Issue 4/2015
Content (34 Articles)
Highlights of the Issue 4, 2015
Altered human brain anatomy in chronic smokers: a review of magnetic resonance imaging studies
Chao Wang, Xiaojun Xu, Wei Qian, Zhujing Shen, Minming Zhang
Neural correlates of consciousness: what we know and what we have to learn!
Rocco Salvatore Calabrò, Alberto Cacciola, Placido Bramanti, Demetrio Milardi
Bilateral subthalamic stimulation for advanced Parkinson disease: early experience at an Eastern center
Shang-Ming Chiou, Yu-Chin Lin, Ming-Kuei Lu, Chon-Haw Tsai
Protective effects of Vitamin C against spinal cord injury-induced renal damage through suppression of NF-κB and proinflammatory cytokines
Wei-Guo Wang, Rui-Juan Xiu, Zhan-Wang Xu, Yan-Xia Yin, Yuan Feng, Xue-Cheng Cao, Ping-Shan Wang
Induced neural stem cells have protective effects on cortical neuronal cells in vitro
Jin Hee Kim, Woong Sun, Dong Wook Han, Dong-Jun Lim, Jangbo Lee
Association of serum levels of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and interleukin-6 with migraine
Fengzhi Wang, Qiu He, Zhanxiu Ren, Fuyong Li, Wei Chen, Xiang Lin, Hemin Zhang, Guofeng Tai
Relationship of high blood lactate levels with latency of visual-evoked potentials
Marinella Coco, Giovanna Alagona, Giulia De Maria, Giuseppe Rapisarda, Erminio Costanzo, Vincenzo Perciavalle, Valentina Perciavalle
Arterial remodeling of basilar atherosclerosis in isolated pontine infarction
Chao Feng, Ting Hua, Yu Xu, Xue-Yuan Liu, Jing Huang
Anti-amnesic activity of Citrus aurantium flowers extract against scopolamine-induced memory impairments in rats
Samira Rahnama, Zahra Rabiei, Zahra Alibabaei, Shiva Mokhtari, Mahmoud Rafieian-kopaei, Fatemeh Deris
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Association of Catechol-O-methyltransferase val/met polymorphism with cognitive function in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome patients
Weidong Ji, Ning Li, Kang Ju, Hong Zheng, Chuang Yang, Ping Xu, Silu Chen, Aiai Cao, Xue Chen, Lanting Guo
MCP-1 and CCR2 gene polymorphisms in Parkinson’s disease in a Han Chinese cohort
Liang Gao, Hongmei Tang, Kun Nie, Limin Wang, Jiehao Zhao, Rong Gan, Jing Huang, Shujun Feng, Ruiming Zhu, Zhenpeng Duan, Youwen Zhang, Xin Zhao, Yuhu Zhang, Lijuan Wang
The heterogeneity of non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease
Ning Zhang, Weiguo Liu, Min Ye, Alexander D. Cohen, Yingdong Zhang
Normative data for the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in an Italian population sample
Gabriella Santangelo, Mattia Siciliano, Roberto Pedone, Carmine Vitale, Fabrizia Falco, Rossella Bisogno, Pietro Siano, Paolo Barone, Dario Grossi, Franco Santangelo, Luigi Trojano
The β-amyloid precursor protein analog P165 improves impaired insulin signal transduction in type 2 diabetic rats
Lina Ma, Zhimin Shao, Rong Wang, Zhiwei Zhao, Xu Zhang, Zhijuan Ji, Shuli Sheng, Baolei Xu, Wen Dong, Jingshuang Zhang
Effect of enzyme replacement therapy in late onset Pompe disease: open pilot study of 48 weeks follow-up
Jin-Sung Park, Hye-Gyung Kim, Jin-Hong Shin, Young-Chul Choi, Dae-Seong Kim
MTHFD1 polymorphism as maternal risk for neural tube defects: a meta-analysis
Jinyu Zheng, Xiaocheng Lu, Hao Liu, Penglai Zhao, Kai Li, Lixin Li
Acute optic neuritis: retinal ganglion cell loss precedes retinal nerve fiber thinning
Yu-Min Huang-Link, Abbas Al-Hawasi, Hans Lindehammar
Association of COMT Val158Met polymorphism with wearing-off susceptibility in Parkinson’s disease
Jianxing Liu, Pan Chen, Meihua Guo, Lechun Lu, Lihua Li
A case report of intracranial infection caused by Shewanella putrefaciens
Mengxi Duan, Dali Wang, Jing Wang, Xiaoguang Xiao, Lixia Han, Fenghua Zhang
Neuroprotection following acute ischemic stroke: efficacy of preconditioning and antioxidants
Dale Ding
Full remission in a patient with catheter-associated ventriculitis due to Acinetobacter baumannii treated with intrathecal and intravenous colistin besides coinfections with other multidrug-resistant bacteria
Rick Dersch, E. Robinson, L. Beume, S. Rauer, W.-D. Niesen
Spinal myoclonus in a patient with hepatic encephalopathy
Seung-Hee Na, Hyung-Eun Park, Joong-Seok Kim
Parkinson’s disease associated with myasthenia gravis and rheumatoid arthritis
Juan Wang, Xiujuan Wu, Wei Wu, Hongliang Zhang, Kangding Liu
Response to combined radiotherapy and chemotherapy of a leptomeningeal spread from choroid plexus carcinoma: case report
Alessia Pellerino, Paola Cassoni, Renzo Boldorini, Lorenzo Pinessi, Roberta Rudà
Hemicrania continua with visual aura successfully treated with a combination of indomethacin and topiramate
Jacopo Fantini, N. Koscica, M. Zorzon, M. Belluzzo, A. Granato
Neurogenic pulmonary edema caused by bilateral medial medullary infarction
Igor Antoncic, Siniša Dunatov, Matija Sosic, Ronald Antulov, Marina Bralic
Anti-GAD antibody-positive myoclonic leg jerks
D. Velardo, A. Nuara, V. Martinelli, G. Comi, R. Fazio
Ischaemic stroke with partial haemorrhagic transformation related to a small-sized tuberculum sellae meningioma
Paolo Missori, Carlotta Morselli, Francesco Fattapposta, Simone Peschillo, Antonio Currà
Postencephalitic parkinsonism and selective involvement of substantia nigra
Shuang He, Li-Pin Yuan, Jie-Wen Zhang, Xiong Han
The distinctive contrast of multiple sclerosis epidemiology between Persians and Armenian minority community of Isfahan city, Iran
Masoud Etemadifar, Seyed-Mohammadamin Nourian, Mojtaba Akbari, Seyed-Hossein Abtahi, Parto Nasri, Mahboobeh Fereidan-Esfahani
A rare case of first motor branch of median nerve schwannoma
Pietro Fiaschi, Mattia Pacetti, Francesca Secci, Sergio Gennaro
Pitfall in neurology: giant cell arteritis mimicking ocular myasthenia gravis
Vittorio Mantero, Andrea Rigamonti, Graziella Bianchi, Francesca Piamarta, Giorgio Rossi, Ugo Pozzetti, Andrea Salmaggi