Superoxide dismutase and oxygen radical neurotoxicity.

abstract：:Demyelination and inflammation both contribute to the neurological deficits characteristic of multiple sclerosis and Guillain-Barré syndrome. Conduction deficits attributable to demyelination are well known, but it is becoming clear that factors such as nitric oxide, endocaine, cytokines, and antiganglioside antibodie...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Smith KJ,Hall SM

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Malingered anterograde amnesia is a phenomenon that has been exhaustively studied, whereas research on retrograde amnesia has tended to focus upon functional and organic accounts of impairment. The present review explores studies relevant to extending the malingering paradigm to retrograde amnesia. R...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Jenkins KG,Kapur N,Kopelman MD

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To review the most relevant developments in the understanding of headache in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). RECENT FINDINGS:The phenotype of the typical IIH headache is diverging from the historical thinking of a raised intracranial pressure headache, with the majority being classified a...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Mollan SP,Hoffmann J,Sinclair AJ

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Severe childhood traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death and acquired disability in children, causing impairments in children's sensory-motor, cognitive and behavioural functioning, with devastating consequences on community integration. Community integration is the ultimate goal of...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Chevignard MP,Brooks N,Truelle JL

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a review of chemotherapy options for patients with brain tumors, both at the time of initial diagnosis and at recurrence. Gliomas, the most common malignant brain tumors, represent the main focus of the review; chemotherapeutic options for supratentorial, brain stem, and optic track gliomas are discussed. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Galanis E,Buckner JC

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The last two decades have witnessed a growing concern over the treatment of epilepsy in women of childbearing age, with an increased risk of major congenital malformations and possible cognitive difficulties associated with certain antiepileptic drugs. The aim here is to review the literature regardin...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Bromley RL,Baker GA,Meador KJ

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Experimental and clinical studies have suggested that epileptic seizures can be modulated or interrupted by electrical stimulations of subcortical structures that may exert a remote control on seizure generators. The aim of this review is to present these recent reports and to address the perspectives...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Kahane P,Depaulis A

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little progress has been made in the treatment outcome of patients with glioblastoma in the past 10 to 15 years, despite an aggressive multimodality regimen using surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. New approaches, particularly molecular strategies, have become the clinicians' and scientists' hope for the future in ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Yung WK

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Over the past 25 years, many autoantibodies directed against peripheral nerve glycan and protein antigens have been described. Principally through this area of research, significant advances have been achieved in the understanding of the pathophysiology of inflammatory neuropathies. More evidence cons...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Chavada G,Willison HJ

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Recent advances in survival for patients with newly diagnosed and recurrent brain tumors, combined with the development of an ever-increasing number of potential treatments, has led to significant growth in the number of clinical trials for patients with brain tumors. Suitable clinical trial design an...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Butowski N,Chang SM

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Neurosteroids are a family of compounds synthesized directly in the brain by transforming cholesterol into pregnenolone, which is then converted to compounds such as allopregnanolone and allotetrahydrodeoxycorticosterone. In view of their ability to modulate neurotransmission, neurosteroids may influe...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Biagini G,Panuccio G,Avoli M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) is a chronic and often disabling neuropathy, which often responds to immune therapies including corticosteroids, plasma exchange, and high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg). The reasons for choosing one of these therapies and the fa...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Nobile-Orazio E,Gallia F

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Myasthenic syndromes are distinct disorders at the neuromuscular junction, most often with well characterized autoimmune or genetic pathology. New aspects of the dysfunctions give insight into the normal neuromuscular function in addition to giving therapeutic clues and tailoring the therapy to the pa...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Gilhus NE

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The present review will outline neuroprotective and neurotoxic effects of central nervous system (CNS) infiltrating T cells during viral infections. Evidence demonstrating differential roles for antiviral effector and resident memory T-cell subsets in virologic control and immunopathology in the CNS w...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Ai S,Klein RS

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:In recent years, advances in the understanding of the regulatory mechanisms of the immune system has led to the development of new approaches for cancer treatment. Currently, immune checkpoint inhibitors are the first successful examples of this approach and several agents that target cytotoxic lympho...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Hottinger AF

