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BMC Neurology

Ausgabe 1/2014

Inhalt (254 Artikel)

Open Access Research article

A single nucleotide polymorphism in the coding region of PGC-1α is a male-specific modifier of Huntington disease age-at-onset in a large European cohort

Patrick Weydt, Selma M Soyal, G Bernhard Landwehrmeyer, Wolfgang Patsch

Open Access Research article

Apathy/depression, but not subjective fatigue, is related with cognitive dysfunction in patients with multiple sclerosis

Masaaki Niino, Nobuhiro Mifune, Tatsuo Kohriyama, Masahiro Mori, Takashi Ohashi, Izumi Kawachi, Yuko Shimizu, Hikoaki Fukaura, Ichiro Nakashima, Susumu Kusunoki, Katsuichi Miyamoto, Kazuto Yoshida, Takashi Kanda, Kyoichi Nomura, Takashi Yamamura, Fumihito Yoshii, Jun-ichi Kira, Shunya Nakane, Kazumasa Yokoyama, Makoto Matsui, Yusei Miyazaki, Seiji Kikuchi

Open Access Case report

The eleventh reported case of Mulvihill-Smith syndrome in the literature

Paulo Breinis, Flavio Geraldes Alves, Camila AE Alves, Rafael G Cintra, Débora Almeida, Priscila C Passarelli, Camila Domingues, Talita Gerbim, Régia Gasparetto, Luiz Carlos de Abreu, Vitor E Valenti, Adriana Gonçalves de Oliveira, Carlos Bandeira de Mello Monteiro, Rubens Wajnzstejn

Open Access Research article

Exome sequencing reveals a novel TTC19 mutation in an autosomal recessive spinocerebellar ataxia patient

Hiroyuki Morino, Ryosuke Miyamoto, Shizuo Ohnishi, Hirofumi Maruyama, Hideshi Kawakami

Open Access Research article

Unravelling developmental disregard in children with unilateral cerebral palsy by measuring event-related potentials during a simple and complex task

Ingar M Zielinski, Marijtje LA Jongsma, C Marjolein Baas, Pauline BM Aarts, Bert Steenbergen

Open Access Research article

Painful ophthalmoplegia with normal cranial imaging

Chih-Hsien Hung, Kuo-Hsuan Chang, Chun-Che Chu, Ming-Feng Liao, Hong-Shiu Chang, Rong-Kuo Lyu, Yi-Ming Wu, Yao-Liang Chen, Chiou-Lian Lai, Hsiao-Jung Tseng, Long-Sun Ro

Open Access Research article

Cerebral microbleeds are associated with nocturnal reverse dipping in hypertensive patients with ischemic stroke

Hyung-Min Kwon, Jae-Sung Lim, Young Seo Kim, Jangsup Moon, Hyeri Park, Hyun Young Kim, Young-Hyo Lim, Hyunwoo Nam

Open Access Research article

The epidemiology of hospital treated traumatic brain injury in Scotland

Tara Shivaji, Andrew Lee, Nadine Dougall, Thomas McMillan, Cameron Stark

Open Access Research article

Cognitive and neuropsychiatric impairment in cerebral radionecrosis patients after radiotherapy of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Xiaohong Wu, Mofa Gu, Guijuan Zhou, Xue Xu, Mengmeng Wu, Haiwei Huang

Open Access Case report

High-resolution MRI findings in patients with capsular warning syndrome

Lixin Zhou, Jun Ni, Weihai Xu, Ming Yao, Bin Peng, Mingli Li, Liying Cui

Open Access Study protocol

Study protocol: prediction of stroke associated infections by markers of autonomic control

Dirk Brämer, Heike Hoyer, Albrecht Günther, Samuel Nowack, Frank M Brunkhorst, Otto W Witte, Dirk Hoyer

Open Access Case report

Two case reports of bilateral vertebral artery tortuosity and spiral twisting in vascular vertigo

Zhang Hong-tao, Zhang Shu-ling, Zhang Dao-pei

Open Access Research article

Lack of association between cathepsin D C224T polymorphism and Alzheimer’s disease risk: an update meta-analysis

Cuiju Mo, Qiliu Peng, Jingzhe Sui, Jian Wang, Yan Deng, Li Xie, Taijie Li, Yu He, Xue Qin, Shan Li

