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Neurological Sciences

Issue 9/2022

Content (84 Articles)

SARS-CoV-2 vaccination, Parkinson’s disease, and other movement disorders: case series and short literature review

Gabriele Imbalzano, Claudia Ledda, Carlo Alberto Artusi, Alberto Romagnolo, Elisa Montanaro, Mario Giorgio Rizzone, Leonardo Lopiano, Maurizio Zibetti

COVID-19 COVID-19

Stroke admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic: a single-center retrospective analysis

Marina Padroni, Michele Laudisi, Cristiano Azzini, Alesandro De Vito, Ilaria Casetta

Prevalence, characteristics and risk factors in a Moroccan cohort of Long-Covid-19

Hicham El Otmani, Salma Nabili, Malika Berrada, Salma Bellakhdar, Bouchra El Moutawakil, Mohammed Abdoh Rafai

A mild course of COVID-19 infection in a generalized Myasthenia gravis patient under eculizumab treatment

Ceren Alis, Dogukan Hazar Emre, Feray Karaali Savrun, Aysegul Gunduz, Nurten Uzun Adatepe

Venous Thrombosis Review Article

Late epileptic seizures following cerebral venous thrombosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Sara Gasparini, Sabrina Neri, Francesco Brigo, Vittoria Cianci, Anna Mammì, Angelo Pascarella, Lucia Manzo, Paolo Benna, Pasquale Striano, Tommaso Martino, Michele Romoli, Lorenzo Muccioli, Annacarmen Nilo, Mariarosaria Valente, Claudia Cagnetti, Angelo Labate, Antonio Gambardella, Francesco Pisani, Sara Casciato, Giancarlo Di Gennaro, Vincenzo Belcastro, Umberto Aguglia, Edoardo Ferlazzo

Autoimmune encephalitis and CSF anti-AMPA GluR3 antibodies in childhood: a case report and literature review

Maria Elena Cucuzza, Piero Pavone, Angela D’Ambra, Maria Carla Finocchiaro, Filippo Greco, Pierluigi Smilari, Martino Ruggieri, Vita Antonella Di Stefano

Open Access Original Article

A rank subdivision of equivalent score for enhancing neuropsychological test norms

Alessio Facchin, Ezia Rizzi, Michela Vezzoli

Open Access Mild Neurocognitive Disorder Original Article

Fist-Palm Test (FiPaT): a bedside motor tool to screen for global cognitive status

Sofia Cuoco, Roberto Erro, Immacolata Carotenuto, Marina Picillo, Maria Teresa Pellecchia, Paolo Barone

Original Article

The pupil and myself: pupil dilation during retrieval of self-defining memories

Mohamad El Haj, Quentin Lenoble, Ahmed A. Moustafa

Pure word deafness: a case report of an atypical manifestation of Alzheimer’s disease

Simone Salemme, Francesca Benuzzi, Luigi Fiondella, Chiara Carbone, Giulia Vinceti, Silvia Magarelli, Maria Angela Molinari, Marcella Malagoli, Giovanna Zamboni, Annalisa Chiari

Open Access Frontotemporal Dementia Original Article

Sex influences clinical phenotype in frontotemporal dementia

Marta Pengo, Antonella Alberici, Ilenia Libri, Alberto Benussi, Yasmine Gadola, Nicholas J. Ashton, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Barbara Borroni

Open Access Frontotemporal Dementia Original Article

Genetic landscape of early-onset dementia in Hungary

Dora Csaban, Anett Illes, Toth-Bencsik Renata, Peter Balicza, Klara Pentelenyi, Viktor Molnar, Andras Gezsi, Zoltan Grosz, Aniko Gal, Tibor Kovacs, Peter Klivenyi, Maria Judit Molnar

Parkinson's Disease Original Article

Polymorphism of neurodegeneration-related genes associated with Parkinson’s disease risk

Jiaxin Li, Minhan Yi, Binbin Li, Shujuan Yin, Ying Zhang, Zini Huang, Li Shu, Yuan Zhang

Parkinson's Disease Original Article

Neurocognitive correlates of numerical abilities in Parkinson’s disease

Francesca Burgio, Nicola Filippini, Luca Weis, Laura Danesin, Giulio Ferrazzi, Michela Garon, Roberta Biundo, Silvia Facchini, Angelo Antonini, Silvia Benavides-Varela, Carlo Semenza, Giorgio Arcara

