The effect of obstructive sleep apnea and treatment with continuous positive airway pressure on stroke rehabilitation: rationale, design and methods of the TOROS study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The major difficulty in postoperative care in patients after craniotomy is to distinguish the intracranial deficits from the residual effect of general anesthesia. In present study, we used cerebral state index (CSI) monitoring in patients after craniotomy with delayed recovery, and evaluated the prediction ...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Xu M,Lei YN,Zhou JX

更新日期：2011-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is an important complication of ischemic stroke, although the incidence of DVT is regarded as being lower in Asian than in non-Asian patients. Here, we investigated the incidence and factors associated with DVT in Asian patients with ischemic stroke. METHODS:Acute ischemic stroke ...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Ha SH,Kim YJ,Heo SH,Chang DI,Kim BJ

更新日期：2020-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxias (ARCA) are a group of neurodegenerative disorders characterized by early onset of gait impairment, disturbed limb coordination, dysarthria, and eye movement abnormalities, most likely due to the degeneration of cerebellum, brainstem, and spinal cord. Despite of the rari...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Lu C,Zheng YC,Dong Y,Li HF

更新日期：2016-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Amongst Sardinians the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) DRB1-DQB1 haplotypes *15:02-*06:01, *16:01-*05:02, *14:01-4-*05:03 are protective for multiple sclerosis (MS), while *13:03-*03:01, *04:05-*03:01, *03:01-*02:01, *15:01-*06:02 and Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratubercolosis (MAP) are predisposing facto...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Frau J,Cossu D,Sardu C,Mameli G,Coghe G,Lorefice L,Fenu G,Tranquilli S,Sechi LA,Marrosu MG,Cocco E

更新日期：2016-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:THK5351 and flortaucipir tau ligands have high affinity for paired helical filament tau, yet diverse off-target bindings have been reported. Recent data support the hypothesis that THK5351 binds to monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B) expressed from reactive astrocytes and that flortaucipir has an affinity toward MAO...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Kim HJ,Cho H,Park S,Jang H,Ryu YH,Choi JY,Moon SH,Oh SJ,Oh M,Na DL,Lyoo CH,Kim EJ,Seeley WW,Kim JS,Choi KC,Seo SW

更新日期：2019-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A frequent disorder after stroke is neglect, resulting in a failure to report or respond to contralesional stimuli. Rehabilitation of neglect is important, given the negative influence on motor recovery, independence in self-care, transfers, and locomotion. Effects of prism adaptation (PA) to alleviate negle...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Ten Brink AF,Visser-Meily JM,Nijboer TC

更新日期：2015-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardioembolic stroke (CES) due to atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with high stroke mortality. Oral anticoagulation (OAC) reduces stroke mortality, however, the impact of OAC-administration during hospital stay post ischemic stroke on mortality is unclear. We determined whether the timing of OAC initia...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Palm F,Kraus M,Safer A,Wolf J,Becher H,Grau AJ

更新日期：2014-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Susac syndrome (SuS) is a rare condition characterized by a clinical triad of sensorineural hearing loss, branch artery occlusion and encephalopathy. This study reports an increased incidence of SuS in Israel. We describe the clinical characteristics of these patients, diagnostic procedures and the use and s...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Wilf-Yarkoni A,Elkayam O,Aizenstein O,Oron Y,Furer V,Zur D,Goldstein M,Barequet D,Hallevi H,Karni A,Habot-Wilner Z,Regev K

更新日期：2020-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Carotid angioplasty with stenting is a relatively new, increasingly used, less-invasive treatment for the treatment of symptomatic carotid artery stenosis. It is being evaluated in ongoing and nearly finished randomized trials. An important factor in the evaluation of stents is the occurrence of in-stent res...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Nederkoorn PJ,Brown MM

