Volumetric MRI, pathological, and neuropsychological progression in hippocampal sclerosis.

abstract：:Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) exerts many effects upon spinal cord function in animals, and may also play a role in human spinal cord function. We have used the technique of quantitative autoradiography to anatomically localize specific receptors for TRH within human spinal cord. Highest concentrations of TRH re...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Manaker S,Winokur A,Rhodes CH,Rainbow TC

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum from 35 cases of naturally occurring acquired canine myasthenia gravis (MG) were assayed for patterns of autoantibody specificities against canine acetylcholine receptor (AChR) using monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and antiserum against defined regions of the AChR as competitive inhibitors of autoantibody binding. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Shelton GD,Cardinet GH,Lindstrom JM

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 64 patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), the basal level of prolactin (PRL) was normal. Bromocriptine (BCT) caused a significant suppression of PRL in all parkinsonian patients and controls. When given after BCT treatment, thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) induced a significantly lower PRL rise in recent-onset ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Laihinen A,Rinne UK

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Functional or psychogenic movement disorders (FMD) present a diagnostic challenge. To diagnose FMD, clinicians must have experience with signs typical of FMD and distinguishing features from other hyperkinetic disorders. The aim of this study was to clarify the decision-making process of expert clinicians whi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： van der Salm SM,van Rootselaar AF,Cath DC,de Haan RJ,Koelman JH,Tijssen MA

更新日期：2017-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of eptinezumab, a humanized anti-calcitonin gene-related peptide monoclonal antibody, in the preventive treatment of chronic migraine (CM). METHODS:The Prevention of Migraine via Intravenous ALD403 Safety and Efficacy-2 (PROMISE-2) study was a phase 3, multicenter, randomi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lipton RB,Goadsby PJ,Smith J,Schaeffler BA,Biondi DM,Hirman J,Pederson S,Allan B,Cady R

更新日期：2020-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate possible abnormal increase in thalamic glutamate/glutamine levels for restless legs syndrome (RLS) indicating increased glutamatergic activity producing arousal that at night disrupts and shortens sleep. METHODS:(1)H MRS of the right thalamus was performed using a 1.5 T GE MRI scanner and the PRO...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Allen RP,Barker PB,Horská A,Earley CJ

更新日期：2013-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To make evidence-based treatment recommendations for patients with Parkinson disease (PD) with dementia, depression, and psychosis based on these questions: 1) What tools are effective to screen for depression, psychosis, and dementia in PD? 2) What are effective treatments for depression and psychosis in PD?...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Miyasaki JM,Shannon K,Voon V,Ravina B,Kleiner-Fisman G,Anderson K,Shulman LM,Gronseth G,Weiner WJ,Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

更新日期：2006-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 58 consecutive patients with spontaneous CSF leaks, nine exhibited features of connective tissue disorder. One had Marfan's syndrome. Five additional patients had hyperflexible joints, of whom four had arachnodactyly, four were tall and slender, two had hyperextensible skin, and one had a strong family history of a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Mokri B,Maher CO,Sencakova D

更新日期：2002-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Since Alzheimer disease (AD) is a slowly progressive disorder and its pathologic features are likely to be present for many years before symptoms become manifest, we investigated whether microstructural white matter changes similar to those identified in patients with AD can be detected in cognitively normal ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Zhuang L,Sachdev PS,Trollor JN,Kochan NA,Reppermund S,Brodaty H,Wen W

更新日期：2012-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Imaging determinations of the spatial extent of diffuse low-grade gliomas (DLGGs) are of paramount importance in evaluating the risk-to-benefit ratio of surgical resection. However, it is not clear how accurately preoperative conventional MRI can delineate DLGGs. METHODS:We report a retrospective histologic...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Pallud J,Varlet P,Devaux B,Geha S,Badoual M,Deroulers C,Page P,Dezamis E,Daumas-Duport C,Roux FX

更新日期：2010-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Krabbe disease (globoid cell leukodystrophy [GLD]) is an autosomal recessive lysosomal disorder affecting the central and peripheral nervous system. The authors performed MRS to characterize metabolic alterations and their regional variation in brain tissue in GLD in vivo. METHODS:Abnormalities of cerebral ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Brockmann K,Dechent P,Wilken B,Rusch O,Frahm J,Hanefeld F

更新日期：2003-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether brain function is altered in cognitively normal individuals at high risk for AD several years before the typical age at onset for this illness. BACKGROUND:Neuropathologic alterations in AD precede cognitive impairment by several years. It is unknown whether functional alterations in neur...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Smith CD,Andersen AH,Kryscio RJ,Schmitt FA,Kindy MS,Blonder LX,Avison MJ

更新日期：1999-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Several controlled-release carbidopa/levodopa preparations have been formulated to achieve a more stable and extended antiparkinsonian action. The most effective is Sinemet CR (Sinemet CR4), with an erodible polymer matrix that retards release of levodopa. In 19 parkinsonians with prominent dose-by-dose fluctuations, ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： LeWitt PA,Nelson MV,Berchou RC,Galloway MP,Kesaree N,Kareti D,Schlick P

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To correlate muscle biopsy findings with prebiopsy and postbiopsy clinical course and response to therapy in polymyositis (PM) and sporadic inclusion body myositis (IBM). BACKGROUND:Existence of pure PM has recently been questioned; subsequently, the definition and criteria for diagnosing PM were debated. M...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Chahin N,Engel AG

