterization in 60 patients with phenotypes consistent with MC. DNA sequencing of CLCN1 followed by multiplex ligation-dependent p...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Raja Rayan DL,Haworth A,Sud R,Matthews E,Fialho D,Burge J,Portaro S,Schorge S,Tuin K,Lunt P,McEntagart M,Toscano A,Davis MB,Hanna MG

更新日期：2012-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether sex and race differences exist in dementia diagnosis risk associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI) among older veterans. METHODS:Using Fine-Gray regression models, we investigated incident dementia diagnosis risk with TBI exposure by sex and race. RESULTS:After the exclusion of ba...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kornblith E,Peltz CB,Xia F,Plassman B,Novakovic-Apopain T,Yaffe K

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients with disabling action tremor in the setting of MS were treated with isoniazid (800 to 1200 mg per day). All patients showed significant improvement of the tremor, allowing more functional use of their extremities. To the best of our knowledge, this is the only medical treatment for this type of tremor. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sabra AF,Hallett M,Sudarsky L,Mullally W

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess resting cerebral blood flow (CBF) in the whole-brain and cerebral white matter (WM) and gray matter (GM) of adults with Fabry disease (FD), using arterial spin labeling (ASL) MRI, and to investigate CBF correlations with WM hyperintensity (WMH) volume and the circulating biomarker lyso-Gb3. METHODS...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Phyu P,Merwick A,Davagnanam I,Bolsover F,Jichi F,Wheeler-Kingshott C,Golay X,Hughes D,Cipolotti L,Murphy E,Lachmann RH,Werring DJ

更新日期：2018-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine possible effects of prolonged marijuana use on the cerebrovascular system during a month of monitored abstinence and to assess how the intensity of current use might have influenced cerebrovascular perfusion in these marijuana users. METHOD:The authors recorded blood flow velocity in the anterio...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Herning RI,Better WE,Tate K,Cadet JL

更新日期：2005-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:[Methyl-3H]epsilon-N-trimethyl-L-lysine was administered to patients with primary systemic carnitine deficiency and to controls. In both groups, labeled carnitine appeared in blood and urine within 2 hours, and the specific radioactivity of urinary carnitine peaked between 2 and 6 hours. The specific radioactivity of ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rebouche CJ,Engel AG

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report an unusual case of venous infarction of the spinal cord associated with endoscopic sclerotherapy for esophageal varices. MR imaging findings included signal abnormalities and abnormal enhancement of the affected spinal cord and T-8 vertebral body. A review of the hemodynamic changes associated with ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Heller SL,Meyer JR,Russell EJ

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the diagnostic accuracy and clinical utility of electromagnetic source imaging (EMSI) in presurgical evaluation of patients with epilepsy. METHODS:We prospectively recorded magnetoencephalography (MEG) simultaneously with EEG and performed EMSI, comprising electric source imaging, magnetic sourc...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Duez L,Tankisi H,Hansen PO,Sidenius P,Sabers A,Pinborg LH,Fabricius M,Rásonyi G,Rubboli G,Pedersen B,Leffers AM,Uldall P,Jespersen B,Brennum J,Henriksen OM,Fuglsang-Frederiksen A,Beniczky S

更新日期：2019-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with PD who exhibited disabling tremor and prominent dyskinesia underwent deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the left thalamic ventral intermediate nucleus. The electrode migrated and was replaced but with suboptimal clinical response. Two years later, postmortem analysis found the second electrode tip had ente...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Henderson JM,O'Sullivan DJ,Pell M,Fung VS,Hely MA,Morris JG,Halliday GM

更新日期：2001-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Assay of anti-striated muscle antibodies (StrAb) is used as a diagnostic test for thymoma in individuals with myasthenia gravis. Unfortunately, false positive results are common, and their effect on test accuracy is magnified by the relatively low frequency of thymoma in myasthenics. We estimated the predictive values...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lanska DJ

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors compared the transcranial color-coded duplex pattern of the middle cerebral arteries (MCAs) before and after IV and combined IV-intra-arterial (IV-IA) thrombolysis in consecutive first-ever stroke patients. Patients receiving combined IV-IA thrombolysis showed greater improvement in flow signal and higher ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Perren F,Loulidi J,Graves R,Yilmaz H,Rüfenacht D,Landis T,Sztajzel R

更新日期：2006-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brodmann brain maps, assembled in 1909, are still in use, but understanding of their animal-human homology is uncertain. Furthermore, in 1909, Brodmann did not identify human area 12 (BA12), a location now important to understanding of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). METHODS:We re-examined Brodman...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kawamura M,Miller MW,Ichikawa H,Ishihara K,Sugimoto A

