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Neurological Sciences

Issue 8/2025

Content (90 Articles)

ALS global day 2025: research and clinical advances

Nicola Ticozzi, Alessandro Padovani, Massimiliano Filosto

The role of neurology in the development of community healthcare within the Italian national health service. The position of the Italian society of neurology (SIN)

  • Open Access
  • Consensus papers and Guidelines

Pietro Ferrara, Vincenzo Andreone, Fabio Bandini, Massimo Del Sette, Marco Longoni, Roberto Marconi, Carlo Alberto Mariani, Francesca Romana Pezzella, Rocco Quatrale, Carla Zanferrari, Maria Luisa Zedde, Alessandro Padovani

The effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation in motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease: an overview of systematic reviews with meta-analysis

Daniele Conte, Anna Roman, Yvonne Beorchia, Chiara Pinzini, Luigi Castriotta, Mariarosaria Valente

Systematic review of pharmacological treatment options for orthostatic tremor in prospective patient cohorts and randomized controlled trials

  • Open Access
  • Tremor
  • Review Article

Lena Sauthoff, Maider Iza Achutegui, Lan Ye, Clara Niesmann, Florian Wegner, Matthias Höllerhage, Martin Klietz

Scoliosis in spinal muscular atrophy in the era of disease-modifying therapy: a scoping review

Martina Gnazzo, Giulia Pisanò, Benedetta Piccolo, Emanuela Claudia Turco, Susanna Esposito, Maria Carmela Pera

Unilateral prosopometamorphopsia caused by infarction of the splenium of the corpus callosum: 4 case report and review of the literature

Xiuming Gao, Na Yang, Miaomiao Sang, Xiaona Shang, Tao Feng, Jie Zhou, Yi Zhang

Safety and effectiveness of diroximel fumarate in relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Haneen Sabet, Mohamed Ahmed Zanaty, Abdelfattah Arafa, Mohamed El-Moslemani, Shereen Mohamed Olama, Mahmoud G. A. Saleh, Abdallah Abbas, Ahmed Z. Obeidat

New onset steroid-responsive Hashimoto’s encephalopathy in the older population: a scoping review

Alfeo Julius R. Sy, Veeda Michelle M. Anlacan, Adrian B. Yu, Roland Dominic G. Jamora

Efficacy and safety of Brivaracetam as adjunctive therapy in pediatric epilepsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Malak A. Hassan, Abdelaziz A. Awad, Ahmed Marey, Ahmed Mostafa Amin, Ahmed Elshahat, Mohamed El-Moslemani, Ahmed Mansour, Shrouk Ramadan, Mohamed A. Aldemerdash

State of the art in EEG signal features of mindfulness-based treatments for chronic pain

D. Duran, P. Arpaia, G. D’Errico, L. Grazzi, P. Lanteri, N. Moccaldi, A. Raggi, R. Robbio, E. Visani

High-grade gliomas with autoimmune encephalitis-like presentation: case report and systematic review of the literature

Giulia Sofia Cereda, Fabio M. Doniselli, Francesco Deleo, Roberta Di Giacomo, Giuseppe Didato, Chiara Pastori, Giulia Battaglia, Elisa Visani, Elena Corsini, Emilio Ciusani, Gianluca Marucci, Angelo Del Sole, Marica Eoli, Flavio Villani, Marco de Curtis, Andrea Stabile

Brain donation rules in Italy and worldwide: overview of a cutting-edge topic for human brain research

  • Open Access
  • Review Article

Vittorio Bolcato, Tino Emanuele Poloni, Giuseppe Basile, Annalisa Davin, Riccardo Rocco Ferrari, Giulia Negro, Arcangelo Ceretti, Antonio Guaita, Livio Pietro Tronconi

Ricomprendo: an assessment test for fine-graded alterations of syntactic processing

Giulia Gilardone, Mauro Viganò, Chiara Longo, Edoardo Nicolò Aiello, Giulia De Luca, Beatrice Curti, Federica Giglio, Carlo Cecchetto, Costanza Papagno

