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BMC Neurology

Issue 1/2013

Content (212 Articles)

Open Access Research article

Cerebrospinal fluid CXCL13 in Lyme neuroborreliosis and asymptomatic HIV infection

Daniel Bremell, Niklas Mattsson, Mikael Edsbagge, Kaj Blennow, Ulf Andreasson, Carsten Wikkelsö, Henrik Zetterberg, Lars Hagberg

Open Access Study protocol

Interdisciplinary Comprehensive Arm Rehabilitation Evaluation (ICARE): a randomized controlled trial protocol

Carolee J Winstein, Steven L Wolf, Alexander W Dromerick, Christianne J Lane, Monica A Nelsen, Rebecca Lewthwaite, Sarah Blanton, Charro Scott, Aimee Reiss, Steven Yong Cen, Rahsaan Holley, Stanley P Azen

Open Access Research article

Lipid management in the prevention of stroke: a meta-analysis of fibrates for stroke prevention

Yu-Hao Zhou, Xiao-Fei Ye, Fei-Fei Yu, Xiao Zhang, Ying-Yi Qin, Jian Lu, Jia He

Open Access Research article

A systematic review of the responsiveness of lower limb physical performance measures in inpatient care after stroke

Katharine Scrivener, Catherine Sherrington, Karl Schurr

Open Access Research article

Jugular venous reflux and plasma endothelin-1 are associated with cough syncope: a case control pilot study

Chih-Ping Chung, Chun-Yu Cheng, Robert Zivadinov, Wei-Chih Chen, Wen-Yung Sheng, Yu-Chin Lee, Han-Hwa Hu, Hung-Yi Hsu, Kuang-Yao Yang

Open Access Research article

The dementia and disability project in Thai elderly: rational, design, methodology and early results

Vorapun Senanarong, Kamolthip Harnphadungkit, Niphon Poungvarin, Sathit Vannasaeng, Samut Chongwisal, Tipa Chakorn, Piyanuch Jamjumrus, Atthapon Raksthaput, Sinisa Chaichanettee, Nattapol Aoonkaew, Suthipol Udompunthurak, Rachelle S Doody, Jeffrey L Cummings

Open Access Research article

Structural equation modeling of factors contributing to quality of life in Japanese patients with multiple sclerosis

Hiromi Kikuchi, Nobuhiro Mifune, Masaaki Niino, Jun-ichi Kira, Tatsuo Kohriyama, Kohei Ota, Masami Tanaka, Hirofumi Ochi, Shunya Nakane, Seiji Kikuchi

Open Access Study protocol

Intensified secondary prevention intending a reduction of recurrent events in TIA and minor stroke patients (INSPiRE-TMS): a protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Stefanie Leistner, Georg Michelson, Inga Laumeier, Michael Ahmadi, Maureen Smyth, Gabriele Nieweler, Wolfram Doehner, Jan Sobesky, Jochen B Fiebach, Peter Marx, Otto Busse, Friedrich Köhler, Holger Poppert, Martin LJ Wimmer, Thomas Knoll, Paul Von Weitzel-Mudersbach, Heinrich J Audebert

Open Access Research article

Morphological macrovascular alterations in complex regional pain syndrome type I demonstrated by increased intima-media thickness

Nicola Derenthal, Tim Maecken, Elena Krumova, Alfried Germing, Christoph Maier

Open Access Case report

POLG1 mutations and stroke like episodes: a distinct clinical entity rather than an atypical MELAS syndrome

Antonella Cheldi, Dario Ronchi, Andreina Bordoni, Bianca Bordo, Silvia Lanfranconi, Maria Grazia Bellotti, Stefania Corti, Valeria Lucchini, Monica Sciacco, Maurizio Moggio, Pierluigi Baron, Giacomo Pietro Comi, Antonio Colombo, Anna Bersano

Open Access Case report

Abdominal wall hemorrhage after intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke

Se-A An, Jinkwon Kim, Sang Heum Kim, Won Chan Chan Kim

Open Access Research article

Probable rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder, nocturnal disturbances and quality of life in patients with Parkinson’s disease: a case-controlled study using the rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder screening questionnaire

