Vertigo.

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review aims to determine whether it is cost-effective to replace aspirin and warfarin with more effective, yet more costly, treatments for secondary stroke prevention. RECENT FINDINGS:For preventing recurrent stroke of arterial origin, clopidogrel and the combination of aspirin and extended-rele...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Hankey GJ

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The review intends to draw the attention of researchers working in retinal degenerations on the fact that classical apoptosis, for example, apoptosis triggering caspase activation, may not be the main pathway of cellular demise in this tissue.Former work already showed the difficulty of proving the activation of apopt...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Torriglia A,Jaadane I,Lebon C

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A long series of studies beginning with the pioneering experiments of Wiesel and Hubel [1] has shown that correct visual experience is crucial for the development of the visual system. Recent results suggest that neurotrophic factors of the nerve growth factor family might have a relevant role in mediating the effects...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Pizzorusso T,Maffei L

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To describe the most important issues a clinician must consider whenever selecting and administering antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). There is no available algorithm that identifies how to individualize selection of AEDs. Proper selection and administration can make an enormous difference in both effective...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Cheng JY,French JA

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Homonymous hemianopia is the commonest form of acquired homonymous visual field defect; the usual causes are stroke, head injury and intracranial tumours. This impairment can affect a variety of cognitive visual functions, including visual search, safe navigation through changing environments and read...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Schofield TM,Leff AP

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Precise localization of the epileptogenic zone is imperative for the success of resective surgery of drug-resistant epileptic patients. To decrease the number of surgical failures, clinical research has been focusing on finding new biomarkers. For the past decades, high-frequency oscillations (HFOs, 8...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Roehri N,Bartolomei F

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Only two functionally validated susceptibility genes, CACNA1H and GABRD, have so far been identified in the common epilepsies using a candidate gene approach. The difficulty with the alternative statistical approach, where none of the suggested candidates has been functionally validated, may partly be...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Tan NC,Mulley JC,Scheffer IE

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Is multiple sclerosis (MS) a generalized disease of the central nervous system? Or put another way, is MS pathology primarily focal with global consequences or global with focal consequences? Consideration of this question depends on how you view it both spatially and temporally. In this review, we ad...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Chard D,Miller D

更新日期：2009-06-01 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:The aims of this article are to review emerging therapies for multiple sclerosis (MS) and to consider new approaches to assessment and achievement of treatment success in patients with this disease. RECENT FINDINGS:A number of disease-modifying therapies for MS, including oral agents, are in advanced...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Fox EJ,Rhoades RW

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review focuses on recent advances in the diagnostic approaches and the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms of Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease. We also discuss the emerging therapies for this hereditary neuropathy. RECENT FINDINGS:To date, numerous genes are implicated in CMT, and new gene...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Vallat JM,Mathis S,Funalot B

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Herein we discuss the recent literature concerning cervicogenic vertigo including vertigo associated with rotational vertebral artery syndrome, as well as whiplash and degenerative disturbances of the cervical spine. We conclude with a summary of progress regarding diagnostic methods for cervicogenic ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Hain TC

更新日期：2015-02-01 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:Valproic acid (VPA) is one of the four first line antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). VPA is also an effective drug in migraine prophylaxis and in treatment of bipolar disorders. The use of VPA is limited by its two rare but potentially life-threatening side effects, teratogenicity and hepatotoxicity, and it ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Isoherranen N,Yagen B,Bialer M

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ablative surgery and deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease can be performed in the thalamus, the pallidum and the subthalamic nucleus. The efficacy and safety of unilateral pallidotomy is well established. Deep brain stimulation has a lower morbidity and is preferred for bilateral surgery. The subthalamic nuc...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Krack P,Hamel W,Mehdorn HM,Deuschl G

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A relatively small number of studies were published on the intra-arterial therapy of stroke in the past year. Those reports, however, do offer strong evidence for the feasibility and safety of this therapeutic approach. Partly on the basis of these data it has become evident that the intra-arterial thrombolytic therap...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Abou-Chebl A,Furlan AJ

