Issue 2/2012
Content (54 Articles)
Highlights of the Issue 2, 2012
The role of glutamate in neuronal ischemic injury: the role of spark in fire
Botros B. Kostandy
Delayed neuroprotection induced by sevoflurane via opening mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channels and p38 MAPK phosphorylation
Zhi Ye, Qulian Guo, Na Wang, Pingping Xia, Yajing Yuan, E. Wang
Do the quantitative relationships of synaptic junctions and terminals in the thalamus of genetic absence epilepsy rats from Strasbourg (GAERS) differ from those in normal control Wistar rats
Safiye Çavdar, Hüsniye Hacıoğlu, Secan Y. Doğukan, Filiz Onat
Retrospective evaluation of the dose equivalence of Botox® and Dysport® in the management of blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm: a novel paradigm for a never ending story
Anna Rita Bentivoglio, Tàmara Ialongo, Francesco Bove, Francesca De Nigris, Alfonso Fasano
Deep brain stimulation of the globus pallidus internal improves symptoms of chorea-acanthocytosis
Peng Li, Rui Huang, Wei Song, Jie Ji, Jean-Marc Burgunder, Xing Wang, Qi Zhong, Alain Kaelin-Lang, Wei Wang, Hui-Fang Shang
Expression of dopamine 2 receptor subtype mRNA in clinically nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas
Zhipeng Su, Chengde Wang, Jinsen Wu, Xiaolong Jiang, Yunxiang Chen, Yong Chen, Weiming Zheng, Qichuan Zhuge, Zhebao Wu, Yanjun Zeng
Commentary on “Expression of dopamine 2 receptor subtypes mRNA in clinically nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas”
Andrea Salmaggi, Sandro Lodrini
Clinical characteristics of tension-type headache in the neurological clinic of a university hospital in China
Xuelian Li, Jiying Zhou, Ge Tan, Yunfeng Wang, Li Ran, Lixue Chen
Effects of statin and deferoxamine administration on neurological outcomes in a rat model of intracerebral hemorrhage
Hyoung-Joon Chun, Dong Won Kim, Hyeong-Joong Yi, Young Soo Kim, Eun Hyun Kim, Se Jin Hwang, Cheol-Su Jwa, Yoon Kyoung Lee, Hyunchul Ryou
The role of emergency neurology in Italy: outcome of a consensus meeting for a intersociety position
Giuseppe Micieli, Fabrizio A. De Falco, Domenico Consoli, Domenico Inzitari, Roberto Sterzi, Gioacchino Tedeschi, Danilo Toni
Limb-shaking transient ischemic attacks in an adult PHACE syndrome: a case report and review of the literature
Ping Song Chou, Yuh Cherng Guo
Fetal variant of circle of the Willis and bilateral symmetrical parietal stroke
Monica Ricci, V. Cornacchiola, M. Pigliautile, S. Ercolani, P. Mecocci
Dissecting aneurysm of the middle cerebral artery treated with heparin infusion in a 6-year-old child; neurological recovery with delayed spontaneous thrombosis: case illustration and literature review
G. Anichini, E. Passacantilli, J. Lenzi, G. Guidetti, A. Santoro
A case of hypertensive intraventricular hemorrhage bled from the hippocampus
Motomasa Furuse, Kenji Kuroda, Minoru Miyashita, Ryuichi Saura, Toshihiko Kuroiwa
A case of cerebellar infarction presenting as thunderclap headache
Yoon-Sik Jo, Jin-Yong Choi, Sang-Don Han, Yong-Duk Kim, Sang-Jun Na
Cefixime-induced nonconvulsive status epilepticus
F. Anzellotti, L. Ricciardi, D. Monaco, F. Ciccocioppo, I. Borrelli, H. Zhuzhuni, M. Onofrj
Topiramate related reversible erectile dysfunction in temporal lobe epilepsy
Ling-Chien Hung, Julie Chi Chow, Chia-Yen Chang, Jing-Jane Tsai, Chin-Wei Huang
Continuous involuntary hand movements and schizencephaly: epilepsia partialis continua or dystonia?
