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Neurological Sciences

Issue 8/2021

Content (66 Articles)

Alzheimer’s disease: the controversial approval of Aducanumab

Fabrizio Tagliavini, Pietro Tiraboschi, Antonio Federico

Open Access SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19

The effects of COVID-19 pandemic countermeasures on patients receiving botulinum toxin therapy and on their caregivers: a study from an Italian cohort

Domiziano Tarantino, Rossana Gnasso, Federico Migliore, Irene Iommazzo, Felice Sirico, Bruno Corrado

Migraine COVID-19

Impact of COVID-19 on chronic migraine treated with erenumab: a case report

Alberto Grassini, Andrea Marcinnò, Fausto Roveta, Erica Gallo, Aurora Cermelli, Silvia Boschi, Elisa Rubino, Innocenzo Rainero

Tremor COVID-19

Symptoms of gait and coordination impairment in a patient with COVID-19 interstitial pneumonia

Francesca Pistoia, Raffaele Ornello, Patrizia Sucapane, Carmine Marini, Simona Sacco

COVID-19 COVID-19

Remote smartphone gait monitoring and fall prediction in Parkinson’s disease during the COVID-19 lockdown

Massimo Marano, Francesco Motolese, Mariagrazia Rossi, Alessandro Magliozzi, Ziv Yekutieli, Vincenzo Di Lazzaro

Coronavirus COVID-19

The prevalence of COVID-19 infection in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS): a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abdorreza Naser Moghadasi, Omid Mirmosayyeb, Mahdi Barzegar, Mohammad Ali Sahraian, Mahsa Ghajarzadeh

Parkinson's Disease Review Article

Mavoglurant (AFQ056) for the treatment of levodopa-induced dyskinesia in patients with Parkinson’s disease: a meta-analysis

Ahmed Negida, Hazem S. Ghaith, Salma Yousry Fala, Hussien Ahmed, Eshak I Bahbah, Mahmoud Ahmed Ebada, Mohamed Abd Elalem Aziz

Niemann-Pick Disease Review Article

Neuropsychological assessment in Niemann-Pick disease type C: a systematic review

Giuseppa Maresca, Caterina Formica, Vanessa Nocito, Desiree Latella, Simona Leonardi, Maria Cristina De Cola, Giuseppe Triglia, Placido Bramanti, Francesco Corallo

Fibrinolytic Therapy Review Article

Hemostasis components in cerebral amyloid angiopathy and Alzheimer’s disease

Nicole Ziliotto, Francesco Bernardi, Fabrizio Piazza

Original Article

Can Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index (SII) be a prognostic factor of Bell’s palsy patients?

Abdullah Kınar, Şahin Ulu, Abdulkadir Bucak, Elif Kazan

Addiction Original Article

Regular physical activity postpones age of occurrence of first-ever stroke and improves long-term outcomes

Negar Morovatdar, Mario Di Napoli, Saverio Stranges, Amanda G. Thrift, Moira Kapral, Reza Behrouz, Mohammad Taghi Farzadfard, Mohammad Sobhan Sheikh Andalibi, Reza Rahimzadeh Oskooie, Anuradha Sawant, Naghmeh Mokhber, M. Reza Azarpazhooh

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Original Article

Prediction of acute neurovascular syndromes with prehospital clinical features witnessed by bystanders

Erwin Chiquete, Amado Jiménez-Ruiz, Miguel García-Grimshaw, Rogelio Domínguez-Moreno, Elizabeth Rodríguez-Perea, Paola Trejo-Romero, Eduardo Ruiz-Ruiz, Valeria Sandoval-Rodríguez, Juan José Gómez-Piña, Guillermo Ramírez-García, Ana Ochoa-Guzmán, Liz Toapanta-Yanchapaxi, Fernando Flores-Silva, José Luis Ruiz-Sandoval, Carlos Cantú-Brito

Stroke Original Article

Higher uric acid is associated with better discharge recovery and short-term outcome in stroke patients treated with thrombolysis

Zhenjie Sun, Jiying Feng, Mingli He, Min Wang, Yongjin Zhang, Na Wang, Tingting Liu, Guanghui Zhang

Neuropathic Pain Original Article

Psychometric features of Neuropathic Pain Symptom Inventory in Iranian people with Parkinson’s disease

Ghorban Taghizadeh, Carmen Rodriguez-Blazquez, Mohammad Taghi Joghataei, Sepideh Goudarzi, Sayed Amir Hasan Habibi, Merat Bakhsheshi, Maryam Mehdizadeh, Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad

Open Access Video-Electroencephalogram Original Article

If seizures left speechless: CA-P-S C-A-R-E, a proposal of a new ictal language evaluation protocol

Lorenzo Ferri, Luca Vignatelli, Lara Alvisi, Martina Fabbri, Silvia Boscarato, Corrado Zenesini, Laura Licchetta, Lorenzo Muccioli, Paolo Tinuper, Francesca Bisulli

Parkinson's Disease Original Article

Amplitude and velocity dependence of patellar pendulum triggered by T reflex in Parkinson’s rigidity