更新日期：2011-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Outcome after carpal tunnel surgery was studied retrospectively in 32 patients with peripheral neuropathy and carpal tunnel syndrome. Nocturnal paresthesias were almost universally relieved, followed in order of responsiveness by pain, numbness, and weakness. Twenty-five of 28 patients said they would have the surgery...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Morgenlander JC,Lynch JR,Sanders DB

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a paucity of therapies for gait impairment in Parkinson disease (PD). Open-label studies have suggested improved gait after treatment with methylphenidate (MPD). OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of MPD for the treatment of gait impairment in PD. METHODS:Twenty-seven subjects with PD and moderate...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Espay AJ,Dwivedi AK,Payne M,Gaines L,Vaughan JE,Maddux BN,Slevin JT,Gartner M,Sahay A,Revilla FJ,Duker AP,Shukla R

更新日期：2011-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathologic studies of women with fatal cerebrovascular disease who have received oral contraceptives are infrequently found in the literature. Three cases of this type are reported here. The pathologic findings included an intrinsic vascular lesion in the form of intimal hyperplasia with and without associated thrombo...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Irey NS,McAllister HA,Henry JM

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether baseline concentrations of plasma total tau (t-tau) and neurofilament light (NfL) chain proteins are associated with annual percent change (APC) of the basal forebrain cholinergic system (BFCS) in cognitively intact older adults at risk for Alzheimer disease (AD). METHODS:This was a la...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cavedo E,Lista S,Houot M,Vergallo A,Grothe MJ,Teipel S,Zetterberg H,Blennow K,Habert MO,Potier MC,Dubois B,Hampel H,INSIGHT-preAD Study Group.,Alzheimer Precision Medicine Initiative

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In this double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, we investigated the effect of the catechol-O-methyltransferase inhibitor tolcapone 100 or 200 mg three times daily on activities of daily living and motor function in 298 patients with parkinsonism receiving levodopa but without motor fluctuations. At 6 months, both dosa...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Waters CH,Kurth M,Bailey P,Shulman LM,LeWitt P,Dorflinger E,Deptula D,Pedder S

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied acetaminophen sulfation, plasma sulfate levels, and the activity of sulfotransferase in blood platelets in patients with Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, and in controls and did not find any abnormality in the patient groups, independent of the use of medication. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Roos RA,Steenvoorden JM,Mulder GJ,Van Kempen GM

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured the cerebral metabolic rate for glucose (CMRglc) with positron emission tomography and [18F]2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose in a 47-year-old man with trisomy 21 Down's syndrome (DS) and autopsy-confirmed Alzheimer's disease. Dementia was evident from a confirmed history of cognitive decline, memory loss, and pe...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Schapiro MB,Ball MJ,Grady CL,Haxby JV,Kaye JA,Rapoport SI

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report eight patients with primary dural lymphoma (PDL). All patients had extra-axial masses on MRI that diffusely enhanced after gadolinium. Pathology revealed low-grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma (marginal zone lymphoma of MALT [mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue] type) in all patients. All patients underwent r...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Iwamoto FM,DeAngelis LM,Abrey LE

更新日期：2006-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied clinical characteristics and coexisting causes of stroke in 305 patients admitted to a population-based primary care center with an initial ischemic stroke and a potential cardiac source of embolism (PCSE). Using systematic standardized cardiac, arterial, and cerebral investigations and the logistics of the...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bogousslavsky J,Cachin C,Regli F,Despland PA,Van Melle G,Kappenberger L

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We followed 21 patients with sensory neuronopathy without evidence of cancer for up to 23 years. All were seronegative for type 1 antineuronal nuclear antibodies (ANNA-1, also called "anti-Hu"). We additionally studied 67 seropositive patients with sensory neuropathy or a related neurologic syndrome. Ninety-one percen...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Chalk CH,Lennon VA,Stevens JC,Windebank AJ

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test interphysician agreement on the diagnosis of subtype of ischemic stroke, we sent subtype definitions and 18 case summaries (clinical features and pertinent laboratory data) to 24 neurologists who have a special interest in stroke, and asked them to determine the most likely subtype diagnosis. The overall agree...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gordon DL,Bendixen BH,Adams HP Jr,Clarke W,Kappelle LJ,Woolson RF

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to determine the amount and histologic appearance of the persistent thymic tissue removed post mortem from 20 patients over 60 years of age with myasthenia gravis. One patient died several days after thymectomy. No recognizable thymic tissue on gross examination was seen in any patient. On mi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Perlo VP,Arnason B,Castleman B

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age at 1st risk for seizures may predict anomia following dominant anterior temporal lobectomy. We assessed confrontation naming before and 2 to 3 weeks after surgery in 45 right-handed patients grouped by side of focus and presence or absence of early (less than or equal to 5 years) risk factors. After left lobectomy...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Stafiniak P,Saykin AJ,Sperling MR,Kester DB,Robinson LJ,O'Connor MJ,Gur RC

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00