15th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies
Webcasted Presentations
 Benedict Michael  

Acute varicella zoster virus encephalitis in adults - relationship between viral load, time, clinical features and outcome
2011-09-10 - English
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Background. To determine how the viral load of varicella zoster virus (VZV) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with encephalitis varies with time and whether this predicts outcome.

Methods. The Liverpool virology laboratory electronic records were screened for...(more)


 Silvia Proietti  

Clinical and urodynamic effects of xeomin
2011-09-10 - English
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 Szidónia Szőke  

Funicular myelosis in a young patient with polyglandular autoimmune syndrome - case report
2011-09-10 - English
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Funicular myelosis in a young patient with polyglandular autoimmune syndrome - case report
Author(s):
S. Szőke1, I. Vastagh2, A. Kéri2, Á. Palásti2, L. Bodrogi3, T. Varga4, A. Somogyi4, D. Berecki2
Institute(s):
12nd Department of Neurology, Clinical County...(more)


 Felicity Dewhurst  

A screening questionnaire to measure the prevalence of neurological disorders in the elderly in low income countries: report of a community based pilot study
2011-09-10 - English
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Objective: There are few data on neurological disorder prevalence from developing countries, particularly sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This is in part due to the lack of a feasible and valid screening instrument, making community-based epidemiological studies difficult. The...(more)


 Paulo Lotufo  

A reappraisal of stroke mortality trends in Brazil (1979 to 2009)
2011-09-10 - English
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Background: Brazil has one of the highest cerebrovascular death rates in the Western Hemisphere. We investigated temporal trends according to gender and stroke subtypes.
Methods: We analyzed mortality rates between 1979 and 2009 for different stroke subtypes. Data were...(more)



 Dániel Bereczki  

Neurology 2009 Hungary: a survey of the neurological capacities, their utilization and about neurologists based on the 2009 reports of the institutions
2011-09-10 - English
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Background: Detailed information on the quantitative and qualitative features and the regional distribution of current neurological services at the national level is necessary for the planning of health care provision for the future.
Methods: We present the...(more)


 Anton Emelyanov  

Association of GBA L444P and N370S mutations with early onset Parkinson’s disease in Russia
2011-09-10 - English
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A clinical association has been reported between type 1 Gaucher’s disease, which is caused by a glucocerebrosidase deficiency owing to mutations in the glucocerebrosidase gene (GBA), and parkinsonism. Mutations in GBA gene have been reported to be in patients with...(more)


 Anna Sailer  

Exome sequencing as a rapid and cost efficient diagnostic method in neurogenetic disorders
2011-09-10 - English
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Objective: Genetic heterogeneity is common in many neurological disorders. This is particularly true for the hereditary ataxias where at least 36 disease genes or loci have been described for spinocerebellar ataxia and over 100 genes for neurological disorders that present...(more)





 Eleonóra Klímová  

Communication with patient about life limiting disease
2011-09-10 - English
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Communication with patients about life limiting disease

1. Eleonóra Klímová, 2. Hedviga Jakubíková, 3. Monika Daňová

1. Department of Neurology, J.A.Reiman´s Teaching Hospital and Faculty of Health,
University of Prešov in Prešov, Slovakia
2. Outpatient...(more)


 Antonella Macerollo  

Severity of motor symptoms and site of pain in Parkinson\'sdisease
2011-09-10 - English
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Objectives: Pain occurring during the course of Parkinson’s disease (PD) may be heterogeneous in quality and body distribution. In a retrospective cohort study, we investigated the relationship, if any, between severity of PD and site of pain.
Patients and Methods: We...(more)


 Beatriz De la Casa-Fages  

Lesch-Nyhan disease variant: a new cause of paroxysmal dystonia
2011-09-10 - English
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Lesch-Nyhan disease (LND) variants are due to an incomplete deficiency of the enzime HPRT. They may present with overproduction of uric acid, motor abnormalities and slight cognitive dysfunction. Dystonia is the most common motor abnormality in the LND variants. Here we...(more)


 Szabolcs Farkas  

Autoradiographic assay of dopamine D2/D3 receptor density and signal transduction pathway activity in Parkinson\'s disease
2011-09-10 - English
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Nigrostriatal degeneration in Parkinson’s disease (PD) results in different alterions affecting the dopaminergic system. In the present study we aimed to investigate the realtionship between dopamine D2/D3 receptor density and corresponding intracellular signal transduction...(more)


 Santiago Perez Lloret  

Factors related toorthostatic hypotension in Parkinson\'s disease
2011-09-10 - English
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Introduction: Orthostatic hypotension (OH), a frequent feature of Parkinson’s disease (PD) can contribute to falls and is related to the disease itself or to drugs.
Objectives: To assess the concordance between abnormal BP fall after orthostatism and the presence of...(more)


 Santiago Perez Lloret  

Impulse-control disorders in Parkinson\'s disease patients
2011-09-10 - English
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Background: Impulse-control disorders (ICD) can occur with any dopaminergic drug in Parkinson\'s Disease (PD), specially in younger patients.
Objective: To assess the prevalence of ICD in a sample of PD and non-PD patients and to evaluate the factors related to their...(more)


 Santiago Perez Lloret  

Adverse events toantiparkinsonian medications in parkinsonian and non-parkinsonian patients
2011-09-10 - English
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Introduction: Underreporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) usually reaches 90%.
Objective: To explore the gap in the frequency of ADRs to antiparkinsonian drugs (APDs) in Parkinson’s disease (PD) and non-PD patients when explored by means of a full extensive...(more)


 Norbert Kovacs  

Pramipexole for treating essential tremor
2011-09-10 - English
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Objectives: The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the efficacy of pramipexole for essential tremor.
Methods: Twenty-nine patients with essential tremor were enrolled into this 16 weeks long study. After recording baseline condition, two different dosages of...(more)


