abstract：:To search for discriminating biomarkers, 30 patients with idiopathic rapid-eye-movements sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) were compared with 17 patients with RBD within narcolepsy type 1. Both groups underwent extensive examinations, including skin biopsy searching for phosphorylated α-synuclein deposits and whole-night...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Antelmi E,Pizza F,Donadio V,Filardi M,Sosero YL,Incensi A,Vandi S,Moresco M,Ferri R,Marelli S,Ferini-Strambi L,Liguori R,Plazzi G

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pathogenic variants in SCN8A, encoding the voltage-gated sodium (Na+) channel α subunit Nav1.6, is a known cause of epilepsy. Here, we describe clinical and genetic features of all patients with SCN8A epilepsy evaluated at a single-tertiary care center, with biophysical data on identified Nav1.6 variants and ...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Zaman T,Abou Tayoun A,Goldberg EM

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Increased translocator protein (TSPO), previously known as the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor (PBR), in glial cells of the brain has been used as a neuroinflammation marker in the early and middle stages of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB). I...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Xu J,Sun J,Perrin RJ,Mach RH,Bales KR,Morris JC,Benzinger TLS,Holtzman DM

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The causal role of midline thalamus in the initiation and early organization of mesial temporal lobe seizures is studied. Three patients undergoing stereoelectroencephalography were enrolled for the placement of an additional depth electrode targeting the midline thalamus. The midline thalamus was recruited in all thr...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Romeo A,Issa Roach AT,Toth E,Chaitanya G,Ilyas A,Riley KO,Pati S

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropathological studies showed early locus coeruleus (LC) neuronal loss associated with tauopathy in Alzheimer's Disease (AD). We used the LC signal intensity (LC-I) on 3T MRI to assess the LC integrity in AD (n = 37) and controls (n = 17). The LC-I was decreased in AD regardless of typical (amnesic) and atypical pr...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Olivieri P,Lagarde J,Lehericy S,Valabrègue R,Michel A,Macé P,Caillé F,Gervais P,Bottlaender M,Sarazin M

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase B (GMPPB) related phenotype spectrum ranges widely from congenital myasthenic syndrome (CMS), limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2T (LGMD 2T) to severe congenital muscle-eye-brain syndrome. Our study investigates the clinicopathologic features of a patient with novel GMPPB mutat...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Tian WT,Zhou HY,Zhan FX,Zhu ZY,Yang J,Chen SD,Luan XH,Cao L

更新日期：2019-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:There is no consensus on the treatment of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) occurring in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients treated with natalizumab (Nz). We report novel immune activating treatment with filgrastim of Nz-associated PML in MS patients treated at Rush University Medical Center. Me...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Stefoski D,Balabanov R,Waheed R,Ko M,Koralnik IJ,Sierra Morales F

更新日期：2019-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To determine the cognitive profile of adult patients with mitochondrial disease, and the effect of disease severity on cognition. Methods:Using a prospective case-control design, we compared cognition of patients to normative data and to matched controls, assessed three times over 18 months. Forty-nine patie...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Moore HL,Kelly T,Bright A,Field RH,Schaefer AM,Blain AP,Taylor RW,McFarland R,Turnbull DM,Gorman GS

更新日期：2019-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:The objective of this study was to evaluate the thrombus characteristics affecting the extent of recanalization to identify patients with severe cerebral venous sinus thrombus (CVT) more likely to benefit from endovascular therapy. Methods:Severe CVT patients scheduled for endovascular treatment were prospec...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Yang X,Wu F,Liu Y,Duan J,Meng R,Chen J,Li D,Fan Z,Fisher M,Yang Q,Ji X

更新日期：2019-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:FOXG1 syndrome is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder associated with heterozygous FOXG1 variants or chromosomal microaberrations in 14q12. The study aimed at assessing the scope of structural cerebral anomalies revealed by neuroimaging to delineate the genotype and neuroimaging phenotype associations. Method...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Pringsheim M,Mitter D,Schröder S,Warthemann R,Plümacher K,Kluger G,Baethmann M,Bast T,Braun S,Büttel HM,Conover E,Courage C,Datta AN,Eger A,Grebe TA,Hasse-Wittmer A,Heruth M,Höft K,Kaindl AM,Karch S,Kautzky T,Ko

更新日期：2019-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:We present an exploratory study for identification of sex differences in imaging biomarkers that could further refine selection of patients for acute reperfusion therapy and trials based on sex and imaging targets. Methods:The Lesion Evolution in Stroke and Ischemia On Neuroimaging (LESION) study included co...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Dula AN,Luby M,King BT,Sheth SA,Magadán A,Davis LA,Gealogo GA,Merino JG,Hsia AW,Latour LL,Warach SJ,LESION Investigators.