A new instrument for the assessment of laterality: evidence from confirmatory analysis

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Mirko Duradoni, Andrea Frosini, Giorgio Gronchi, Andrea Peru

The Italian Face-Name Association Test (ItFNAT): a preliminary validation of three parallel versions

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Valerio Manippa, Alessandro Oronzo Caffò, Davide Rivolta

Frailty and hospital outcomes among patients with neurological disorders

Marco Toccaceli Blasi, Fabrizio Raffaele, Daniele Belvisi, Simona Buscarnera, Giuseppe Bruno, Giovanni Fabbrini, Marco Canevelli

Mortality patterns in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and late-onset Alzheimer’s disease in the United States: a retrospective analysis from 1999 to 2020

Ahmed Raza, Eeshal Fatima, Abu Huraira Bin Gulzar, Mirza Ammar Arshad, Zain Ali Nadeem, Rahman Tanveer, Syed Hashim Ali Inam, Paul Ferguson

Cerebrospinal-fluid Orexin-A levels in different neurocognitive disorders: a comparison study

Susana Lozano-Tovar, Riccardo Cremascoli, Marzia Nuccetelli, Giuseppe Sancesario, Stefania Cattaldo, Elisa Prina, Federico Verde, Simone Cappelli, Sergio Bernardini, Nicola Biagio Mercuri, Claudio Liguori

Neurological findings in a cohort of adults with down syndrome

Nicola Grotteschi, Magali Jane Rochat, Virginia Pollarini, Alessandro Ghezzo, Camilla Pellegrini, Giovanna Calandra-Buonaura, Raffaele Lodi, Caterina Tonon, Pietro Cortelli, Maria Giulia Bacalini, Gian Luca Pirazzoli, Luisa Sambati

Burden of Parkinson’s disease in Iran: disparities, trends, and the impact of social development indicators

Mohammad Sarmadi, Mina Rezaei, Mohsen Poursadeghiyan, Mohammadreza Soltaninejad, Sadegh Moradi, Milad Ahangarzadeh, Morteza Zaboli Mahdiabadi, Sajjad Rahimi

Serum sirtuin 3 levels and multimodal abnormalities in brain structure and function in Parkinson’s disease patients with depression

Zonghan She, Xuelin Qi, Xiaoxue Shi, Haoran Peng, Jinhua Zheng, Jianjun Ma, Yunfei Sun, Mengyan Zhang, Yingyun Wang, Qing Xu, Qi Gu, Siyuan Chen, Xue Li

Eye movement abnormalities in Parkinson’s disease motor subtypes: a video-oculographic study

Jolanda Buonocore, Alessio Facchin, Marianna Crasà, Giulia Sgrò, Alessia Cristofaro, Aldo Quattrone, Andrea Quattrone

Evaluation of autonomic involvement in Parkinson’s disease using pupillometry

Dilek İşcan, Ceren Türkoğlu, Elif Arslan

Exploring the relationship between dystonia and STN-DBS in Parkinson’s disease: insights from a single-centre cohort

Luigi G. Remore, Delia Gagliardi, Linda Borellini, Alfonso Fasano, Valeria Lo Faso, Filippo Cogiamanian, Enrico Mailand, Gloria Valcamonica, Elena Pirola, Luigi Schisano, Antonella M. Ampollini, Giulio A. Bertani, Giorgio Fiore, Antonio D’Ammando, Leonardo Tariciotti, Giovanni Marfia, Stefania Elena Navone, Sergio Barbieri, Marco Locatelli

Does pre-treatment with phenobarbital prevent the acute intolerance to primidone in patients with essential tremor?

