abstract：BACKGROUND:CYP2D6 polymorphisms have been reported to be associated with Parkinson's disease (PD) susceptibility, but the results of these previous studies were inconsistent. OBJECTIVES:To explore whether PD patients with CYP2D6 gene variation have different risk to PD to those with normal function of CYP2D6. METHODS...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Lu Y,Peng Q,Zeng Z,Wang J,Deng Y,Xie L,Mo C,Zeng J,Qin X,Li S

更新日期：2014-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ifosfamide is an alkylating agent useful in the treatment of a wide range of cancers including sarcomas, lymphoma, gynecologic and testicular cancers. Encephalopathy has been reported in 10-40% of patients receiving high-dose IV ifosfamide. OBJECTIVE:To highlight the role of electroencephalogram (EEG) in th...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Feyissa AM,Tummala S

更新日期：2014-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked recessive disease caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene and is characterized by muscle degeneration and death. DMD affects males; females being asymptomatic carriers of mutations. However, some of them manifest symptoms due to a translocation between X chromosome a...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Giliberto F,Radic CP,Luce L,Ferreiro V,de Brasi C,Szijan I

更新日期：2014-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently detected varicella zoster virus (VZV) in the temporal arteries (TA) of 5/24 patients with clinically suspect giant cell arteritis (GCA) whose TAs were GCA-negative pathologically; in those GCA-negative, VZV+TAs, virus antigen predominated in the arterial adventitia, but without medial necrosis and multinuc...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Nagel MA,Khmeleva N,Boyer PJ,Choe A,Bert R,Gilden D

更新日期：2013-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dystonia is a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary twisting movements and postures. The neck is among the most commonly affected regions, and diagnosis can be made readily through a simple clinical evaluation. The goal of this study was to explore how long it took patients to receive a diagnosi...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Tiderington E,Goodman EM,Rosen AR,Hapner ER,Johns MM 3rd,Evatt ML,Freeman A,Factor S,Jinnah HA

更新日期：2013-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between static postural control parameters to fear of falling and falling history in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) without mobility assistive devices. One-hundred and seven relapsing-remitting patients diagnosed with MS, 62 women aged 42.8 (S.D.=12.0), p...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Kalron A,Achiron A

更新日期：2013-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case with genetically confirmed hereditary diffuse leukoencephalopathy with spheroids with distinctive MRI features. A 52-year-old woman with a family history of juvenile dementia presented with an 18-month history of progressive cognitive decline. Longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging studies of the bra...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Terasawa Y,Osaki Y,Kawarai T,Sugimoto T,Orlacchio A,Abe T,Izumi Y,Kaji R

更新日期：2013-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effects of smoking on clinical outcomes following acute stroke remain controversial. METHODS:We evaluated the influence of smoking on 90-day outcomes after acute atherothrombotic stroke in 292 Japanese men extracted from the database of the Edaravone and Argatroban Stroke Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stro...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Kumagai N,Okuhara Y,Iiyama T,Fujimoto Y,Takekawa H,Origasa H,Kawanishi Y,Yamaguchi T

更新日期：2013-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Although lomerizine is used as a first-line prophylactic drug for migraines in Japan, approximately 30% of patients fail to respond to this treatment. On the basis of medical records, we investigated the involvement of clinical factors in response to lomerizine used in patients with migraine as primary headache and es...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Ishii M,Katoh H,Kurihara T,Kawamura M,Shimizu S

更新日期：2013-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:An expanded hexanucleotide repeat in the chromosome 9 open reading frame 72 (C9ORF72), on chromosome 9p21, has recently been identified as a major cause of familial frontotemporal dementia (FTD). The neuropathology and clinical characteristics associated with C9ORF72 mutations are heterogeneous with the unknown pathom...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Liu Y,Yu JT,Sun FR,Ou JR,Qu SB,Tan L