Open Access Research article

Mindfulness based interventions in multiple sclerosis - a systematic review

Robert Simpson, Jo Booth, Maggie Lawrence, Sharon Byrne, Frances Mair, Stewart Mercer

Open Access Research article

Nystagmus as an early ocular alteration in Machado-Joseph disease (MJD/SCA3)

Mafalda Raposo, João Vasconcelos, Conceição Bettencourt, Teresa Kay, Paula Coutinho, Manuela Lima

Open Access Research article

Factors associated with fear of falling in people with Parkinson’s disease

Beata Lindholm, Peter Hagell, Oskar Hansson, Maria H Nilsson

Open Access Research article

Young individuals with stroke: a cross sectional study of long-term disability associated with self-rated global health

Susanne Palmcrantz, Lotta Widén Holmqvist, Disa K Sommerfeld

Open Access Research article

Fingolimod (FTY720) therapy in Japanese patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis over 12 months: results of a phase 2 observational extension

Jun-ichi Kira, Yasuto Itoyama, Seiji Kikuchi, Qi Hao, Takayoshi Kurosawa, Kazuo Nagato, Isao Tsumiyama, Philipp von Rosenstiel, Lixin Zhang-Auberson, Takahiko Saida

Open Access Case report

The utility of exome sequencing for genetic diagnosis in a familial microcephaly epilepsy syndrome

Laura M McDonell, Jodi Warman Chardon, Jeremy Schwartzentruber, Denise Foster, Chandree L Beaulieu, Jacek Majewski, Dennis E Bulman, Kym M Boycott

Open Access Research article

Different locations but common associations in subcortical hypodensities of presumed vascular origin: cross-sectional study on clinical and neurosonologic correlates

João Sargento-Freitas, Ricardo Felix-Morais, Joana Ribeiro, Ana Gouveia, César Nunes, Cristina Duque, João Madaleno, Fernando Silva, Cristina Machado, Gustavo Cordeiro, Luís Cunha

Open Access Study protocol

Randomized control trial of computer-based rehabilitation of spatial neglect syndrome: the RESPONSE trial protocol

Thomas Van Vleet, Joseph DeGutis, Sawsan Dabit, Christopher Chiu

Open Access Research article

Therapeutic options for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy: a systematic review

Richard J Bright, Jenny Wilkinson, Brendon J Coventry

Open Access Research article

Natalizumab treatment for multiple sclerosis: Middle East and North Africa regional recommendations for patient selection and monitoring

Raed A Alroughani, Hany M Aref, Saeed A Bohlega, Maurice P Dahdaleh, Imed Feki, Mohammed A Al Jumah, Muhammad Z Al-Kawi, Salam F Koussa, Mohamad A Sahraian, Isa A Alsharoqi, Bassem I Yamout

Open Access Research article

Incidence rates of the primary brain tumours in Georgia - a population-based study

David Gigineishvili, Teimuraz Gigineishvili, Alexander Tsiskaridze, Roman Shakarishvili

Open Access Research article

Relations of low contrast visual acuity, quality of life and multiple sclerosis functional composite: a cross-sectional analysis

Johann Schinzel, Hanna Zimmermann, Friedemann Paul, Klemens Ruprecht, Katrin Hahn, Alexander U Brandt, Jan Dörr

Open Access Case report

Multicystic meningioangiomatosis

Peifeng Li, Guangbin Cui, Yingmei Wang, Ming Geng, Zhe Wang

Open Access Research article

Outcome of MRSA carriers in neurological early rehabilitation

Jens D Rollnik

Open Access Research article

Association between neuromyelitis optica and tuberculosis in a Chinese population

Rui Li, Xiaonan Zhong, Wei Qiu, Aimin Wu, Yongqiang Dai, Zhengqi Lu, Xueqiang Hu

Open Access Research article

A retrospective analysis of hand tapping as a longitudinal marker of disease progression in Huntington’s disease

Lucy M Collins, Stanley E Lazic, Roger A Barker

Open Access Study protocol

The effect of obstructive sleep apnea and treatment with continuous positive airway pressure on stroke rehabilitation: rationale, design and methods of the TOROS study

