Issue 1/2012
Content (165 Articles)
No effect of recumbency duration on the occurrence of post-lumbar puncture headache with a 22G cutting needle
Sung R Kim, Hyun S Chae, Mi J Yoon, Jung H Han, Kwang J Cho, Sun J Chung
Evaluating the cost effectiveness of donepezil in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease in Germany using discrete event simulation
Susanne Hartz, Denis Getsios, Sunning Tao, Steve Blume, Grant Maclaine
Aspirin for the prevention of cognitive decline in the elderly: rationale and design of a neuro-vascular imaging study (ENVIS-ion)
Christopher M Reid, Elsdon Storey, Tien Y Wong, Robyn Woods, Andrew Tonkin, Jie Jin Wang, Anthony Kam, Andrew Janke, Rowan Essex, Walter P Abhayaratna, Marc M Budge
Usability of therapy controllers in elderly patients with deep brain stimulation
Iris Kaiser, Ilse Kryspin-Exner, Thomas Czech, Francois Alesch
Eye movement impairments in Parkinson's disease: possible role of extradopaminergic mechanisms
Elmar H Pinkhardt, Reinhart Jürgens, Dorothée Lulé, Johanna Heimrath, Albert C Ludolph, Wolfgang Becker, Jan Kassubek
Clinical correlates of grey matter pathology in multiple sclerosis
Dana Horakova, Tomas Kalincik, Jana Blahova Dusankova, Ondrej Dolezal
Evidence for the different physiological significance of the 6- and 2-minute walk tests in multiple sclerosis
Robert W Motl, Yoojin Suh, Swathi Balantrapu, Brian M Sandroff, Jacob J Sosnoff, John Pula, Myla D Goldman, Bo Fernhall
Advances in understanding gray matter pathology in multiple sclerosis: Are we ready to redefine disease pathogenesis?
Robert Zivadinov, Istvan Pirko
Deterioration of Parkinson's disease during hospitalization: survey of 684 patients
Oliver HH Gerlach, Martijn PG Broen, Peter HMF van Domburg, Ad J Vermeij, Wim EJ Weber
Meningeal and cortical grey matter pathology in multiple sclerosis
Bogdan F Gh Popescu, Claudia F Lucchinetti
Specificity of transcranial sonography in parkinson spectrum disorders in comparison to degenerative cognitive syndromes
Kristina Laučkaitė, Daiva Rastenytė, Danguolė Šurkienė, Antanas Vaitkus, Andrius Sakalauskas, Arūnas Lukoševičius, Rymantė Gleiznienė
Clinical characteristics and patterns of healthcare utilization in patients with painful neuropathic disorders in UK general practice: a retrospective cohort study
Ariel Berger, Alesia Sadosky, Ellen Dukes, John Edelsberg, Gerry Oster
Clinical significance of serological biomarkers and neuropsychological performances in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy
Chiung-Chih Chang, Chun-Chung Lui, Chen-Chang Lee, Shang-Der Chen, Wen-Neng Chang, Cheng-Hsien Lu, Nai-Ching Chen, Alice Y W Chang, Samuel H H Chan, Yao-Chung Chuang
How to improve walking, balance and social participation following stroke: a comparison of the long term effects of two walking aids--canes and an orthosis TheraTogs--on the recovery of gait following acute stroke. A study protocol for a multi-centre, single blind, randomised control trial
Clare Maguire, Judith M Sieben, Florian Erzer, Beat Goepfert, Matthias Frank, Georg Ferber, Melissa Jehn, Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss, Robert A de Bie
Dexmedetomidine is neuroprotective in an in vitro model for traumatic brain injury
Marc Schoeler, Philip D Loetscher, Rolf Rossaint, Astrid V Fahlenkamp, Georg Eberhardt, Steffen Rex, Joachim Weis, Mark Coburn
Valid and reliable instruments for arm-hand assessment at ICF activity level in persons with hemiplegia: a systematic review
Ryanne JM Lemmens, Annick AA Timmermans, Yvonne JM Janssen-Potten, Rob JEM Smeets, Henk AM Seelen
Carotid endarterectomy and carotid artery stenting utilization trends over time
Matthew R Skerritt, Robert C Block, Thomas A Pearson, Kate C Young
Pilates based core stability training in ambulant individuals with multiple sclerosis: protocol for a multi-centre randomised controlled trial
Jennifer Freeman, Esther Fox, Margaret Gear, Alan Hough
Patient adherence to and tolerability of self-administered interferon β-1a using an electronic autoinjection device: a multicentre, open-label, phase IV study
Alessandra Lugaresi, Ciro Florio, Vincenzo Brescia-Morra, Salvatore Cottone, Paolo Bellantonio, Marinella Clerico, Diego Centonze, Antonio Uccelli, Maria di Ioia, Giovanna De Luca, Andrea Marcellusi, Andrea Paolillo
A biochemical marker panel in MRI-proven hyperacute ischemic stroke-a prospective study
Carolin Knauer, Katharina Knauer, Susanne Müller, Albert C Ludolph, Dietmar Bengel, Hans P Müller, Roman Huber
Factors associated with discharge destination from acute care after acquired brain injury in Ontario, Canada
Amy Y Chen, Brandon Zagorski, Daria Parsons, Rika Vander Laan, Vincy Chan, Angela Colantonio
An olfactory ‘stress test’ may detect preclinical Alzheimer’s disease
Peter W Schofield, Houman Ebrahimi, Alison L Jones, Grant A Bateman, Sonya R Murray
Is MRI better than CT for detecting a vascular component to dementia? A systematic review and meta-analysis