更新日期：2013-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Medial temporal lobe epilepsy is commonly associated with hippocampal atrophy on MRI and hippocampal sclerosis on histopathological examination of surgically-resected specimens. Likewise, it is well-established that prolonged seizures and status epilepticus can lead to hippocampal edema as noted on MRI. In this paper,...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Kumar G,Mittal S,Moudgil SS,Kupsky WJ,Shah AK

更新日期：2013-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The King-Devick (KD) oculomotor test has recently been advocated for sideline diagnosis of concussion. Although visual processing and performance are often impaired in concussion patients, the utility of KD as a concussion diagnostic tool is not validated. PURPOSE:To examine the diagnostic value of KD, by c...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Tjarks BJ,Dorman JC,Valentine VD,Munce TA,Thompson PA,Kindt SL,Bergeron MF

更新日期：2013-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We present an uncommon case of a 38-year-old man presented with bilateral subacute weakness of intrinsic hand muscles, manifesting as bilateral claw-hand, without sensory deficits and absent tendon reflexes in upper arms. Nerve conduction studies showed findings consistent with demyelinating GBS. During the fourth day...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Tsivgoulis G,Tsakaldimi S,Vadikolias K,Mantatzis M,Katsanos AH,Heliopoulos I,Piperidou C

更新日期：2013-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:While the pathologic events associated with multiple sclerosis (MS), diffuse axonal injury, cognitive damage, and white matter plaques, have been known for some time, their etiology is unknown and therapeutic efforts are still somewhat disappointing. This may be due to a lack of fundamental knowledge on how to maintai...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Esen N,Serkin Z,Dore-Duffy P

更新日期：2013-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a family with a novel CSF1R mutation causing hereditary diffuse leucoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids. Family members presented with neuropsychiatric and behavioural symptoms, with subsequent development of motor symptoms and gait disturbance. MRI brain showed extensive white matter change with a frontal...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Ahmed R,Guerreiro R,Rohrer JD,Guven G,Rossor MN,Hardy J,Fox NC

更新日期：2013-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiating Parkinson's disease (PD) from other types of neurodegenerative atypical parkinsonism (AP) can be challenging, especially in early disease stages. Routine brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can show atrophy or signal changes in several parts of the brain with fairly high specificity for particular f...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Meijer FJ,Bloem BR,Mahlknecht P,Seppi K,Goraj B

更新日期：2013-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is little information about intracranial atherosclerotic disease (ICAD) and extracranial atherosclerotic disease (ECAD) in patients with acute spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). The purpose of the present study was to elucidate the prevalence of and the factors that correlate with ICAD and ECA...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Sato S,Uehara T,Hayakawa M,Nagatsuka K,Minematsu K,Toyoda K

更新日期：2013-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cladribine causes sustained reduction in peripheral T and B cell populations while sparing other immune cells. We determined two populations of dendritic cells (DCs): namely CD1c(+)/CD19(-) (myeloid DCs) and CD303(+)/CD123(+) (plasmacytoid DCs), CD19(+) B lymphocytes, CD3(+) T lymphocytes and CD4(+) or CD8(+...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Mitosek-Szewczyk K,Tabarkiewicz J,Wilczynska B,Lobejko K,Berbecki J,Nastaj M,Dworzanska E,Kolodziejczyk B,Stelmasiak Z,Rolinski J

更新日期：2013-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoantibodies against astrocyte water channel aquaporin-4 (AQP4) are highly specific for neuromyelitis optica (NMO). However, the molecular mechanism of NMO still remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to identify the possible humoral mechanisms responsible for the occurrence of astrocytic damage. Human prima...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Haruki H,Sano Y,Shimizu F,Omoto M,Tasaki A,Oishi M,Koga M,Saito K,Takahashi T,Nakada T,Kanda T

更新日期：2013-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To show that EEG markers formed using the variable percent recurrence reliably quantified two related aspects of sleep quality, sleep depth and sleep fragmentation. As hypotheses, the depth marker would increase and the fragmentation marker decrease in patients where improved sleep quality occurred when asse...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Wang L,Kim PY,McCarty DE,Frilot C 2nd,Chesson AL Jr,Carrubba S,Marino AA