Justine A Aaronson, Coen AM van Bennekom, Winni F Hofman, Tijs van Bezeij, Joost G van den Aardweg, Erny Groet, Wytske A Kylstra, Ben A Schmand

Open Access Study protocol

Prediction of outcome in patients with suspected acute ischaemic stroke with CT perfusion and CT angiography: the Dutch acute stroke trial (DUST) study protocol

Tom van Seeters, Geert Jan Biessels, Irene C van der Schaaf, Jan Willem Dankbaar, Alexander D Horsch, Merel JA Luitse, Joris M Niesten, Willem PTM Mali, L Jaap Kappelle, Yolanda van der Graaf, Birgitta K Velthuis

Open Access Research article

Treatment satisfaction, adherence and behavioral assessment in patients de – escalating from natalizumab to interferon beta

Chiara Zecca, Gianna C Riccitelli, Pasquale Calabrese, Emanuele Pravatà, Ursula Candrian, Charles RG Guttmann, Claudio Gobbi

Open Access Research article

Oxfordshire community stroke project classification improves prediction of post-thrombolysis symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage

Sheng-Feng Sung, Solomon Chih-Cheng Chen, Huey-Juan Lin, Chih-Hung Chen, Mei-Chiun Tseng, Chi-Shun Wu, Yung-Chu Hsu, Ling-Chien Hung, Yu-Wei Chen

Open Access Study protocol

Study protocol: münster tinnitus randomized controlled clinical trial-2013 based on tailor-made notched music training (TMNMT)

Christo Pantev, Claudia Rudack, Alwina Stein, Robert Wunderlich, Alva Engell, Pia Lau, Andreas Wollbrink, Alex Shaykevich

Open Access Research article

Relevance of novel inflammatory markers in stroke-induced immunosuppression

András Folyovich, Enikő Biró, Csaba Orbán, Anna Bajnok, Viktória Varga, Anna K Béres-Molnár, Barna Vásárhelyi, Gergely Toldi

Open Access Study protocol

Physical activity program for patients with dementia and their relative caregivers: randomized clinical trial in Primary Health Care (AFISDEMyF study)

Emiliano Rodriguez-Sánchez, José María Criado-Gutiérrez, Sara Mora-Simón, M Paz Muriel-Diaz, Manuel A Gómez-Marcos, José I Recio-Rodríguez, M Carmen Patino-Alonso, Luis F Valero-Juan, José A Maderuelo-Fernandez, Luis García-Ortiz

Open Access Research article

Relation between aphasia and arcuate fasciculus in chronic stroke patients

Hyung Jun Tak, Sung Ho Jang

Open Access Study protocol

Protocol for a randomized comparison of integrated versus consecutive dual task practice in Parkinson’s disease: the DUALITY trial

Carolien Strouwen, Esther ALM Molenaar, Samyra HJ Keus, Liesbeth Münks, Marten Munneke, Wim Vandenberghe, Bastiaan R Bloem, Alice Nieuwboer

Open Access Research article

Changes in cerebrospinal fluid and blood plasma levels of IGF-II and its binding proteins in Alzheimer’s disease: an observational study

Joakim Hertze, Katarina Nägga, Lennart Minthon, Oskar Hansson

Open Access Research article

Rotigotine transdermal system and evaluation of pain in patients with Parkinson’s disease: a post hocanalysis of the RECOVER study

Jan Kassubek, Kallol Ray Chaudhuri, Theresa Zesiewicz, Erwin Surmann, Babak Boroojerdi, Kimberly Moran, Liesbet Ghys, Claudia Trenkwalder

Open Access Research article

Cerebrovascular function and cognition in childhood: a systematic review of transcranial doppler studies

Mireille J Bakker, Jessica Hofmann, Owen F Churches, Nicholas A Badcock, Mark Kohler, Hannah AD Keage

Open Access Case report

Memory impairment caused by cerebral hematoma in the left medial temporal lobe due to ruptured posterior cerebral artery aneurysm

Shinichiro Maeshima, Aiko Osawa, Fumitaka Yamane, Hidetoshi Shimaguchi, Ikuo Ochiai, Tomoyuki Yoshihara, Nahoko Uemiya, Ryuzaburo Kanazawa, Shoichiro Ishihara