Keisuke Suzuki, Tomoyuki Miyamoto, Masayuki Miyamoto, Yuka Watanabe, Shiho Suzuki, Muneto Tatsumoto, Masaoki Iwanami, Tsubasa Sada, Taro Kadowaki, Ayaka Numao, Kenichi Hashimoto, Hideki Sakuta, Koichi Hirata

Open Access Research article

Limb-onset amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients visiting orthopedist show a longer time-to-diagnosis since symptom onset

Osamu Kano, Konosuke Iwamoto, Hirono Ito, Yuji Kawase, Derek Cridebring, Ken Ikeda, Yasuo Iwasaki

Open Access Research article

Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in multiple sclerosis: a highly prevalent age-dependent phenomenon

Roberta Lanzillo, Marcello Mancini, Raffaele Liuzzi, Orlando Di Donato, Elena Salvatore, Valentina Maglio, Giovanni Vacca, Luca Amato, Gennaro D’Anna, Arturo Brunetti, Vincenzo Brescia Morra

Open Access Study protocol

Implementation of a population-based epidemiological rare disease registry: study protocol of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - registry Swabia

Gabriele Nagel, Hatice Ünal, Angela Rosenbohm, Albert C Ludolph, Dietrich Rothenbacher

Open Access Technical advance

The frequency modulated auditory evoked response (FMAER), a technical advance for study of childhood language disorders: cortical source localization and selected case studies

Frank H Duffy, Yaman Z Eksioglu, Alexander Rotenberg, Joseph R Madsen, Aditi Shankardass, Heidelise Als

Open Access Research article

Neuropathic pain and use of PainDETECT in patients with fibromyalgia: a cohort study

Jarno Gauffin, Tiina Hankama, Hannu Kautiainen, Pekka Hannonen, Maija Haanpää

Open Access Research article

Mental comorbidity and multiple sclerosis: validating administrative data to support population-based surveillance

Ruth Ann Marrie, John D Fisk, Bo Nancy Yu, Stella Leung, Lawrence Elliott, Patricia Caetano, Sharon Warren, Charity Evans, Christina Wolfson, Lawrence W Svenson, Helen Tremlett, James F Blanchard, Scott B Patten

Open Access Research article

Performance measures for in-hospital care of acute ischemic stroke in public hospitals in Chile

Lorena Hoffmeister, Pablo M Lavados, Merce Comas, Carolina Vidal, Rodrigo Cabello, Xavier Castells

Open Access Study protocol

V-TIME: a treadmill training program augmented by virtual reality to decrease fall risk in older adults: study design of a randomized controlled trial

Anat Mirelman, Lynn Rochester, Miriam Reelick, Freek Nieuwhof, Elisa Pelosin, Giovanni Abbruzzese, Kim Dockx, Alice Nieuwboer, Jeffrey M Hausdorff

Open Access Research article

Assessment of localisation to auditory stimulation in post-comatose states: use the patient’s own name

Lijuan Cheng, Olivia Gosseries, Limei Ying, Xiaohua Hu, Dan Yu, Hongxing Gao, Minhui He, Caroline Schnakers, Steven Laureys, Haibo Di

Open Access Study protocol

The everyday experience of living with and managing a neurological condition (the LINC study): study design

Joan Versnel, Tanya Packer, Lori E Weeks, Jocelyn Brown, Marshall Godwin, Susan Hutchinson, George Kephart, Diane MacKenzie, Kerstin Roger, Robin Stadnyk, Michelle Villeneuve, Grace Warner

Open Access Research article

Exome sequencing identifies titin mutations causing hereditary myopathy with early respiratory failure (HMERF) in families of diverse ethnic origins

Camilo Toro, Montse Olivé, Marinos C Dalakas, Kumaraswami Sivakumar, Juan M Bilbao, Felix Tyndel, Noemí Vidal, Eva Farrero, Nyamkhishig Sambuughin, Lev G Goldfarb

Open Access Study protocol

Increased masticatory activity and quality of life in elderly persons with dementia-a longitudinal matched cluster randomized single-blind multicenter intervention study

Roxane Anthea Francesca Weijenberg, Frank Lobbezoo, Dirk Lucas Knol, Jori Tomassen, Erik Johan Anton Scherder