更新日期：2013-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MS relapses are unpredictable and can be concerning to patients and their caregivers. OBJECTIVE:To assess the direct and indirect cost burden associated with relapses of different severities in MS patients and with MS relapse frequency on spouse caregivers. METHODS:Using a U.S. insurance claims and employe...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Parisé H,Laliberté F,Lefebvre P,Duh MS,Kim E,Agashivala N,Abouzaid S,Weinstock-Guttman B

更新日期：2013-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pelizaeus-Merzbacher-like disease (PMLD) is an autosomal recessive hypomyelinating disorder of the central nervous system characterized by nystagmus, motor developmental delay, ataxia, and progressive spasticity. The gap junction protein gamma-2 gene (GJC2), encoding the gap junction protein connexin 47, is one of the...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Shimojima K,Tanaka R,Shimada S,Sangu N,Nakayama J,Iwasaki N,Yamamoto T

更新日期：2013-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Brain metal accumulation is suggested in the pathogenesis of numerous neurodegenerative disorders. In Wilson's disease (WD), only copper has been examined. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the copper, iron, manganese, and zinc concentrations in autopsy tissue samples from the brains of WD patie...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Litwin T,Gromadzka G,Szpak GM,Jabłonka-Salach K,Bulska E,Członkowska A

更新日期：2013-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Shapiro syndrome is a rare entity, comprising a triad of recurrent hypothermia, hyperhidrosis and congenital agenesis of the corpus callosum. Fewer than 50 cases have been described, almost invariably in patients presenting in childhood or early adulthood. We present a case of an 80 year old woman presenting with recu...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Pazderska A,O'Connell M,Pender N,Gavin C,Murray B,O'Dowd S

更新日期：2013-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Fingolimod is the first oral disease-modifying therapy approved for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). Following phosphorylation in vivo, the active agent, fingolimod phosphate (fingolimod-P), acts as a sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) receptor modulator, binding with high affinity to four of the five known S1P ...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Groves A,Kihara Y,Chun J

更新日期：2013-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Surgical treatment for adult hemorrhagic moyamoya disease (MMD) remains controversial. A large proportion of Chinese adult patients with hemorrhagic MMD still choose conservative treatment. In this study, we investigated to assess psychological function and quality of life (QoL) in adult patients with hemorr...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Su SH,Hai J,Zhang L,Wu YF,Yu F

更新日期：2013-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Physical fitness is an important correlate of structural and functional integrity of the brain in healthy adults. In heart failure (HF) patients, poor physical fitness may contribute to cognitive dysfunction and we examined the unique contribution of physical fitness to brain structural integrity among patien...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Alosco ML,Brickman AM,Spitznagel MB,Griffith EY,Narkhede A,Raz N,Cohen R,Sweet LH,Colbert LH,Josephson R,Hughes J,Rosneck J,Gunstad J

更新日期：2013-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the case of a 67-year-old man who exhibited unsteadiness in walking, topographical disorientation, and urinary incontinence. Neurological examination revealed somnolence and mild weakness in the lower limbs with slight rigidity in the upper limbs. Cerebrospinal fluid examination showed pleocytosis with "fl...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Matsuo Y,Yamashita S,Honda S,Nakajima M,Ueda A,Hirahara T,Yamashita T,Maeda Y,Hirano T,Ando Y

更新日期：2013-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:129 patients aged 18-84 in early rehabilitation period of the first hemispheric ischemic stroke and 48 patients with cerebrovascular disorders without stroke in anamnesis were observed. Cognitive functions (MMSE, FAB, Clock Drawing Test, the 5-Word test, attention assessment, Semantic Verbal Fluency test) and emotiona...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Pustokhanova L,Morozova E