 Yvonne Krenn  

A novel marker panel for brain tumors?
2011-09-10 - English
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Background:
A disturbance of iron homeostasis harbours the risk of cellular malfunction including ROS / oxidative stress triggered cell death. The multimeric protein Ferritin acts as cellular antioxidant by sequestering an excess of free iron (Fe2+). Besides intracellular...(more)



 María Bernal Sánchez-Arjona  

Subacute cerebellar degeneration in association with an ovarian teratoma
2011-09-10 - English
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 Daniela Ferrari  

Central nervous system Rosai-Dorfman disease: a diagnostic challenge
2011-09-10 - English
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Introduction. Rosai-Dorfman disease, or “sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy”, is a rare, benign, idiopathic histiocytic proliferative disease with patognomonic histological and immunohistochemical features. Central nervous system (CNS) involvement may be...(more)


 Pauline Narme  

Empathy processes in neurodegenerative diseases: preliminary results in Parkinson
2011-09-10 - English
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Empathy processes in Parkinson’s disease : preliminary results of a neuropsychological study.
Pauline Narme, Pierre Krystkowiak, Martine Roussel, Harold Mouras1, Olivier Godefroy

Laboratoire de Neurosciences Fonctionnelles et Pathologies, Université Picardie Jules...(more)


 Dirk Hermann  

Acute stroke in the basal ganglia - consequences for reward based learning
2011-09-10 - English
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Acute stroke in the basal ganglia – consequences for reward based learning
Seidel UK1, Gronewold, J1, Wicking M2, Bellebaum C3, Daum I3, Hermann DM1
1 Universitätsklinikum Essen – Neurologische Klinik, Vaskuläre Neurologie, Essen,...(more)


 Taofiki A. Sunmonu  

Poor intellectual performance in antoretroviral therapy naive Nigerians with Human immunodeficiency virus infection
2011-09-10 - English
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: Sub-Saharan Africa carry the heaviest burden of human immunodeficiency virus infection in the world and cognitive impairment is a major clinical complication of this illness.

Methods: Fifty-eight anti – retroviral therapy(ART) naďve HIV patients...(more)



 Ya-Ju Chang  

The effect of temporal electricalstimulation assisted training on restoration of pre-movement facilitation inindividuals with spinocerebellar ataxia
2011-09-10 - English
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Background and Purpose: In ballistic goal directed movements, disrupted pre-movement motor evoked potential (MEP) facilitation pattern and disrupted triphasic EMG pattern were found in patients with spino-cerebellar ataxias (SCA) who had hypermetria. Previous studies have...(more)




 Charalampos Georgiopoulos  

DATscan SPECT - evaluation of patients with movement disorders
2011-09-10 - English
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 Daniel Kondziella  

In vivo 13C and 1H MR spectroscopy and MR imaging in rats with kaolin-induced hydrocephalus
2011-09-10 - English
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In experimental hydrocephalus complex metabolic changes occur. Unfortunately, assessment of metabolic changes has been largely limited to ex vivo studies. This study therefore aimed at examining early metabolic changes in vivo in rats with kaolin-hydrocephalus (n = 15;...(more)





 Marguerite O'Callaghan  

Concordance between carotid Doppler ultrasound and computerised tomographic angiography in predicting the need for surgery in carotid artery stenosis
2011-09-10 - English
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Aim: To compare the use of carotid Doppler ultrasound (CDUS) and computerized tomographic angiography (CTA) in assessing severity of internal carotid artery stenosis and evaluate their impact on the decision for carotid endarterectomy in the Mercy University Hospital (MUH),...(more)


 Chien-Han Lai  

Duloxetine's short-term modest influences in subcortical structures of first episode drug-naive patients with major depressive disorder and panic disorder
2011-09-10 - English
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Objective: We developed this study to follow up the changes of subcortical structures after 6 weeks’ therapy of duloxetine in first episode drug-naďve patients with major depressive disorder and panic disorder. Methods: 15 patients received duloxetine 60 mg/d therapy for 6...(more)


 Xenia Kobeleva  

The Dynamics of Memory Retrieval and Imagery of Vivid Visual and Auditory Information
2011-09-10 - English
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Dynamics of Memory Retrieval and Imagery of Auditory and Visual Information

Introduction: Sensory mental imagery is the inner percept-like representation of objects in the absence of external stimuli. In our study we tried to depict the brain areas which are...(more)


 Margherita Cavalieri  

Tobacco consumption and brain: a conventional and magnetization transfer MR study
2011-09-10 - English
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 Nikoletta Szabó  

White matter microstructure as biomarker for preclinical Huntington\'sdisease
2011-09-10 - English
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Objective: Huntington’s disease is an inherited progressive neurodegenerative disease. While asymptomatic in the early disease course, neurodegeneration is progressing. In order to develop and test putative neuroprotective approaches sensitive biomarkers are needed....(more)


 Federica Agosta  

Detection of FRONTAL cortical thinning in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
2011-09-10 - English
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Objective. The pathological process associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) does not spare extra-motor brain gray (GM) and white (WM) matter structures, especially those located in the frontal lobes. However, measurements of whole brain atrophy in ALS by MRI...(more)



 Alexey Khrulev  

Nervous system damage in patients with the technogenic electrical trauma
2011-09-10 - English
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NERVOUS SYSTEM DAMAGE IN PATIENTS WITH
THE TECHNOGENIC ELECTRICAL TRAUMA
Research objective
To study the clinical features of nervous system damage, indicators of cerebral haemodynamics and morphological changes of a brain matter in patients with a technogenic electrical...(more)




 Jamshid Kuzibayev  

Minimally invasive removal of subdural hematomas using local trombolysis
2011-09-10 - English
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 Stefan Sivak  

Clinical correlations of postraumatic proton magnetic resonance changes in patients after mild traumatic brain injury
2011-09-10 - English
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Introduction:
Structural brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is typically normal in most patients after mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI). Protom magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) appears to be more sensitive and is able to detect subtle posttraumatic changes....(more)