Serkan Uslu, Mehmet Gürbüz, Ferah Kızılay, Sibel Özkaynak, Tunca Nüzket, Hilmi Uysal

Male patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders: different clinical characteristics and worse steroid treatment response

Rui Li, Cong Li, Zhifeng Mao, Qiao Huang, Yaqing Shu, Yanyu Chang, Jingqi Wang, Yuge Wang, Wei Qiu

Clinical value of C-reactive protein/albumin ratio in Guillain-Barré syndrome

Pingping Ning, Baiyuan Yang, Xinglong Yang, Hongyan Huang, Qiuyan Shen, Quanzhen Zhao, Haitao Lu, Li Yang, Sijia Tian, Yanming Xu

Neuropathic Pain Original Article

Multicentre, clinical trial of burst spinal cord stimulation for neck and upper limb pain NU-BURST: a trial protocol

Adnan Al-Kaisy, Girish Vajramani, Sarah Love-Jones, Nikunj K. Patel, Jonathan Royds, Stefano Palmisani, David Pang, Samuel Wesley, Hyun-Joo Park, Adil Raza, Filippo Agnesi

Migraine Original Article

Early outcomes of migraine after erenumab discontinuation: data from a real-life setting

Eleonora De Matteis, Giannapia Affaitati, Ilaria Frattale, Valeria Caponnetto, Francesca Pistoia, Maria Adele Giamberardino, Simona Sacco, Raffaele Ornello

Temporal and extratemporal atrophic manifestation of temporal lobe epilepsy using voxel-based morphometry and corticometry: clinical application in lateralization of epileptogenic zone

Majdi Jber, Jafar Mehvari Habibabadi, Roya Sharifpour, Hengameh Marzbani, Masoud Hassanpour, Milad Seyfi, Neda Mohammadi Mobarakeh, Ahmedreza Keihani, Seyed Sohrab Hashemi-Fesharaki, Mohammadreza Ay, Mohammad-Reza Nazem-Zadeh

Impaired pain processing and its association with attention disturbance in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Yumiko Harada, Tomohiko Nakamura, Masashi Suzuki, Masamichi Ueda, Masaaki Hirayama, Masahisa Katsuno

Nitroglycerin Original Article

Clinical characteristics and hemodynamic responses to head-up tilt test in children and adolescents with unexplained sighing

Runmei Zou, Shuo Wang, Fang Li, Ping Lin, Juan Zhang, Yuwen Wang, Yi Xu, Cheng Wang

Open Access Parkinson's Disease Original Article

Intrinsic motivation in patients with Parkinson’s disease: a neuropsychological investigation of curiosity using dopamine transporter imaging

Yayoi Shigemune, Iori Kawasaki, Akira Midorikawa, Toru Baba, Atsushi Takeda, Nobuhito Abe

Original Article

Energy cost and psychological impact of robotic-assisted gait training in people with spinal cord injury: effect of two different types of devices

Silvia Corbianco, Gabriella Cavallini, Marco Dini, Ferdinando Franzoni, Carla D’Avino, Adriana Gerini, Giulia Stampacchia

Stroke Original Article

White matter hyperintensity determines ischemic stroke severity in symptomatic carotid artery stenosis

Joomee Song, Keon-ha Kim, Pyoung Jeon, Young-Wook Kim, Dong-Ik Kim, Yang-Jin Park, Moo-Seok Park, Jong-Won Chung, Woo-Keun Seo, Oh Young Bang, Hakan Ay, Gyeong-Moon Kim

Motor Evoked Potential Original Article

Changes in corticomotor pathway excitability after exercise training in Parkinson’s disease

Federica Ginanneschi, Luca Valerio Messa, Carla Battisti, Alessandro Rossi

Astrocytoma Original Article

Differentiation of multiple sclerosis lesions and low-grade brain tumors on MRS data: machine learning approaches

Ziya Ekşi, Muhammed Emin Özcan, Murat Çakıroğlu, Cemil Öz, Ayşe Aralaşmak

Epilepsy Original Article

Epileptic olfactory auras: a clinical spectrum

İrem Taşcı, Ferhat Balgetir, Bülent Müngen, Murat Gönen

Migraine Original Article

Association of dietary diversity score (DDS) and migraine headache severity among women

Faezeh Khorsha, Atieh Mirzababaei, Mansoureh Togha, Khadijeh Mirzaei

SARS-CoV-2 Brief Communication

Isolated generalized myoclonus immune-mediated by SARS-CoV-2: an illustrative videotaped case

Hicham El Otmani, Fettouma Moutaouakil, Mehdi Ouazzani, Khalid Mjahed

Neurotomy Brief Communication

Curious case of steroid responsive diffuse anterior horn cell disease associated with COVID-19 infection

Satyan Nanda, Rahul Handa, Rajiv Anand, Atul Prasad, Dhruv Zutshi, Bipan Sharma, Sujata K. Dass, Prabhjeet Kaur Bedi, Aarti Pahuja, Pankaj Kumar Shah, Nalin Malhotra

