Altered brain activation in cognitively intact individuals at high risk for Alzheimer's disease.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We pooled the results of studies on natural history of cavernous malformations (CM) to calculate point estimates and investigate main sources of heterogeneity. METHODS:We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, and ISI Web of Science for relevant studies published before May 2015. We used fixed or random effects models an...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Taslimi S,Modabbernia A,Amin-Hanjani S,Barker FG 2nd,Macdonald RL

更新日期：2016-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors carried out a three-phase door-to-door survey in Atahualpa, Ecuador to assess epidemiologic and pathogenetic mechanisms of stroke. They found 10 stroke patients among 1,568 individuals aged > or =15 years (crude prevalence, 638 per 100,000). There was only one incident case (incidence, 64 per 100,000). Six...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Del Brutto OH,Idrovo L,Mosquera A,Navas C,Santibáñez R,Cuesta F,Díaz-Calderón E

更新日期：2004-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the rate of relapse occurrence during pregnancy and postpartum. METHODS:In a cross-sectional study using the national multiple sclerosis (MS) registry, pregnant women with relapsing MS were identified. Data on demographics, clinical characteristics, and disease-modifying therapies (DMTs), includ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Alroughani R,Alowayesh MS,Ahmed SF,Behbehani R,Al-Hashel J

更新日期：2018-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Causes of benign positional vertigo (BPV) are mostly unknown. The aim of this study was to elucidate an association of osteoporosis with idiopathic BPV. METHODS:Two hundred nine consecutive patients with a confirmed diagnosis of idiopathic BPV underwent bone mineral densitometry of anterior-posterior lumbar ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Jeong SH,Choi SH,Kim JY,Koo JW,Kim HJ,Kim JS

更新日期：2009-03-24 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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the extent of leukoaraiosis, a composite marker of baseline brain integrity, differed between patients with TIA with diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) evidence of infarction (transient symptoms with infarction [TSI]) and patients with ischemic stroke. METHODS:Leukoaraiosis volume on MRI w...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Arsava EM,Bayrlee A,Vangel M,Rost NS,Rosand J,Furie KL,Sorensen AG,Ay H

更新日期：2011-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a recent study, the authors found that blinks in healthy volunteers always triggered ocular torsion quick phases during dynamic roll movements of the head. On the basis of this observation, they hypothesized that blinks in patients with a vestibular tone imbalance would also trigger torsional quick phases...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Schneider E,Glasauer S,Dieterich M,Kalla R,Brandt T

更新日期：2004-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and eight multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and 108 matched controls were studied for antibody levels and cellular immune responses to several viruses. There were significant increases in the mean titers of complement fixation (CF) or hemagglutination inhibition (HI), and complement-mediated cytotoxicity (C...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Fuccillo DA,Madden DL,Castellano GA,Uhlig L,Traub RG,Mattson J,Krezlewicz A,Sever JL

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in POMT1 have been identified in Walker-Warburg syndrome and in patients with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy and mental retardation (LGMD2K). The authors report new POMT1 mutations in three unrelated children with severe motor impairment, leg hypertrophy, and mental retardation but without brain and ocular m...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： D'Amico A,Tessa A,Bruno C,Petrini S,Biancheri R,Pane M,Pedemonte M,Ricci E,Falace A,Rossi A,Mercuri E,Santorelli FM,Bertini E

更新日期：2006-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of simulation-based mastery learning (SBML) on internal medicine residents' lumbar puncture (LP) skills, assess neurology residents' acquired LP skills from traditional clinical education, and compare the results of SBML to traditional clinical education. METHODS:This study was a prete...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Barsuk JH,Cohen ER,Caprio T,McGaghie WC,Simuni T,Wayne DB

更新日期：2012-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Cocaine, especially in its alkaloidal or "crack" form, has been increasingly associated with cerebrovascular disease. Before the crack epidemic, cocaine hydrochloride (HCl) was also implicated as a cause of stroke. However, less is known about the differences in stroke subtypes, age at stroke onset, or presence of und...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Levine SR,Brust JC,Futrell N,Brass LM,Blake D,Fayad P,Schultz LR,Millikan CH,Ho KL,Welch KM

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The levels of plasma free carnitine and ketone bodies have been found to fluctuate inversely in fasting individuals without muscle disease. Circulating short-chain acyl-carnitines paralleled beta-hydroxybutyrate levels. A patient with lipid storage myopathy and muscle carnitine deficiency, and his two daughters, devel...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： DiDonato S,Cornelio F,Storchi G,Rimoldi M

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the clinical features, neuropathology, and genetic studies in a family with autosomal dominant frontotemporal dementia (FTD). BACKGROUND:Clinical Pick's disease, or FTD with parkinsonism, has been described in several families linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17). Most of these have shown tau protei...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kertesz A,Kawarai T,Rogaeva E,St George-Hyslop P,Poorkaj P,Bird TD,Munoz DG

更新日期：2000-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review clinical and electrodiagnostic features of the medial brachial fascial compartment syndrome, a complication of percutaneous axillary vessel puncture. METHODS:The authors reviewed electrodiagnostic examinations over a 20-year period. RESULTS:This syndrome presents with weakness, pain, and numbness ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tsao BE,Wilbourn AJ

更新日期：2003-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate clinical differences in warm and cold complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) phenotypes. BACKGROUND:CRPS represents inhomogeneous chronic pain conditions; approximately 70% patients with CRPS have "warm" affected limbs and 30% have "cold" affected limbs. METHODS:We examined 50 patients with "c...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Eberle T,Doganci B,Krämer HH,Geber C,Fechir M,Magerl W,Birklein F