Open Access Research article

Physical activity in subjects with multiple sclerosis with focus on gender differences: a survey

Elisabeth Anens, Margareta Emtner, Lena Zetterberg, Karin Hellström

Open Access Research article

Arm hand skilled performance in cerebral palsy: activity preferences and their movement components

Ryanne JM Lemmens, Yvonne JM Janssen-Potten, Annick AA Timmermans, Anke Defesche, Rob JEM Smeets, Henk AM Seelen

Open Access Research article

Evaluation of coexistence of Alzheimer’s disease in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus using ELISA analyses for CSF biomarkers

Tae Sung Lim, Jun Young Choi, Sun Ah Park, Young Chul Youn, Hyun Young Lee, Byung Gon Kim, In Soo Joo, Kyoon Huh, So Young Moon

Open Access Case report

A rare presentation of atypical demyelination: tumefactive multiple sclerosis causing Gerstmann’s syndrome

Sharmilee Gnanapavan, Zane Jaunmuktane, Kelly Pegoretti Baruteau, Sakthivel Gnanasambandam, Klaus Schmierer

Open Access Study protocol

Self-Management education for adults with poorly controlled epILEpsy (SMILE (UK)): a randomised controlled trial protocol

Ines Kralj-Hans, Laura H Goldstein, Adam J Noble, Sabine Landau, Nicholas Magill, Paul McCrone, Gus Baker, Myfanwy Morgan, Mark Richardson, Stephanie Taylor, Leone Ridsdale

Open Access Research article

Deterioration after corticosteroids in CIDP may be associated with pure focal demyelination pattern

Filip Eftimov, Marinus H Liesdek, Camillus Verhamme, Ivo N van Schaik

Open Access Research article

Leukocyte count and incidence of subarachnoid haemorrhage: a prospective cohort study

Martin Söderholm, Elisabet Zia, Bo Hedblad, Gunnar Engström

Open Access Research article

The effect of scheduled antibody testing on treatment patterns in interferon-treated patients with multiple sclerosis

Edward Fox, Barbara Green, Clyde Markowitz, Ronald Murray, Andrew D Goodman, Stephen J Glenski, Pippa Loupe, Jo Nita Cogburn

Open Access Research article

Impact of urinary incontinence on health-related quality of life, daily activities, and healthcare resource utilization in patients with neurogenic detrusor overactivity

Derek H Tang, Danielle Colayco, James Piercy, Vaishali Patel, Denise Globe, Michael B Chancellor

Open Access Research article

Clinical analysis of adult-onset spinocerebellar ataxias in Thailand

Pairoj Boonkongchuen, Sunsanee Pongpakdee, Panitha Jindahra, Chutima Papsing, Powpong Peerapatmongkol, Suppachok Wetchaphanphesat, Supachai Paiboonpol, Charungthai Dejthevaporn, Surat Tanprawate, Angkana Nudsasarn, Chanchai Jariengprasert, Dittapol Muntham, Atiporn Ingsathit, Teeratorn Pulkes

Open Access Research article

Actigraphy as a diagnostic aid for REM sleep behavior disorder in Parkinson’s disease

Maartje Louter, Johan BAM Arends, Bastiaan R Bloem, Sebastiaan Overeem

Open Access Research article

Increase of circulating miR-223 and insulin-like growth factor-1 is associated with the pathogenesis of acute ischemic stroke in patients

Yang Wang, Yu Zhang, Jun Huang, Xiaoyan Chen, Xiang Gu, Yongting Wang, Lili Zeng, Guo-Yuan Yang

Open Access Research article

Quantification of relevance of quality of life assessment for patients with cognitive impairment: the suitability indices

Karine Baumstarck, Mohamed Boucekine, Laurent Boyer, Valérie Aghababian, Nathalie Parola, Françoise Reuter, Anderson Loundou, Christophe Lançon, Jean Pelletier, Pascal Auquier

Open Access Study protocol

Internet-based guided self-help for glioma patients with depressive symptoms: design of a randomized controlled trial

Florien W Boele, Irma M Verdonck-de Leeuw, Pim Cuijpers, Jaap C Reijneveld, Jan J Heimans, Martin Klein