Rebecca Beynon, Jonathan A C Sterne, Gordon Wilcock, Marcus Likeman, Roger M Harbord, Margaret Astin, Margaret Burke, Alysson Bessell, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, James Hawkins, William Hollingworth, Penny Whiting
Corticospinal tract integrity and motor function following neonatal stroke: a case study
Anne L Gordon, Amanda Wood, Jacques Donald Tournier, Rod W Hunt
Altered small-world properties of gray matter networks in breast cancer
S M Hadi Hosseini, Della Koovakkattu, Shelli R Kesler
Phenytoin versus Leviteracetam for Seizure Prophylaxis after brain injury – a meta analysis
Syed Nabeel Zafar, Abdul Ahad Khan, Asfar Ayaz Ghauri, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim
Prognostic value of cortically induced motor evoked activity by TMS in chronic stroke: Caveats from a revealing single clinical case
Julià L Amengual, Antoni Valero-Cabré, Misericordia Veciana de las Heras, Nurja Rojo, Seán Froudist-Walsh, Pablo Ripollés, Nils Bodammer, Bahram Mohammadi, Jordi Montero, Carles Grau, Thomas F Münte, Antoni Rodríguez-Fornells
Risk of subsequent ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in patients hospitalized for immune-mediated diseases: a nationwide follow-up study from Sweden
Bengt Zöller, Xinjun Li, Jan Sundquist, Kristina Sundquist
The effectiveness of an augmented cognitive behavioural intervention for post-stroke depression with or without anxiety (PSDA): the Restore4Stroke-PSDA trial
Joyce A Kootker, Luciano Fasotti, Sascha MC Rasquin, Caroline M van Heugten, Alexander CH Geurts
Health-related quality of life and strain in caregivers of Australians with Parkinson’s disease: An observational study
David H Kelly, Jennifer L McGinley, Frances E Huxham, Hylton B Menz, Jennifer J Watts, Robert Iansek, Anna T Murphy, Mary Danoudis, Brooke Adair, Meg E Morris
A cluster randomised controlled trial of an occupational therapy intervention for residents with stroke living in UK care homes (OTCH): study protocol
Cath M Sackley, Chris R Burton, Sandy Herron-Marx, Karen Lett, Jonathan Mant, Andrea K Roalfe, Leslie J Sharp, Bart Sheehan, Katie E Stant, Marion F Walker, Caroline L Watkins, Keith Wheatley, Jane Williams, Guiqing L Yao, Max G Feltham
Protocol for a home-based integrated physical therapy program to reduce falls and improve mobility in people with Parkinson’s disease
Meg E Morris, Clarissa Martin, Jennifer L McGinley, Frances E Huxham, Hylton B Menz, Nicholas F Taylor, Mary Danoudis, Jennifer J Watts, Sze-Ee Soh, Andrew H Evans, Malcolm Horne, Peter Kempster
Japanese encephalitis accompanied by cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: a case report
Min Jia, Nian Xiong, Jinsha Huang, Youpei Wang, Xiaowei Zhang, Zhentao Zhang, Xuebing Cao, Zhicheng Lin, Tao Wang
Emotion processing and social participation following stroke: study protocol
Clare L Scott, Louise H Phillips, Marie Johnston, Maggie M Whyte, Mary J MacLeod
Hashimoto’s encephalopathy cases: Chinese experience
Yi Tang, Yi Xing, Michael T Lin, Jin Zhang, Jianping Jia
Towards a definition of refractory neuropathic pain for epidemiological research. An international Delphi survey of experts
Blair H Smith, Nicola Torrance, Janice A Ferguson, Michael I Bennett, Michael G Serpell, Kate M Dunn
Quality of life of elderly ischaemic stroke patients one year after thrombolytic therapy. A comparison between patients with and without thrombolytic therapy
Leonie de Weerd, Gert-Jan R Luijckx, Klaas H Groenier, Klaas van der Meer
Intraocular pressure vs intracranial pressure in disease conditions: A prospective cohort study (Beijing iCOP study)
Zhen Li, Yingxin Yang, Yan Lu, Dachuan Liu, Erhe Xu, Jianping Jia, Diya Yang, Xiaojun Zhang, Huiqing Yang, Daqing Ma, Ningli Wang
Development and external validation of a new PTA assessment scale
Bram Jacobs, Janneke van Ekert, Lotje PL Vernooy, Peter Dieperink, Teuntje MJC Andriessen, Marc PH Hendriks, Arie B van Vugt, Marjolein AA Emons, George F Borm, Pieter E Vos
Hyperintense putaminal rim at 1.5 T: prevalence in normal subjects and distinguishing features from multiple system atrophy
Khin K Tha, Satoshi Terae, Akiko Tsukahara, Hiroyuki Soma, Ryo Morita, Ichiro Yabe, Yoichi M Ito, Hidenao Sasaki, Hiroki Shirato
Diagnostic and economic evaluation of new biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease: the research protocol of a prospective cohort study
Ron LH Handels, Pauline Aalten, Claire AG Wolfs, Marcel OldeRikkert, Philip Scheltens, Pieter Jelle Visser, Manuela A Joore, Johan L Severens, Frans RJ Verhey
Clinical correlates of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in multiple sclerosis
Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, Murali Ramanathan, Karen Marr, David Hojnacki, Ralph HB Benedict, Charity Morgan, Eluen Ann Yeh, Ellen Carl, Cheryl Kennedy, Justine Reuther, Christina Brooks, Kristin Hunt, Makki Elfadil, Michelle Andrews, Robert Zivadinov
