Issue 1/2014
Content (31 Articles)
Message from the Editor-in–Chief
Highlights of the Issue 1, 2014
Voxelwise meta-analysis of white matter abnormalities in progressive supranuclear palsy
Jing Yang, Na Shao, JianPeng Li, HuiFang Shang
Neurological complications of tick borne encephalitis: the experience of 89 patients studied and literature review
Sandro Zambito Marsala, Michele Pistacchi, Manuela Gioulis, Rosanna Mel, Corrado Marchini, Ermenegildo Francavilla
Decreased levels and function of circulating endothelial progenitor cells in unruptured intracranial saccular aneurysm patients
Chong Liang, Hao Feng, Ben-Qiang Deng, Zi-Fu Li, Qing-Hai Huang, Wei Zhao, Wen-Yuan Zhao, Peng-Fei Yang, Yi Xu, Rui Zhao, Jian-Min Liu
Serum IL-21 levels decrease with glucocorticoid treatment in myasthenia gravis
Y. Li, V. K. Rauniyar, W. F. Yin, B. Hu, S. Ouyang, B. Xiao, H. Yang
Effects of triptolide on degeneration of dendritic spines induced by Aβ1–40 injection in rat hippocampus
Bin Wan, Xiaoling Hu, Jing Nie, Ming Zhou, Baolin Yang, Yaobing Li, Wei Wen, Cheng Lü
Common functional polymorphisms in SLC6A4 and COMT genes are associated with circadian phenotypes in a South American sample
Diego A. Ojeda, Claudia S. Perea, Annjy Suárez, Carmen L. Niño, Rafael M. Gutiérrez, Sandra López-León, Ana Adan, Humberto Arboleda, Andrés Camargo, Diego A. Forero
Delay in presentation after acute ischemic stroke: the Careggi Hospital Stroke Registry
Innocenti Eleonora, Nencini Patrizia, Romani Ilaria, Del Bene Alessandra, Arba Francesco, Piccardi Benedetta, Pracucci Giovanni
Functional recovery and alterations in the expression and localization of protein kinase C following voluntary exercise in rat with cerebral infarction
Kenmei Mizutani, Shigeru Sonoda, Hideaki Wakita, Yoshimitsu Katoh, Kan Shimpo
Arterial compression of nerve is the primary cause of trigeminal neuralgia
Guo-qiang Chen, Xiao-song Wang, Lin Wang, Jia-ping Zheng
Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D predicts severity in Parkinson’s disease patients
Ying Liu, Ben-shu Zhang
The MTHFR C677T polymorphism modifies age at onset in Parkinson’s disease
Annamaria Vallelunga, Valentina Pegoraro, Manuela Pilleri, Roberta Biundo, Angela De Iuliis, Mauro Marchetti, Silvia Facchini, Patrizia Formento Dojot, Angelo Antonini
The Rao’s Brief Repeatable Battery version B: normative values with age, education and gender corrections in an Italian population
B. Goretti, F. Patti, S. Cilia, F. Mattioli, C. Stampatori, C. Scarpazza, M. P. Amato, E. Portaccio
Safety of bevacizumab in patients with malignant gliomas: a systematic review
G. Simonetti, E. Trevisan, A. Silvani, P. Gaviani, A. Botturi, E. Lamperti, D. Beecher, L. Bertero, C. Bosa, A. Salmaggi
Homozygosity and severity of phenotypic presentation in a CADASIL family
Claudia Vinciguerra, Alessandra Rufa, Silvia Bianchi, Antonio Sperduto, Monica De Santis, Alessandro Malandrini, Maria Teresa Dotti, Antonio Federico
Cerebellum and neuropsychiatric disorders: insights from ARSACS
Andrea Mignarri, Alessandra Tessa, Maria Alessandra Carluccio, Alessandra Rufa, Eugenia Storti, Giovanni Bonelli, Christian Marcotulli, Filippo Maria Santorelli, Luca Leonardi, Carlo Casali, Antonio Federico, Maria Teresa Dotti
Intra-operative 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA)-induced fluorescence of medulloblastoma: phenotypic variability and CD133+ expression according to different fluorescence patterns
Alessandro Della Puppa, Giorgio Gioffrè, Marina Paola Gardiman, Chiara Frasson, Diego Cecchin, Renato Scienza, Luca Persano
A case of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with localized femoral nerve palsy
Tsukasa Saito, Takayuki Katayama, Katsuya Ikuta, Yutaka Kohgo, Naoyuki Hasebe
Acute paraparesis as consequence of lumbar bending in achondroplasia
Roberto Di Fabio, Elisabetta Giugni, Rita Vadalà, Francesco Pierelli, Stefano Bastianello
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension in a patient with thyroid papillary carcinoma
A. Carotenuto, F. Barbato, G. Vacca, F. Barbieri, G. Orefice
Chryseobacterium indologenes catheter-related meningitis in an elderly patient after intracranial aneurysm clipping surgery
Xiaoliang Wang, Zhigang Hu, Youwu Fan, Handong Wang
Rare cerebellar lesions in a carbon monoxide poisoning case
Lijun Zhu, Chunkui Zhou, Jiang Wu, Shaokuan Fang
Neck–tongue syndrome precipitated by prolonged poor sitting posture
Jung Bin Kim, Jae-Kook Yoo, Sungwook Yu
Mutilating fingertip ulcers in uncontrolled type 1 diabetes mellitus
Raffaele Dubbioso, Maria Nolano, Raffaella Mazzarella, Angela Albarosa Rivellese, Fiore Manganelli
Downbeat nystagmus as the initial manifestation of anti-NMDAR encephalitis
Yohei Tsuyusaki, Ryuji Sakakibara, Masahiko Kishi, Fuyuki Tateno, Tomoe Yoshida
The heat is on: a case of hyperthermia-induced posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES)
Joanne L. C. Tan, Jason McClure, Lucy Hennington, Alexander Padiglione, Heather Cleland, Tae-Beom Ahn, Marco Fedi
Misdiagnosis of herpes zoster neuralgia: nerve ultrasound allowed diagnosing schwannoma of the intercostal nerve
Daniele Coraci, Tomasz Nizegorodcew, Irene Aprile, Paola De Franco, Luca Padua
Biopsy-proven fulminant primary angiitis of the central nervous system with normal arteriography: a challenging diagnosis of recurrent ischemic strokes
Apostolos Safouris, Julien Stricker, Alex Michotte, Konstantinos Voumvourakis, Marie-Dominique Gazagnes, Georgios Tsivgoulis
Primary central nervous system lymphoma mimicking Bickerstaff’s encephalitis
Yasuo Miki, Masahiko Tomiyama, Hidekachi Kurotaki, Koichi Wakabayashi, Masayuki Baba
Rasmussen encephalitis: an unusual cause for intractable seizures in elderly
Francesco Iodice, Marco Luigetti, Cesare Colosimo, Serenella Servidei, Massimiliano Mirabella