Open Access Case report

Cerebral hypoxia, missing cortical somatosensory evoked potentials and recovery of consciousness

Gustav Pfeiffer, Rüdiger Pfeifer, Stefan Isenmann

Open Access Research article

Clinical factors associated with statins prescription in acute ischemic stroke patients: findings from the Lombardia Stroke Registry

Isabella Canavero, Anna Cavallini, Patrizia Perrone, Mauro Magoni, Lucia Sacchi, Silvana Quaglini, Giordano Lanzola, Giuseppe Micieli

Open Access Study protocol

Observational Dutch Young Symptomatic StrokE studY (ODYSSEY): study rationale and protocol of a multicentre prospective cohort study

Renate M Arntz, Mayte E van Alebeek, Nathalie E Synhaeve, Paul J Brouwers, Gert W van Dijk, Rob A Gons, Tom den Heijer, Paul LM de Kort, Karlijn F de Laat, Anouk G van Norden, Sarah E Vermeer, Maureen J van der Vlugt, Roy PC Kessels, Ewoud J van Dijk, Frank-Erik de Leeuw

Open Access Debate

Islamic fasting and multiple sclerosis

Soodeh Razeghi Jahromi, Mohammad Ali Sahraian, Fereshteh Ashtari, Hormoz Ayromlou, Massoud Etemadifar, Majid Ghaffarpour, Ehsan Mohammadianinejad, Shahriar Nafissi, Alireza Nickseresht, Vahid Shaygannejad, Mansoreh Togha, Hamid Reza Torabi, Shadi Ziaie

Open Access Research article

CD58 polymorphisms associated with the risk of neuromyelitis optica in a Korean population

Jason Yongha Kim, Joon Seol Bae, Ho Jin Kim, Hyoung Doo Shin

Open Access Research article

Does the sex of acute stroke patients influence the effectiveness of rt-PA?

Fawaz Al-hussain, Muhammad S Hussain, Carlos Molina, Ken Uchino, Ashfaq Shuaib, Andrew M Demchuk, Andrei V Alexandrov, Maher Saqqur

Open Access Research article

Cognitive function and gait speed under normal and dual-task walking among older adults with mild cognitive impairment

Takehiko Doi, Hiroyuki Shimada, Hyuma Makizako, Kota Tsutsumimoto, Kazuki Uemura, Yuya Anan, Takao Suzuki

Open Access Research article

Ipsilateral foetal-type posterior cerebral artery is associated with cognitive decline after carotid revascularisation

Aysun Altinbas, Jeroen Hendrikse, Ale Algra, Martine JE van Zandvoort, Martin M Brown, Leo H Bonati, Gert Jan de Borst, L Jaap Kappelle, H Bart van der Worp

Open Access Research article

Donepezil and life expectancy in Alzheimer’s disease: A retrospective analysis in the Tajiri Project

Kenichi Meguro, Mari Kasai, Kyoko Akanuma, Mitsue Meguro, Hiroshi Ishii, Satoshi Yamaguchi

Open Access Study protocol

A Multicenter prospective study of poor-grade aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (AMPAS): observational registry study

Bing Zhao, Xianxi Tan, Hua Yang, Kuang Zheng, Zequn Li, Ye Xiong, Ming Zhong

Open Access Research article

NQO1gene rs1800566 variant is not associated with risk for multiple sclerosis

José A G Agúndez, Elena García-Martín, Carmen Martínez, Julián Benito-León, Jorge Millán-Pascual, Patricia Calleja, María Díaz-Sánchez, Diana Pisa, Laura Turpín-Fenoll, Hortensia Alonso-Navarro, Lucía Ayuso-Peralta, Dolores Torrecillas, José Francisco Plaza-Nieto, Félix Javier Jiménez-Jiménez

Open Access Research article

Brainstem infarcts predict REM sleep behavior disorder in acute ischemic stroke

Wai Kwong Tang, Dirk M Hermann, Yang Kun Chen, Hua Jun Liang, Xiang Xin Liu, Winnie Chui Wing Chu, Anil T Ahuja, Jill Abrigo, Vincent Mok, Gabor S Ungvari, Ka Sing Wong

Open Access Research article

Safety of the first dose of fingolimod for multiple sclerosis: results of an open-label clinical trial

Alice Laroni, Davide Brogi, Vincenzo Brescia Morra, Leonello Guidi, Carlo Pozzilli, Giancarlo Comi, Alessandra Lugaresi, Renato Turrini, Debora Raimondi, Antonio Uccelli, Giovanni Luigi Mancardi

Open Access Research article

Focal subarachnoid haemorrhage mimicking transient ischaemic attack - do we really need MRI in the acute stage?

