Issue 4/2013
Content (38 Articles)
Highlights of the Issue 4, 2013
Toxoplasmosis and neuropsychiatric diseases: can serological studies establish a clear relationship?
Silvia Fabiani, Barbara Pinto, Fabrizio Bruschi
Progress and prospects in neurorehabilitation: clinical applications of stem cells and brain–computer interface for spinal cord lesions
Mariana Gongora, Caroline Peressutti, Sergio Machado, Silmar Teixeira, Bruna Velasques, Pedro Ribeiro
Gait measures with a triaxial accelerometer among patients with neurological impairment
Patrik Fazio, Gino Granieri, Ilaria Casetta, Edward Cesnik, Sante Mazzacane, Pietro Caliandro, Francesco Pedrielli, Enrico Granieri
Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis mimicking Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease: clinical features, laboratory tests, MRI images, EEG findings in an autopsy-proven case
Margherita Francolini, Luigi Sicurella, Nicolò Rizzuto
Cerebrospinal fluid cathepsin B and S
Elin Nilsson, Constantin Bodolea, Torsten Gordh, Anders Larsson
What is still missing in acute-phase treatment of stroke: a prospective observational study
Sara Mazzucco, Giulia Turri, Rina Mirandola, Paolo Bovi, Giulia Bisoffi
Validation of the Italian version of the Sunnybrook Facial Grading System
Chiara Pavese, Carmine Tinelli, Francesco Furini, Marta Abbamonte, Erica Giromini, Vittorio Sala, Annalisa De Silvestri, Miriam Cecini, Elena Dalla Toffola
Increased axonal expression of nectin-1 in multiple sclerosis plaques
Karla J. Castellanos, Eva Gagyi, Bernadett Kormos, Klara Valyi-Nagy, Andras Voros, Deepak Shukla, Szatmar Horvath, Konstantin V. Slavin, Tibor Valyi-Nagy
Transient elevation of synaptosomal mitoenergetic proteins and Hsp70 early in a rat model of chronic cerebrovascular hypoperfusion
Hai Ning Zhang, Jiang Wu, Tao Jin, Ming Chang, Li Sun
Intra-carotid cold magnesium sulfate infusion induces selective cerebral hypothermia and neuroprotection in rats with transient middle cerebral artery occlusion
Wei Song, Yong-Ming Wu, Zhong Ji, Ya-Bin Ji, Sheng-Nan Wang, Su-Yue Pan
Electroacupuncture improves behavioral recovery and increases SCF/c-kit expression in a rat model of focal cerebral ischemia/reperfusion
Taoli Lu, Yong Luo, Hongyi Sun, Wenyi Qin, Yang Li
Decreased GABABR expression and increased neuronal cell death in developing rat brain after PTZ-induced seizure
Muhammad Imran Naseer, Ikram Ullah, Mohammed H. Al-Qahtani, Sajjad Karim, Najeeb Ullah, Shakeel Ahmed Ansari, Myeong Ok Kim, Fehmida Bibi
Curcumin differentially regulates the expression of superoxide dismutase in cerebral cortex and cerebellum of l-thyroxine (T4)-induced hyperthyroid rat brain
Srikanta Jena, Jagneshwar Dandapat, Gagan Bihari Nityananda Chainy
Validity of the Italian Version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
Giuseppe Curcio, Daniela Tempesta, Simone Scarlata, Cristina Marzano, Fabio Moroni, Paolo Maria Rossini, Michele Ferrara, Luigi De Gennaro
Natalizumab is effective in multiple sclerosis patients switching from other disease modifying therapies in clinical practice
R. Lanzillo, S. Bonavita, M. Quarantelli, G. Vacca, G. Lus, L. Amato, A. Carotenuto, G. Tedeschi, G. Orefice, V. Brescia Morra
Aneurysms of the medullary segments of the posterior-inferior cerebellar artery: considerations on treatment strategy and clinical outcome
Susanna Bacigaluppi, Mauro Bergui, Emanuela Crobeddu, Diego Garbossa, Alessandro Ducati, Marco Fontanella
Relationship between thresholds to convulsions induced by a benzodiazepine inverse agonist and [3H]-l-glutamate binding in the membranes of brain regions
