Long-term treatment with vagus nerve stimulation in patients with refractory epilepsy. The Vagus Nerve Stimulation Study Group E01-E05.

abstract：:A 11-year-old boy of short stature had recurrent right temporal pounding headaches of 7 months' duration, and progressive visual loss for 3 days. There was a left hemianopia, alexia without agraphia, and diffuse muscle weakness. Investigation established the presence of a mitochondrial myopathy with pyruvate and lacti...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Skoglund RR

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previously, hyperoxia and blood volume increase were reported in the red nucleus and substantia nigra during spontaneous migraine with aura. OBJECTIVE:To further understand the pathophysiologic role of these centers, activation of brainstem structures was investigated in patients with visually triggered mig...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cao Y,Aurora SK,Nagesh V,Patel SC,Welch KM

更新日期：2002-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the influence of birthdays on the onset and course of vascular events such as stroke, TIA, and acute myocardial infarction (AMI). METHODS:This population-based study included all emergency department (ED) admissions due to ischemic stroke, TIA, or AMI from April 2002 to March 2004 in Ontario, Cana...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Saposnik G,Baibergenova A,Dang J,Hachinski V

更新日期：2006-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of acquired demyelination of the CNS (acquired demyelinating syndromes [ADS]) in children is unknown. It is important that physicians recognize the features of ADS to facilitate care and to appreciate the future risk of multiple sclerosis (MS). OBJECTIVE:To determine the incidence, clinical fe...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Banwell B,Kennedy J,Sadovnick D,Arnold DL,Magalhaes S,Wambera K,Connolly MB,Yager J,Mah JK,Shah N,Sebire G,Meaney B,Dilenge ME,Lortie A,Whiting S,Doja A,Levin S,MacDonald EA,Meek D,Wood E,Lowry N,Buckley D,Yim

更新日期：2009-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We have discovered a new Italian pedigree with autosomal-dominant ALS. The pedigree, at present, comprises 75 members distributed in five generations. ALS was diagnosed in eight patients. The mean +/- SD age of onset of the disease was 46.8 +/- 13.5 years, with a range of 29 to 63 years. The mean +/- SD duration of th...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rainero I,Pinessi L,Tsuda T,Vignocchi MG,Vaula G,Calvi L,Cerrato P,Rossi B,Bergamini L,McLachlan DR

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Huntington's disease (HD) is a fatal and progressive neurodegenerative disease that is accompanied by involuntary movements, cognitive dysfunction, and psychiatric symptoms. Although progressive striatal degeneration is known to occur, little is known about how the disease affects the cortex, including which...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rosas HD,Liu AK,Hersch S,Glessner M,Ferrante RJ,Salat DH,van der Kouwe A,Jenkins BG,Dale AM,Fischl B

更新日期：2002-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To prospectively investigate the relationships between serum tissue inhibitor metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1) and clinical outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke. METHODS:We derived data from the China Antihypertensive Trial in Acute Ischemic Stroke. Baseline serum TIMP-1 concentrations were measured i...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Zhong C,Wang G,Xu T,Zhu Z,Guo D,Zheng X,Wang A,Bu X,Peng H,Chen J,Xu T,Peng Y,Li Q,Ju Z,Geng D,He J,Zhang Y

更新日期：2019-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared CT and MRI findings among 78 Alzheimer's disease (AD), 66 vascular dementia (VaD), and 41 stroke without dementia (SWD) African-American patients to identify possible neuroimaging indicators of dementia. The patients with AD and VaD were generally older and less educated than those with SWD. VaD and SWD pa...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Charletta D,Gorelick PB,Dollear TJ,Freels S,Harris Y

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most consistent electroencephalographic finding in 16 cases of Sturge-Weber syndrome was a unilateral reduction of background amplitude in the waking record. Comparable asymmetries were noted in those patients in whom sleep recording also was done. Physiologic responses (to hyperventilation and photic driving) usu...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Brenner RP,Sharbrough FW

