abstract：:The case of an 18-year-old woman is reported who had developed progressive inability to use her left limbs since the age of 13 years. Ataxic hemiparesis was noted on the left side. A CT scan of the brain revealed a non-enhancing hypodense lesion in the cerebellopontine angle with a supratentorial extension consistent ...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Gupta PK,Anjaneyulu A,Borgohain R,Dinakar I

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two siblings who exhibited hereditary parkinsonism with pyramidal signs and cerebellar ataxia are reported. Anticholinergics had a dramatic beneficial effect in both cases, but levodopa did not. This responsiveness, which is similar to that reported in patients with Joseph's disease, suggests dysfunction of an "indire...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Mitsui T,Kawai H,Sakoda S,Miyata M,Saito S

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-one HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) patients and 34 asymptomatic carriers were studied in order to investigate the presence of anti-lymphocyte antibodies in their sera. 32% of the patients produced allolymphocytotoxic antibodies reactive to peripheral blood lymphocytes (mainl...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Godoy AJ,Itoyama Y,Tokunaga K,Hara H,Kawaga Y,Kiyokawa H,Maeda Y,Goto I

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deprenyl, a selective monoamine oxidase B inhibitor, is effective in Parkinson's disease, and can slow the cognitive deterioration in Alzheimer's disease. However, it is not known whether this agent has a trophic effect on spinal motor neurons. We have studied neurotrophic effects of deprenyl on spinal motor neurons, ...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Iwasaki Y,Ikeda K,Shiojima T,Kobayashi T,Tagaya N,Kinoshita M

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been recent developments in the pathology of sporadic ALS. A new filamentous neuronal inclusion body in ALS detected by immunohistochemical localisation of the protein ubiquitin has been characterised at the light microscopic and ultrastructural level and appears specific for the disease. The molecular comp...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Lowe J

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interictal hypometabolism in patients with focal epilepsy is usually regarded as stationary. In this study we investigated to which extent the hypometabolism may depend on the activity of the epileptic focus. In focal penicillin-induced epilepsy in rats the epileptic focus is hypermetabolic. This focus is accompan...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Witte OW,Bruehl C,Schlaug G,Tuxhorn I,Lahl R,Villagran R,Seitz RJ

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I)-dependent phosphorylation and protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) activity in cerebellar cortex of normal humans, patients with olivopontocerebellar atrophy (OPCA) ("C" kindred) and in lurcher mutant mouse, a suggested animal model for OPCA. PTK activity and IGF-I-dependent p...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Vig PJ,Desaiah D,Joshi P,Subramony SH,Fratkin JD,Currier RD

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteolipid protein (PLP) is the major protein of central nervous system (CNS) myelin. In some species, intradermal inoculation with PLP and adjuvants causes experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (PLP-EAE) characterized by neurological signs of tail and limb weakness and by inflammation and demyelination in the CN...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Chalk JB,McCombe PA,Smith R,Pender MP

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two of the more consistent findings in Alzheimer's disease are depressions in frontal and temporoparietal glucose metabolism and a loss of cholinergic neurons in the nucleus basalis of Meynert. Nonetheless, cholinergic replacement strategies have had only minimal therapeutic successes. Whether this situation reflects ...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Blin J,Piercey MF,Giuffra ME,Mouradian MM,Chase TN

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA amplification of three Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific DNA sequences by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were evaluated as a means for rapid diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis (TBM). The DNA sequences amplified were a 123 bp region of the IS6110 insertion elements which occur in multiple copies in the myco...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Lee BW,Tan JA,Wong SC,Tan CB,Yap HK,Low PS,Chia JN,Tay JS

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contraction tension and kinetics of the peroneus longus muscle were studied in dogs with the Duchenne homologue, golden retriever muscular dystrophy (GRMD), in advance of evaluating localized therapies such as myoblast transplantation. Absolute and both muscle- and body-weight-corrected twitch tension in GRMD dogs wer...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Kornegay JN,Sharp NJ,Bogan DJ,Van Camp SD,Metcalf JR,Schueler RO

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mast cells (MC) have been implicated in the pathogenesis of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE). In order to further evaluate their role, several morphological and functional studies were performed. Semiquantitative counts of histological sections showed a significant reduction in MC numbers in EAE brains. I...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Brenner T,Soffer D,Shalit M,Levi-Schaffer F

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to compare the efficacy of a daily dose of 300 mg hydroquinine hydrobromide and placebo in preventing frequent ordinary muscle cramp, we designed a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of three consecutive 2-week periods viz. a qualification period, a medication period and a wash-out period. Twe...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Jansen PH,Veenhuizen KC,Verbeek AL,Straatman H