Open Access Research article

Cell stress molecules in the skeletal muscle of GNE myopathy

Charlotte Fischer, Konstanze Kleinschnitz, Arne Wrede, Ingrid Muth, Niels Kruse, Ichizo Nishino, Jens Schmidt

Open Access Research article

Validity of the “Drift without pronation” sign in conversion disorder

Corinna Daum, Selma Aybek

Open Access Research article

Modifications of longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis and brainstem lesions in the course of neuromyelitis optica (NMO): a population-based, descriptive study

Nasrin Asgari, Hanne Pernille Bro Skejoe, Soeren Thue Lillevang, Troels Steenstrup, Egon Stenager, Kirsten Ohm Kyvik

Open Access Debate

Neuromarketing and consumer neuroscience: contributions to neurology

Andrija Javor, Monika Koller, Nick Lee, Laura Chamberlain, Gerhard Ransmayr

Open Access Research article

LINGO1 rs9652490 and rs11856808 polymorphisms are not associated with risk for multiple sclerosis

Elena García-Martín, Oswaldo Lorenzo-Betancor, Carmen Martínez, Pau Pastor, Julián Benito-León, Jorge Millán-Pascual, Patricia Calleja, María Díaz-Sánchez, Diana Pisa, Laura Turpín-Fenoll, Hortensia Alonso-Navarro, Lucía Ayuso-Peralta, Dolores Torrecillas, Elena Lorenzo, José Francisco Plaza-Nieto, José A G Agúndez, Félix Javier Jiménez-Jiménez

Open Access Reviewer acknowledgement

Reviewer acknowledgement 2012

Deesha A Majithia

Open Access Research article

Clinical significance of plasma VEGF value in ischemic stroke - research for biomarkers in ischemic stroke (REBIOS) study

Ryu Matsuo, Tetsuro Ago, Masahiro Kamouchi, Junya Kuroda, Takahiro Kuwashiro, Jun Hata, Hiroshi Sugimori, Kenji Fukuda, Seiji Gotoh, Noriko Makihara, Masayo Fukuhara, Hideto Awano, Tetsu Isomura, Kazuo Suzuki, Masahiro Yasaka, Yasushi Okada, Yutaka Kiyohara, Takanari Kitazono

Open Access Research article

A systematic review of biomarkers for disease progression in Parkinson’s disease

David JM McGhee, Pamela L Royle, Paul A Thompson, David E Wright, John P Zajicek, Carl E Counsell

Open Access Research article

Total white blood cell count or neutrophil count predict ischemic stroke events among adult Taiwanese: report from a community-based cohort study

Tzy-Haw Wu, Kuo-Liong Chien, Hung-Ju Lin, Hsiu-Ching Hsu, Ta-Chen Su, Ming-Fong Chen, Yuan-Teh Lee

Open Access Research article

Validation of patient determined disease steps (PDDS) scale scores in persons with multiple sclerosis

Yvonne C Learmonth, Robert W Motl, Brian M Sandroff, John H Pula, Diego Cadavid

Open Access Research article

Surgery and risk for multiple sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of case–control studies

Carole Lunny, Jennifer A Knopp-Sihota, Shawn N Fraser

Open Access Research article

The influence of Apolipoprotein E genotype on regional pathology in Alzheimer’s disease

Marwan N Sabbagh, Michael Malek-Ahmadi, Brittany N Dugger, Katarina Lee, Lucia I Sue, Geidy Serrano, Douglas G Walker, Kathryn Davis, Sandra A Jacobson, Thomas G Beach

Open Access Case report

Rapid-developed primary malignant myoepithelioma in the cavernous sinus: a case report

Yuan Hong, Song-Xue Guo, Sheng Chen, Damon Klebe, Jian-Min Zhang, Qun Wu

Open Access Research article

'Is tinnitus accompanied by hemifacial spasm in normal-hearing patients also a type of hyperactive neurovascular compression syndrome? : A magnetoencephalography study

Won Seok Chang, Bong Soo Kim, Ji Eun Lee, Hyun Ho Jung, Kiwoong Kim, Hyuk Chan Kwon, Yong Ho Lee, Jin Woo Chang