 Giuliana Giordano  

Juvenile migraine and the role of autonomic system: a preliminary clinical study
2011-09-10 - English
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 Yukio Fujita  

Different clinical and neuropathological phenotypes of familial ALS with a novel A315E TARDBP mutation
2011-09-10 - English
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We showed here that the clinical, genetic, and neuropathological characteristics of four members of a Japanese pedigree affected by familial ALS (FALS). All the patients showed motor neuron signs, and two of them also had parkinsonism. We identified A315E TARDBP mutation in...(more)






 riadh GOUIDER  

Charcot Marie Tooth disease - autosomal recessive forms: clinical, electrophysiology and genetic study ina Tunisian cohort
2011-09-10 - English
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Introduction
Charcot Marie Tooth disease (CMT) is the most frequent hereditary peripheral neuropathy. Autosomal Recessive forms of CMT are known to be the least common forms worldwise. We aimed to investigate recessive forms in our Tunisian population with a high...(more)


 Till Wagner  

The capsaicin 8% patch for neuropathic pain in clinical practice: a retrospective analysis
2011-09-10 - English
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Objective: Clinical trials have demonstrated that a single application of the capsaicin 8% patch (QUTENZA) can provide relief from neuropathic pain (NP) for 12 weeks. To evaluate its efficacy and tolerability in a real-life clinical setting we describe an analysis...(more)


 Svetlana Kopishinskaya  

Antiganglioside antibodies GM1 IgM, GD1b IgG, GT1b IgG as a new diagnostic criterion for gluten neuropathy
2011-09-10 - English
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Antiganglioside antibodies GM1 IgM, GD1b IgG, GT1b IgG as a new diagnostic criterion for gluten neuropathy.
S.V.Kopishinskaya, A.V.Gustov, A.A.Repin, M.Y.Seropyan, T.V.Kolchanova, M.A.Kolchanova, V.A.Antonova, N.V.Kondratieva, L.I.Dmitrieva

Chair of Neurology, Nizhny...(more)



 Claude Mignard  

Periaxine CMT4F in Reunion Island
2011-09-10 - English
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 Anneke Rampen  

Ultrasound guided steroid injection for ulnar neuropathy at the elbow
2011-09-10 - English
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 Giulia Di Stefano  

Clinical and neurophysiological study of neuropathic pain in patient with multiple sclerosis
2011-09-10 - English
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Objectives: Pain is common in patients with multiple
sclerosis, but its underlying mechanism is still unclear, thus
limiting the development of effective treatment. In this
prospective clinical and neurophysiological study we sought
information on the clinical...(more)




 Alexey Alekseev  

Pain treatment inpatients with Parkinson
2011-09-10 - English
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 Mustafa Seckin  

Psychoactive substance use and headache: how does an addicted brain produce pain?
2011-09-10 - English
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Headache is an underestimated consequence of substance use and the severity of substance related headache can affect quality of life more than symptoms of abstinence. We have investigated a possible association between headaches and psychoactive substance use. The results...(more)


 Sergiu Albu  

Effectiveness of transcranial directcurrent stimulation in the treatment of chronic neuropathic pain in spinal cordinjuried patients
2011-09-10 - English

EFFECTIVENESS OF TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURENT STIMULATION IN THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC NEUROPATHIC PAIN IN SPINAL CORD INJURY

Background and aims.
About 40-70% of patients with SCI (spinal cord injury) suffer from neuropathic pain (NP) being severe enough to impair their...(more)






 Rostyslav Bubnov  

A comparative study with trigger point dry needling under ultrasound guidance and blind technique. A new approach for myofascial pain syndrome management
2011-09-10 - English

Background: Most of pain syndromes in clinical practice have myofascial nature, caused by the myofascial trigger points (MTrP) formation. We use dry needling of muscle trigger point under ultrasound guidance for MTrP inactivation.  Materials and methods: The study included...(more)



 Annamaria Fejes  

The modulatory effect of estrogen on c-Fos immunoreactivity in the trigeminal second order neurons of the ovariectomized female rats
2011-09-10 - English
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The modulatory effect of estrogen on c-Fos immunoreactivity in the trigeminal second order neurons of the ovariectomized female rats

Annamária Fejes1, Zita Oláh1, Zsuzsanna Bohár1, Lilla Tar1, János Tajti1, László Vécsei1 and Árpád Párdutz1

1Department of Neurology,...(more)


 Hans-Christoph Diener  

OnabotulinumtoxinA for treatment of chronic migraine: PREEMPT 24-week pooled subgroup analysis of patients without medication overuse
2011-09-10 - English
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OnabotulinumtoxinA for Treatment of Chronic Migraine: PREEMPT 24-Week Pooled Subgroup Analysis of Patients Without Medication Overuse

Background: Chronic migraine (CM) is a prevalent, disabling primary headache disorder. Most patients in CM clinical trials overuse acute...(more)




 Sophio Rostomashvili  

Implication of developmental venous anomalies (DVA) in epilepsy
2011-09-10 - English
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Implication of developmental venous anomalies (DVA) in epilepsy

Sophio ROSTOMASHVILI*, Cecile CAUQUIL-MICHON *,Ghaida NASSER **, Denis DUCREUX **, David ADAMS *, Christian DENIER * Pascal MASNOU*.
Departement of Neurology, Kremlin Bicetre university hospital, Paris,...(more)


 Salwa El Tawil  

Clinical features of two Egyptian families with autosomal dominant lateral temporal lobe epilepsy
2011-09-10 - English
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Clinical Features of Two Egyptian families with Autosomal Dominant Lateral Temporal Lobe epilepsy
Introduction
ADLTE is a relatively uncommon epilepsy syndrome characterized by seizures arising from the lateral temporal lobe. Mutations in LGI1 gene are detected in many...(more)



 Christoph Helmstaedter  

"Instrumental activities of daily living" in epilepsy - a worthwhile diagnostic supplement?
2011-09-10 - English
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\"Instrumental activities of daily living\" in epilepsy - a worthwhile diagnostic supplement?