Protocol for diaphragm pacing in patients with respiratory muscle weakness due to motor neurone disease (DiPALS): a randomised controlled trial
Christopher J McDermott, Chin Maguire, Cindy L Cooper, Roger Ackroyd, Wendy O Baird, Simon Baudouin, Andrew Bentley, Stephen Bianchi, Stephen Bourke, Mike J Bradburn, Simon Dixon, John Ealing, Simon Galloway, Dayalan Karat, Nick Maynard, Karen Morrison, Naveed Mustfa, John Stradling, Kevin Talbot, Tim Williams, Pamela J Shaw
Novel PRRT2 mutation in an African-American family with paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia
Peter Hedera, Jianfeng Xiao, Andreas Puschmann, Dragana Momčilović, Steve W Wu, Mark S LeDoux
Neurologists’ diagnostic accuracy of depression and cognitive problems in patients with parkinsonism
Angela EP Bouwmans, Wim EJ Weber
Vertebral artery dissection associated with viral meningitis
Xudong Pan, Aijun Ma, Kun Wang, Shumin Nie, Mei Wu
Masitinib treatment in patients with progressive multiple sclerosis: a randomized pilot study
Patrick Vermersch, Rabah Benrabah, Nicolas Schmidt, Hélène Zéphir, Pierre Clavelou, Cyrille Vongsouthi, Patrice Dubreuil, Alain Moussy, Olivier Hermine
Sleep problems in Parkinson’s disease: a community-based study in Norway
Elisabeth Svensson, Antoine G Beiske, Jon Håvard Loge, Kornelia K Beiske, Børge Sivertsen
Severe and rapidly progressing cognitive phenotype in a SCA17-family with only marginally expanded CAG/CAA repeats in the TATA-box binding protein gene: A case report
Troels Tolstrup Nielsen, Skirmante Mardosiene, Annemette Løkkegaard, Jette Stokholm, Susanne Ehrenfels, Sara Bech, Lars Friberg, Jens Kellberg Nielsen, Jørgen E Nielsen
An unusual case of the syndrome of cervical rib with subclavian artery thrombosis and cerebellar and cerebral infarctions
Mirza Jusufovic, Else Charlotte Sandset, Trine Haug Popperud, Steinar Solberg, Geir Ringstad, Emilia Kerty
Central poststroke pain: somatosensory abnormalities and the presence of associated myofascial pain syndrome
Rogério Adas Ayres de Oliveira, Daniel Ciampi de Andrade, André Guelman Gomes Machado, Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira
Visual contrast sensitivity in patients with impairment of functional independence after stroke
Natanael Antonio dos Santos, Suellen Marinho Andrade
Aquaporin-4 expression in distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles
Akihiko Hoshi, Teiji Yamamoto, Saeko Kikuchi, Tomoko Soeda, Keiko Shimizu, Yoshikazu Ugawa
Unfulfilled rehabilitation needs and dissatisfaction with care 12 months after a stroke: an explorative observational study
Malin Tistad, Kerstin Tham, Lena von Koch, Charlotte Ytterberg
Sparse learning and stability selection for predicting MCI to AD conversion using baseline ADNI data
Jieping Ye, Michael Farnum, Eric Yang, Rudi Verbeeck, Victor Lobanov, Nandini Raghavan, Gerald Novak, Allitia DiBernardo, Vaibhav A Narayan
Brief International Cognitive Assessment for MS (BICAMS): international standards for validation
Ralph HB Benedict, Maria Pia Amato, Jan Boringa, Bruno Brochet, Fred Foley, Stan Fredrikson, Paivi Hamalainen, Hans Hartung, Lauren Krupp, Iris Penner, Anthony T Reder, Dawn Langdon
Endoscopic surgery versus conservative treatment for the moderate-volume hematoma in spontaneous basal ganglia hemorrhage (ECMOH): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Xin Zan, Hao Li, Wenke Liu, Yuan Fang, Junpeng Ma, Zhigang Lan, Xi Li, Xin Liu, Chao You
The effect of stimulation therapy and donepezil on cognitive function in Alzheimer’s disease. A community based RCT with a two-by-two factorial design
Fred Andersen, Matti Viitanen, Dag S Halvorsen, Bjørn Straume, Tom Wilsgaard, Torgeir A Engstad
Phenotypical difference of Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) V717L mutation in Japanese family
Masao Abe, Naomi Sonobe, Ryuji Fukuhara, Yoko Mori, Shinichiro Ochi, Teruhisa Matsumoto, Takaaki Mori, Satoshi Tanimukai, Shu-ichi Ueno
Acute posthypoxic myoclonus after cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Aline Bouwes, Daniël van Poppelen, Johannes HTM Koelman, Michael A Kuiper, Durk F Zandstra, Henry C Weinstein, Selma C Tromp, Eveline GJ Zandbergen, Marina AJ Tijssen, Janneke Horn
Primary epidural lymphocyte-depleted Hodgkin’s lymphoma of the thoracic spine – presentation of a rare disease variant
Ekkehard M Kasper, Fred C Lam, Markus M Luedi, Pascal O Zinn, German A Pihan
Oxidative stress markers are associated to vascular recurrence in non-cardioembolic stroke patients non-treated with statins
David Brea, Jaume Roquer, Joaquín Serena, Tomás Segura, José Castillo
Comparative evaluation of treatment with low-dose aspirin plus dipyridamole versus aspirin only in patients with acute ischaemic stroke
Lola Arnarsdottir, Clara Hjalmarsson, Lena Bokemark, Björn Andersson
Increased left anterior insular and inferior prefrontal activity in post-stroke mania
Akihiro Koreki, Keisuke Takahata, Hajime Tabuchi, Motoichiro Kato