更新日期：2019-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:It is unknown if treatment with rt-PA in mild acute ischemic stroke (MIS) is associated with improvement in long term cognition. Methods:Forty-five patients with suspected acute mild stroke or transient ischemic attacks with NIHSS ≤6 were enrolled in a prospective cohort. Cognitive testing was performed w...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Rosenbaum Halevi D,Bursaw AW,Karamchandani RR,Alderman SE,Breier JI,Vahidy FS,Aden JK,Cai C,Zhang X,Savitz SI

更新日期：2019-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:The aim of this study was to investigate whether short-term inverse occlusion, combined with moderate physical exercise, could promote the recovery of visual acuity and stereopsis in a group of adult anisometropic amblyopes. Methods:Ten adult anisometropic patients underwent six brief (2 h) training session...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Lunghi C,Sframeli AT,Lepri A,Lepri M,Lisi D,Sale A,Morrone MC

更新日期：2018-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation necrosis mostly occurs in and near the radiation field. We used magnetic resonance imaging to study radiation-induced necrosis of atypical onset, severity, and extent following stereotactic radiosurgery for a symptomatic arteriovenous malformation. Susceptibility-sensitive imaging, T1-relaxation, myelin wate...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Wiggermann V,Lapointe E,Litvin L,Graf C,Hernández-Torres E,McKenzie M,Vavasour IM,Laule C,MacMillan EL,Li DKB,Kolind SH,Rauscher A,Traboulsee AL

更新日期：2018-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:Features of cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarct and leukoencephalopathy ( CADASIL) caused by NOTCH3 mutations vary between ethnicities and regions. In Taiwan, more than 70% of CADASIL patients carry the mutation hot spot of p.R544C. We investigated the prevalence of NOTCH3 p.R544...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Tang SC,Chen YR,Chi NF,Chen CH,Cheng YW,Hsieh FI,Hsieh YC,Yeh HL,Sung PS,Hu CJ,Chern CM,Lin HJ,Lien LM,Peng GS,Chiou HY,Jeng JS

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:Previous studies have demonstrated that suppression of Nrf2 in Friedreich ataxia tissues contributes to excess oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and reduced ATP production. Omaveloxolone, an Nrf2 activator and NF-kB suppressor, targets dysfunctional inflammatory, metabolic, and bioenergetic pathway...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Lynch DR,Farmer J,Hauser L,Blair IA,Wang QQ,Mesaros C,Snyder N,Boesch S,Chin M,Delatycki MB,Giunti P,Goldsberry A,Hoyle C,McBride MG,Nachbauer W,O'Grady M,Perlman S,Subramony SH,Wilmot GR,Zesiewicz T,Meyer C

更新日期：2018-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:Area postrema (AP) syndrome (defined as: nausea and/or emesis and/or singultus at onset of brainstem dysfunction) comprises complex pathophysiologic mechanisms triggered by different entities. The first objective was to assess the frequency of AP syndrome as a clinical feature in brainstem encephalitis (BE). ...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Zeiner PS,Brandhofe A,Müller-Eschner M,Steinmetz H,Pfeilschifter W

更新日期：2018-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：Background and Objective:Hispanics with multiple sclerosis (MS) present younger and more often with optic neuritis (ON) as compared to Whites in the western United States. Regional differences related to Hispanic genetic admixture could be responsible. We investigated the association between global genetic ancestry and...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Amezcua L,Beecham AH,Delgado SR,Chinea A,Burnett M,Manrique CP,Gomez R,Comabella M,Montalban X,Ortega M,Tornes L,Lund BT,Islam T,Conti D,Oksenberg JR,McCauley JL

更新日期：2018-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:The prognostic value of cerebrospinal fluid neurofilament light chain, total tau, phosphorylated tau181, and amyloid beta1-42 was examined in frontotemporal dementia subtypes. Methods:We compared baseline biomarkers between 49 controls, 40 patients with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia, 24 with sem...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Ljubenkov PA,Staffaroni AM,Rojas JC,Allen IE,Wang P,Heuer H,Karydas A,Kornak J,Cobigo Y,Seeley WW,Grinberg LT,Spina S,Fagan AM,Jerome G,Knopman D,Boeve BF,Dickerson BC,Kramer J,Miller B,Boxer AL,Rosen HJ

更新日期：2018-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:The objective of this study was to evaluate prespecified and post hoc analyses in RENEW subgroups to identify participants more likely to benefit from opicinumab. Methods:RENEW assessed the efficacy/safety of opicinumab versus placebo in participants with a first unilateral acute optic neuritis (AON) episode...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Cadavid D,Balcer L,Galetta S,Aktas O,Ziemssen T,Vanopdenbosch LJ,Leocani L,Freedman MS,Plant GT,Preiningerova JL,Ziemssen F,Massacesi L,Chai Y,Xu L,RENEW Study Investigators.