Helmstaedter C, Dröge F, Witt JA

Objective: Subjective complaints about cognitive impairments, objective test results, and
every day functioning are often...(more)




 Tugba Argun  

Hemichorea-hemiballism induced by non-ketotic hyperglycemia
2011-09-10 - English
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 Aleksandar Jesic  

Transcranial sonography: a reliable diagnostic tool in diagnosis of Parkinson\'s disease
2011-09-10 - English
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Introduction: Transcranial sonography (TCS) is a reliable method in the diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and the differential diagnosis of atypical parkinsonism. Finding of hyperechogenicity of substantia nigra (SN), which is the result of iron deposition in this...(more)


 Eleonora Dzoljic  

Fluoxetine does not impair motor functions in patients with Parkinson\'s disease: correlation between mood and motor functions with plasma concentrations of fluoxetine/norfluoxetine
2011-09-10 - English
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Abstract
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are the most commonly chosen antidepressants in patients with Parkinson\'s disease (PD). The aim of our study was to assess the influence of fluoxetine (Flu) on motor functions in .patients with PD. In this prospective,...(more)


 Henrik Antell  

Brain iron assessed at 3 T in healthy controls and patients with Parkinson's disease
2011-09-10 - English
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Abnormal brain iron levels are seen in Parkinson\'s disease (PD). To assess iron accumulation in different brain regions, 11 patients with hypokinetic-rigid PD and 11 healthy controls underwent MRI of the brain. Brain iron was quantified on a 3-tesla system by measuring R2,...(more)



 Oren Cohen  

Movement disorders are prevalent in patients with familial Creutzfeldt - Jakob Disease (f-CJD) carrying the E200K mutation
2011-09-10 - English
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Background: Although myoclonus and ataxia are considered common in patients with familial Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease (fCJD), other movement disorders are considered less prevalent.
Objectives: To systemically evaluate the frequency of extrapyramidal signs and movement...(more)


 Joana Domingos  

Severity of liver disease in extrahepatic forms of Wilson disease
2011-09-10 - English
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 Arun Singh  

Oscillatory activity in the human globus pallidus during walking
2011-09-10 - English
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Introduction: Nowadays, globus pallidum internum (GPi) represents the most therapeutic target for deep brain stimulation (DBS) in dystonia. Pallidal recordings of local field potentials (LFPs) in patients with dystonia have demonstrated 3-12 Hz pathophysiological...(more)



 Joana Guimarăes  

Free urinary catecholamines excretion profile in patients submitted to bilateral deep brain stimulation
2011-09-10 - English
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Introduction: Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (DBS-STN) is thought to continuously alter the activity of STN neurones in Parkinson´s disease (PD), whereas oral levodopa therapy has a pulse effect. It has been suggested that chronic decrease in the levodopa...(more)


 Thordis Gudmundsdottir  

A virtualarena test indicates impaired striatal spatial memory strategies in mild to moderate Parkinson\'sdisease
2011-09-10 - English
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Title:
A virtual arena test indicates impaired striatal spatial memory strategies in mild to moderate Parkinson\'s disease
Author(s):
T. Gudmundsdottir1, C.F. Doeller2, N. Burgess2, F. Bergquist1,3
Institute(s):
1Neurology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital,...(more)



 Tomoko Oeda  

Risk analysis for dropped head and camptocormia in Parkinson disease
2011-09-10 - English
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Objective: Abnormal postures in patients with Parkinson disease (PD), in some instances, they appear to be related to the progression of the disease, and they seem to be related to anti-Parkinson medication, especially dopamine agonists in other cases. The purpose of this...(more)



 Jie-Yuan Li  

Intracortical inhibition of the motor cortex in hyperglycemic hemichorea-hemiballism
2011-09-10 - English
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Introduction: Hyperglycemic hemichorea-hemiballism (HC-HB) in uncontrolled diabetes mellitus is an uncommon manifestation of hyperglycemia and typically shows high signal intensity lesions in the putamen and sometimes in the caudate head on T1-weighted MRI. However, the...(more)


 Thomas Müller  

Improvements in sleep and mood after switch of Parkinson
2011-09-10 - English
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Introduction: Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients often suffer nocturnal sleep disturbances. This can be caused by disease progression and/or as a consequence of antiparkinsonian therapy. In particular, the MAO-B inhibitor selegiline is metabolised to amphetamines, which...(more)


 Irene Sanz Gallego  

Experience in the treatment of friedreich ataxia with darbopoetin: an open study
2011-09-10 - English
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 Prashanth Reddy  

Comparison of non-motor effects of subcutaneous apomorphine infusion and intrajejunal levodopa infusion in advanced Parkinson
2011-09-10 - English
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The long drawn debate on which form of continuous dopaminergic stimulation(CDS) is better is on going. We present here preliminary findings from the ongoing project comparing various forms of CDS. We report our findings comparing continuous apomorphine infusion and intra jejunal levodopa infusion.