Lucio Marinelli, Laura Bonzano, Laura Saitta, Carlo Trompetto, Giovanni Abbruzzese
Spontaneous resolution of syrinx: report of two cases in adults with Chiari malformation
Jesús Vaquero, Edgar Ferreira, Avelino Parajón
Asymmetric chorea as presenting symptom in Graves’ disease
Jinsung Park, Jung-Guk Kim, Sung-Pa Park, Ho-Won Lee
Constipation triggered the malignant syndrome in Parkinson’s disease
Emina Ogawa, Ryuji Sakakibara, Masahiko Kishi, Fuyuki Tateno
Pregabalin: a treatment option for dystonia?
Christina Karosin, Markus Kofler, Andreas Mayr, Leopold Saltuari
Meningitis associated with bilateral optic papillitis following Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection
Zhen-Ni Guo, Hong-Liang Zhang, Jing Bai, Jiang Wu, Yi Yang
Hypertrophic cervical spinal cord pachymeningitis due to Treponema pallidum infection
Thiago Cardoso Vale, Thales Eduardo Caldeira Moraes, Amanda Lara, Gláucia Fernandes Cota, Paulo Pereira Christo
Brain tuberculoma (Mycobacterium africanum): high index of suspicion helps in avoiding biopsy/surgery
A. Botturi, E. Prodi, A. Silvani, P. Gaviani, G. Vanoli, A. Carbone, A. Salmaggi
Dilated cardiomyopathy and inclusion body myositis
Piercarlo Ballo, Leandro Chiodi, Matteo Cameli, Alessandro Malandrini, Antonio Federico, Sergio Mondillo, Alfredo Zuppiroli
REM sleep behavior disorder in a patient with frontotemporal dementia
Daniele Lo Coco, Chiara Cupidi, Alfredo Mattaliano, Valentina Baiamonte, Sabrina Realmuto, Emanuele Cannizzaro
Atypical presentation of a novel Presenilin 1 R377W mutation: sporadic, late-onset Alzheimer disease with epilepsy and frontotemporal atrophy
Barbara Borroni, Andrea Pilotto, Cristian Bonvicini, Silvana Archetti, Antonella Alberici, Andrea Lupi, Massimo Gennarelli, Alessandro Padovani
Psychotic reaction as a manifestation of multiple sclerosis relapse treated with plasma exchange
Tereza Gabelić, Ivan Adamec, Anamarija Mrđen, Milan Radoš, Vesna V. Brinar, Mario Habek
Unusual caloric responses in a patient with a fourth ventricular ependymoma
Hyun-Ah Kim, Hyung Lee, Hyon-Ah Yi, Robert W. Baloh
Hypothalamic dysfunction in a patient with primary lymphoma of the central nervous system
Darko Antic, Mihajlo Smiljanic, Jelena Bila, Snezana Jankovic, Milena Todorovic, Bosko Andjelic, Biljana Mihaljevic
The magnetic resonance spectroscopy findings of extrapontine myelinolysis in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Hulya Aslan, Fuldem Y. Donmez, O. Koray Hekimoglu, Huseyin G. Tore
Hashimoto’s encephalopathy presenting with micrographia as a typical feature of parkinsonism
K. Inoue, J. Kitamura, M. Yoneda, E. Imamura, H. Tokinobu
Parkinson’s disease showing progressive conduction aphasia
Kenji Sakai, Kenjiro Ono, Hiromi Harada, Keisuke Shima, Masako Notoya, Masahito Yamada
Primary B-cell lymphoma of the cauda equina, successfully treated with high-dose methotrexate plus high-dose cytarabine: a case report with MRI findings
Hiroko Nishida, Masao Hori, Katsuyuki Obara
Functional dissociation between Kana and Kanji: agraphia following a thalamic hemorrhage
S. Maeshima, A. Osawa, J. Ogura, T. Sugiyama, H. Kurita, A. Satoh, N. Tanahashi