Open Access Case report

Paradoxical worsening of seizure activity with pregabalin in an adult with isodicentric 15 (IDIC-15) syndrome involving duplications of the GABRB3, GABRA5 and GABRG3 genes

Alessandro Di Rocco, Andrea Loggini, Maja Di Rocco, Pietro Di Rocco, Roger P Rossi, Giorgio Gimelli, Carl Bazil

Open Access Research article

Analysis of EIF4G1 in ethnic Chinese

Kai Li, Bei-sha Tang, Ji-feng Guo, Ming-xing Lou, Zhan-yun Lv, Zhen-hua Liu, Yun Tian, Cheng-yuan Song, Kun Xia, Xin-xiang Yan

Open Access Research article

Eleven years of experience with the neurologic complications in Korean patients with acute aortic dissection: a retrospective study

Seung-Jae Lee, Jae-Hyun Kim, Chan-Young Na, Sam-Sae Oh, Yang-Min Kim, Chang-Keun Lee, Dal-Soo Lim

Open Access Research article

Robot-assisted walking training for individuals with Parkinson’s disease: a pilot randomized controlled trial

Patrizio Sale, Maria Francesca De Pandis, Domenica Le Pera, Ivan Sova, Veronica Cimolin, Andrea Ancillao, Giorgio Albertini, Manuela Galli, Fabrizio Stocchi, Marco Franceschini

Open Access Research article

Autosomal dominant hereditary ataxia in Sri Lanka

Dulika S Sumathipala, Gayan S Abeysekera, Rohan W Jayasekara, Chantal ME Tallaksen, Vajira HW Dissanayake

Open Access Case report

Need for prolonged immunosupressive therapy in CLIPPERS-a case report

Juerd Wijntjes, Ernest J Wouda, Carl EH Siegert, Giorgos B Karas, Annemarie MM Vlaar

Open Access Research article

Cerebrospinal fluid neurofilament light chain protein levels in subtypes of frontotemporal dementia

Maria Landqvist Waldö, Alexander Frizell Santillo, Ulla Passant, Henrik Zetterberg, Lars Rosengren, Christer Nilsson, Elisabet Englund

Open Access Case report

West syndrome followed by juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: a coincidental occurrence?

Salvatore Mangano, Rosaria Nardello, Gabriele Tripi, Giuliana Giordano, Chiara Spitaleri, Giuseppa Renata Mangano, Antonina Fontana

Open Access Case report

Progressive striatal necrosis associated with anti-NMDA receptor antibodies

Charalampos Tzoulis, Christian Vedeler, Mette Haugen, Anette Storstein, Gia Tuong Tran, Ivar Otto Gjerde, Martin Biermann, Thomas Schwarzlmüller, Laurence A Bindoff

Open Access Research article

The clinical potential of blood-proteomics in multiple sclerosis

Roberto De Masi, Sergio Pasca, Rocco Scarpello, Adele Idolo, Antonella De Donno

Open Access Research article

Predictors of long-term survival among first-ever ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in a Brazilian stroke cohort

Alessandra C Goulart, Tiotrefis G Fernandes, Itamar S Santos, Airlane P Alencar, Isabela M Bensenor, Paulo A Lotufo

Open Access Case report

Heat stress presenting with encephalopathy and MRI findings of diffuse cerebral injury and hemorrhage

Waldo R Guerrero, Shaun Varghese, Sean Savitz, Tzu Ching Wu

Open Access Study protocol

Australian Cerebral Palsy Child Study: protocol of a prospective population based study of motor and brain development of preschool aged children with cerebral palsy

Roslyn N Boyd, Rachel Jordan, Laura Pareezer, Anne Moodie, Christine Finn, Belinda Luther, Evyn Arnfield, Aaron Pym, Alex Craven, Paula Beall, Kelly Weir, Megan Kentish, Meredith Wynter, Robert Ware, Michael Fahey, Barry Rawicki, Lynne McKinlay, Andrea Guzzetta

Open Access Research article

Incidence of multiple sclerosis among European Economic Area populations, 1985-2009: the framework for monitoring