 Karolina Dzieżyc  

Clinical outcome of Wilson's disease patients diagnosed by family screening
2011-09-10 - English
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Clinical outcome of Wilson’s disease patients diagnosed by family screening


K. Dzieżyc1, A. Członkowska1,2
1 Second Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland
2 Department of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology,...(more)



 Beatriz De la Casa-Fages  

De novo dopamine dysregulation syndrome after subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation: report of three cases
2011-09-10 - English
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Dopamine dysregulation syndrome is a complication of the dopaminergic treatment for Parkinson’s disease, probably related to sensitization of the mesolimbic system. The relationship between dopamine dysregulation syndrome and deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic...(more)



 Santiago Perez Lloret  

A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized, crossover pilot study of thesafety and short-term antisialorrheic efficacy of multiple doses of intra-oral tropicamide films in Parkinson\'s disease
2011-09-10 - English
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Background: Sialorrhea is a common non-motor symptom in PD. Short-acting antimuscarinic, such as tropicamide, may reduce saliva secretion without the side effects associated with long-acting antimuscarinics.
Objective: To explore the anti-sialorrhea effect of single doses...(more)


 Hana Přikrylová Vranová  

The profile of CSF neurodegenerative markers in different phenotypes of Parkinson
2011-09-10 - English
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Abstract

Background and Objective: The clinical manifestation of Parkinson’s disease (PD) is very heterogeneous, which inspired has prompted many attempts to divide PD patients into clinical subgroups. This could lead to a better recognition of pathogenesis, improving...(more)



 Jan Rusz  

Two-minute vocal test and acoustic analysis reveal voice and speech disorders in early untreated Parkinsons disease
2011-09-10 - English
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Background: The disorders of voice and speech in Parkinson\'s disease (PD) result from the
involvement of several subsystems including respiration, phonation, articulation, and prosody. We have designed a quick vocal test consisting of sustained phonation, diadochokinetic...(more)



 Vladana Markovic  

Non-motor symptoms among young-onset Parkinson
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 Massimo Filippi  

The topography of brain damage in non-demented patients at different stages of Parkinson\'s disease
2011-09-10 - English
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Objective. To investigate the patterns of grey matter (GM) loss and white matter (WM) tract damage in patients at different clinical stages of Parkinson’s disease (PD).
Methods. Eighty-nine non-demented PD patients and 42 healthy subjects were studied. PD patients were...(more)




 Erika Tátrai  

The effect of a single episode of optic neuritis on retinal ganglion cell integrity
2011-09-10 - English
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Purpose: To evaluate the structural changes of the macula in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) after a single episode of optic neuritis (ON).
Methods: Twelve patients with relapsing-remitting MS were enrolled who had a single episode of ON at least 6 months prior to...(more)



 Bernhard Blum  

Eye movements and psychophysics in patients with phoria
2011-09-10 - English
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Introduction:
Phoria, a latent misalignment of the eyes, is common in unselected populations. If decompensated it often results in symptoms of asthenopia: headache, dizziness and fatigue. It is still not understood why such decompensation of phoria occurs.

Objectives:...(more)


 Jeong-Min Hwang  

Absence of the trochlear nerve: a clinico-radiological study of congenital superior oblique palsy
2011-09-10 - English
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Purpose : To classify patients with congenital superior oblique palsy (SOP) according to their MRI findings.
Methods: A retrospective review of medical records was performed on patients diagnosed with congenital SOP. The presence or absence of the trochlear nerve was...(more)


 Satoshi Okawa  

3D FIESTA and fat-suppressed 3D SPGR MRI in 3 cases of acute painful ophthalmoplegia suggesting clinical varieties of the Tolosa-Hunt syndrome
2011-09-10 - English
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Objective: To examine the clinical characteristics of acute painful ophthalmoplegia which three-dimensional fast imaging employing steady-state acquisition (3D FIESTA) sequences and fat-suppressed three-dimensional spoiled gradient-recalled (3D SPGR) sequences of magnetic...(more)


 Stojan Peric  

Cognitive impairment in patients withmyotonic dystrophy type 1
2011-09-10 - English
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Aim: To determine the type of neuropsychological dysfunction in myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1).
Methods: This study included 38 patients (17 males; mean age 41.6 ± 9.7 years) with the adult onset DM1 and the same number of matched healthy volunteers. Following...(more)


 Emilia Kerty  

Chronic fatigue and autonomic disturbance in Myasthenia gravis
2011-09-10 - English
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 Angelina Maniaol  

A population-based epidemiologic study of myasthenia gravis in Norway
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 Myeong-Kyu Kim  

Gain of function in the novel Nav1.4 paramyotonia congenita mutant N440K
2011-09-10 - English
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Voltage-gated Na+ channels (Navs) initiate action potentials in brain, heart, and muscle. Dysfunction of these important excitation regulators leads to a wide spectrum of disorders with distinct phenotypes. Mutations in SCN4A, the gene coding for the isoform predominating...(more)


 Weidong Pan  

Traditional Chinese medicine improves nocturnal activity with nighttime in Parkinson\'s disease
2011-09-10 - English
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Objective: To evaluate the effects of a compound traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), A traditional Chinese medicine named Yang-xue Qing-nao Granule (YXQN), on sleep disturbance in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Methods: Forty-eight patients with idiopathic PD (mean...(more)


 Stine Knudsen  

No normalization of hypocretin-1 deficiency or narcoleptic phenotype after early IVIG treatment in post-H1N1 vaccination narcolepsy with cataplexy
2011-09-10 - English
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Background: Narcolepsy with cataplexy (NC) is caused by a severe loss of hypocretin producing neurons in the hypothalamus. Autoimmunity due to environmental triggers and cross-reactions are believed to be central in the pathogenesis of narcolepsy.
It is therefore...(more)


 Lucia Florio  

Motor cortex plasticity predicts recovery in acute stroke
2011-09-10 - English
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 Stine Knudsen  

Hypothalamic craniopharyngeoma resulting in hypocretin deficiency and narcolepsy with atypical cataplexy
2011-09-10 - English
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Background: The symptoms of narcolepsy reflect an unstable sleep/wake and tonus control caused by hypocretin deficiency. Secondary narcolepsy may occur when structural lesions involve the posterolateral hypothalamus area i.e. the hypocretin producing neurons.
Methods and...(more)