Stefano Calzetti, Lucia Zinno, Enrico Sasso, Anna Negrotti, Dario Bottignole, Emilio Perucca

Imaging patterns and prognosis of proximal and distal small subcortical infarcts

Stefano Mombelli, Chiara Rinaldi, Vanessa Palumbo, Anna Poggesi, Patrizia Nencini, Gabriele Vandelli, Giorgio Busto, Rosario Pascarella, Enrico Fainardi, Maria Luisa Zedde, Francesco Arba

Time-varying association between blood pressure and malignant brain edema after large hemispheric infarction: a prospective cohort study

  • Open Access
  • Edema
  • Original Article

Xindi Song, Yanan Wang, Wen Guo, Meng Liu, Yilun Deng, Ming Liu

Association of gait recovery with intramuscular coherence of the Vastus medialis muscle during assisted gait in subacute stroke

Naruhito Hasui, Naomichi Mizuta, Ayaka Matsunaga, Yasutaka Higa, Masahiro Sato, Tomoki Nakatani, Junji Taguchi, Shu Morioka

Predicting response to non-invasive brain stimulation in post-stroke upper extremity motor impairment: the importance of neurophysiological and clinical biomarkers

Gabriel Barreto, André Fonseca, Rhayssa Albuquerque, Camilla Santos, Rodrigo Brito, Daniele Piscitelli, Maria das Graças Rodrigues de Araújo, Katia Monte-Silva

Cross-sectional analysis of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in pregnant women with and without HELLP syndrome

Wenjing Song, Yansu Wang, Yu Kong, Jingwen Yang, Ying Ji, Xiaosa Sun, Xinyi Yuan, Xiaowen Li, Jin Tian, Fei Yang, Shao Xie, Hao Chen

Early and active treatment with fingolimod for pediatric onset multiple sclerosis: the experience of an Italian pediatric center over the past 3 years.

Carlotta Canavese, Marta Borgogno, Gloria Gallo, Martina Rosa-Brusin, Alessia Teneggi, Aba Tocchet, Daniele Marcotulli, Giovanni Morana

Low-dose rituximab for the treatment of anti-NMDAR encephalitis in children: a case series study

Haiyan Wu, Fenfen Xu, Yuan Chen, Shanshan Ding, Wei Li, Qiuyue Li, Na Chen, Lin Tang

Clinical and imaging characteristics of corticosteroid-responsive chronic lymphocytic inflammation with Pontine perivascular enhancement syndrome (CLIPPERS): an analysis of 9 cases

Xiaosa Sun, Xiaowen Li, Hafiz Khuram Raza, Jingwen Yang, Ying Ji, Xinyi Yuan, Yu Kong, Jin Tian, Yaqin Gu, Hao Chen, Li Chen

CSF1R-related disorder: A clinical, imaging and genetic profile review

Rohan Ramachandra Mahale, Hansashree Padmanabha, Pooja Mailankody

Patients on treatment with risdiplam in Italy: challenges in the interpretation of the real-world data

Emilio Albamonte, Adrea Lizio, Giorgia Coratti, Lorenzo Maggi, Elena Pegoraro, Marika Pane, Sonia Messina, Riccardo Masson, Adele D’Amico, Enrico Bertini, Antonella Pini, Federica Ricci, Tiziana Mongini, Claudio Bruno, Katia Patanella, Maria Sframeli, Claudia Dosi, Silvia Bonanno, Gaia Scarpini, Noemi Brolatti, Alice Zanolini, Chiara Bravetti, Maria Carmela Pera, Eugenio Maria Mercuri, Valeria Ada Sansone, Amanda Ferrero, Ucci Maria, Eleonora Minacapilli, Veria Vecchiano, Elena Briganti, Irene Bruno, Andrea Magnolato, Luciana Nigro, Michele Sacchini, Chiara Ticci, Michela Catteruccia, Giacomo Comi, Angela Berardinelli, Esther Picillo, Ilaria Bitetti, Giuliana Capece, Caterina Agosto, Francesca Benedetti, Giulia Ricci, Stefano Previtali, Alberto Zambon, Francesca Salmin, Marina Pedemonte, Riccardo Zanin, Riccardo Zuccarino