Different associations of white matter lesions with depression and cognition
Jun-Young Lee, Philip Insel, R Scott Mackin, Norbert Schuff, Helena Chui, Charles DeCarli, Kee Hyung Park, Susanne G Mueller, Michael W Weiner
Quantitative muscle strength assessment in duchenne muscular dystrophy: longitudinal study and correlation with functional measures
Alberto Lerario, Serena Bonfiglio, MariaPia Sormani, Andrea Tettamanti, Sarah Marktel, Sara Napolitano, Stefano Previtali, Marina Scarlato, MariaGrazia Natali-Sora, Eugenio Mercuri, Nereo Bresolin, Tiziana Mongini, Giancarlo Comi, Roberto Gatti, Fabio Ciceri, Giulio Cossu, Yvan Torrente
A novel conceptual framework for balance training in Parkinson’s disease-study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
David Conradsson, Niklas Löfgren, Agneta Ståhle, Maria Hagströmer, Erika Franzén
Pregnancy and fetal outcomes after Glatiramer Acetate exposure in patients with multiple sclerosis: a prospective observational multicentric study
Marta Giannini, Emilio Portaccio, Angelo Ghezzi, Bahia Hakiki, Luisa Pastò, Lorenzo Razzolini, Elisa Piscolla, Laura De Giglio, Carlo Pozzilli, Damiano Paolicelli, Maria Trojano, Maria Giovanna Marrosu, Francesco Patti, Loredana La Mantia, Gianluigi Mancardi, Claudio Solaro, Rocco Totaro, Maria Rosaria Tola, Giovanna De Luca, Alessandra Lugaresi, Lucia Moiola, Vittorio Martinelli, Giancarlo Comi, Maria Pia Amato
UCHL1 S18Y variant is a risk factor for Parkinson’s disease in Japan
Yoshihiro Miyake, Keiko Tanaka, Wakaba Fukushima, Chikako Kiyohara, Satoshi Sasaki, Yoshio Tsuboi, Tatsuo Yamada, Tomoko Oeda, Hiroyuki Shimada, Nobutoshi Kawamura, Nobutaka Sakae, Hidenao Fukuyama, Yoshio Hirota, Masaki Nagai
Study protocol: Brief intervention for medication overuse headache - A double-blinded cluster randomised parallel controlled trial in primary care
Espen Saxhaug Kristoffersen, Jørund Straand, Jūratė Saltytė Benth, Michael Bjørn Russell, Christofer Lundqvist
Study protocol: EXERcise and Cognition In Sedentary adults with Early-ONset dementia (EXERCISE-ON)
Astrid M Hooghiemstra, Laura HP Eggermont, Philip Scheltens, Wiesje M van der Flier, Jet Bakker, Mathieu HG de Greef, Peter A Koppe, Erik JA Scherder
Inflammatory-like presentation of CADASIL: a diagnostic challenge
Nicolas Collongues, Nathalie Derache, Frédéric Blanc, Pierre Labauge, Jérôme de Seze, Gilles Defer
Exploring the predictive value of the evoked potentials score in MS within an appropriate patient population: a hint for an early identification of benign MS?
Nicolò Margaritella, Laura Mendozzi, Massimo Garegnani, Raffaello Nemni, Elena Colicino, Elisabetta Gilardi, Luigi Pugnetti
Rationale and design of a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of nimodipine in preventing cognitive impairment in ischemic cerebrovascular events (NICE)
Penglian Wang, Yongjun Wang, Tao Feng, Xingquan Zhao, Yong Zhou, Yilong Wang, Weixiong Shi, Yi Ju
Excitability decreasing central motor plasticity is retained in multiple sclerosis patients
Daniel Zeller, Su-Yin Dang, David Weise, Peter Rieckmann, Klaus V Toyka, Joseph Classen
Enhanced sensitivity to punctate painful stimuli in female patients with chronic low back pain
Christian Puta, Birgit Schulz, Saskia Schoeler, Walter Magerl, Brunhild Gabriel, Holger H W Gabriel, Wolfgang H R Miltner, Thomas Weiss
Regulatory role of vitamin D in T-cell reactivity against myelin peptides in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients
Laia Grau-López, Maria Luisa Granada, Dàlia Raïch-Regué, Mar Naranjo-Gómez, Francesc E Borràs-Serres, Eva Martínez-Cáceres, Cristina Ramo-Tello
Prevalence of essential tremor in urban Lagos, Nigeria: a door-to-door community-based study
Njideka U Okubadejo, Idowu A Bankole, Oluwadamilola O Ojo, Frank I Ojini, Mustapha A Danesi
A novel syndrome of lethal familial hyperekplexia associated with brain malformation
Mohammed Zein Seidahmed, Mustafa A Salih, Omer B Abdulbasit, Meeralebbae Shaheed, Khalid Al Hussein, Abeer M Miqdad, Abdullah K Al Rasheed, Anas M Alazami, Ibrahim A Alorainy, Fowzan S Alkuraya
Huntington's Disease and its therapeutic target genes: a global functional profile based on the HD Research Crossroads database
Ravi Kiran Reddy Kalathur, Miguel A Hernández-Prieto, Matthias E Futschik
A comparison of 4D time-resolved MRA with keyhole and 3D time-of-flight MRA at 3.0 T for the evaluation of cerebral aneurysms
Qian Wu, Ming-Hua Li
The effects of levosimendan on brain metabolism during initial recovery from global transient ischaemia/hypoxia
Anna B Roehl, Norbert Zoremba, Markus Kipp, Johannes Schiefer, Andreas Goetzenich, Christian Bleilevens, Nikolaus Kuehn-Velten, Rene Tolba, Rolf Rossaint, Marc Hein
Geomagnetic disturbances may be environmental risk factor for multiple sclerosis: an ecological study of 111 locations in 24 countries
Seyed Aidin Sajedi, Fahimeh Abdollahi
Memory and Executive Screening (MES): a brief cognitive test for detecting mild cognitive impairment