Enrique Alcalde-Cabero, Javier Almazán-Isla, Antonio García-Merino, Joao de Sá, Jesús de Pedro-Cuesta

Open Access Research article

The University of Texas Houston Stroke Registry (UTHSR): implementation of enhanced data quality assurance procedures improves data quality

Mohammad H Rahbar, Nicole R Gonzales, Manouchehr Ardjomand-Hessabi, Amirali Tahanan, Melvin R Sline, Hui Peng, Renganayaki Pandurengan, Farhaan S Vahidy, Jessica D Tanksley, Ayodeji A Delano, Rene M Malazarte, Ellie E Choi, Sean I Savitz, James C Grotta

Open Access Research article

Vitamin D supplementation for patients with multiple sclerosis treated with interferon-beta: a randomized controlled trial assessing the effect on flu-like symptoms and immunomodulatory properties

Daniel Golan, Basheer Halhal, Lea Glass-Marmor, Elsebeth Staun-Ram, Orit Rozenberg, Idit Lavi, Sara Dishon, Mira Barak, Sophia Ish-Shalom, Ariel Miller

Open Access Study protocol

A randomized controlled trial on errorless learning in goal management training: study rationale and protocol

Dirk Bertens, Luciano Fasotti, Danielle HE Boelen, Roy PC Kessels

Open Access Study protocol

Gothenburg very early supported discharge study (GOTVED) NCT01622205: a block randomized trial with superiority design of very early supported discharge for patients with stroke

Katharina S Sunnerhagen, Anna Danielsson, Lena Rafsten, Ann Björkdahl, Åsa B Axelsson, Åsa Nordin, Cathrine A Petersson, Åsa Lundgren-Nilsson, Karin Fröjd

Open Access Study protocol

The effectiveness of problem solving therapy for stroke patients: study protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial

Marieke M Visser, Majanka H Heijenbrok-Kal, Adriaan van ’t Spijker, Gerard M Ribbers, Jan JV Busschbach

Open Access Study protocol

The role of exercise in modifying outcomes for people with multiple sclerosis: a randomized trial

Nancy E Mayo, Mark Bayley, Pierre Duquette, Yves Lapierre, Ross Anderson, Susan Bartlett

Open Access Research article

No sex-specific difference in disease trajectory in multiple sclerosis patients before and after age 50

Riley Bove, Alexander Musallam, Brian C Healy, Maria Houtchens, Bonnie I Glanz, Samia Khoury, Charles R Guttmann, Philip L De Jager, Tanuja Chitnis

Open Access Research article

Interleukin-10 facilitates the selection of patients for systemic thrombolysis

Manuel Rodríguez-Yáñez, Mar Castellanos, Tomás Sobrino, David Brea, Pedro Ramos-Cabrer, Salvador Pedraza, José A Castiñeiras, Joaquín Serena, Antonio Dávalos, José Castillo, Miguel Blanco

Open Access Research article

Results from the 5-year, phase IV RENEW (Registry to Evaluate Novantrone Effects in Worsening Multiple Sclerosis) study

Victor M Rivera, Douglas R Jeffery, Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, Daena Bock, Fernando Dangond

Open Access Research article

The association between oxcarbazepine-induced maculopapular eruption and HLA-B alleles in a Northern Han Chinese population

Yu-Dan Lv, Fu-Li Min, Wei-Ping Liao, Na He, Tao Zeng, Di-Hui Ma, Yi-Wu Shi

Open Access Research article

Adverse events during the titration phase of interferon-beta in remitting-relapsing multiple sclerosis are not predicted by body mass index nor by pharmacodynamic biomarkers

Delicias Muñoz, Antonio Escartín, Dolores Dapena, Francisco Coret, Dionisio Fernández-Uría, Domingo Pérez, Bonaventura Casanova, Cristina Guijarro-Castro, Elvira Munteis, María del-Campo Amigo, Robustiano Pego, Carmen Calles, César García-Rey, Nuria Monsalve, David Sánchez-Matienzo

Open Access Research article

Cognitive dysfunction associated with anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase autoimmunity: a case-control study