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paired serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from 70 patients with inflammatory and non-inflammatory neurological diseases, as well as 10 sera from patients with primary antiphospholipid syndrome (PAS), six of which presented with cerebrovascular ischemic syndromes, were studied for the presence of anticardiolip...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Gallo P,Sivieri S,Ferrarini AM,Giometto B,Ruffatti A,Ritter E,Chizzolini C,Tavolato B

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated therapeutic effects of 4-methylcatechol (4-MC), a non-amine catechol compound, on streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic neuropathy in rats. 4-MC is one of the potent stimulators of endogenous nerve growth factor (NGF) synthesis both in vitro and in vivo. Diabetic rats showed a statistically significant...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Hanaoka Y,Ohi T,Furukawa S,Furukawa Y,Hayashi K,Matsukura S

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma levels of testosterone, luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) after 3 or 6 days of administration of the synthetic androgenic hormone fluoxymesterone (10 mg/day) were measured in 26 patients with X-linked recessive bulbospinal neuronopathy (X-BSNP) and 22 age-matched male controls. The...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Sobue G,Doyu M,Morishima T,Mukai E,Yasuda T,Kachi T,Mitsuma T

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology of Parkinson's disease is mainly unknown. Immune abnormalities have been reported, including the occurrence of autoantibodies against neuronal structures and abnormal T cell functions. gamma delta+ T cells represent a recently recognized T cell subpopulation which is considered to play a role in immune re...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Fiszer U,Mix E,Fredrikson S,Kostulas V,Olsson T,Link H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An immunocytochemical study of surface and cytoplasmic markers of the monocyte/macrophage lineage was undertaken on peripheral blood (PB) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cells in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) or other neurological diseases (OND) and in three healthy controls. Size and granularity were assessed b...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Salmaggi A,Sandberg-Wollheim M

更新日期：1993-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined selective MRI features (localization and degree of white matter abnormalities, cortical and subcortical atrophy) in relation to cognitive decline in patients with cerebrovascular disease (CVD) and leukoaraiosis (LA). We enrolled 6 female and 18 male CVD patients (mean age 66.2 +/- 6.6 years) whose Magnetic...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Bracco L,Campani D,Baratti E,Lippi A,Inzitari D,Pracucci G,Amaducci L

更新日期：1993-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to produce a model of ischemic neuropathy with neural microvascular alterations, sodium laurate was injected into a femoral artery and saline into the contralateral artery at the mid-thigh level in Sprague-Dawley rats aged 11 weeks. In view of the dose-related findings, 0.3 mg sodium laurate dissolved in 0.1 ...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Yasuda H,Hisanaga T,Maeda K,Kawabata T,Takigawa T,Terada M,Kikkawa R,Shigeta Y

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an autopsied case of paraneoplastic necrotizing myelopathy. The patient had bilateral blindness, quadriplegia, and dyspnea of acute onset and died without remission 7 weeks later. The severe tissue necrosis and demyelination were found in the optic chiasm and from the medulla oblongata throughout the whole l...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Kuroda Y,Miyahara M,Sakemi T,Matsui M,Ryu T,Yamaguchi M,Sasadomi E,Sugihara H

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic nerve reveals a peculiar paradox between its physiological resistance to ischemia, in conducting impulses for longer than control nerve during ischemia, and its morphological liability to more severe pathological changes of nerve fiber when rendered ischemic. These paradoxical phenomena, however, have never b...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Nukada H

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Encephalitogenic activity of myelin basic protein (MBP) isolated in a form retaining binding to all myelin lipids was tested in Lewis rats. Immunization with this new stable lipid-bound and native-like preparation (LB-MBP), induced experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) as intensively as the classical lipid f...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Massacesi L,Vergelli M,Zehetbauer B,Liuzzi GM,Olivotto J,Ballerini C,Uccelli A,Mancardi L,Riccio P,Amaducci L

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined muscle biopsies from patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD: 39 patients) and Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD: 11 patients), female DMD-carriers (4 patients), and control subjects (26 persons) for the expression of dystrophin and utrophin. Control subjects showed all fibers to be dystrophin-positive...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Mizuno Y,Nonaka I,Hirai S,Ozawa E

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A monoclonal antibody (ML30), previously shown to identify a human mitochondrial protein epitope homologous with the groEL heat-shock protein of bacteria (hsp60), was used in an immunohistochemical survey of the central nervous system in patients dying with no evidence of neurological disease and in tissue from patien...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Martin JE,Swash M,Mather K,Leigh PN

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted an extended clinical evaluation of localized proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) of the brain, performed on various brain diseases using short stimulated echo times. Pathologies studied were mainly multiple sclerosis, stroke, leukoaraiosis, AIDS-related leukoencephalopathies and glial tumors. Oth...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Confort-Gouny S,Vion-Dury J,Nicoli F,Dano P,Donnet A,Grazziani N,Gastaut JL,Grisoli F,Cozzone PJ