Qi-hao Guo, Bin Zhou, Qian-hua Zhao, Bei Wang, Zhen Hong
Effects of cardiovascular exercise early after stroke: systematic review and meta-analysis
Oliver Stoller, Eling D de Bruin, Ruud H Knols, Kenneth J Hunt
Observation and execution of upper-limb movements as a tool for rehabilitation of motor deficits in paretic stroke patients: protocol of a randomized clinical trial
Denis Ertelt, Claudia Hemmelmann, Christian Dettmers, Andreas Ziegler, Ferdinand Binkofski
Unusual MRI findings of dural arteriovenous fistula: Isolated perfusion lesions mimicking TIA
Yong-Won Kim, Dong-Hun Kang, Yang-Ha Hwang, Sung-Pa Park
Characteristics of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy clarified through internet-assisted laboratory surveillance in Japan
Kazuo Nakamichi, Hidehiro Mizusawa, Masahito Yamada, Shuji Kishida, Yoshiharu Miura, Toshio Shimokawa, Tomohiko Takasaki, Chang-Kweng Lim, Ichiro Kurane, Masayuki Saijo
Randomized controlled trial of a teleconference fatigue management plus physical activity intervention in adults with multiple sclerosis: rationale and research protocol
Matthew Plow, Marcia Finlayson, Robert W Motl, Francois Bethoux
Ubiquitin Carboxy-Terminal Hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1) is increased in cerebrospinal fluid and plasma of patients after epileptic seizure
Stefania Mondello, Johanna Palmio, Jackson Streeter, Ronald L Hayes, Jukka Peltola, Andreas Jeromin
Monozygotic twins concordant for Kleine-Levin syndrome
Taro Ueno, Akira Fukuhara, Azusa Ikegami, Fumihiro Ohishi, Kazuhiko Kume
High dose Erythropoietin increases Brain Tissue Oxygen Tension in Severe Vasospasm after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Raimund Helbok, Ehab Shaker, Ronny Beer, Andreas Chemelli, Martin Sojer, Florian Sohm, Gregor Broessner, Peter Lackner, Monika Beck, Alexandra Zangerle, Bettina Pfausler, Claudius Thome, Erich Schmutzhard
An outcome measure of functionality in patients with lumber spinal stenosis: a validation study of the Iranian version of Neurogenic Claudication Outcome Score (NCOS)
Parisa Azimi, Hassan Reza Mohammadi, Ali Montazeri
Early microstructural white matter changes in patients with HIV: A diffusion tensor imaging study
Bianca Stubbe-Drger, Michael Deppe, Siawoosh Mohammadi, Simon S Keller, Harald Kugel, Nora Gregor, Stefan Evers, Peter Young, E-Bernd Ringelstein, Gabriele Arendt, Stefan Knecht, Ingo W Husstedt
CMV-associated encephalitis and antineuronal autoantibodies - a case report
Xinling Xu, Peter Bergman, Thomas Willows, Charlotte Tammik, Marie Sund, Tomas Hökfelt, Cecilia Söderberg-Naucler, Stefania Varani
Precipitating and relieving factors of migraine versus tension type headache
Badrul Haque, Kazi Mohibur Rahman, Azharul Hoque, ATM Hasibul Hasan, Rajib Nayan Chowdhury, Sharif Uddin Khan, Mondal Badrul Alam, Mansur Habib, Quazi Deen Mohammad
Incidence of and risk factors for Motor Neurone Disease in UK women: a prospective study
Pat Doyle, Anna Brown, Valerie Beral, Gillian Reeves, Jane Green
Effect of wearing a dorsiflexion assist orthosis on mobility, perceived fatigue and exertion during the six-minute walk test in people with multiple sclerosis: a randomised cross-over protocol
James McLoughlin, Christopher Barr, Daina Sturnieks, Stephen Lord, Maria Crotty
Cardiac Troponin I elevation after epileptic seizure
Nicole Sieweke, Jens Allendörfer, Wolfgang Franzen, Andreas Feustel, Frank Reichenberger, Wolfgang Pabst, Heidrun Heidi Krämer, Manfred Kaps, Christian Tanislav
Long-term effects of cranial irradiation and intrathecal chemotherapy in treatment of childhood leukemia: a MEG study of power spectrum and correlated cognitive dysfunction
Marita Daams, Ilse Schuitema, Bob W van Dijk, Eline van Dulmen-den Broeder, Anjo JP Veerman, Cor van den Bos, Leo MJ de Sonneville
Design, methods and demographic findings of the DEMINVALL survey: a population-based study of Dementia in Valladolid, Northwestern Spain
Miguel Angel Tola-Arribas, María José Garea, María Isabel Yugueros, Fernando Ortega-Valín, Ana Cerón, Beatriz Fernández-Malvido, Marta González-Touya, Antonio San José, Ana Botrán, Vanessa Iglesias, Bárbara Díaz-Gómez
TH1/TH2 Cytokine profile in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients treated with Glatiramer acetate or Natalizumab
Celia Oreja-Guevara, Jaime Ramos-Cejudo, Luiz Stark Aroeira, Beatriz Chamorro, Exuperio Diez-Tejedor
Neurosyphilis with dementia and bilateral hippocampal atrophy on brain magnetic resonance imaging
Shima Mehrabian, Margarita Raycheva, Martina Traykova, Tonya Stankova, Latchezar Penev, Olga Grigorova, Latchezar Traykov
Probable levetiracetam-related serum alkaline phosphatase elevation
Nian Xiong, Lingling Hou, Na Lu, Asrah A Mohamed, Tao Wang, Yaling Huang
Microalbuminuria indicates long-term vascular risk in patients after acute stroke undergoing in-patient rehabilitation
Dirk Sander, Christian Weimar, Peter Bramlage, Tobias Brandt, Ludger Rosin, Mario Siebler