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic factors are important in Alzheimer disease (AD) and Parkinson disease but have not been well characterized in Lewy body dementia (LBD). The authors obtained family history in patients from an autopsy series of AD and LBD and in living healthy controls. A family history of dementia was more common in both LBD a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Woodruff BK,Graff-Radford NR,Ferman TJ,Dickson DW,DeLucia MW,Crook JE,Arvanitakis Z,Brassler S,Waters C,Barker W,Duara R

更新日期：2006-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to determine the association of dietary factors and risk of cognitive decline in a population at high risk of cardiovascular disease. METHODS:Baseline dietary intake and measures of the Mini-Mental State Examination were recorded in 27,860 men and women who were enrolled in 2 international parallel...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Smyth A,Dehghan M,O'Donnell M,Anderson C,Teo K,Gao P,Sleight P,Dagenais G,Probstfield JL,Mente A,Yusuf S,ONTARGET and TRANSCEND Investigators.

更新日期：2015-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop and evaluate a model for staging cortical amyloid deposition using PET with high generalizability. METHODS:Three thousand twenty-seven individuals (1,763 cognitively unimpaired [CU], 658 impaired, 467 with Alzheimer disease [AD] dementia, 111 with non-AD dementia, and 28 with missing diagnosis) fr...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Collij LE,Heeman F,Salvadó G,Ingala S,Altomare D,de Wilde A,Konijnenberg E,van Buchem M,Yaqub M,Markiewicz P,Golla SSV,Wottschel V,Wink AM,Visser PJ,Teunissen CE,Lammertsma AA,Scheltens P,van der Flier WM,Boellaard R

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness and macular volume in neuromyelitis optica (NMO) spectrum patients using optical coherence tomography (OCT). BACKGROUND:OCT can quantify damage to retinal ganglion cell axons and can identify abnormalities in multiple sclerosis and optic neuritis (ON...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ratchford JN,Quigg ME,Conger A,Frohman T,Frohman E,Balcer LJ,Calabresi PA,Kerr DA

更新日期：2009-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antiretroviral therapy has improved survival for HIV-1-infected individuals. The neuroepidemiologic implications of HIV-1 in an aging population are not well known, particularly the prevalence of HIV-associated dementia (HAD). METHODS:The authors report a baseline cross-sectional analysis of 202 HIV-1-serop...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Valcour V,Shikuma C,Shiramizu B,Watters M,Poff P,Selnes O,Holck P,Grove J,Sacktor N

更新日期：2004-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In children, seizures associated with status epilepticus (SE) include a number of types that are age-related. These types of seizures are not associated with SE in older patients. Likewise, etiologies of SE in children are also unique to this patient population, in particular those responsible for SE in the neonate. C...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lockman LA

更新日期：1990-05-01 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：:Weight gain has been recognized as an adverse effect of valproic acid therapy, but there are are no data about serum leptin levels in patients receiving this drug. To evaluate if valproic acid treatment in epileptic patients in whom obesity develops modifies serum levels of insulin and leptin, 40 female patients with ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Verrotti A,Basciani F,Morresi S,de Martino M,Morgese G,Chiarelli F

更新日期：1999-07-13 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：:In a 24-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study of rivastigmine, 487 patients with dementia associated with Parkinson disease underwent assessment of attention on the Cognitive Drug Research computerized cognitive assessment system before dosing and 16 and 24 weeks later. Significant bene...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Wesnes KA,McKeith I,Edgar C,Emre M,Lane R

更新日期：2005-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Recent studies have suggested modifications of serotonin cerebral metabolism and of 5-HT(1A) receptors density in Alzheimer disease (AD). This study aims at exploring hippocampus 5-HT(1A) receptor density in patients at the amnesic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) and mild AD dementia stages. METHODS:With us...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Truchot L,Costes SN,Zimmer L,Laurent B,Le Bars D,Thomas-Antérion C,Croisile B,Mercier B,Hermier M,Vighetto A,Krolak-Salmon P