Intense Pulsed Light Original Article

Cerebral blood flow alterations specific to freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease

Shangpei Wang, Tong Wu, Chuan Li, Tieyu Wu, Yinfeng Qian, Cuiping Ren, Yan Qin, Juan Li, Xianzhou Chu, Xianwen Chen, Yongqiang Yu

Open Access Positron Emission Tomography Original Article

FDG PET in the differential diagnosis of degenerative parkinsonian disorders: usefulness of voxel-based analysis in clinical practice

Annachiara Arnone, Michela Allocca, Rossella Di Dato, Giulia Puccini, Iashar Laghai, Federica Rubino, Matilde Nerattini, Silvia Ramat, Gemma Lombardi, Camilla Ferrari, Valentina Bessi, Sandro Sorbi, Maria Teresa De Cristofaro, Cristina Polito, Valentina Berti

Open Access Tremor Original Article

Lower serum triglyceride levels linked to more severe motor performance in Parkinson’s disease

Meimei Zhang, Huimin Chen, Genliang Liu, Xuemei Wang, Zhan Wang, Tao Feng, Yumei Zhang

Open Access Insomnia Original Article

Effects of melatonin prolonged-release on both sleep and motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease: a preliminary evidence

Claudio Liguori, Mariana Fernandes, Rocco Cerroni, Raffaella Ludovisi, Nicola Biagio Mercuri, Alessandro Stefani, Mariangela Pierantozzi

Episodic memory in progressive supranuclear palsy: a neuropsychological and neuroimaging study

Arthur Cassa Macedo, Paulo Caramelli, Elisa de Paula França Resende, Luciano Inácio Mariano, Vítor Tumas, Antônio Lúcio Teixeira, Sarah Teixeira Camargos, Francisco Eduardo Costa Cardoso, Leonardo Cruz de Souza

Open Access Dystonia Original Article

The Italian tremor Network (TITAN): rationale, design and preliminary findings

Roberto Erro, Andrea Pilotto, Marcello Esposito, Enrica Olivola, Alessandra Nicoletti, Giulia Lazzeri, Luca Magistrelli, Carlo Dallocchio, Roberta Marchese, Matteo Bologna, Alessandro Tessitore, Salvatore Misceo, Angelo Fabio Gigante, Carmen Terranova, Vincenzo Moschella, Lazzaro di Biase, Raffaella Di Giacopo, Francesca Morgante, Francesca Valentino, Anna De Rosa, Assunta Trinchillo, Maria Chiara Malaguti, Livia Brusa, Angela Matinella, Francesca Di Biasio, Giulia Paparella, Rosa De Micco, Elena Contaldi, Nicola Modugno, Alessio Di Fonzo, Alessandro Padovani, Paolo Barone

Hydrocephalus Original Article

Predictive value of quantitative pupillometry in patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus undergoing temporary CSF diversion

Bethany L. Lussier, Melissa Erapuram, Jonathan A. White, Sonja E. Stutzman, DaiWai M. Olson

Open Access Central Nervous System Trauma Original Article

Incipient chronic traumatic encephalopathy in active American football players: neuropsychological assessment and brain perfusion measures

Giacomo Querzola, Carlo Lovati, Maria M. Laganà, Alice Pirastru, Francesca Baglio, Leonardo Pantoni

OPTN variants in ALS cases: a case report of a novel mutation and literature review

Yan Mou, Min Li, Mengling Liu, Jia Wang, Guofeng Zhu, Yunhong Zha

Open Access Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Original Article

Cognition and motor phenotypes in ALS: a retrospective study

Edoardo Nicolò Aiello, Debora Pain, Alice Radici, Kalliopi Marinou Aktipi, Riccardo Sideri, Ildebrando Appollonio, Gabriele Mora

Open Access Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Original Article

Alteration of interoceptive sensitivity: expanding the spectrum of behavioural disorders in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Pasquale Moretta, Myriam Spisto, Francesco Pio Ausiello, Rosa Iodice, Natascia De Lucia, Gabriella Santangelo, Luigi Trojano, Elena Salvatore, Raffaele Dubbioso