Masahito Takagi, Yasushi Ishigaki, Kenji Uno, Shojiro Sawada, Junta Imai, Keizo Kaneko, Yutaka Hasegawa, Tetsuya Yamada, Ai Tokita, Kazumi Iseki, Shigenori Kanno, Yoshiyuki Nishio, Hideki Katagiri, Etsuro Mori

Open Access Research article

Prevalence, characteristics and correlates of a positive-dementia screen in patients on antiretroviral therapy in Bamenda, Cameroon: a cross-sectional study

Julius Atashili, Bradley N Gaynes, Brian W Pence, Gladys Tayong, Dmitry Kats, Julie K O’donnell, Peter M Ndumbe, Alfred K Njamnshi

Open Access Research article

The importance of HLA DRB1 gene allele to clinical features and disability in patients with multiple sclerosis in Lithuania

Renata Balnyte, Daiva Rastenyte, Antanas Vaitkus, Dalia Mickeviciene, Erika Skrodeniene, Astra Vitkauskiene, Ingrida Uloziene

Open Access Case report

Acute transient freezing of gait in a patient with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome

Asuka Nakajima, Yuji Ueno, Hideki Shimura, Taiki Kambe, Kenya Nishioka, Nobutaka Hattori, Takao Urabe

Open Access Study protocol

The efficacy of SMART Arm training early after stroke for stroke survivors withsevere upper limb disability: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Sandra G Brauer, Kathryn S Hayward, Richard G Carson, Andrew G Cresswell, Ruth N Barker

Open Access Research article

Brain natriuretic peptide is not predictive of dilated cardiomyopathy in Becker and Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients and carriers

Steven Schade van Westrum, Lukas Dekker, Rob de Haan, Erik Endert, Ieke Ginjaar, Marianne de Visser, Anneke van der Kooi

Open Access Research article

Nuclear entrapment and extracellular depletion of PCOLCE is associated with muscle degeneration in oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy

Vered Raz, Ellen Sterrenburg, Samantha Routledge, Andrea Venema, Barbara M van der Sluijs, Capucine Trollet, George Dickson, Baziel GM van Engelen, Silvère M van der Maarel, Michael N Antoniou

Open Access Research article

Weight loss, dysphagia and supplement intake in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS): impact on quality of life and therapeutic options

Sonja Körner, Melanie Hendricks, Katja Kollewe, Antonia Zapf, Reinhard Dengler, Vincenzo Silani, Susanne Petri

Open Access Research article

Muscle oxygen consumption by NIRS and mobility in multiple sclerosis patients

Anna Maria Malagoni, Michele Felisatti, Nicola Lamberti, Nino Basaglia, Roberto Manfredini, Fabrizio Salvi, Paolo Zamboni, Fabio Manfredini

Open Access Study protocol

Cervical dystonia: effectiveness of a standardized physical therapy program; study design and protocol of a single blind randomized controlled trial

Joost van den Dool, Bart Visser, J Hans TM Koelman, Raoul HH Engelbert, Marina AJ Tijssen

Open Access Research article

An ultrasound model to calculate the brain blood outflow through collateral vessels: a pilot study

Paolo Zamboni, Francesco Sisini, Erica Menegatti, Angelo Taibi, Anna Maria Malagoni, Sandra Morovic, Mauro Gambaccini

Open Access Research article

Speech disturbance at stroke onset is correlated with stroke early mortality

Kazuo Shigematsu, Hiromi Nakano, Yoshiyuki Watanabe, Tatsuyuki Sekimoto, Kouichiro Shimizu, Akihiko Nishizawa, Atsushi Okumura, Masahiro Makino

Open Access Study protocol

The Norwegian Stroke in the Young Study (NOR-SYS): Rationale and design

Annette Fromm, Lars Thomassen, Halvor Naess, Rudy Meijer, Geir Egil Eide, Jostein Kråkenes, Christian A Vedeler, Eva Gerdts, Terje H Larsen, Karel K-J Kuiper, Elin Laxdal, David Russell, Turgut Tatlisumak, Ulrike Waje-Andreassen