4-Chloropropofol enhances chloride currents in human hyperekplexic and artificial mutated glycine receptors
Jeanne de la Roche, Martin Leuwer, Klaus Krampfl, Gertrud Haeseler, Reinhard Dengler, Vanessa Buchholz, Jörg Ahrens
Intravenous immunoglobulin treatment in a patient with adrenomyeloneuropathy
Aia Elise Jønch, Else Rubæk Danielsen, Carsten Thomsen, Per Meden, Kirsten Svenstrup, Jørgen Erik Nielsen
Swirl sign in intracerebral haemorrhage: definition, prevalence, reliability and prognostic value
Eufrozina Selariu, Elisabet Zia, Marco Brizzi, Kasim Abul-Kasim
DEcompressive Surgery for the Treatment of malignant INfarction of the middle cerebral arterY - Registry (DESTINY-R): design and protocols
Hermann Neugebauer, Peter U Heuschmann, Eric Jüttler
Comparison of gait in progressive supranuclear palsy, Parkinson’s disease and healthy older adults
Thorlene Egerton, David R Williams, Robert Iansek
Risk factors for ischemic stroke; results from 9 years of follow-up in a population based cohort of Iran
Noushin Fahimfar, Davood Khalili, Reza Mohebi, Fereidoun Azizi, Farzad Hadaegh
Training dual-task walking in community-dwelling adults within 1 year of stroke: a protocol for a single-blind randomized controlled trial
Prudence Plummer-D’Amato, Anastasia Kyvelidou, Dagmar Sternad, Bijan Najafi, Raymond M Villalobos, David Zurakowski
An emboligenic pulmonary abscess leading to ischemic stroke and secondary brain abscess
Philipp Albrecht, Mark Stettner, Leila Husseini, Stephan Macht, Sebastian Jander, Colin Mackenzie, Ulrike Oesterlee, Philipp Slotty, Axel Methner, Hans-Peter Hartung, Orhan Aktas
Social and economic burden of walking and mobility problems in multiple sclerosis
James Pike, Edward Jones, Krithika Rajagopalan, James Piercy, Peter Anderson
Cardiovascular risk factors and cognitive function in middle aged and elderly Lithuanian urban population: results from the HAPIEE study
Abdonas Tamosiunas, Migle Baceviciene, Regina Reklaitiene, Ricardas Radisauskas, Kristina Jureniene, Adelina Azaraviciene, Dalia Luksiene, Vilija Malinauskiene, Evelina Daugeliene, Laura Sapranaviciute-Zabazlajeva
Pretreatment with intrathecal amitriptyline potentiates anti-hyperalgesic effects of post-injury intra-peritoneal amitriptyline following spinal nerve ligation
Kuang-I Cheng, Hung-Chen Wang, Lin-Li Chang, Fu-Yen Wang, Chung-Sheng Lai, Chao-Wen Chou, Hung-Pei Tsai, Aij-Lie Kwan
Direct cost associated with acquired brain injury in Ontario
Amy Chen, Ksenia Bushmeneva, Brandon Zagorski, Angela Colantonio, Daria Parsons, Walter P Wodchis
Endovascular coiling versus neurosurgical clipping in patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysm: a systematic review
Jin Seub Hwang, Min Kyung Hyun, Hyun Joo Lee, Ji Eun Choi, Jong Hee Kim, Na Rae Lee, Jin-Won Kwon, EnJu Lee
Rapid identification of a major diffusion/perfusion mismatch in distal internal carotid artery or middle cerebral artery ischemic stroke
Reza Hakimelahi, Albert J Yoo, Julian He, Lee H Schwamm, Michael H Lev, Pamela W Schaefer, Ramon Gilberto González
Daytime sleepiness in Japanese patients with multiple system atrophy: prevalence and determinants
Takayoshi Shimohata, Hideaki Nakayama, Masahiko Tomita, Tetsutaro Ozawa, Masatoyo Nishizawa
Pramipexole use and the risk of pneumonia
Pierre Ernst, Christel Renoux, Sophie Dell'Aniello, Samy Suissa
Effectiveness of intravenous Dexamethasone versus Propofol for pain relief in the migraine headache: A prospective double blind randomized clinical trial
Hassan Soleimanpour, Rouzbeh Rajaei Ghafouri, Aliakbar Taheraghdam, Dawood Aghamohammadi, Sohrab Negargar, Samad EJ Golzari, Mohsen Abbasnezhad
The association between cognitive function and white matter lesion location in older adults: a systematic review
Niousha Bolandzadeh, Jennifer C Davis, Roger Tam, Todd C Handy, Teresa Liu-Ambrose
Minocycline-associated rimmed vacuolar myopathy in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis
Kota Bokuda, Keizo Sugaya, Shunichiro Tamura, Kazuhito Miyamoto, Shiro Matsubara, Takashi Komori
Motor training programs of arm and hand in patients with MS according to different levels of the ICF: a systematic review
Annemie IF Spooren, Annick AA Timmermans, Henk AM Seelen
Spreading brain lesions in a familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with V180I mutation over 4 years
Kentaro Deguchi, Motonori Takamiya, Shoko Deguchi, Nobutoshi Morimoto, Tomoko Kurata, Yoshio Ikeda, Koji Abe
Resting state in Alzheimer's disease: a concurrent analysis of Flash-Visual Evoked Potentials and quantitative EEG
Antonio Tartaglione, Luciano Spadavecchia, Marco Maculotti, Fabio Bandini
Stereoscopic virtual reality models for planning tumor resection in the sellar region
Shou-sen Wang, Shang-ming Zhang, Jun-jie Jing
Are the effects of a non-drug multimodal activation therapy of dementia sustainable? Follow-up study 10 months after completion of a randomised controlled trial