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cases of adult-onset idiopathic motor neuron disease (MND) identified from January 1970 through December 1986 were studied in a defined area of California. The patients were followed prospectively throughout the illness in 99% of cases. Among 708 cases aged 25-74 years at onset, the most common type (86%) was typical,...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Norris F,Shepherd R,Denys E,U K,Mukai E,Elias L,Holden D,Norris H

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four of 8 definite heterozygous female carriers determined by PCR amplification of tandem CAG repeat of the AR gene, from 4 families of X-linked recessive bulbospinal neuronopathy (X-BSNP) showed extensive high amplitude motor unit potentials in examined muscles although all subjects were neurologically normal. Plasma...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Sobue G,Doyu M,Kachi T,Yasuda T,Mukai E,Kumagai T,Mitsuma T

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 66-year-old man presented with right cerebellar infarction and ischemic lesions in the left dorsal thalamus and right upper parietal lobe. Angiography showed occlusion of the right internal carotid artery proximal to an ipsilateral proatlantal artery type I, 70% stenosis of the left internal carotid artery, and apla...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Kolbinger R,Heindel W,Pawlik G,Erasmi-Körber H

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibroblasts obtained from patients with Friedreich's ataxia and normal control subjects were studied by immunocytochemistry for intermediate filament vimentin and also for in vitro proliferation. Trypsinized cells were seeded on coverslips and incubated for 1.5 h and 24 h. The expression of vimentin in cells was inves...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Willers I,Ressler B,Singh S,Koeppen AH

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cranial dystonia is normally considered as a pure movement disorder. Sensory symptoms have not received much attention, but we found ill-defined pain, discomfort, distortion of sensory modalities, 'phantom' kinetic or postural sensations in the orofacial areas subsequently involved by the dyskinesia in all of 11 conse...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Ghika J,Regli F,Growdon JH

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The predictive value of serum cortisol level on the prognosis in acute brain infarction of the carotid circulation territory was studied in 101 patients younger than 70 years. The levels of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. serum cortisol were measured initially and at 1 week. All patients underwent a computed cerebral tomography (CT...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Murros K,Fogelholm R,Kettunen S,Vuorela AL

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracerebral inoculation of mice with the MS strain of type 2 herpes simplex virus (HSV-2) causes a brief encephalitis associated with multifocal central nervous system demyelination. Many of the mice develop unilateral or bilateral impairment of the pupillary light reflex. We have examined the development of ocular ...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Love S,Hill TJ,Maitland NJ

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported reduced ability of ALS fibroblasts to repair genomic DNA damage produced by alkylating agents. This report presents our experience of studying DNA repair in lymphocytes from ALS patients. The repair of N-methylpurines produced by treatment with the alkylating agent, methyl methanesulfonate,...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Robison SH,Tandan R,Bradley WG

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report concerns the expression of ubiquitin in anterior horn cells of various subgroups of adult and infantile motor neuron disease (MNDs); immunohistochemical techniques were employed. Ubiquitin-positive skein-like inclusions (SLIs) were found in all cases of adult-onset amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), incl...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Matsumoto S,Goto S,Kusaka H,Imai T,Murakami N,Hashizume Y,Okazaki H,Hirano A

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the relation between severity of auditory comprehension impairment in aphasia and the functional integrity of the posterior superior temporal region as evaluated by middle- and long-latency auditory evoked potentials and dipole source analysis. AEPs were studied in 20 stroke patients and in age...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Praamstra P,Stegeman DF,Kooijman S,Moleman J

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual function was studied in a group of 15 patients with hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN). Psychophysical measures of luminance and chromatic threshold and temporal contrast sensitivity were undertaken, together with visual evoked potentials (VEPs), visual fields and clinical neuro-ophthalmological exa...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Honan WP,Heron JR,Foster DH,Edgar GK,Scase MO

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients with myotonic dystrophy (MyD) and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) were studied. Daytime sleepiness was assessed by means of a subjective alertness rating scale, multiple sleep latency tests and auditory event-related potentials. In addition, the diurnal pattern of daytime sleepiness and ultradian rhyth...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： van Hilten JJ,Kerkhof GA,van Dijk JG,Dunnewold R,Wintzen AR

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The analysis of human skeletal muscle mitochondria revealed a progressive decline in mitochondrial respiratory chain function with age. The activities affected to the greatest extent were those of complexes I and IV which were decreased by 59% and 47% respectively between the ages of 20-30 years and 60-90 years of age...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Cooper JM,Mann VM,Schapira AH

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report three related patients with autosomal dominant hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN). An unusual and characteristic feature was calf enlargement, caused by muscle fiber hypertrophy predominantly of type 1 fibers. None of the family members showed atrophy of the legs. Sural nerve pathology disclosed ...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Sakashita Y,Sakato S,Komai K,Takamori M

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00