Open Access Study protocol

Using wireless technology in clinical practice: does feedback of daily walking activity improve walking outcomes of individuals receiving rehabilitation post-stroke? Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Avril Mansfield, Jennifer S Wong, Mark Bayley, Lou Biasin, Dina Brooks, Karen Brunton, Jo-Anne Howe, Elizabeth L Inness, Simon Jones, Jackie Lymburner, Ramona Mileris, William E McIlroy

Open Access Case report

Primary Epstein-Barr virus infection with polyradiculitis: a case report

Tilmann Hottenrott, Sebastian Rauer, Jochen Bäuerle

Open Access Research article

Clinical, radiographic characteristics and immunomodulating changes in neuromyelitis optica with extensive brain lesions

Chen Cheng, Ying Jiang, Xiaohong Chen, Yongqiang Dai, Zhuang Kang, Zhengqi Lu, Fuhua Peng, Xueqiang Hu

Open Access Research article

Guillain-Barré Syndrome: Natural history and prognostic factors: a retrospective review of 106 cases

Inés González-Suárez, Irene Sanz-Gallego, Francisco Javier Rodríguez de Rivera, Javier Arpa

Open Access Research article

Development of a short form and scoring algorithm from the validated actionable bladder symptom screening tool

David Bates, Jack Burks, Denise Globe, Manuel Signori, Stacie Hudgens, Pierre Denys, Scott MacDiarmid, Victor Nitti, Ib Odderson, Amy Perrin Ross, Michael Chancellor

Open Access Case report

Novel polymerase gamma (POLG1) gene mutation in the linker domain associated with parkinsonism

Rachel Dolhun, Erin M Presant, Peter Hedera

Open Access Research article

The efficacy of intravenous sodium valproate and phenytoin as the first-line treatment in status epilepticus: a comparison study

Somsak Tiamkao, Kittisak Sawanyawisuth, Alongkorn Chancharoen

Open Access Research article

Risk factors, quality of care and prognosis in South Asian, East Asian and White patients with stroke

Nadia A Khan, Hude Quan, Michael D Hill, Louise Pilote, Finlay A McAlister, Anita Palepu, Baiju R Shah, Limei Zhou, Hong Zhen, Moira K Kapral

Open Access Research article

Small internal jugular veins with restricted outflow are associated with severe multiple sclerosis: a sonographer-blinded, case–control ultrasound study

Željko Krsmanović, Maja Živković, Toplica Lepić, Aleksandra Stanković, Ranko Raičević, Evica Dinčić

Open Access Research article

Cognitive impairment and “invisible symptoms” are not associated with CCSVI in MS

Carmela Leone, Emanuele D’Amico, Sabina Cilia, Alessandra Nicoletti, Luigi Di Pino, Francesco Patti

Open Access Research article

Interferon beta 1b following natalizumab discontinuation: one year, randomized, prospective, pilot trial

Claudio Gobbi, Dominik S Meier, François Cotton, Martina Sintzel, David Leppert, Charles R G Guttmann, Chiara Zecca

Open Access Research article

Poor balance and lower gray matter volume predict falls in older adults with mild cognitive impairment

Hyuma Makizako, Hiroyuki Shimada, Takehiko Doi, Hyuntae Park, Daisuke Yoshida, Kazuki Uemura, Kota Tsutsumimoto, Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Takao Suzuki

Open Access Research article

Effects of MTHFRgene polymorphism on the clinical and electrophysiological characteristics of migraine

Julia E Azimova, Alexey V Sergeev, Liubov A Korobeynikova, Natalia S Kondratieva, Zarema G Kokaeva, Gadji O Shaikhaev, Kirill V Skorobogatykh, Natalia M Fokina, Gyusal R Tabeeva, Eugene A Klimov

Open Access Research article

Internal jugular venous abnormalities in transient monocular blindness

Chun-Yu Cheng, Feng-Chi Chang, A-Ching Chao, Chih-Ping Chung, Han-Hwa Hu

Open Access Research article

Levosimendan limits reperfusion injury in a rat middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model

Marc Hein, Norbert Zoremba, Chistian Bleilevens, Christian Bruells, Rolf Rossaint, Anna B Roehl

Open Access Research article

Passively transferred human NMO-IgG exacerbates demyelination in mouse experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