Rapid eye movement sleep without atonia in patients with sleep-related fronto-temporal epilepsy

Gulcin Benbir Senel, Rumeysa Unkun, Derya Karadeniz, Carlos H. Schenck

Cenobamate as add-on treatment in ultra-refractory focal epilepsy: Real-world results from The Danish Epilepsy Centre, Dianalund, Denmark

Cathrine E. Gjerulfsen, Stefan Juhl, Katarzyna M. Mieszczanek, Lucie Spanilá, Kristin S. Thygesen, Agnieszka Pavbro, Rikke S. Møller, Guido Rubboli

Sex and age differences in sleep disorders: insights from a diverse cohort referred to a sleep center

Ilde Pieroni, Gianluigi Cerroni, Lucia Velluto, Sandro Sorbi, Biancamaria Guarnieri

Vegetative state in two Italian residential facilities: study of prognosis for subjects and related caregivers

  • Coma
  • Original Article

Elisabetta Pupillo, Andrea Magnoni, Lorenzo Tinti, Serena Sassi, Ambrogio Monti, Jessica Barbieri, Andrea Millul, Maria Rita Aldeghi, Elisa Bianchi

Role of anxiety in exercise intolerance and autonomic nervous system dysfunction post-concussion

Aaron J. Zynda, Alicia M. Trbovich, Faith Kehinde, Christopher Burley, Michael W. Collins, David O. Okonkwo, Anne Mucha, Sarah Ostop, Cyndi Holland, Courtney Perry, Melissa N. Womble, Sabrina Jennings, Sheri Fedor, Christina Dollar, Kori J. Durfee, R. J. Elbin, Anthony P. Kontos

Early prediction of refractory myasthenia gravis based on response to treatment within the first year of diagnosis

Hee Jo Han, Susung Kim, Hyung Jun Park, Ha Young Shin, Seung Woo Kim

Two distinct phenotypes and a novel mutation in limb-girdle muscular dystrophy R7 telethonin-related patients from Thai neuromuscular center

Tanitnun Paprad, Jakkrit Amornvit, Thippamas Pobsuk, Manasawan Santananukarn, Chamaiporn Taychargumpoo, Worawan Sirichana, Chupong Ittiwut, Rungnapa Ittiwut, Kanya Suphapeetiporn, Nath Pasutharnchat, Numphung Numkarunarunrote

Inter- and intra-familial phenotypic variability of autosomal dominant collagen VI related disorder

Chaoping Hu, Yiyun Shi, Lei Zhao, Shuizhen Zhou, Yi Wang, Xihua Li, Lifei Yu

Magnetic Resonance-guided Laser interstitial thermal therapy (MR-gLiTT) in Pediatric Neurosurgery: italian perspective and literature review

Francesca Vitulli, Domenico Tortora, Mattia Pacetti, Barbara Spacca, Rina Agushi, Gianpiero Tamburrini, Lino Nobili, Erica Cognolato, Lorenzo Genitori, Flavio Giordano, Gianluca Piatelli, Alessandro Consales

Cilostazole versus clopidogrel in acute large-vessel moderate and moderate-to-severe ischemic stroke: a randomized controlled trial

Sherihan Rezk ahmed, Mohamed Fouad elsayed Khalil, Mohamed Ismaiel, Tarek Youssif Omar, Hossam Mohamed Refat, Ahmed Ahmed Mohamed Kamal Ebied, Noha Abdelwahed, Ahmed Zaki Omar Akl, Emad Labib Abdelhamid Mahmoud, Salah Ibrahim Ahmed, Asmaa Mohammed Hassan, Islam Fathallah Mohamed Kamel, Amir Ahmed Elsaeed Egila, Mohamed Abouelnaga, Mohamed G. Zeinhom

Short neck as a cause of stroke? Bilateral vertebral artery dissection in a patient with Klippel-Feil Syndrome