更新日期：2009-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Histologic studies show that the amygdala is affected by Alzheimer disease (AD) pathology, and its medial aspect is the most involved. We aimed to assess in vivo local structural differences in the amygdala of patients with AD using high-field MRI. METHODS:A total of 19 patients with AD (mean age 76, SD 6 ye...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cavedo E,Boccardi M,Ganzola R,Canu E,Beltramello A,Caltagirone C,Thompson PM,Frisoni GB

更新日期：2011-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We enrolled 116 patients in a multicenter, randomized, double-blind controlled trial of an 8-week course of 11 plasma exchange (PE) treatments in exacerbations of MS. The control group received sham PE, and both groups received identical treatment with IM ACTH and oral cyclophosphamide. Serum IgG decreased in the PE a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Weiner HL,Dau PC,Khatri BO,Petajan JH,Birnbaum G,McQuillen MP,Fosburg MT,Feldstein M,Orav EJ

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We transplanted autologous adrenal medullary tissue into the caudate nucleus of 3 patients with advanced Parkinson's disease. The 1st patient, a 59-year-old man with parkinsonian symptoms for 15 years, had mild improvement in his motor functioning after the operation. However, his postoperative course was characterize...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Jankovic J,Grossman R,Goodman C,Pirozzolo F,Schneider L,Zhu Z,Scardino P,Garber AJ,Jhingran SG,Martin S

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore environmental risk factors for Parkinson's disease (PD) in Taiwan, we investigated 120 patients with PD and 240 hospital control subjects matched with patients on age (+/-2 years) and sex. Based on a structured open-ended questionnaire, we carried out standardized interviews to obtain history of exposure to...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Liou HH,Tsai MC,Chen CJ,Jeng JS,Chang YC,Chen SY,Chen RC

更新日期：1997-06-01 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：:Fifty patients underwent superficial temporal lobectomy for intractable temporal lobe epilepsy. Total cure rate was 52%, and significant improvement was achieved in 88%. Cytoarchitectural changes in gray and white tissue were analyzed under light microscopy. Neuronal dysgenesis was correlated with the duration of seiz...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hardiman O,Burke T,Phillips J,Murphy S,O'Moore B,Staunton H,Farrell MA

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regional levels of brain monoamines and their metabolites were examined in a rat model of reversible and diffuse forebrain ischemia with and without reperfusion. During ischemia, blood flow decreased by 87 to 95%, but recovered to control values during recirculation. Norepinephrine and serotonin decreased in the cereb...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Harik SI,Yoshida S,Busto R,Ginsberg MD

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate, examine the internal validity, and adapt to children the electronic version of the composite cerebellar functional severity (CCFS) score. METHODS:In this multicenter study, we compared the validated manual device with the new electronic version (n = 46) and analyzed its kinetics in 146 patients ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Filipovic Pierucci A,Mariotti C,Panzeri M,Giunti P,Boesch S,Schulz JB,Pandolfo M,Durr A,Tezenas du Montcel S,EFACTS Study Group.

更新日期：2015-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cell-based therapies are being investigated as an adjunct to IV thrombolysis or mechanical thrombectomy in ischemic stroke. This review summarizes the potential applications as well as challenges of intravascular cell delivery in ischemic stroke. METHOD:We conducted a search of Medline as well as the clinica...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Misra V,Ritchie MM,Stone LL,Low WC,Janardhan V

更新日期：2012-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Both genetic and environmental factors play a role in the pathophysiology of MS and may influence the clinical expression of the disease. OBJECTIVE:To determine the contribution of familial factors to the clinical expression of MS. METHODS:The French Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Group identified 87 sibling ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Brassat D,Azais-Vuillemin C,Yaouanq J,Semana G,Reboul J,Cournu I,Mertens C,Edan G,Lyon-Caen O,Clanet M,Fontaine B

更新日期：1999-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To perform an evidence-based review of the safety and efficacy of botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) in the treatment of movement disorders. METHODS:A literature search was performed including MEDLINE and Current Contents for therapeutic articles relevant to BoNT and selected movement disorders. Authors reviewed, a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Simpson DM,Blitzer A,Brashear A,Comella C,Dubinsky R,Hallett M,Jankovic J,Karp B,Ludlow CL,Miyasaki JM,Naumann M,So Y,Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

更新日期：2008-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is frequently performed based solely on noninvasive vascular imaging (NVI) results (duplex ultrasound, DU; magnetic resonance angiography, MRA; CT angiography, CTA). The authors determined how often intra-arterial contrast angiography (ANGIO) alters a CEA decision as compared to N...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Johnston DC,Goldstein LB

更新日期：2001-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation prolongs survival in ALS but its effect on quality of life is unknown. The authors prospectively studied quality of life using the SF-36 questionnaire in a cohort of 16 ventilated patients with ALS. Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation improved scores in the "Vitality" do...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lyall RA,Donaldson N,Fleming T,Wood C,Newsom-Davis I,Polkey MI,Leigh PN,Moxham J

更新日期：2001-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is characterized by loss of atonia during REM sleep, resulting in motor activity during dreams. Studies estimate that approximately half of patients with RBD will eventually develop Parkinson disease (PD), so RBD may be an indicator of presymptomatic PD. Several p...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Postuma RB,Lang AE,Massicotte-Marquez J,Montplaisir J

更新日期：2006-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the effects of isoniazid on tremor in 13 patients with MS. Patients were evaluated before treatment, after 1 month of therapy (1,000 mg daily), and 1 month after the last dose. Ten patients improved on at least one of three methods of evaluation. Transient side effects were common, possibly because there ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Duquette P,Pleines J,du Souich P

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00