更新日期：2018-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:We aimed to investigate mutation-specific white matter (WM) integrity changes in presymptomatic and symptomatic mutation carriers of the C9orf72,MAPT, and GRN mutations by use of diffusion-weighted imaging within the Genetic Frontotemporal dementia Initiative (GENFI) study. Methods:One hundred and forty muta...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Jiskoot LC,Bocchetta M,Nicholas JM,Cash DM,Thomas D,Modat M,Ourselin S,Rombouts SARB,Dopper EGP,Meeter LH,Panman JL,van Minkelen R,van der Ende EL,Donker Kaat L,Pijnenburg YAL,Borroni B,Galimberti D,Masellis M,Tartagl

更新日期：2018-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:Intracerebral hemorrhage carries a high mortality and survivors are frequently left with significant disability. Immunological mechanisms may play an important role in hemorrhage-induced brain injury, however, research linking these mechanisms with clinical outcome remains limited. We aim to identify serum in...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Landreneau MJ,Mullen MT,Messé SR,Cucchiara B,Sheth KN,McCullough LD,Kasner SE,Sansing LH,Serum Markers After Spontaneous Cerebral Hemorrhage (SMASCH) Investigators.

更新日期：2018-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:The genetic bases of Alzheimer's disease remain uncertain. An international effort to fully articulate genetic risks and protective factors is underway with the hope of identifying potential therapeutic targets and preventive strategies. The goal here was to identify and characterize the frequency and impact ...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Raghavan NS,Brickman AM,Andrews H,Manly JJ,Schupf N,Lantigua R,Wolock CJ,Kamalakaran S,Petrovski S,Tosto G,Vardarajan BN,Goldstein DB,Mayeux R,Alzheimer's Disease Sequencing Project.

更新日期：2018-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Rho-associated kinase (ROCK) is an emerging target in acute ischemic stroke. Early pre-hospital treatment with ROCK inhibitors may improve their efficacy, but their antithrombotic effects raise safety concerns in hemorrhagic stroke, precluding use prior to neuroimaging. Therefore, we tested whether ROCK inhibition aff...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Akhter M,Qin T,Fischer P,Sadeghian H,Kim HH,Whalen MJ,Goldstein JN,Ayata C

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:Immunological studies have demonstrated a plethora of beneficial effects of dimethyl fumarate (DMF) on various cell types. However, the cellular and molecular targets are incompletely understood and response markers are scarce. Here, we focus on the relation between nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Hammer A,Waschbisch A,Kuhbandner K,Bayas A,Lee DH,Duscha A,Haghikia A,Gold R,Linker RA

更新日期：2018-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:Determining the sequence in which Huntington's disease biomarkers become abnormal can provide important insights into the disease progression and a quantitative tool for patient stratification. Here, we construct and present a uniquely fine-grained model of temporal progression of Huntington's disease from pr...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Wijeratne PA,Young AL,Oxtoby NP,Marinescu RV,Firth NC,Johnson EB,Mohan A,Sampaio C,Scahill RI,Tabrizi SJ,Alexander DC

更新日期：2018-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:We aimed to study the occurrence and development of axonal pathology and the influence of astrocytes in vanishing white matter. Methods:Axons and myelin were analyzed using electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry on Eif2b4 and Eif2b5 single- and double-mutant mice and patient brain tissue. In addition, ...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Klok MD,Bugiani M,de Vries SI,Gerritsen W,Breur M,van der Sluis S,Heine VM,Kole MHP,Baron W,van der Knaap MS

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:Limited attention has been given to ocular injuries associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The retina is an extension of the central nervous system and evaluation of ocular damage may offer a less-invasive approach to gauge TBI severity and response to treatment. We aim to characterize acute changes in...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Evans LP,Newell EA,Mahajan M,Tsang SH,Ferguson PJ,Mahoney J,Hue CD,Vogel EW 3rd,Morrison B 3rd,Arancio O,Nichols R,Bassuk AG,Mahajan VB

更新日期：2018-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:We aimed to evaluate the impact of underlying mechanism of basilar artery (BA) occlusion on the outcomes after endovascular therapy (EVT) for reperfusion and the outcome factors associated with each mechanism, and to identify radiologic parameters enabling to distinguish the underlying mechanism. Methods:Fro...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Lee WJ,Jung KH,Ryu YJ,Kim JM,Lee ST,Chu K,Kim M,Lee SK,Sohn CH,Roh JK