 Alwin Melkie Sambul  

Brain evoked potentials to asymmetric and symmetric object images in humans
2011-09-10 - English
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Background: A critical task of the visual system in humans is to classify the incoming information into perceptual categories. Previously, electrophysiological studies on brain evoked potential (BEP) have shown that the discrimination between different object categories,...(more)


 Ashraf Zaher  

Could P300 predict remission in patients with schizophrenia?
2011-09-10 - English
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Background: Schizophrenia is nowadays viewed as a general cognitive disorder characterized by relatively stable cognitive impairments. Event-related potentials offer an approach for eliciting neurophysiological correlates of cognitive functioning. The P300 event-related...(more)


 Riccardo Di Iorio  

Modulation of human motor cortex neuronal networks by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: comparison of the local and remote effects of six different protocols of stimulation
2011-09-10 - English
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Modulation of Human Motor Cortex Neuronal Networks by Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Comparison of the Local and Remote Effects of Six Different Protocols of Stimulation.
V. Di Lazzaro, M. Dileone, F. Pilato, F.Capone, G. Musumeci, F. Ranieri,
V. Ricci, P....(more)



 Saša Filipović  

Increased motor cortex excitability improves skilled task learning - effects of intermittent theta burst stimulation
2011-09-10 - English
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Title: Increased motor cortex excitability improves skilled task learning – effects of intermittent theta burst stimulation

Background and aims: Primary motor cortex is critically involved in motor learning. Intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) is a non-invasive...(more)




 Hanene Benrhouma  

Psychogenic gait disorders in children: not so rare!
2011-09-10 - English
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Introduction
Psychogenic gait disorders (PGD) in children are rare and often difficult to distinguish from organic ones.
Objective
To review clinical characteristics, outcome and treatment in seven children with PGD.
Methods
Seven children with PGD were followed up in...(more)


 Gulcin Benbir  

Blink reflex studies in peripheral versus central enhancement: postparalytic facial syndrome and blepharospasm: trigeminal and extra-trigeminal somatosensory stimulation
2011-09-10 - English
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Abstract
Background: We aimed to study blink reflex circuits in peripheral (postparalytic facial syndrome, PFS) versus central (essential blepharospasm, EB) enhancement that causes changes in excitability of brainstem interneurons.
Patients & Methods: A total of 26...(more)


 Elena Hadjiu  

Neurotrophic factor BDNF in children with brainperinatal affectation
2011-09-10 - English
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In this study we appreciated the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the serum of children with diverse grade perinatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (PHIE) in acute and retrieval periods. A higher level of BDNF is associated to a better protection of brain...(more)



 Byoung-Soo Shin  

The effects of intra-ventricular adrenomedullin on photochemical thrombotic infarction animal model
2011-09-10 - English
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Background and aims: Adrenomedullin (AM) is a peptide hormone widely distributed in the central nervous system. AM has been shown induced angiogenesis and inhibits cell apoptosis through the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt pathway. The purpose of this study is evaluation...(more)


 Fengyan Jin  

LDL attenuates basal and VEGF165-induced endothelial proliferation, migration and tube formation in vitro
2011-09-10 - English
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LDL attenuates basal and VEGF165-induced endothelial proliferation, migration and tube formation in vitro
Fengyan Jin, Eric Metzen and Dirk M. Hermann
Department of Neurology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Background:...(more)



 Raluca Reitmeir  

Vascular endothelial growth factor promotes functional recovery after focal cerebral ischemia: role of extracellular matrix and guidance molecules in enhancing axonal plasticity
2011-09-10 - English
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Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a potent angiogenic factor, which also has neuroprotective activity. In view of these dual actions on vessels and neurons, we were interested whether VEGF promotes long distance axonal plasticity in the ischemic brain. Herein we...(more)


 Gabriela Pavlic  

Stroke in atrial fibrillation-is it different?
2011-09-10 - English
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 Julia Buczek  

Hyperperfusion syndrome after carotid artery stenting and carotid artery endarterectomy - prospective assessment
2011-09-10 - English
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Background and aims:
Hyperperfusion syndrome (HS) is a relatively rare but serious complication of carotid revascularization procedures. Impaired cerebral autoregulation and post-revascularization changes in cerebral blood flow are the main mechanisms involved in the...(more)


 Bahador Asadi  

Neuroprotective effects of Erythropoietin in acute ischemic stroke
2011-09-10 - English
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Abstract:

Background: ischemic brain strokes consist two 3th of strokes and their complications bear a lot of disability for patient and society.
Purpose: in this study we seek for effect of Erythropoietin on ischemic brain stroke’s outcomes according to NIHSS changes....(more)


 Olga Schiopu  

Place of carpal tunnel syndrome in post stroke upper limb pain
2011-09-10 - English
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Background. Post Stroke Pain on paretic side is one of stroke consequences. The most common is upper limb pain, named Painful Hemiplegic Shoulder. We supposed that cause of upper limb pain can be development of carpal tunnel syndrome besides shoulder subluxation....(more)


 Patricia Martinez-Sanchez  

Womencould benefit more from early thtrombolysis than men
2011-09-10 - English
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 Pablo Alonso-Singer  

Cerebrovascular phenotypes with two etiological stroke classifications: comparison between TOAST and ASCO
2011-09-10 - English
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INTRODUCCION: The classifications of stroke are based on identifying their most likely cause. A new classification capable to describe a “stroke phenotyping” has been recently proposed: ASCO; A, atherosclerosis; S, small vessel disease; C, cardiac source; O, other cause....(more)


 Christian Denier  

Validation of a new language screening tool for acute stroke patients: the Language Screening Test (LAST)
2011-09-10 - English
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Abstract : Background: Standard aphasia scales such as the Boston Diagnosis Aphasia Evaluation (BDAE) are inappropriate for use in acute stroke. Likewise, global stroke scales do not reliably detect aphasia, and existing brief aphasia screening scales suitable for stroke...(more)