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three genetic loci for Alzheimer's disease have been identified. These are the amyloid precursor gene on chromosome 21, a gene for early-onset autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease on chromosome 14, and the risk-modifying gene APOE on chromosome 19. Additional Alzheimer's disease genes remain to be found. The genes i...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Schellenberg GD

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent findings from neuroimaging, event-related potential and lesion investigations reflect a rapidly emerging view that the memory system is widely distributed throughout the cortex. It is clear that the pattern of cortical involvement during encoding and retrieval of memories is critically dependent on the nature a...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Bright P,Kopelman MD

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The motoneuron has a strong ability to regenerate after injury. However, the problems of nerve cell survival after a proximal axotomy, difficulty in axonal elongation after intraspinal lesion and the lack of target specificity during nerve fibre regrowth interfere with a good functional restitution. Current research h...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Carlstedt T

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review summarizes the recent studies assessing patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures and developments in treatment. RECENT FINDINGS:The misdiagnosis of nonepileptic seizure is costly to patients, the healthcare system, and to society. Patients with nonepileptic seizures are prescribed ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： LaFrance WC Jr

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review seeks to describe recent advances in the epidemiology, outcomes, and prognostic factors in acute encephalitis. RECENT FINDINGS:Infectious causes continue to account for the largest proportion of encephalitis cases in which a cause is identified, although autoimmune causes are increasingly...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Venkatesan A

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This article reviews the results of recent therapeutic trials in dermatomyositis, polymyositis, and inclusion body myositis and suggests an approach to treating patients with inflammatory myopathy. RECENT FINDINGS:We reviewed 10 double-blind, placebo-controlled therapeutic trials in patients with inf...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Amato AA,Griggs RC

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Patients with acute life-threatening neuromuscular disease require close cooperation between neuromuscular and intensive care specialists to achieve the best possible outcomes. The problems encountered by these patients are different from those in traditional neuromuscular practice, and neurologists c...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Damian MS,Srinivasan R

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The trigeminal autonomic reflex is a physiological reflex with an important protective function which also plays a role in pathophysiological conditions, such as primary headache. It is not understood whether the autonomic symptoms in trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias and migraine are the consequence ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Möller M,May A

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past few years evidence that atherosclerotic disease of the aortic arch is probably an underestimate source of emboli, particularly moving thrombi in the lumen, has accumulated. Pathological studies, and more recently transesophageal echocardiographic studies, have shown that atherosclerotic disease of the aort...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Heinzlef O,Cohen A,Amarenco P

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The population of pediatric patients with cerebrovascular disease presents a unique set of challenges to the neurosurgeon. The wide scope of pathology, including arteriovenous malformations, cavernous malformations and moyamoya disease, coupled with marked advances in diagnosis and treatment of these conditions over t...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Smith ER,Butler WE,Ogilvy CS

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune ataxic neuropathies are a subset of the sensory ataxic neuropathies which are characterized by ataxia as the dominant presenting feature. The major known causes of autoimmune ataxic neuropathies include sensory variants of the Guillain-Barré syndrome, including Miller-Fisher syndrome, subsets of immunoglobu...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： O'Leary CP,Willison HJ

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural circuits comprised of dopamine-containing and dopamine-receptive neurons are altered functionally after the repeated intermittent administration of cocaine and its withdrawal. The characterization of these neuroadaptive changes at various times after repeated exposure to cocaine is important because they may re...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Pilotte NS

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review will summarize new neuroimaging techniques, particularly MRI and PET imaging, that can be used to assess brain tumor growth and angiogenesis. RECENT FINDINGS:Glioma tumor vasculature is abnormal, and advances in MRI now permit visualization of the hemodynamic properties of gliomas includi...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Gerstner ER,Sorensen AG,Jain RK,Batchelor TT

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Research on the pathophysiology of syndromic autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has contributed to the uncovering of mechanisms in nonsyndromic ASD. The current review aims to compare recent progress in therapeutics development for ASD with those for fragile X syndrome (FXS), the most frequent monogenic f...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Yamasue H,Aran A,Berry-Kravis E

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00