更新日期：2009-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients frequently fail to receive adequate pain relief from, or are intolerant of, first-line therapies prescribed for neuropathic pain (NeP). This refractory chronic pain causes psychological distress and impacts patient quality of life. Published literature for treatment in refractory patients is sparse ...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Plested M,Budhia S,Gabriel Z

更新日期：2010-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), as a type of behavioral therapy, attempts to respond to changes in people's performance and their relationship to events. ACT can affect sleep quality by providing techniques to enhance the flexibility of patients' thoughts, yet maintaining mindfullness. Therefore, fo...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Salari N,Khazaie H,Hosseinian-Far A,Khaledi-Paveh B,Ghasemi H,Mohammadi M,Shohaimi S

更新日期：2020-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported an error in Table 2 wherein the item numbering in the first column is wrong. ...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： da Silva ESM,Santos GL,Catai AM,Borstad A,Furtado NPD,Aniceto IAV,Russo TL

更新日期：2019-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effective control of (upright) body posture requires a proper representation of body orientation. Stroke patients with pusher syndrome were shown to suffer from severely disturbed perception of own body orientation. They experience their body as oriented 'upright' when actually tilted by nearly 20 degrees to...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Johannsen L,Broetz D,Karnath HO

更新日期：2006-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We imaged the corticospinal tract (CST) and corticoreticular pathway (CRP) using diffusion tensor tractography (DTT) to evaluate the cause of muscle weakness in a patient who was exposed to high-voltage electricity. CASE PRESENTATION:A 39-year-old man presented with quadriparesis after high-voltage electric...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Boudier-Revéret M,Hsiao MY,Shyu SG,Chang MC

更新日期：2020-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In children with cerebral palsy (CP), stiffness, caused by contractile and non-contractile structures, can influence motor performance. This study sought to determine whether the nerve mobility had a relevant impact on motor performance in children with CP. We hypothesized that a positive Straight Leg Raise ...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Marsico P,Tal-Akabi A,van Hedel HJ

更新日期：2016-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sarcoidosis is a multi-organ disease of unknown etiology characterised by the presence of epithelioid granulomas, without caseous necrosis. Systemic sarcoidosis is rare among children, while neurosarcoidosis in children is even rarer whether it is systemic or not. CASE PRESENTATION:We described the case of ...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Shijo K,Moro N,Sasano M,Watanabe M,Yagasaki H,Takahashi S,Homma T,Yoshino A

更新日期：2018-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Partially thrombosed giant aneurysms at the basilar apex (BA) artery are challenging lesions with a poor prognosis if left untreated. Here we describe a rare case of extensive brain edema after growth of a surgically treated and thrombosed giant basilar apex aneurysm. CASE PRESENTATION:We performed a proxim...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： García-Pérez D,Panero I,Eiriz C,Moreno LM,Munarriz PM,Paredes I,Lagares A,Alén JF

更新日期：2020-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tinnitus is a result of hyper-activity/hyper-synchrony of auditory neurons coding the tinnitus frequency, which has developed to synchronous mass activity owing the lack of inhibition. We assume that removal of exactly these frequency components from an auditory stimulus will cause the brain to reorganize ar...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Pantev C,Rudack C,Stein A,Wunderlich R,Engell A,Lau P,Wollbrink A,Shaykevich A

更新日期：2014-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In order to evaluate the impact of cilostazol on endothelial function, we compared the changes of flow-mediated dilation (FMD) between aspirin and cilostazol groups in patients with acute cerebral ischemia. METHODS:Patients presenting with acute cerebral ischemic events were randomly assigned into aspirin (...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Lee SJ,Lee JS,Choi MH,Lee SE,Shin DH,Hong JM

更新日期：2017-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human serum paraoxonase 1 (PON1) plays a major role in the metabolism of several organophosphorus compounds. The enzyme is encoded by the polymorphic gene PON1, located on chromosome 7q21.3. Aiming to identify genetic variations related to the risk of developing brain tumors, we investigated the putative ass...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Martínez C,Molina JA,Alonso-Navarro H,Jiménez-Jiménez FJ,Agúndez JA,García-Martín E