Marcos Brandão Contó, José Gilberto Barbosa de Carvalho, Marco Antonio Campana Venditti
MOBP-specific cellular immune responses are weaker than MOG-specific cellular immune responses in patients with multiple sclerosis and healthy subjects
Samantha Jilek, Myriam Schluep, Giuseppe Pantaleo, Renaud A. Du Pasquier
Cerebral microhemorrhage in Marchiafava–Bignami disease detected by susceptibility-weighted imaging
Ryuta Kinno, Masahiro Yamamoto, Takahiro Yamazaki, Yoshiyuki Owan, Toshiya Fukui, Eriko Kinugasa
SPAG5 mRNA is over-expressed in peripheral blood leukocytes of patients with Down’s syndrome and cryptorchidism
Michele Salemi, Giusi A. Longo, Sandro La Vignera, Corrado Romano, Rosita A. Condorelli, Carmelo Romano, Paolo Bosco, Enzo Vicari, Aldo E. Calogero
Effects of cerebrolysin administration on oxidative stress-induced apoptosis in lymphocytes from CADASIL patients
Patrizia Formichi, Elena Radi, Carla Battisti, Giuseppe Di Maio, Maria Teresa Dotti, Dafin Muresanu, Antonio Federico
Orthostatic hypotension, non-dipping and striatal dopamine in Parkinson disease
Yoon-Sang Oh, Joong-Seok Kim, Yong-An Chung, Ie Ryung You, Dong-Won Yang, Sung-Woo Chung, Jeong-Wook Park, Yeong-In Kim, Kwang-Soo Lee
Novel PANK2 gene mutations in two Chinese siblings with atypical pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration
Jingli Shan, Bing Wen, Jun Zhu, Pengfei Lin, Jinfan Zheng, Chuanzhu Yan
Multiple cerebral arterial occlusions related to Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection
Manyong Lee, In Soo Joo, Seong-Joon Lee, Ji Man Hong, Jin Soo Lee
KIF21A mRNA expression in patients with Down syndrome
Michele Salemi, Concetta Barone, Carmelo Romano, Federico Ridolfo, Cataldo Scavuzzo, Rita Anna Cantarella, Maria Grazia Salluzzo, Aldo E. Calogero, Corrado Romano, Paolo Bosco
Ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM) genetic variant in Italian centenarians
Irene Piaceri, Silvia Bagnoli, Andrea Tedde, Sandro Sorbi, Benedetta Nacmias
Role of 5α-reductase inhibitors in modulation of the analgesic effects of morphine: an emerging concept in pain management
Shailendra Kapoor
Longitudinal extensive transverse myelitis and optic neuritis: the elements for the diagnosis of neuromyelitis optica
Li-Li Nie, Xiao-Ke Wang, Guan-Fang Su
Osmotic demyelination syndrome: variable clinical and radiologic response to intravenous immunoglobulin therapy
Santosh B. Murthy, Shahram Izadyar, Megha Dhamne, Joseph S. Kass, Corey E. Goldsmith
Isolated pons variant of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome complicated with ischemic stroke in a young patient
Hui Liang, Deqiang Li, Ziqi Xu, Benyan Luo
Early MRI findings in acquired hepatocerebral degeneration
Roberto Erro, Carmine Vitale, Marina Picillo, Paolo Barone, Maria Teresa Pellecchia
Dropped head syndrome in early-onset Parkinson disease treated with bilateral subthalamic stimulation: clinical, imaging, EMG, and biopsy findings
Ana Oliveira, João Massano, Maria José Rosas
A pediatric sporadic hemiplegic migraine case with perfusion abnormality in perfusion MRI and Diamox 99mTc-HMPAO SPECT
Tae-Hoon Eom, Joong-Hyun Bin, Young-Hoon Kim, Seung-Yun Chung, In-Goo Lee
Hemichorea–hemiballism syndrome following a thrombo-embolic striatal infarction
Danilo Guida, Francesco Biraschi, Giulia Francione, Francesco Orzi, Luigi Maria Fantozzi
Effects of Topiramate on afferent visual pathways: controversies and uncertainties
Seyed-Hossein Abtahi, Mohammad-Ali Abtahi, Masoud Etemadifar, Mehdi Mazloumi, Hossein Attarzadeh
Sellar and supra-sellar glioblastoma masquerading as a pituitary macroadenoma
Ali Mahta, Ralf Buhl, Hongguang Huang, Olav Jansen, Santosh Kesari, Stephan Ulmer