Laura del Pino Tejado, Marta Vales Montero, Ana María Iglesias Mohedano, Andrés García Pastor, Fernando Díaz Otero, Pilar Vázquez Alén, Yolanda Fernández Bullido, Antonio Gil Núñez

Dopa responsive dystonia due to a GCH1 gene variant mimicking hereditary spastic paraparesis

D. Fontanesi, Giulia Di Rauso, F. Cavallieri, V. Fioravanti, E. Monfrini, J. Rossi, G. Toschi, R. Sabadini, S. Montepietra, A. Merlo, I. Campanini, L. Cavazzuti, A. Di Fonzo, F. Valzania

Two voices, one legacy: Roberto Massalongo (1856–1919) and Freud’s Tributes to Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893)

  • History of Neurology

Francesco Brigo, Paolo Benna, Giuseppe Ferrari, Lorenzo Lorusso, Ilario Scali

Augusto Tamburini (1848–1918) and Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893): the struggle for a scientific approach to Hysteria

Francesco Brigo, Sandy Maria Cartella, Paolo Benna, Lorenzo Lorusso

Neuroradiological insights into primary progressive apraxia of speech: a case report

Nilanjana Patra, Sneha Rozelena Anthony, Mona Tiwari, Julián Benito-León, Durjoy Lahiri

Severe perampanel intoxication presenting with rapidly progressive dementia

Takahide Wada, Yuji Saitoh, Yuri Asano, Masayuki Honda, Kazushi Takahashi

Tremors with dystonia as a predominant manifestation of primary coenzyme Q10 deficiency

Ashish Sharma, Sahil Mehta, Jagdeep Singh, Vivek Lal

Sez6l2-associated cerebellar ataxia: case report and review of the literature

  • Letter to the Editor

Cheng Chang, Xiaxin Yang, Guangrun Xu, Yaping Yan, Shengjun Wang

Stroke, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and avatrombopag: two cases of coincident events

Bernat Boy, Gloria Iacoboni, David Valcárcel, Carlos Molina, Marc Rodrigo-Gisbert

Status migrainosus as the only manifestation of vertebral artery dissection due to osteopathic neck manipulation

Marina Romozzi, Giuseppe Garignano, Annalisa Gentile, Catello Vollono

Electric massage chair-induced cervical spinal epidural hematoma

Xiaowen Qiu, Xinping Bu, Xiaoyu Qiu

CASQ1-related myopathy with additional primary Sjogren’s disease: a case report

Nan Hu, Yanhuan Zhao, Min Qian, Mingsheng Liu

Sonographic follow up for brachial plexopathy after a pacemaker implantation

Berkay Yalçınkaya, Ahmet Furkan Çolak, Hilmi Berkan Abacıoğlu, Levent Özçakar,

Iatrogenic breathing arm syndrome

  • Letter to the Editor

Ragavendar Bhuvaneswaran, Jayaram Saibaba, Ramkumar Sugumaran, Sunil K. Narayan, Dinesh Kumar

Bilateral optic neuropathy as first neurological sign of Central Nervous System (CNS) involvement in indolent chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Paola Ciasca, Sebastiano Crisafulli, Ludovica Gargiulo, Stefania Bianchi Marzoli, Massimo Magagnoli, Marco Moscatelli, Elena Anghileri

Lumbosacral dura mater and cauda equina lesions in MOG antibody-associated disease

Jian Wang, Jun He, Mingwu Xia, Shugang Cao

Miliary brain tuberculosis: a rare case report

Vuk Aleksić, Nenad Lalović, Milija Mijajlović

Correction to: A new swallowing supplement for dysphagia in patients with Parkinson’s disease

Eungseok Oh, Sungju Jee, Bum Keun Kim, Jung Seon Lee, Kanghee Cho, Soyoung Ahn

Case challenge: neuroimaging in Alzheimer disease (Link opens in a new window)

Put your decision-making and interpretation skills into practice with these six cases focusing on different presentations. Can you choose the optimal PET tracer, accurately interpret the results, and advise on next steps?

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