Intermittent Broca’s aphasia management in an emergency unit: from theory to practice
Alberto Mazza, Roberto L’Erario, Roberta Ravenni, Domenico Montemurro, Pietro Amistà, Silvio Aggio, Francesco Zanon
Topiramate and visual loss in a patient carrying a Leber hereditary optic neuropathy mutation
Steno Rinalduzzi, Anna Maria Cipriani, Neri Accornero
Parry–Romberg syndrome: clinical, electrophysiological and neuroimaging correlations
Sławomir Budrewicz, Magdalena Koszewicz, Ewa Koziorowska-Gawron, Paweł Szewczyk, Ryszard Podemski, Krzysztof Słotwiński
Cough headache secondary to spontaneous intracranial hypotension complicated by cerebral venous thrombosis
T. Ferrante, L. Latte, G. Abrignani, M. Russo, G. C. Manzoni, P. Torelli
Spontaneous intracranial extradural haematoma associated with frontal sinusitis and orbital involvement
Pietro Spennato, Danilo De Paulis, Antonio Bocchetti, A. Michele Pipola, Giuseppe Sica, Renato J. Galzio
Refractory seizures due to a dural-based cavernoma masquerading as a meningioma
Xianwei Zeng , Ali Mahta, Ryan Y. Kim, Ali G. Saad, Santosh Kesari
Transient contrast encephalopathy after carotid angiography mimicking diffuse subarachnoid haemorrhage
Stamatia Potsi, Danai Chourmouzi, Anestis Moumtzouoglou, Aikaterini Nikiforaki, Kostas Gkouvas, Antonios Drevelegas
Nerve and muscle involvement in mitochondrial disorders: an electrophysiological study
Michelangelo Mancuso, Selina Piazza, Leda Volpi, Daniele Orsucci, Valeria Calsolaro, Elena Caldarazzo Ienco, Cecilia Carlesi, Anna Rocchi, Lucia Petrozzi, Rosanna Calabrese, Gabriele Siciliano
Negative predictors of clinical response to triptans in patients with migraine
M. Ishii, Y. Sakairi, H. Hara, A. Imagawa, S. Shimizu, J. Takahashi, A. Nagamine, Y. Naito, Y. Masuda, S. Usami, Y. Kiuchi
A possible synaptic configuration underlying coeruleospinal inhibition of visceral nociceptive transmission in the rat
Bunsho Hayashi, Masayoshi Tsuruoka, Masako Maeda, Junichiro Tamaki, Tomio Inoue
Standing worsens cognitive functions in patients with neurogenic orthostatic hypotension
R. Poda, P. Guaraldi, L. Solieri, G. Calandra-Buonaura, G. Marano, R. Gallassi, P. Cortelli
Peripheral neuropathy and lower limb swelling caused by a giant popliteal fossa hematoma
Chih-Hung Kuo
Speckled lentiginous nevus: sometimes, but not always, part of a syndrome
Daniele Torchia, Lawrence A. Schachner
Speckled lentiginous nevus: sometimes, but not always, part of a syndrome
G. B. Boncoraglio, E. A. Parati, E. Ciceri, G. L. Capella
Erratum to: Free and cued selective reminding test: an Italian normative study
P. Frasson, R. Ghiretti, E. Catricalà, S. Pomati, A. Marcone, L. Parisi, P. M. Rossini, S. F. Cappa, C. Mariani, N. Vanacore, F. Clerici
Retraction Note: Cognitive deficits in multiple sclerosis: a review of functional MRI studies
Francesca Caramia, E. Tinelli, A. Francia, C. Pozzilli
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Headaches and brain tumors
E. Mea, A. Silvani, P. Gaviani, E. Lamperti, D. Ferrari, A. Botturi, G. Simonetti, S. Duri, G. Bussone, A. Salmaggi