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The risk of suicide is thought be increased in epilepsy. Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) remain the primary treatment. An FDA alert in 2008 raised concerns that AEDs may increase the risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviour. The risk profile for suicide in epilepsy is examined in the context of recent repor...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Bagary M

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) is a potentially debilitating disorder primarily related to spinal cord injury caused by degenerative changes of the spine. As the population continues to age and live longer, it is likely that this disorder will be encountered with increasing frequency. RECENT F...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Holly LT

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:After more than 10 years of methodological developments and clinical applications, diffusion imaging tractography has reached a crossroad. Although the method is still in its infancy, the time has come to address some important questions. Can tractography reproduce reliably known anatomy or describe n...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Dell'Acqua F,Catani M

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This article reviews what is known about the health and well being of adults with cerebral palsy. It also addresses the factors known to affect the areas identified in the World Health Organization International Classification of Functioning model as being critical for optimal health and well being. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Liptak GS

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:With the aging of the population, treatment of painful neuropathies is becoming more and more important for neurological practice. This short review highlights recent findings and current problems. RECENT FINDINGS:In addition to tricyclic antidepressants and gabapentin, the reliability of which is es...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Cruccu G

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Convergent evidence from a number of neuroscience disciplines supports the hypothesis that Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders progress along brain networks. This review considers the role of neuroimaging in strengthening the case for network-based neurodegeneration and elucidati...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Greicius MD,Kimmel DL

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To review the clinical findings, differential diagnosis, treatment and outcome of pseudotumoral demyelinating lesions including tumefactive demyelination and Baló's concentric sclerosis. RECENT FINDINGS:MRI findings, such as dynamic restricted diffusion changes at the edge of pseudotumoral lesions he...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Hardy TA

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of the literature on methods of seizure or epilepsy severity assessments resulted in tabulation of the seizure rating scales known as US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Chalfont-National Hospital, Liverpool, Hague, and others. Each of the scales reviewed has some advantages, but none of them appears to b...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Cramer JA

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review centers on important recent advances in the understanding of the role of glial fibrillary acidic protein in Alexander disease and of proteolipid protein in hypomyelinating disorders such as Pelizaeus-Merzbacher and spastic paraplegia. We also describe seven novel leukodystrophies. These include childhood a...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Schiffmann R,Boespflüg-Tanguy O

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuing advances have rendered the neural control of eye movements one of the best understood motor systems, from molecules to complex behaviors. Nevertheless, new discoveries have required re-evaluation of established concepts, from the genetics of disorders that affect extraocular muscles to the way in which the ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Szatmáry G,Leigh RJ

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review provides an update on our knowledge regarding prevention and management of medication overuse headache (MOH). RECENT FINDINGS:The prevalence of MOH is 1-2% in the general population worldwide, and because of the tremendous socio-economic cost, it is likely to be the most costly neurologic...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Russell MB,Lundqvist C

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Here we summarize the evidence from human studies of the impairments to the structural, functional, and metabolic capacities in skeletal muscle in those with type 1 diabetes (T1D) - a condition known as diabetic myopathy. Given the importance of skeletal muscle for blood lipid and glucose management, ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Monaco CMF,Perry CGR,Hawke TJ

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review draws together the most recent findings in ALS biomarker research from biochemical, imaging and neurophysiology techniques. RECENT FINDINGS:The potential of circulating RNA is highlighted, including new retrieval techniques. With ongoing genetic clinical trials, the need for pharmacodynam...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Verber N,Shaw PJ

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The cause of multiple sclerosis remains elusive. We review recent epidemiological studies of genetic and environmental factors that influence susceptibility to the disease and its clinical course. RECENT FINDINGS:Genetic advances strengthen the association of multiple sclerosis with the human leukocy...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Kantarci O,Wingerchuk D

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews recent studies evaluating the clinicopathologic markers of progressive supranuclear palsy, which have helped establish standardized clinical and pathologic diagnostic criteria. Although these criteria increase diagnostic accuracy, the clinical and pathologic overlap between progressive supranuclea...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Litvan I

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00