Katharina Luttenberger, Benjamin Hofner, Elmar Graessel
Fine motor skills in adult Tourette patients are task-dependent
Irene Neuner, Jorge Arrubla, Corinna Ehlen, Hildegard Janouschek, Carlos Nordt, Bruno Fimm, Frank Schneider, N Jon Shah, Wolfram Kawohl
Effects of multicomponent exercise on cognitive function in older adults with amnestic mild cognitive impairment: a randomized controlled trial
Takao Suzuki, Hiroyuki Shimada, Hyuma Makizako, Takehiko Doi, Daisuke Yoshida, Kota Tsutsumimoto, Yuya Anan, Kazuki Uemura, Sangyoon Lee, Hyuntae Park
Functional response to cholinesterase inhibitor therapy in a naturalistic Alzheimer’s disease cohort
Carina Wattmo, Åsa K Wallin, Lennart Minthon
Risk of fractures in patients with multiple sclerosis: record-linkage study
Sreeram V Ramagopalan, Olena Seminog, Raphael Goldacre, Michael J Goldacre
Validation of a culturally modified short form of the McCarthy Scales of Children’s Abilities in 6 to 8 year old Zimbabwean school children: a cross section study
Gwendoline Q Kandawasvika, Paul M Mapingure, Margaret Nhembe, Richard Mtereredzi, Babill Stray-Pedersen
The social and economic burden of stroke survivors in Italy: a prospective, incidence-based, multi-centre cost of illness study
Giovanni Fattore, Aleksandra Torbica, Alessandra Susi, Aguzzi Giovanni, Giancarlo Benelli, Marianna Gozzo, Vito Toso
Current clinical practice for Parkinson’s disease among Chinese physicians, general neurologists and movement disorders specialists: a national survey
Wei Chen, Shuai Chen, Qin Xiao, Gang Wang, Sheng-Di Chen
Signal alterations of the basal ganglia in the differential diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease: a retrospective case-controlled MRI data bank analysis
Sarah Jesse, Jan Kassubek, Hans-Peter Müller, Albert C Ludolph, Alexander Unrath
Comparative injection-site pain and tolerability of subcutaneous serum-free formulation of interferonβ-1a versus subcutaneous interferonβ-1b: results of the randomized, multicenter, Phase IIIb REFORMS study
Barry Singer, Daniel Bandari, Mark Cascione, Christopher LaGanke, John Huddlestone, Randy Bennett, Fernando Dangond
Caregiver burden in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is more dependent on patients’ behavioral changes than physical disability: a comparative study
Patricia Lillo, Eneida Mioshi, John R Hodges
Epidural analgesia and cesarean delivery in multiple sclerosis post-partum relapses: the Italian cohort study
Luisa Pastò, Emilio Portaccio, Angelo Ghezzi, Bahia Hakiki, Marta Giannini, Lorenzo Razzolini, Elisa Piscolla, Laura De Giglio, Carlo Pozzilli, Damiano Paolicelli, Maria Trojano, Maria Giovanna Marrosu, Francesco Patti, Loredana La Mantia, Gian Luigi Mancardi, Claudio Solaro, Rocco Totaro, Maria Rosaria Tola, Valeria Di Tommaso, Alessandra Lugaresi, Lucia Moiola, Vittorio Martinelli, Giancarlo Comi, Maria Pia Amato
Thromboembolic risks of recombinant factor VIIa Use in warfarin-associated intracranial hemorrhage: a case–control study
Chou Sherry H-Y, Cai Xuemei, Konigsberg Rachael G, Bresette Linda M, Henderson Galen V, Sorond Farzaneh A, Feske Steven K
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome could be an underestimated variant of “reversible neurological deficits” in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Bin Liu, Xuan Zhang, Feng-chun Zhang, Yuan Yao, Ri-zhi Zhou, Miao-Miao Xin, Li-Qin Wang
Two randomized controlled clinical trials to study the effectiveness of prednisolone treatment in preventing and restoring clinical nerve function loss in leprosy: the TENLEP study protocols
Inge Wagenaar, Wim Brandsma, Erik Post, Wim van Brakel, Diana Lockwood, Peter Nicholls, Paul Saunderson, Cairns Smith, Einar Wilder-Smith, Jan Hendrik Richardus
An exploration of impaired walking dynamics and fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis
Janina M Burschka, Philipp M Keune, Uwe Menge, Ulrich Hofstadt-van Oy, Patrick Oschmann, Olaf Hoos
Multidisciplinary transmural rehabilitation for older persons with a stroke: the design of a randomised controlled trial
Tom PMM Vluggen, Jolanda CM van Haastregt, Jeanine A Verbunt, Elly JM Keijsers, Jos MGA Schols
Life satisfaction two-years after stroke onset: the effects of gender, sex occupational status, memory function and quality of life among stroke patients (Newsqol) and their family caregivers (Whoqol-bref) in Luxembourg
Michèle Baumann, Sophie Couffignal, Etienne Le Bihan, Nearkasen Chau
Treatment of multiple system atrophy using intravenous immunoglobulin
Peter Novak, Arlene Williams, Paula Ravin, Omar Zurkiya, Amir Abduljalil, Vera Novak
The utility of the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test (Chinese version) for screening dementia and mild cognitive impairment in a Chinese population
Jing Shi, Jinzhou Tian, Mingqing Wei, Yingchun Miao, Yongyan Wang
Prospective memory tasks: a more sensitive method for screening cognitive impairment in ALS?