更新日期：2018-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：Background:There is currently no formal method for predicting the range expected in an individual's seizure counts. Having access to such a prediction would be of benefit for developing more efficient clinical trials, but also for improving clinical care in the outpatient setting. Methods:Using three independently col...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Goldenholz DM,Goldenholz SR,Moss R,French J,Lowenstein D,Kuzniecky R,Haut S,Cristofaro S,Detyniecki K,Hixson J,Karoly P,Cook M,Strashny A,Theodore WH

更新日期：2018-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:The dominant model of cognitive impairment in focal epilepsy has emphasised structural bases for cognitive deficits. Current theories of cognition in the healthy brain emphasise the importance of the reweighting of brain network interactions in support of task performance. Here, we explore the hypothesis that...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Tailby C,Kowalczyk MA,Jackson GD

更新日期：2017-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing number of potent treatments for multiple sclerosis warrants screening for infections. To investigate the prevalence of infections in two independent German patient cohorts with multiple sclerosis/neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD), we performed a retrospective chart review study of multiple...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Graf J,Leussink VI,Dehmel T,Ringelstein M,Goebels N,Adams O,MacKenzie CR,Warnke C,Feldt T,Lammerskitten A,Klotz L,Meuth S,Wiendl H,Hartung HP,Aktas O,Albrecht P

更新日期：2017-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:Clinical assessment of auditory attention in patients with disorders of consciousness is often limited by motor impairment. Here, we employ intersubject correlations among electroencephalography responses to naturalistic speech in order to assay auditory attention among patients and healthy controls. Methods...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Iotzov I,Fidali BC,Petroni A,Conte MM,Schiff ND,Parra LC

更新日期：2017-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the predictive potential of the complete response pattern from the University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test for the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease. METHODS:We analyzed a large dataset from the Arizona Study of Aging and Neurodegenerative Disorders, a longitudinal clinicopathological s...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Gerkin RC,Adler CH,Hentz JG,Shill HA,Driver-Dunckley E,Mehta SH,Sabbagh MN,Caviness JN,Dugger BN,Serrano G,Belden C,Smith BH,Sue L,Davis KJ,Zamrini E,Beach TG

更新日期：2017-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2) is among the most common forms of autosomal dominant ataxias, accounting for 15% of the total families. Occurrence is higher in specific populations such as the Cuban and Southern Italian. The disease is caused by a CAG expansion in ATXN2 gene, leading to abnormal accumulation of t...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Antenora A,Rinaldi C,Roca A,Pane C,Lieto M,Saccà F,Peluso S,De Michele G,Filla A

更新日期：2017-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type-1A (CMT1A) is one of the most common types of inherited peripheral nerve diseases. It is caused by the trisomy of chromosome 17p12 (c17p12), a large DNA segment of 1.4 Mb containing PMP22 plus eight other genes. The size of c17p12 is formidable for any cloning technique to manipulate, ...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Li J

更新日期：2017-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rebound disease following cessation of disease modifying treatment (DMT) has been reported in people with both relapsing and progressive multiple sclerosis (pwRMS, pwPMS) questioning strict separation between these two phenotypes. While licensed DMT is available for pwRMS to counter rebound disease, no such option exi...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Alvarez-Gonzalez C,Adams A,Mathews J,Turner BP,Giovannoni G,Baker D,Schmierer K

更新日期：2017-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM) is a relatively common acquired inflammatory myopathy in patients above 50 years of age. Pathological hallmarks of IBM are intramyofiber protein inclusions and endomysial inflammation, indicating that both myodegenerative and inflammatory mechanisms contribute to its pathogenesis. Impaire...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Keller CW,Schmidt J,Lünemann JD

更新日期：2017-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder that affects 1% of the population. Approximately, 30% of individuals with epilepsy are refractory to treatment, highlighting the need for novel therapies. Conventional anticonvulsant screening relies predominantly on induced seizure models. However, these models may ...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Hawkins NA,Anderson LL,Gertler TS,Laux L,George AL Jr,Kearney JA

更新日期：2017-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Accurate representation of final infarct volume is essential for assessing the efficacy of stroke interventions in imaging-based studies. This study defines the impact of image registration methods used at different timepoints following stroke, and the implications for infarct definition in stroke research. ...

journal_title：Annals of clinical and translational neurology

authors： Harston GW,Minks D,Sheerin F,Payne SJ,Chappell M,Jezzard P,Jenkinson M,Kennedy J

更新日期：2017-01-20 00:00:00