 Josef Finsterer  

Neurological manifestations of atrio-esophageal fistulas from left atrial ablation
2011-09-10 - English
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Background:– Left atrial ablation (LAAB) is carried out as an alternative treatment of atrial fibrillation refractory to conservative measures. An increasingly recognized complication of LAAB is an atrio-esophageal fistula (AEF).. Neurological manifestations usually...(more)





 Hanne Christensen  

Multi-detector CT-angiography is usefull in predicting haematoma expansion in patientes with acute primary intracerebral hemorrhage in a comprehensive stroke centre
2011-09-10 - English
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Primary ICH accounts for 10 – 15 % of strokes and has a worse prognosis than ischaemic lesions. ICH may expand in up to 50 % of cases during the first hours after symptom onset. Spot sign detection on multi-detector CT-angiography (MDCTA) studies may identify ongoing...(more)


 Dorota Dziewulska  

"Pale capillary syndrome" - a non-CADASIL microangiopathy in patients with cerebral white matter damage
2011-09-10 - English
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INTRODUCTION
Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) is the most common cause of white matter damage and vascular dementia. CSVD is usually observed in old age as a part of systemic vasculopathy with symptoms most pronounced in the brain. But leukoaraiosis is also observed in...(more)




 Darija B. Kisic Tepavcevic  

Sexual dysfunction in multiple sclerosis: a 6-year follow-up study
2011-09-10 - English
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 Sandrine Turpault  

In vivo comparative metabolism of [14C]-labelled teriflunomide in mice, rats, rabbits,dogs and humans
2011-09-10 - English
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In vivo comparative metabolism of [14C]-labeled teriflunomide in mice, rats, rabbits, dogs and humans

Lijuan Wang, Sandrine Turpault and Zhaopie Zeng
Disposition, Safety, and Animal Research, Bridgewater, NJ 08807

Introduction: Teriflunomide is a novel oral disease...(more)


 Poul Jennumn  

The socioeconomic consequences of optic neuritis: a controlled national study
2011-09-10 - English
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Optic neuritis (ON) often precede multiple sclerosis (MS) which causes negative effects on health-, and social- issues for the patients and society, thus causing significant socioeconomic burden. The burden of ON with and without MS, before and after a diagnoses has however...(more)



 Natalia Moll  

Pathology-imaging correlations in normal-appearing white matter in multiple sclerosis
2011-09-10 - English
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The aim of the study was to determine the pathologic basis of subtle abnormalities in magnetization transfer ratio (MTR) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) parameters in normal-appearing white matter (NAWM) in brain tissue from patients with secondary progressive multiple...(more)


 Peter Johannsen  

Changes in cerebral glucose metabolism in early symptomaticfrontotemporal dementia linked to chromosome 3 (FTD-3)
2011-09-10 - English
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Changes in cerebral glucose metabolism in early symptomatic frontotemporal dementia linked to chromosome 3 (FTD-3).

Background: Frontotemporal dementia linked to chromosome 3 (FTD-3) is an autosomal dominantly neurodegenerative disease first described in a Danish...(more)


 Vasileios Papaliagkas  

Sleep characteristics in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer
2011-09-10 - English
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Objective : The aim of the current study is the examination of the characteristics and quality of sleep in patients with cognitive impairment.
Methods: The study sample consisted of 30 Alzheimer’s disease (AD), 30 Mild cognitive Impairment (MCI) patients and 30 control...(more)



 Vince Thomas  

Diagnostic methods for aMCI: modelling feasibility and cost-effectiveness
2011-09-10 - English
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DIAGNOSTIC METHODS FOR aMCI:
MODELLING FEASIBILITY AND COSTEFFECTIVENESS
V.S. Thomas1, P. Anderson2
1Medical & Scientific Affairs, Roche Professional
Diagnostics, Roche Diagnostics, Rotkreuz, Switzerland,
2Centre for Health Economics, Swansea University,
Swansea, UK...(more)


 Min-Jeong Kim  

Increased metabolism at the basal forebrain in incipient stages of Alzheimer's disease
2011-09-10 - English
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Objective: To test whether the cholinergic dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a primary event, or a retrograde event secondary to neuronal loss at the cholinergic targets.
Methods: In vivo neuroimaging markers of neural activity using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)...(more)


 Graham Barrett  

Rescue of spatial memory in Alzheimer s disease mice by knockdown of the p75 neurotrophin receptor
2011-09-10 - English
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We proposed that downregulation of the p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75), a receptor that promotes atrophy and apoptosis of cholinergic neurons, may improve cognitive performance in Alzheimer’s model mice. We compared spatial learning in 14-month-old Tg2576 mice to Tg2576...(more)



 Martin Rakusa  

Why acetylcholine esterase inhibitors or memantine (AEI/M) are not prescribed to patients with Alzheimer\'s disease (AD)?
2011-09-10 - English
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BACKGROUND: National data suggest that mere one fourth of AD patients in Slovenia receive treatment with AEI/M.
OBJECTIVE: General practitioners GP) play a major role in identifying and following progression of AD. We evaluated possible GPs-related reasons for the...(more)



 Maria Gomez-Gallego  

Quality of life in Alzheimer disease: do dementia-specific scales measure the same thing?
2011-09-10 - English
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Title: Quality of life in Alzheimer’ disease: do dementia-specific scales measure the same thing?

Background. QOL measures are increasingly used in the assessment of Alzheimer disease (AD) patients although little is known about their equivalence. This study aims at...(more)



 Dirk Dressler  

Sustained efficacy of incobotulinumtoxinA (XEOMIN®; botulinum neurotoxin type A, free from complexing proteins) in long-term treatment of cervical dystonia
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Sustained efficacy of incobotulinumtoxinA (XEOMIN®; botulinum neurotoxin type A, free from complexing proteins) in long-term treatment of cervical dystonia

Objective: To assess the long-term efficacy and tolerability of incobotulinumtoxinA in cervical dystonia (CD) in a...(more)



 Julien Stricker  

Evaluation of the pool of motor units in upper and lower limbs in stroke using the statistical method of motor unit number estimate
English
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Abstract:
Objective: Numerous authors have studied the decrease of functional motor units in the upper limbs after a cerebral infarction. The purpose of this work is to investigate the loss of functional motor units after stroke in upper as well as lower limbs and to...(more)



Presentations available soon

 Peter Lackner  

Nogo-A expression in the brain of mice with cerebral malaria
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!