Ying Ji, Ling Wei, Dehua Chui, Kai Wang, Dongsheng Fan
The overall impairment of core executive function components in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment: a cross-sectional study
Dongming Zheng, Xiaoyu Dong, Hongzan Sun, Yongchuan Xu, Ying Ma, Xiaoming Wang
The effects of a home-based arm ergometry exercise programme on physical fitness, fatigue and activity in polio survivors: protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Deirdre Murray, Dara Meldrum, Roisin Moloney, Anna Campion, Frances Horgan, Orla Hardiman
The effects of a rhythm and music-based therapy program and therapeutic riding in late recovery phase following stroke: a study protocol for a three-armed randomized controlled trial
Lina Bunketorp Käll, Åsa Lundgren-Nilsson, Christian Blomstrand, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny, Michael Nilsson
Outcome and upper extremity function within 72 hours after first occasion of stroke in an unselected population at a stroke unit. A part of the SALGOT study
Hanna C Persson, Marina Parziali, Anna Danielsson, Katharina S Sunnerhagen
Hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.4 and sodium chloride injection as adjunctive therapy in patients with cerebral hypoperfusion
Junliang Han, Fang Yang, Wenrui Jiang, Guangyun Zhang, Zhirong Liu, Xuedong Liu, Feng Xia, Ya Bai, Junhong He, Manxiang Chao, Gang Zhao
Protective factors in patients aged over 65 with stroke treated by physiotherapy, showing cognitive impairment, in the Valencia Community. Protection Study in Older People (EPACV)
Vicente Gil-Guillen, Concepcion Carratala-Munuera, Juan Carlos Andres Ortega, Domingo Orozco-Beltran, José Martínez Ribera, Avelino Pereira Expósito, Pablo Martínez Cánovas, Eduardo Payá Mora, Emilio Mayoral Azofra, Antonio Fernández Giménez, Adriana Lopez-Pineda, Patricia Lorca-Amorrich, Carlos Plaza-Sirvent, Elisabet Berzosa Sola, Ramon Salas-Rico, Angel Fernandez-Garcia
A prospective cohort study of stroke characteristics, care, and mortality in a hospital stroke registry in Vietnam
David L Tirschwell, Thanh G N Ton, Kiet A Ly, Quang Van Ngo, Tung T Vo, Chien Hung Pham, William T Longstreth Jr, Annette L Fitzpatrick
Retinal nerve fibre layer loss in hereditary spastic paraplegias is restricted to complex phenotypes
Sarah Wiethoff, Ahmad Zhour, Ludger Schöls, Manuel Dominik Fischer
Recurrent aseptic meningitis in association with Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease: case report and literature review
Tomoko Komagamine, Takahide Nagashima, Masaru Kojima, Norito Kokubun, Toshiki Nakamura, Kenich Hashimoto, Kazuhito Kimoto, Koichi Hirata
Modeling delay to diagnosis for Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: under reporting and incidence estimates
Irene Rocchetti, Domenica Taruscio, Daniela Pierannunzio
Transdermal rotigotine for the perioperative management of restless legs syndrome
Birgit Högl, Wolfgang H Oertel, Erwin Schollmayer, Lars Bauer
Acute symptomatic hypoglycaemia mimicking ischaemic stroke on imaging: a systemic review
Ai Wain Yong, Zoe Morris, Kirsten Shuler, Colin Smith, Joanna Wardlaw
MHC2TA mRNA levels and human herpesvirus 6 in multiple sclerosis patients treated with interferon beta along two-year follow-up
Maria Inmaculada Dominguez-Mozo, Marta Garcia-Montojo, Virginia De Las Heras, Angel Garcia-Martinez, Ana Maria Arias-Leal, Ignacio Casanova, Rafael Arroyo, Roberto Alvarez-Lafuente
MRI findings are often missed in the diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Christopher Carswell, Andrew Thompson, Ana Lukic, John Stevens, Peter Rudge, Simon Mead, John Collinge, Harpreet Hyare
Temporal profile of body temperature in acute ischemic stroke: relation to stroke severity and outcome
Bartosz Karaszewski, Ralph GR Thomas, Martin S Dennis, Joanna M Wardlaw
White matter connectivity in children with autism spectrum disorders: a tract-based spatial statistics study
Lucia Billeci, Sara Calderoni, Michela Tosetti, Marco Catani, Filippo Muratori