Lorenz Ertl, Dominik Morhard, Maria Deckert-Schmitz, Jennifer Linn, Gernot Schulte-Altedorneburg

Open Access Research article

Systematic review and meta-analysis of the duration of clinical effect of onabotulinumtoxinA in cervical dystonia

Wallace A Marsh, Deirdre M Monroe, Mitchell F Brin, Conor J Gallagher

Open Access Research article

Effects of minimally invasive procedures for evacuation of intracerebral hematoma in early stages on MMP-9 and BBB permeability in rabbits

Guofeng Wu, Jing Shi, Fan Wang, Likun Wang, Anrong Feng, Siying Ren

Open Access Study protocol

Emergence and evolution of social self-management of Parkinson’s disease: study protocol for a 3-year prospective cohort study

Linda Tickle-Degnen, Marie Saint-Hilaire, Cathi A Thomas, Barbara Habermann, Linda S Sprague Martinez, Norma Terrin, Farzad Noubary, Elena N Naumova

Open Access Study protocol

Parent artery reconstruction for large or giant cerebral aneurysms using a Tubridge flow diverter (PARAT): study protocol for a multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical trial

Yu Zhou, Peng-Fei Yang, Yi-Bin Fang, Yi Xu, Bo Hong, Wen-Yuan Zhao, Qiang Li, Rui Zhao, Qing-Hai Huang, Jian-Min Liu

Open Access Research article

Determinants of high sensitivity cardiac troponin T elevation in acute ischemic stroke

Kashif Waqar Faiz, Bente Thommessen, Gunnar Einvik, Pål Haugar Brekke, Torbjørn Omland, Ole Morten Rønning

Open Access Research article

Atypical language organization in temporal lobe epilepsy revealed by a passive semantic paradigm

Júlia Miró, Pablo Ripollés, Diana López-Barroso, Adrià Vilà-Balló, Montse Juncadella, Ruth de Diego-Balaguer, Josep Marco-Pallares, Antoni Rodríguez-Fornells, Mercè Falip

Open Access Study protocol

The protocol and design of a randomised controlled study on training of attention within the first year after acquired brain injury

Aniko Bartfai, Gabriela Markovic, Kristina Sargenius Landahl, Marie-Louise Schult

Open Access Research article

Corticosteroid therapy in regressive autism: a retrospective study of effects on the Frequency Modulated Auditory Evoked Response (FMAER), language, and behavior

Frank H Duffy, Aditi Shankardass, Gloria B McAnulty, Yaman Z Eksioglu, David Coulter, Alexander Rotenberg, Heidelise Als

Open Access Research article

Characterization of the spectrum of Korean inflammatory demyelinating diseases according to the diagnostic criteria and AQP4-Ab status

Sung-Min Kim, Patrick Waters, Mark Woodhall, Ji Won Yang, Hyeran Yang, Jee-Eun Kim, Jung-Joon Sung, Kyung Seok Park, Kwang-Woo Lee

Open Access Study protocol

The Norwegian tenecteplase stroke trial (NOR-TEST): randomised controlled trial of tenecteplase vs. alteplase in acute ischaemic stroke

Nicola Logallo, Christopher E Kvistad, Aliona Nacu, Halvor Naess, Ulrike Waje-Andreassen, Jörg Asmuss, Anne Hege Aamodt, Christian Lund, Martin W Kurz, Ole Morten Rønning, Rolf Salvesen, Titto T Idicula, Lars Thomassen

Open Access Research article

Early intervention in Alzheimer’s disease: a health economic study of the effects of diagnostic timing