 Foad Abd Allah  

Carotid atherosclerosis in Egypt
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!


 Rajeshwar Nath Srivastava  

Motor segmental recovery in spinal cord injury - a blessing in disguise!
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!


 Rajeshwar Nath Srivastava  

MRI in spinal trauma - a predictor of neurological recovery
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!



 Tomislav Breitenfeld  

Franz Liszt - pathography
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!







 Pascal Lefevre  

Von Recklinghausen
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!


 Kazuhiro Miwa  

Effect of bevacizumab on radiation necrosis of the brain
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!



 Andriy Ivanov  

Apathy and Parkinson
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!


 Michele Ribolsi  

Pseudoneglect in schizophrenia: the role of the right parietal cortex
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!





 Stefan Golaszewski  

The “extended Locked-in syndrome”
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!



 Carmen Valeria Albu  

Intensive physical therapy in the management of the hemiplegic shoulder
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!



 Carmen Valeria Albu  

Effect of vestibular rehabilitation therapy in patients with multiple sclerosis
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!


 Quan Doan  

Cost effectiveness of BOTOX
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!






 Nathali Kaushansky  

The disease susceptibility in a new ‘humanized’ multiple sclerosis model in HLA-DR15 (DRB1*1501;DQB1*0602) transgenic mice is determined by HLA-DQB1*0602
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system (CNS) characterized by perivascular inflammation accompanied by primary demyelination, axonal damage, and neuronal loss. Numerous studies show that both genetic and environmental factors play a...(more)


 Darine Kassar  

Adrenal insufficiency presenting as postural tachycardia syndrome
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!


 Michele Moscarelli  

Migraine and the role of autonomic system: a preliminary clinical study
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!


 Jan Roar Orlin  

Two simple screening tests documenting the prevalence of urinary voiding dysfunction in patients undergoing lumbar spine operations
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!

OBJECTIVE: A study of the prevalence of urinary voiding dysfunction was carried out preoperatively in 209 patients undergoing lumbar spine operations, using two non-invasive screening tests: free uroflowmetry and ultrasound measurement of residual urine. The value of using...(more)


 Andrea Calvo  

PET/CT study revealed increased 18F-FDG uptake in sub-cortical regions in ALS
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!






 Shashidhar Kori  

Assessing the consistency of LEVADEX
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!



 Shashidhar Kori  

Utility of LEVADEX
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!


Rigmor Jensen  

A basic diagnostic headache diary (BDHD) is well accepted and useful in the diagnosis of headache. A multicenter European and Latin American study
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!









 Stefania Lalli  

Prefrontal stimulation in Tourette syndrome
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!



 Natasa Dragasevic  

Insulin resistance in normoglycemic patients with spinocerebellar ataxia type 1
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!



 Katerina Farnikova  

Neuropsychological profile in atypical parkinsonian syndromes
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!


 Chiung-Mei Chen  

A novel biomarker, aconitase 2, for Huntington's disease
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!





 Sun-Young Oh  

Ocular Vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials in acute brainstem lesions
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!


 Elisa Albertini  

Prognosticfactors in Myasthenia Gravis
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!


 Zaeem Siddiqi  

Mysathenia gravis and non-thymic tumors - is it the disease or drugs or neither?
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!




 Oz Ouzhan  

R-R interval variation in patients with obstructive sleep apnea
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!


 Talip Asil  

Evaluating the effect of sleep deprivation on visual reactivity by TCD
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!


 Nida Tascilar  

Sleep disorders in Beh
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!


 Einar Wilder-Smith  

Stimulated skin-wrinkling test as a screening test for detecting neuropathy
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!



 Luigi Sellitti  

Gait analysis in myotonic dystrophy type 1: a kinematic, kinetic and EMG evaluation
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!




 Besma Nash  

The Role of Folate Metabolism in Foetal Onset Hydrocephalus
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!






 Ruben Cazorla-Garcia  

“Fast Track” Transient Ischemic Attack Clinic: effectiveness and efficiency
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!


 Thomas Tegos  

Heterogeneity versus echogenicity as measures of carotid plaque instability
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!


 Maria Carmen Fernandez Moreno  

Blood pressure control after ischemic stroke and the risk of nocturnal hypotension
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!

Introduction: There is no consensus over the target BP levels in secondary stroke prevention, with some controversy over whether antihypertensive treatment may compromise cerebral perfusion.
Aim: We aimed to evaluate the presence of nocturnal hypotension (NHP) in ischemic...(more)






 Roisin Lonergan  

Unmet needs of Irish MS patients
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!

Abstract

Background:
Over 30% of MS patients respond suboptimally to disease modifying therapy (DMT), with ultimate accumulation of disability. There is no evidence that DMTs modify progressive (non- relapsing) MS. However, these patients may benefit from...(more)












 Jose Luis Vázquez-Higuera  

Genetic variability in tau dephosphorylation pathway and Alzheimer's disease risk
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!



 Dag Aarsland  

The pre-dementia stage of dementia with Lewy bodies
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!


 Anne-Mette Hejl  

Application of the PredictAD software tool to the differentiation between stable and progressive MCI
2011-09-10 - English
to be announced!

Objectives: The PredictAD tool integrates heterogeneous data such as imaging, CSF biomarkers, and results from neuropsychological tests for compact visualization in an interactive user interface. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the PredictAD tool could...(more)