更新日期：2013-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The etiology and outcome of pediatric stroke differs in different geographical regions and there is no comprehensive study from India. This study evaluates the etiology, type and predictors of outcome of pediatric stroke from Northern India. METHODS:79 stroke patients aged 1month to 18years managed during 20...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Kalita J,Goyal G,Misra UK

更新日期：2013-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This study included 40 consecutive patients with athrothrombotic carotid occlusive disease (A-group) and 13 consecutive patients with moyamoya disease (M-group) who had an internal carotid artery occlusion and underwent EC-IC bypass. Flow velocity and diameter of the operated STA on duplex ultrasonography (STDU), as w...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Fujimoto S,Toyoda K,Inoue T,Jinnouchi J,Kitazono T,Okada Y

更新日期：2013-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma (IVLBCL) is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder characterized by massive intravascular growth of lymphoma cells with a predilection for the central nervous system (CNS). Diagnosis is generally delayed by variable clinical presentation and nonspecific laboratory findings. Brain biops...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Cruto C,Taipa R,Monteiro C,Moreira I,Melo-Pires M,Correia M

更新日期：2013-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In some African countries, more than half of the adult population are estimated to be hypertensive leading to an escalated burden of stroke in the continent. We conducted the first study to unravel the major risk factors for stroke among hypertensive patients (Nigerian-Africans) using a case-control design w...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Owolabi MO,Agunloye AM

更新日期：2013-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 54-year-old diabetic woman who developed ischemic optic neuropathy followed by acute retinal necrosis and multiple areas of focal venous beading. Vitreous fluid contained amplifiable VZV DNA but not HSV-1, CMV or toxoplasma DNA. The clinical presentation was remarkable for jaw claudication and intermitte...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Mathias M,Nagel MA,Khmeleva N,Boyer PJ,Choe A,Durairaj VD,Bennett JL,Mandava N,Gilden D

更新日期：2013-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project (OCSP) classification is a simple tool to categorize clinical stroke syndromes. We compared the outcomes of stroke patients after intravenous thrombolysis stratified by the baseline National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score or by the OCSP classification...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Sung SF,Wu CS,Hsu YC,Tseng MC,Chen YW

更新日期：2013-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The present single center, double-blind, delayed start study was conducted to examine possible symptomatic and disease-modifying effects of GM1 ganglioside in Parkinson's disease (PD). Seventy-seven subjects with PD were randomly assigned to receive GM1 for 120 weeks (early-start group) or placebo for 24 weeks followe...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Schneider JS,Gollomp SM,Sendek S,Colcher A,Cambi F,Du W

更新日期：2013-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been associated with poor outcomes in patients with cardiovascular diseases. However, little is known about the role of NLR in patients with thromboembolic stroke due to atrial fibrillation (AF). We aimed to compare the NLR ratios between non-valvular AF patients with or...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Ertaş G,Sönmez O,Turfan M,Kul S,Erdoğan E,Tasal A,Bacaksiz A,Vatankulu MA,Altıntaş O,Uyarel H,Göktekin O

更新日期：2013-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological and clinical studies have shown that environmental factors such as infections, smoking and vitamin D are associated with the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS). Some of these factors also play a role in the MS disease course. We are currently beginning to understand how environmental factors ma...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Koch MW,Metz LM,Agrawal SM,Yong VW

更新日期：2013-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The accumulation of toxic free radicals plays a pivotal role in the early molecular cascades of blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption mediated by matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) activation in ischemic stroke. Theoretically, it is expected that early blockade of activation of MMPs may provide protective effec...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Jang JW,Lee JK,Lee MC,Piao MS,Kim SH,Kim HS

更新日期：2012-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fingolimod is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reduce relapses and disability progression in relapsing forms of MS. Several screening studies and a first-dose observation (FDO) period are recommended due to adverse effects observed in clinical trials. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this stud...

journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences

authors： Ontaneda D,Hara-Cleaver C,Rudick RA,Cohen JA,Bermel RA

更新日期：2012-12-15 00:00:00