Jennifer H Barnett, Lily Lewis, Andrew D Blackwell, Matthew Taylor

Open Access Case report

Symptomatic hyponatremia following lateral medullary infarction: a case report

Jeong-Min Kim, Kwang-Yeol Park, Do Hyoung Kim, Jae-Han Bae, Dong-Woo Shin, Young Chul Youn, Oh-Sang Kwon

Open Access Research article

Comparison of diffusion-weighted imaging and contrast-enhanced T1-weighted imaging on a single baseline MRI for demonstrating dissemination in time in multiple sclerosis

Chung-Ping Lo, Hung-Wen Kao, Shao-Yuan Chen, Chi-Ming Chu, Chia-Chun Hsu, Ying-Chu Chen, Wei-Chen Lin, Dai-Wei Liu, Wen-Lin Hsu

Open Access Case report

Probable novel PSEN2 Val214Leu mutation in Alzheimer’s disease supported by structural prediction

Young Chul Youn, Eva Bagyinszky, HyeRyoun Kim, Byung-Ok Choi, Seong Soo An, SangYun Kim

Open Access Research article

Potential biomarkers relating pathological proteins, neuroinflammatory factors and free radicals in PD patients with cognitive impairment: a cross-sectional study

Shu-yang Yu, Li-jun Zuo, Fang Wang, Ze-jie Chen, Yang Hu, Ya-jie Wang, Xiao-min Wang, Wei Zhang

Open Access Research article

Association between osteoporosis and benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: a systematic review

Shudong Yu, Fenye Liu, Zhixin Cheng, Qirong Wang

Open Access Case report

Chronic Bickerstaff’s encephalitis with cognitive impairment, a reality?

Mathilde Renaud, Jérôme Aupy, Guillaume Camuset, Nicolas Collongues, Jean-Baptiste Chanson, Jérôme de Seze, Frédéric Blanc

Open Access Research article

Children and adolescents adjustment to parental multiple sclerosis: a systematic review

Neda Razaz, Reza Nourian, Ruth Ann Marrie, W Thomas Boyce, Helen Tremlett

Open Access Research article

Clinical baseline factors predict response to natalizumab: their usefulness in patient selection

Alice Laroni, Ilaria Gandoglia, Claudio Solaro, Giuseppe Ribizzi, Tiziana Tassinari, Matteo Pizzorno, Sergio Parodi, Giovanna Baldassarre, Maria Teresa Rilla, Simonetta Venturi, Elisabetta Capello, Maria Pia Sormani, Antonio Uccelli, Giovanni Luigi Mancardi

Open Access Research article

One year follow-up of a pragmatic multi-centre randomised controlled trial of a group-based fatigue management programme (FACETS) for people with multiple sclerosis

Peter W Thomas, Sarah Thomas, Paula Kersten, Rosemary Jones, Vicky Slingsby, Alison Nock, Angela Davies Smith, Roger Baker, Kathleen T Galvin, Charles Hillier

Open Access Case report

Association of the mtDNA m.4171C>A/MT-ND1 mutation with both optic neuropathy and bilateral brainstem lesions

Chiara La Morgia, Leonardo Caporali, Francesca Gandini, Anna Olivieri, Francesco Toni, Stefania Nassetti, Daniela Brunetto, Carlotta Stipa, Cristina Scaduto, Antonia Parmeggiani, Caterina Tonon, Raffaele Lodi, Antonio Torroni, Valerio Carelli

Open Access Research article

Social participation in patients with multiple sclerosis: correlations between disability and economic burden

Arnaud Kwiatkowski, Jean-Pierre Marissal, Madani Pouyfaucon, Patrick Vermersch, Patrick Hautecoeur, Benoît Dervaux

Open Access Research article

Long-term follow-up of thalamic deep brain stimulation for essential tremor – patient satisfaction and mortality

Mari Naumann Børretzen, Silje Bjerknes, Terje Sæhle, Mona Skjelland, Inger Marie Skogseid, Mathias Toft, Espen Dietrichs

Open Access Research article

Co-morbidities increase the risk of disability pension among MS patients: a population-based nationwide cohort study

Petter Tinghög, Charlotte Björkenstam, John Carstensen, Catarina Jansson, Anna Glaser, Jan Hillert, Kristina Alexanderson

Open Access Research article

Changes of liver enzymes and bilirubin during ischemic stroke: mechanisms and possible significance