更新日期：2010-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nosocomial infection (NI) control is an important issue in neurocritical care due to secondary brain damage and the increased morbidity and mortality of primary acute neurocritical care patients. The primary aim of this study was to determine incidence of nosocomial infections and multidrug-resistant bacteri...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Spatenkova V,Bradac O,Fackova D,Bohunova Z,Suchomel P

更新日期：2018-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgery is a potential trigger of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), a disorder which leads to an autoimmune-mediated attack of peripheral nerves. The present study was designed to explore clinical features of post-surgical GBS compared with those of general GBS in order to provide better clinical advice to pati...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Gong Q,Liu S,Liu Y,Yao J,Fu X,Xiao Z,Lu Z

更新日期：2021-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To assess the feasibility of using automated capture of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) data to build predictive models for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) outcomes. METHODS:We used an Informatics for Integrating Biology and the Bedside search discovery tool to identify and extract data from 354 ALS pat...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Karanevich AG,Weisbrod LJ,Jawdat O,Barohn RJ,Gajewski BJ,He J,Statland JM

更新日期：2018-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parkinsonian symptoms have been associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Several studies have reported on the prevalence of signs and symptoms. Symptoms questionnaires can identify potential PD cases for further neurological examination to save resources. They can also provide information about how...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Ishihara LS,Khaw KT,Luben R,Bingham S,Welch A,Day N,Brayne C

更新日期：2005-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The narcolepsy severity scale (NSS) was developed to measure the severity and consequences of symptoms in patients with narcolepsy. The scale has been validated in France, though no other studies have further validated this instrument. The current study aimed to present psychometric properties and describe t...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Ouyang H,Han F,Zheng Q,Zhang J

更新日期：2019-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Migraine and Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) have been found to be associated in child and adolescent cohorts; however, the association has not been assessed in adults or otherwise healthy population. Assessing the comorbidity between ADHD and migraine may clarify the etiopathology of bot...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Hansen TF,Hoeffding LK,Kogelman L,Haspang TM,Ullum H,Sørensen E,Erikstrup C,Pedersen OB,Nielsen KR,Hjalgrim H,Paarup HM,Werge T,Burgdorf K

更新日期：2018-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Detecting and treating neuropsychological deficits after aneurysmatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) play a key role in regaining independence; however, detecting deficits relevant to social and professional reintegration has been difficult and optimal timing of assessments remains unclear. Therefore, we eva...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Walter J,Grutza M,Vogt L,Unterberg A,Zweckberger K

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-ataxic symptoms of spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) vary widely and often overlap with various types of SCAs. Duration and severity of the disease and genetic background may play a role in such phenotypic diversity. We conducted the study in order to study clinical characteristics of common SCAs in Thailan...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Boonkongchuen P,Pongpakdee S,Jindahra P,Papsing C,Peerapatmongkol P,Wetchaphanphesat S,Paiboonpol S,Dejthevaporn C,Tanprawate S,Nudsasarn A,Jariengprasert C,Muntham D,Ingsathit A,Pulkes T

更新日期：2014-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) presents as chronic, continuous pain and sensory, autonomic, and motor abnormalities affecting one or more extremities. People with CRPS can also show changes in their perception of and attention to the affected body part and sensory information in the affected side of s...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Halicka M,Vittersø AD,Proulx MJ,Bultitude JH

更新日期：2020-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A number of emerging studies have evaluated clot composition in acute ischemic stroke. Studies of clot composition of embolic strokes of undetermined strokes are lacking. OBJECTIVES:We sought to analyze the RBC to platelet ratios in clots and correlated our findings with stroke etiology. METHODS:This was a...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Nouh A,Mehta T,Hussain M,Song X,Ollenschleger M

更新日期：2020-10-21 00:00:00