更新日期：2007-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to determine whether environmental and genetic alterations of neuronal aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) enzymes were associated with increased Parkinson disease (PD) risk in an epidemiologic study. METHODS:A novel ex vivo assay was developed to identify pesticides that can inhibi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Fitzmaurice AG,Rhodes SL,Cockburn M,Ritz B,Bronstein JM

更新日期：2014-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in DJ-1 are a cause of autosomal recessive parkinsonism. Polymorphism of genes implicated in hereditary forms of parkinsonism may be a predisposing factor in sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD). The authors analyzed whether a polymorphism (g.168_185del) within exon 1 of DJ-1 contributes to the risk of sporadic...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Eerola J,Hernandez D,Launes J,Hellström O,Hague S,Gulick C,Johnson J,Peuralinna T,Hardy J,Tienari PJ,Singleton AB

更新日期：2003-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The major glycoprotein P0 from human and bovine peripheral nerves carries the L2/HNK-1 and L3 carbohydrate epitopes and is recognized by serum from patients with IgM gammopathy and polyneuropathy. Only serum from patients with reactivity toward the myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) was reactive with P0, while serum...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bollensen E,Steck AJ,Schachner M

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured the duration and amplitude of saccades in three normal subjects, eight patients with myasthenia gravis, and eight patients with nonmyasthenic ocular palsies. Saccades were examined at the start of a repetitive saccade task, after 3 minutes of activity, and 1 minute after administration of edrophonium. The ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Barton JJ,Jama A,Sharpe JA

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the possible role of vitamin E in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD), we compared serum levels of alpha-tocopherol (vitamin E), measured by high-performance liquid chromatography, and the vitamin E/cholesterol ratio of 42 Parkinson's disease (PD) patients using their spouses as the control group...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Férnandez-Calle P,Molina JA,Jiménez-Jiménez FJ,Vázquez A,Pondal M,García-Ruiz PJ,Urra DG,Domingo J,Codoceo R

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six neonates with prolonged, intractable seizures were treated with valproic acid (VPA). Each patient had received maximum doses of phenobarbital (greater than 40 micrograms/ml), and five patients received at least two additional anticonvulsants, without success. Seizure activity was controlled in five of six (83%) ca...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gal P,Oles KS,Gilman JT,Weaver R

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats were intoxicated with acrylamide monomer at 50 mg per kilogram per day; lumbar dorsal root ganglia and distal sural and tibial nerves were studied morphologically. At the sixth day of intoxication, large and small neuronal cell bodies showed a spectrum of remodeling changes that included nuclear eccentricity, cyt...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sterman AB

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate specificity and significance of dynamic changes of the cervical dural sac and spinal cord during neck flexion in juvenile muscular atrophy of the distal upper extremity. BACKGROUND:The disorder affects young people-predominantly men-and is progressive for several years. One autopsy case showed...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hirayama K,Tokumaru Y

更新日期：2000-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Early motor manifestations are the main components of focal seizures involving the frontal lobe. We examined the relationship between the initial ictal motor manifestations and interictal abnormalities of cerebral glucose consumption (rCMRGlc) as assessed by PET in 48 consecutive patients with focal seizures of neocor...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Schlaug G,Antke C,Holthausen H,Arnold S,Ebner A,Tuxhorn I,Jäncke L,Lüders H,Witte OW,Seitz RJ

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A large proportion of survivors of traumatic brain injury (TBI) have persistent cognitive impairments, the profile of which does not always correspond to the size and location of injuries. One possible explanation could be that TBI-induced damage extends beyond obvious lesion sites to affect remote brain net...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kasahara M,Menon DK,Salmond CH,Outtrim JG,Taylor Tavares JV,Carpenter TA,Pickard JD,Sahakian BJ,Stamatakis EA

更新日期：2010-07-13 00:00:00