Antonio Muscari, Andrea Collini, Elisa Fabbri, Marco Giovagnoli, Chiara Napoli, Valentina Rossi, Luca Vizioli, Andrea Bonfiglioli, Donatella Magalotti, Giovanni M Puddu, Marco Zoli

Open Access Case report

Germline mosaicism in X-linked periventricular nodular heterotopia

Monique M LaPointe, Elizabeth L Spriggs, Aizeddin A Mhanni

Open Access Case report

Fingolimod in a patient with heart failure on the background of pulmonary arterial hypertension and coronary artery disease

Katja Thomas, Hagen Schrötter, Michael Halank, Tjalf Ziemssen

Open Access Research article

Paternal therapy with disease modifying drugs in multiple sclerosis and pregnancy outcomes: a prospective observational multicentric study

Chiara Pecori, Marta Giannini, Emilio Portaccio, Angelo Ghezzi, Bahia Hakiki, Luisa Pastò, Lorenzo Razzolini, Andrea Sturchio, Laura De Giglio, Carlo Pozzilli, Damiano Paolicelli, Maria Trojano, Maria Giovanna Marrosu, Francesco Patti, Gian Luigi Mancardi, Claudio Solaro, Rocco Totaro, Maria Rosaria Tola, Giovanna De Luca, Alessandra Lugaresi, Lucia Moiola, Vittorio Martinelli, Giancarlo Comi, Maria Pia Amato

Open Access Research article

Card-placing test in amnestic mild cognitive impairment and its neural correlates

Seong-Joon Lee, Young-Sil An, Tae Sung Lim, So Young Moon

Open Access Research article

A task-oriented circuit training in multiple sclerosis: a feasibility study

Sofia Straudi, Carlotta Martinuzzi, Claudia Pavarelli, Amira Sabbagh Charabati, Maria Grazia Benedetti, Calogero Foti, Michela Bonato, Eleonora Zancato, Nino Basaglia

Open Access Case report

A novel mutation in LRSAM1 causes axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease with dominant inheritance

Maik Engeholm, Julia Sekler, David C Schöndorf, Vineet Arora, Jens Schittenhelm, Saskia Biskup, Caroline Schell, Thomas Gasser

Open Access Research article

Physicians’ attitudes toward medical and ethical challenges for patients in the vegetative state: comparing Canadian and German perspectives in a vignette survey

Katja Kuehlmeyer, Nicole Palmour, Richard J Riopelle, James L Bernat, Ralf J Jox, Eric Racine

Open Access Research article

Physical and mental health comorbidity is common in people with multiple sclerosis: nationally representative cross-sectional population database analysis

Robert J Simpson, Gary McLean, Bruce Guthrie, Frances Mair, Stewart W Mercer

Open Access Research article

Responsiveness of the ten-metre walk test, Step Test and Motor Assessment Scale in inpatient care after stroke

Katharine Scrivener, Karl Schurr, Catherine Sherrington

Open Access Case report

Secondary brain abscess following simple renal cyst infection: a case report

Nobuhiro Akuzawa, Tenshi Osawa, Masayuki Totsuka, Takashi Hatori, Kunihiko Imai, Yonosuke Kitahara, Masahiko Kurabayashi

Open Access Research article

MRI segmentation analysis in temporal lobe and idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Hila Goldberg, Arie Weinstock, Niels Bergsland, Michael G Dwyer, Osman Farooq, Mona Sazgar, Guy Poloni, Cierra Treu, Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, Murali Ramanathan, Robert Zivadinov

Open Access Research article

Rasch analysis of the modified version of the Postural Assessment Scale for Stroke patients: Postural Stroke Study in Gothenburg (POSTGOT)

Carina U Persson, Katharina S Sunnerhagen, Åsa Lundgren-Nilsson

Open Access Research article

Sunlight exposure and cardiovascular risk factors in the REGARDS study: a cross-sectional split-sample analysis

Shia T Kent, Mary Cushman, George Howard, Suzanne E Judd, William L Crosson, Mohammad Z Al-Hamdan, Leslie A McClure

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Cystatin C, a novel indicator of renal function, reflects severity of cerebral microbleeds

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