Harleen Saini, Robert Rifkin, Michael Gorelik, Hwa Huang, Zachary Ferguson, Melina V Jones, Michael Levy

Open Access Study protocol

COMBIT: protocol of a randomised comparison trial of COMbined modified constraint induced movement therapy and bimanual intensive training with distributed model of standard upper limb rehabilitation in children with congenital hemiplegia

Roslyn N Boyd, Jenny Ziviani, Leanne Sakzewski, Laura Miller, Joanne Bowden, Ross Cunnington, Robert Ware, Andrea Guzzetta, Richard AL Macdonell, Graeme D Jackson, David F Abbott, Stephen Rose

Open Access Study protocol

Timing of operation for poor-grade aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Qiao Zhang, Lu Ma, Yi Liu, Min He, Hong Sun, Xiang Wang, Yuan Fang, Xu-hui Hui, Chao You

Open Access Research article

Motor system alterations in retired former athletes: the role of aging and concussion history

Louis De Beaumont, Sébastien Tremblay, Luke C Henry, Judes Poirier, Maryse Lassonde, Hugo Théoret

Open Access Research article

Relationships among serum C-reactive protein, receptor for advanced glycation products, metabolic dysfunction, and cognitive impairments

Xia Ge, Xiao-yun Xu, Chun-hua Feng, Yue Wang, Yuan-ling Li, Bo Feng

Open Access Review

Endogenous retroviruses and multiple sclerosis–new pieces to the puzzle

Kari K Nissen, Magdalena J Laska, Bettina Hansen, Thorkild Terkelsen, Palle Villesen, Shervin Bahrami, Thor Petersen, Finn S Pedersen, Bjørn A Nexø

Open Access Research article

Impact of the implementation of the AAN epilepsy quality measures on the medical records in a university hospital

J Miguel Cisneros-Franco, Marco A Díaz-Torres, Juan B Rodríguez-Castañeda, Alejandro Martínez-Silva, Mildred A Gutierrez-Herrera, Daniel San-Juan

Open Access Research article

Oral and dental health in Huntington‘s disease - an observational study

Carsten Saft, Jürgen E Andrich, Thomas Müller, Julia Becker, Jochen Jackowski

Open Access Research article

Comparison of once-daily versus twice-daily combination of Ropinirole prolonged release in Parkinson’s disease

Ji Young Yun, Han-Joon Kim, Jee-Young Lee, Young Eun Kim, Ji Seon Kim, Jong-Min Kim, Beom S Jeon

Open Access Research article

The meaning of self-care in persons with cervical spinal cord injury in Japan: a qualitative study

Ayako Ide-Okochi, Etsuko Tadaka, Kazumi Fujimura

Open Access Research article

A prospective cohort study of prognosis for newly diagnosed epilepsy in east China

Yanfang Zhang, Nian Yu, Lingying Su, Qing Di

Open Access Research article

Paradoxical effect of obesity on hemorrhagic transformation after acute ischemic stroke

Chi Kyung Kim, Wi-Sun Ryu, Beom Joon Kim, Seung-Hoon Lee

Open Access Research article

Adherence to the USDA dietary recommendations for fruit and vegetable intake and risk of fatal stroke among ethnic groups: a prospective cohort study

Sangita Sharma, Mohammadreza Pakserescht, Kennedy Cruickshank, Deborah M Green, Laurence N Kolonel

Open Access Research article

Genetic analysis of the FBXO42 gene in Chinese Han patients with Parkinson’s disease

Kai Gao, Xiong Deng, Wen Zheng, Zhi Song, Anding Zhu, Xiaofei Xiu, Hao Deng

Open Access Research article

Detection of the GPI-anchorless prion protein fragment PrP226* in human brain

Eva Dvorakova, Tanja Vranac, Olga Janouskova, Maja Černilec, Simon Koren, Anja Lukan, Jana Nováková, Radoslav Matej, Karel Holada, Vladka Čurin Šerbec

Open Access Case report

Episodic itch in a case of spinal glioma

Stefan Wolking, Holger Lerche, Marcel Dihné

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OnabotulinumtoxinA muscle injection patterns in adult spasticity: a systematic literature review

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