Open Access Cough Original Article

Accuracy of Dysphagia Standard Assessment (DSA®) bedside screening test: a flowchart for patient eligibility

Laura Mariani, Armando Cilfone, Maria Nicastri, Lucia Libera Pipitone, Federica Stella, Marco de Vincentiis, Antonio Greco, Patrizia Mancini, Lucia Longo, Giovanni Ruoppolo

HR-MRI findings of intracranial artery stenosis and distribution of atherosclerotic plaques caused by different etiologies

Jie Sun, Xu-Ran Feng, Ping-Yong Feng, Yu-Bo Liu, Hai-Xiao Yang, Xuan Yang, Tian-Zi Zhang

Stroke Original Article

Anti-seizure medication treatment and outcomes in acute ischemic stroke patients undergoing continuous EEG monitoring

Paula R. Sanches, Mohammad Tabaeizadeh, Lidia M. V. R. Moura, Eric S. Rosenthal, Luis Otavio Caboclo, John Hsu, Elisabetta Patorno, M. Brandon Westover, Sahar F. Zafar

Challenges of practicing neuro-endovascular interventions in a resource-limited country; Ghana in focus

Benjamin Dabo Sarkodie, Bashiru Babatunde Jimah, Asare Kwaku Offei, Bernard Botwe, Dorothea Anim, Yaw Boateng Mensah, Edmund Kwakye Brakohiapa

Open Access Multiple Sclerosis Original Article

Do patients’ and referral centers’ characteristics influence multiple sclerosis phenotypes? Results from the Italian multiple sclerosis and related disorders register

Roberto Bergamaschi, Ettore Beghi, Cristina Bosetti, Michela Ponzio, Claudia Santucci, Vito Lepore, Paola Mosconi, U. Aguglia, M. P. Amato, A. L. Ancona, B. Ardito, C. Avolio, R. Balgera, P. Banfi, V. Barcella, P. Barone, P. Bellantonio, A. Berardinelli, R. Bergamaschi, P. Bertora, M. Bianchi, P. Bramanti, V. Brescia Morra, G. Brichetto, A. M. Brioschi, M. Buccafusca, S. Bucello, V. Busillo, B. Calchetti, R. Cantello, M. Capobianco, F. Capone, L. Capone, D. Cargnelutti, M. Carrozzi, E. Cartechini, G. Cavaletti, P. Cavalla, M. G. Celani, R. Clerici, M. Clerico, E. Cocco, P. Confalonieri, M. G. Coniglio, A. Conte, F. Corea, S. Cottone, P. Crociani, F. D’Andrea, M. C. Danni, G. De Luca, D. de Pascalis, M. De Riz, F. De Robertis, G. De Rosa, N. De Stefano, M. Della Corte, A. Di Sapio, R. Docimo, M. Falcini, N. Falcone, S. Fermi, E. Ferraro, M. T. Ferrò, M. Fortunato, M. Foschi, A. Gajofatto, A. Gallo, P. Gallo, M. Gatto, P. Gazzola, A. Giordano, F. Granella, M. F. Grasso, M. G. Grasso, L. M. E. Grimaldi, P. Iaffaldano, D. Imperiale, M. Inglese, R. Iodice, S. Leva, V. Luezzi, A. Lugaresi, G. Lus, D. Maimone, L. Mancinelli, G. T. Maniscalco, G. A. Marfia, B. Marini, A. Marson, N. Mascoli, L. Massacesi, F. Melani, M. Merello, G. Meucci, M. Mirabella, S. Montepietra, D. Nasuelli, P. Nicolao, F. Passantino, F. Patti, M. Peresson, I. Pesci, C. Piantadosi, M. L. Piras, M. Pizzorno, K. Plewnia, C. Pozzilli, A. Protti, R. Quatrale, S. Realmuto, G. Ribizzi, S. Rinalduzzi, A. Rini, S. Romano, M. Romeo, M. Ronzoni, P. Rossi, M. Rovaris, G. Salemi, G. Santangelo, M. Santangelo, G. Santuccio, P. Sarchielli, L. Sinisi, P. Sola, C. Solaro, D. Spitaleri, S. Strumia, T. Tassinari, S. Tonietti, C. Tortorella, R. Totaro, A. Tozzo, G. Trivelli, M. Ulivelli, P. Valentino, S. Venturi, M. Vianello, M. Zaffaroni, R. Zarbo, Maria Trojano, Mario Alberto Battaglia, Marco Capobianco, Maura Pugliatti, Monica Ulivelli, Paola Mosconi, Claudio Gasperini, Francesco Patti, Maria Pia Amato, Roberto Bergamaschi, Giancarlo Comi