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Brief Communication

Perfusion-weighted MRI in cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related transient focal neurological episodes

Arturo de Falco, Marta De Simone, Florindo d’Onofrio, Daniele Spitaleri, Fabrizio Antonio de Falco

Positron Emission Tomography Brief Communication

ASL MRI and 18F-FDG-PET in autoimmune limbic encephalitis: clues from two paradigmatic cases

Alessandro Dinoto, Marta Cheli, Miloš Ajčević, Franca Dore, Carmelo Crisafulli, Maja Ukmar, Arianna Sartori, Paolo Manganotti

Contraception Brief Communication

Pregnancy outcomes in alemtuzumab treated women with multiple sclerosis: a case series

Russo Cinzia Valeria, Lanzillo Roberta, Saccà Francesco, Moccia Marcello, Carotenuto Antonio, Brescia Morra Vincenzo

Dementia Brief Communication

Hereditary diffuse leukoencephalopathy with spheroids mimicking primary progressive aphasia: report of a Greek case

Panagiotis Stoiloudis, Dimitrios Parissis, Nikoletta Smyrni, Thomai Stardeli, Theodora Afrantou, Eleni Konstantinopoulou, Nikolaos Grigoriadis, Panagiotis Ioannidis

Multiple Sclerosis Letter to the Editor

Chronic relapsing inflammatory optic neuropathy in a patient with triple antiphospholipid antibody positivity

Cristian Eduardo Navarro, Gabriel José Arango, María F. Cubides

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Dizziness with a vestibular window on agency

Bauke M. de Jong

Stroke Letter to the Editor

Effect of transfusion therapy on intracranial stenosis in a child with sickle cell anaemia

Nicoletta Brunelli, Basheer Peer Mohamed, Maurizio Fuschi, Amrana Qureshi, Sara Mazzucco

Lymphoma Letter to the Editor

Cerebellar and cortical hypometabolism in progressive stimulus-sensitive limb myoclonus in celiac disease

Stefano Mozzetta, Miryam Carecchio, Gianmarco Gazzola, Diego Cecchin, Annachiara Cagnin

Thymoma Letter to the Editor

Recurrent anti-AMPA receptor encephalitis associated with thymus cancer

Shan Qiao, Huai-kuan Wu, Le Wang, Shan-chao Zhang, Xue-wu Liu

Stroke Letter to the Editor

Clinical presentation of a stroke-like episode in MELAS syndrome: what is the impact of epileptogenic activity?

Pia Bernardo, Maria Pandolfi, Paola Vedova, Antonio Varone, Alfonso Rubino

Tremor Letter to the Editor

Unilateral freezing of gait or “magnetic feet phenomenon” caused by ischemic lesion involving fronto-striatal networks

Alberto Lerario, Floriano Girotti, Jenny Sassone, Barbara Poletti, Andrea Ciammola, Vincenzo Silani

Audiometry Letter to the Editor

A case of tauopathy with auditory agnosia and dysprosody diagnosed by [18F]PM-PBB3 tau PET scan

Kyoko Mashima, Mika Konishi, Toshiki Tezuka, Daisuke Ito, Masaru Mimura

Thrombocytopenia Letter to the Editor

Thrombocytopenia and agranulocytosis in a FXTAS choreic patient treated with tetrabenazine

Arnaud Lapostolle, Timo Delion, Souraya Arnaud, Philippe Manceau, Bertrand Degos

Neurological Digression

Why is delirium more frequent in the elderly?

Orso Bugiani

Celiac Disease Correction

Correction to: Cerebellar and cortical hypometabolism in progressive stimulus-sensitive limb myoclonus in celiac disease

Stefano Mozzetta, Miryam Carecchio, Gianmarco Gazzola, Diego Cecchin, Annachiara Cagnin

Cranial MRI Correction

Correction to: Spontaneous intracranial hypotension: key features for a frequently misdiagnosed disorder

Carlos Perez-Vega, Pilar Robles-Lomelin, Isabel Robles-Lomelin, Victor Garcia Navarro

Open Access Glioma Correction

Correction to: Association of dynamic susceptibility magnetic resonance imaging at initial tumor diagnosis with the prognosis of different molecular glioma subtypes

Cornelia Brendle, Uwe Klose, Johann-Martin Hempel, Jens Schittenhelm, Marco Skardelly, Ghazaleh Tabatabai, Ulrike Ernemann, Benjamin Bender

Correction

Correction to: Unilateral freezing of gait or “magnetic feet phenomenon” caused by ischemic lesion involving fronto-striatal networks

Alberto Lerario, Floriano Girotti, Jenny Sassone, Barbara Poletti, Andrea Ciammola, Vincenzo Silani

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Neck cooling induces blood pressure increase and peripheral vasoconstriction in healthy persons

Julia Koehn, Ruihao Wang, Carmen de Rojas Leal, Bernd Kallmünzer, Klemens Winder, Martin Köhrmann, Rainer Kollmar, Stefan Schwab, Max J. Hilz