更新日期：2008-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize a kindred with a distinctive autosomal dominant neuromuscular disorder. BACKGROUND:The authors studied a large Italian family affected by a progressive neuromyopathy. Ten individuals over three generations were affected. The disease was characterized by onset from the late teens to early 50s ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Servidei S,Capon F,Spinazzola A,Mirabella M,Semprini S,de Rosa G,Gennarelli M,Sangiuolo F,Ricci E,Mohrenweiser HW,Dallapiccola B,Tonali P,Novelli G

更新日期：1999-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A 12-year-old girl who had zoster ophthalmicus 10 months earlier presented with hemiparesis and corresponding basal ganglionic infarction related to middle cerebral artery branch thrombosis ipsilateral to the zoster. Hematologic evaluation disclosed protein C deficiency. This represents the first zoster-associated str...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cadavid D,Pearl PL,Dubovsky EC,Angiolillo A,Vezina LG

更新日期：1999-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:In thymomas associated with myasthenia gravis (MG), the authors found that perivascular infiltrates of memory lymphocytes and mature dendritic cells (DCs) were more frequent in patients with early improvement after thymectomy than in patients without response to thymectomy. Although these findings may be limited to pa...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Nagane Y,Utsugisawa K,Akutsu H,Sato Y,Terayama Y

更新日期：2005-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a Japanese boy with muscular dystrophy whose clinical symptoms were intermediate between those usually considered typical of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies. The patient had a large inframe deletion extending from exons 3 to 41 of the dystrophin gene, which would be expected to cause the production ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Takeshima Y,Nishio H,Narita N,Wada H,Ishikawa Y,Ishikawa Y,Minami R,Nakamura H,Matsuo M

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe a new familial association of late-onset dementia, patchy leukoencephalopathy, intracerebral hemorrhages, bilateral occipital calcifications (BOC), and external carotid artery dysplasia (ECAD). METHODS:At age 62, the proband, who was of Spanish descent, had left temporal hemorrhage in a backgroun...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Iglesias S,Chapon F,Baron JC

更新日期：2000-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythrocyte calcium transport as a function of free [Ca++] was examined using inside-out vesicles from eight pairs of patients with Duchenne dystrophy and age- and sex-matched controls. The Km for Ca++ of the transport protein and the Vmax were higher in the Duchenne vesicles in seven of the eight pairs. The mean Km a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Mollman JE,Cardenas JC,Pleasure DE

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyrotropin-releasing hormone has been reported to increase strength in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). DN-1417 is an analog of thyrotropin-releasing hormone, which has less endocrinologic activity, but more anterior horn cell stimulating effect (with no "autorefractory state"). However, 2 mg DN-141...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hawley RJ,Kratz R,Goodman RR,McCutchen CB,Sirdofsky M,Hanson PA

更新日期：1987-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:In the late 19th century, a man with a psychogenic movement disorder was evaluated by many of the Philadelphia neurologists associated with Silas Weir Mitchell. In 1885, prior to the development of movie cameras or projectors, the patient was photographed by pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge, in col...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lanska DJ

更新日期：2015-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To correlate the two types of early ischemic change on noncontrast CT (NCCT) (parenchymal hypoattenuation [PH] and isolated focal swelling [IFS]) with concurrent assessment of cerebral perfusion and to compare their rates of progression to infarction. METHODS:We assessed cortical regions on NCCT for early i...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Parsons MW,Pepper EM,Bateman GA,Wang Y,Levi CR

更新日期：2007-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A two-octapeptide repeat deletion of the prion protein gene has been recently observed in a patient with a 2-year history of dementia and a clinical diagnosis of possible Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). The authors report a similar deletion in a patient with a definitive diagnosis of CJD. Since the two-repeat deletio...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Capellari S,Parchi P,Wolff BD,Campbell J,Atkinson R,Posey DM,Petersen RB,Gambetti P

更新日期：2002-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy and safety of donepezil as a treatment for patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD) was investigated in a multicenter, double-blind study. Patients were randomly assigned to treatment with placebo (n = 162), 5 mg/d donepezil (n = 154), or 10 mg/d donepezil (n = 157) for 24 weeks followed by...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rogers SL,Farlow MR,Doody RS,Mohs R,Friedhoff LT

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1982 and 1989, 197 patients with Parkinson's disease were treated with selegiline and levodopa for at least 0.3 years. Two groups of patients were included: a group of 65 patients (stage 2 or 3 on the Hoehn and Yahr Scale) who recently had been started on levodopa and were not experiencing response fluctuation...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lieberman A

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We treated 64 emergency room patients with a primary vascular headache with dihydroergotamine (DHE), meperidine, or butorphanol. Post-treatment pain scores were lowest in the DHE group (p less than 0.01). Eight of 21 patients receiving DHE had greater than 90% reduction in pain compared with three of 19 patients recei...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Belgrade MJ,Ling LJ,Schleevogt MB,Ettinger MG,Ruiz E

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moderate hypothermia (33 degrees C) was induced for 7 and 3 days, respectively, in two patients with multiple sclerosis. In both patients, striking improvement of clinical signs persisted throughout the period of cooling, indicating the potential for sustained reversal of the neurologic deficit. Hypothermia may aid ma...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Symington GR,Mackay IR,Currie TT

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent genetic studies show that the apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 allele (ApoE-epsilon 4) is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD). If ApoE-epsilon 4 individuals develop AD as they get older, we would expect a decrease in ApoE-epsilon 4 allele frequency with increasing age. We found a marked decline in ApoE-epsilon...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rebeck GW,Perls TT,West HL,Sodhi P,Lipsitz LA,Hyman BT

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00