Spastic Paraplegia Original Article

Multiple sclerosis in patients with hereditary spastic paraplegia: a case report and systematic review

Maria Pia Giannoccaro, Eleonora Matteo, Fiorina Bartiromo, Caterina Tonon, Filippo M. Santorelli, Rocco Liguori, Giovanni Rizzo

Open Access Multiple Sclerosis Original Article

Concurrent CNS tumors and multiple sclerosis: retrospective single-center cohort study and lessons for the clinical management

Yavor Yalachkov, Dilara Dabanli, Katharina Johanna Wenger, Marie-Therese Forster, Joachim P. Steinbach, Martin Voss

Glioblastoma Original Article

The prognostic value of the preoperative inflammatory index on the survival of glioblastoma patients

Xiaohan Shi, ·Huayu Li, ·Yongxiang Xu, ·Alphonce M. K. Nyalali, ·Feng Li

Glioblastoma Original Article

Recurrent glioblastoma: which treatment? A real-world study from the Neuro-oncology Unit “Regina Elena” National Cancer Institute

Veronica Villani, Luca Prosperini, Mario Lecce, Antonio Tanzilli, Alessia Farneti, Dario Benincasa, Stefano Telera, Laura Marucci, Francesca Piludu, Andrea Pace

Significance and clinical suggestions for the somatosensory evoked potentials increased in amplitude revealed by a large sample of neurological patients

Davide Rossi Sebastiano, Daniele Cazzato, Elisa Visani, Eleonora Dalla Bella, Laura Brambilla, Grazia Devigili, Paola Caroppo, Lorenzo Maggi, Lorenzo Nanetti, Ettore Salsano, Laura Canafoglia, Isabella Canavero, Elena Anghileri, Deborah Bonfoco, Paola Lanteri

Open Access Narcolepsy Original Article

Clinical characteristics of a large cohort of patients with narcolepsy candidate for pitolisant: a cross-sectional study from the Italian PASS Wakix® Cohort

Carlotta Mutti, Valerio Brunetti, Michela Figorilli, Claudio Liguori, Fabio Pizza, Paola Proserpio, Tommaso Sacco, Giuseppe Pedrazzi, Isabelle Lecomte, Nora Blanchard, Elio Clemente Agostoni, Enrica Bonanni, Diego Centonze, Alessandro Cicolin, Giacomo Della Marca, Luigi Ferini-Strambi, Raffaele Ferri, Gian Luigi Gigli, Francesca Izzi, Rocco Liguori, Raffaele Lodi, Lino Nobili, Liborio Parrino, Fabio Placidi, Monica Puligheddu, Andrea Romigi, Maria Antonietta Savarese, Michele Terzaghi, Giuseppe Plazzi

Narcolepsy Original Article

Higher basophil count decreases narcolepsy risk: a Mendelian randomization study

Ang Li, Hao Li, Junyang Xie, Jianlei Xie, Wenjing Liao, Lijuan Song, Xiaowen Zhang

Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy plus dystonia caused by the mitochondrial ND1 gene m.4160 T > C mutation

Hong Ren, Yan Lin, Ying Li, Xiufang Zhang, Wei Wang, Xuebi Xu, Kunqian Ji, Yuying Zhao, Chuanzhu Yan

Phenylketonuria Original Article

Cognitive function in untreated subjects with mild hyperphenylalaninemia: a systematic review

Noushin Rostampour, Rojin Chegini, Silva Hovsepian, Farzaneh Zamaneh, Mahin Hashemipour

Pain Syndromes Original Article

Pathological changes of the sural nerve in patients with familial episodic pain syndrome

Yilei Zheng, Pengcheng Huang, Shumeng Li, Kaiyan Jiang, Binbin Zhou, Xin Fang, Meihong Zhou, Daojun Hong, Min Zhu

Tuberculosis Original Article

Tuberculous myelitis: a prospective follow-up study

Mohd. Imran Khan, Ravindra Kumar Garg, Imran Rizvi, Hardeep Singh Malhotra, Neeraj Kumar, Amita Jain, Rajesh Verma, Praveen Kumar Sharma, Shweta Pandey, Ravi Uniyal, Parul Jain

Thyroid dysfunction in Portuguese amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients

Cláudia Santos Silva, Marta Gromicho, Miguel Oliveira Santos, Susana Pinto, Michael Swash, Mamede de Carvalho

Stroke Brief Communication

Floating aortic arch thrombus involving the left common carotid artery complicated with ischemic stroke associated with cocaine use

Moussa Toudou-Daouda, Gary Ouanounou, Manvel Aghasaryan, Nana-Rahamatou Aminou-Tassiou, Djibril Soumah, Leila Bentamra, Léonard Smadja, Tony Altarcha, Nicolas Chausson, Didier Smadja

Thymoma Brief Communication

GABAA receptor and anti-titin antibody encephalitis in a patient with thymoma

Maria Tappatà, Maria Pia Giannoccaro, Michele Romoli, Stefania Testoni, Giorgia Arnone, Laura Piccolo, Piergiorgio Solli, Anna Zaniboni, Federica Naldi, Keivan Kaveh Moghadam, Nazarena Nannini, Stefania Damiani, Rocco Liguori, Andrea Zini

Open Access Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Brief Communication

A randomized controlled trial of remote microphone listening devices to treat auditory deficits in children with neurofibromatosis type 1

Gary Rance, Alice Maier, Julien Zanin, Kristina M. Haebich, Kathryn N. North, Francesca Orsini, Gabriel Dabscheck, Martin B. Delatycki, Jonathan M. Payne

Open Access Myelography Brief Communication

Targeted detection and repair of a spinal dural defect associated with successful biochemical resolution of subarachnoid bleeding in classical infratentorial superficial siderosis

Rhannon Lobo, Bilguun Batbayar, Natallia Kharytaniuk, Peter Cowley, Parag Sayal, Simon Farmer, David J. Werring

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Letter to the Editor

REM sleep behavior disorder as a remote precedent to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Sally El Sammak, Hrayr Attarian, Carmen Taype-Roberts, Jordan Standlee

Encephalitis Letter to the Editor

First case report of anti-AMPA receptor encephalitis presenting with features of parkinsonism

Chirag S. Lalwani, I. M. Thushara, Sudheeran Kannoth, Anand Kumar, Annamma Mathai

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Letter to the Editor

GFAP antibody–negative myelitis with high similarity to autoimmune GFAP astrocytopathy: a case report

Yi-Ming Zhang, Shen Liu, Ting-Ting Liu, Hong-Dong Zhao, Jian-Quan Shi

Open Access Migraine Review Article

The putative role of trigemino-vascular system in brain perfusion homeostasis and the significance of the migraine attack

Roberto De Simone, Mattia Sansone, Cinzia Russo, Angelo Miele, Antonio Stornaiuolo, Simone Braca

Migraine Review Article

The ultimate guide to the anti-CGRP monoclonal antibodies galaxy

Davide Mascarella, Eleonora Matteo, Valentina Favoni, Sabina Cevoli

Migraine Review Article

Gepants — a long way to cure: a narrative review

Claudia Altamura, Nicoletta Brunelli, Marilena Marcosano, Luisa Fofi, Fabrizio Vernieri

Migraine Review Article

Ditans: a new prospective for the therapy of migraine attack?

Giovanna Viticchi, Lorenzo Falsetti, Mauro Silvestrini, Marco Bartolini

Migraine Original Article

Addressing the cost of chronic and episodic migraine and its main drivers: a short-term longitudinal analysis from a third-level Italian center

Alberto Raggi, Licia Grazzi, Erika Guastafierro, Alessia Marcassoli, Marco Passavanti, Danilo Antonio Montisano, Domenico D’Amico

Migraine Short Paper

The first report of the Italian Migraine Registry (I-GRAINE)

Piero Barbanti, Gabriella Egeo, Cinzia Aurilia, Giulia Fiorentini, Stefania Proietti, Carlo Tomino, Stefano Bonassi, Maria Albanese, Giovanni Allais, Claudia Altamura, Marco Aguggia, Massimo Autunno, Patrizia Balsamo, Marco Bartoli, Maria Bloise, Chiara Benedetto, Francesco Bono, Giovanni Caggia, Cecilia Camarda, Antonio Carnevale, Alessandra Cerchi, Sabina Cevoli, Bruno Colombo, Alfonso Coppola, Roberto De Simone, Laura Di Clemente, Paola Di Fiore, Alfonsina Di Summa, Florindo d’Onofrio, Valentina Favoni, Massimo Filippi, Cinzia Finocchi, Fabio Frediani, Licia Grazzi, Rosario Grugno, Andrea Mancioli, Roberta Messina, Stefano Messina, Franca Moschiano, Claudio Mostardini, Matteo Paolucci, Francesco Perini, Giulia Pierangeli, Pietro Querzani, Renata Rao, Steno Rinalduzzi, Marco Russo, Erminia Stochino, Silvia Strumia, Paola Torelli, Fabio Valguerra, Fabrizio Vernieri, Giovanna Viticchi, Maurizio Zucco

Open Access Migraine Short Paper

Sex and gender differences in migraines: a narrative review

Maria Francesca Rossi, Antonio Tumminello, Matteo Marconi, Maria Rosaria Gualano, Paolo Emilio Santoro, Walter Malorni, Umberto Moscato

Migraine Short Paper

Gender differences in obsessive–compulsive disorder traits among chronic migraine patients

Giovanna Viticchi, Lorenzo Falsetti, Sergio Salvemini, Mauro Silvestrini, Alice Riva, Laura Buratti, Marco Bartolini

Headache COVID-19

The impact of headache symptoms in a population of Italian university students during the COVID period: an observational study based on 4926 cases

Maria Gabriella Saracco, Giorgio Bergesio, Alessia Cuniberti, Bartolomeo Rinaldi, Maurizio Cavallini

Migraine Brief Communication

Sport and migraine—a dynamic relationship

Gai Annalisa, Bertuzzo Davide, Aguggia Marco

Acupuncture Brief Communication

The safety of acupuncture for migraine prevention during pregnancy

Gianni Allais, Giulia Chiarle, Emma Sinatra, Gisella Airola, Fabiola Bergandi, Sara Rolando, Silvia Sinigaglia, Paola Schiapparelli, Chiara Benedetto

Open Access Migraine Short Paper

CGRP-monoclonal antibodies in difficult-to-treat chronic migraine patients

Francesca Schiano di Cola, Salvatore Caratozzolo, Marco Bolchini, Giulia Ceccardi, Matteo Cortinovis, Paolo Liberini, Alessandro Padovani, Renata Rao

Migraine Short Paper

Personality traits and efficacy of anti-CGRP monoclonal antibodies in migraine prevention

Carlo Lovati, Gianna Bernasconi, Chiara Capogrosso, Laura Molteni, Federica Giorgetti, Bernardo Dell’Osso, Leonardo Pantoni

Migraine Short Paper

Comparison of efficacy and safety of erenumab between over and under 65-year-old refractory migraine patients: a pivotal study

Ilaria Cetta, Roberta Messina, Laura Zanandrea, Bruno Colombo, Massimo Filippi

Migraine Short Paper

Increase pain sensitivity during the four phases of the migraine cycle in patients with episodic migraine

Cinzia Finocchi, Stefano Di Antonio, Matteo Castaldo, Marta Ponzano, Francesca Bovis, Jorge Hugo Villafañe, Paola Torelli, Lars Arendt-Nielsen

Cluster Headache Short Paper

Greater occipital nerve blockade in cluster headache: effectiveness and safety of a combined injection protocol

Mascarella Davide, Urbinati Giacomo, Asioli Gian Maria, Matteo Eleonora, Favoni Valentina, Pierangeli Giulia, Cevoli Sabina

Migraine Short Paper

Experimental animal models of migraine

Maria Gabriella Buzzi