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BMC Neurology

Ausgabe 1/2016

Inhalt (256 Artikel)

Open Access Research article

Diffusion tensor imaging in acute-to-subacute traumatic brain injury: a longitudinal analysis

Brian L. Edlow, William A. Copen, Saef Izzy, Khamid Bakhadirov, Andre van der Kouwe, Mel B. Glenn, Steven M. Greenberg, David M. Greer, Ona Wu

Open Access Case report

Friedreich Ataxia and nephrotic syndrome: a series of two patients

Julianna E. Shinnick, Charles J. Isaacs, Sharon Vivaldi, Kimberly Schadt, David R. Lynch

Open Access Case report

Radiographic occult cerebellar germinoma presenting with progressive ataxia and cranial nerve palsy

Noriaki Minami, Kazuhiro Tanaka, Hidehito Kimura, Takanori Hirose, Tatsuya Mori, Masahiro Maeyama, Hiroaki Sekiya, Takeshi Uenaka, Satoshi Nakamizo, Hiroaki Nagashima, Katsu Mizukawa, Tomoo Itoh, Takashi Sasayama, Eiji Kohmura

Open Access Study protocol

Motor imagery training for children with developmental coordination disorder – study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Imke L. J. Adams, Bert Steenbergen, Jessica M. Lust, Bouwien C. M. Smits-Engelsman

Open Access Research article

The effect of nucleus basalis magnocellularis deep brain stimulation on memory function in a rat model of dementia

Ji Eun Lee, Da Un Jeong, Jihyeon Lee, Won Seok Chang, Jin Woo Chang

Open Access Study protocol

The efficacy of a Mindfulness Based Intervention for depressive symptoms in patients with Multiple Sclerosis and their caregivers: study protocol for a randomized controlled clinical trial

Sara Carletto, Martina Borghi, Diana Francone, Francesco Scavelli, Gabriella Bertino, Marco Cavallo, Simona Malucchi, Antonio Bertolotto, Francesco Oliva, Luca Ostacoli

Open Access Research article

Neurological presentations of intravascular lymphoma (IVL): meta-analysis of 654 patients

Ekokobe Fonkem, Samantha Dayawansa, Edana Stroberg, Edwin Lok, Paul C. Bricker, Batool Kirmani, Eric T. Wong, Jason H. Huang

Open Access Study protocol

Influence of essential amino acids on muscle mass and muscle strength in patients with cerebral stroke during early rehabilitation: protocol and rationale of a randomized clinical trial (AMINO-Stroke Study)

Nadja Scherbakov, Nicole Ebner, Anja Sandek, Andreas Meisel, Karl Georg Haeusler, Stephan von Haehling, Stefan D. Anker, Ulrich Dirnagl, Michael Joebges, Wolfram Doehner

Open Access Research article

Effects on mobility training and de-adaptations in subjects with Spinal Cord Injury due to a Wearable Robot: a preliminary report

Patrizio Sale, Emanuele Francesco Russo, Michele Russo, Stefano Masiero, Francesco Piccione, Rocco Salvatore Calabrò, Serena Filoni

Open Access Review

Paraproteinemic neuropathy: a practical review

Richard A. Rison, Said R. Beydoun

Open Access Research article

Apolipoprotein E polymorphism and the risk of intracranial aneurysms in a Chinese population

Hao Liu, Ping Mao, Changhou Xie, Wanfu Xie, Maode Wang, Haitao Jiang

Open Access Research article

Reliability of timed walking tests and temporo-spatial gait parameters in youths with neurological gait disorders

Judith V. Graser, Claudia Letsch, Hubertus J. A. van Hedel

Open Access Research article

Potential factors, including activities of daily living, influencing home discharge for patients with putaminal haemorrhage

Shinichiro Maeshima, Sayaka Okamoto, Hideto Okazaki, Shiho Mizuno, Naoki Asano, Hirofumi Maeda, Mitsuko Masaki, Hiroshi Matsuo, Tetsuya Tsunoda, Shigeru Sonoda

Open Access Research article

Antioxidant activity of linalool in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome

Geun-Hye Seol, Purum Kang, Hui Su Lee, Geun Hee Seol

Open Access Research article

Atorvastatin in improvement of cognitive impairments caused by amyloid β in mice: involvement of inflammatory reaction

Liandong Zhao, Tingting Chen, Chonghui Wang, Guoxi Li, Wenhui Zhi, Jun Yin, Qi Wan, Ling Chen

Open Access Case report

Late-onset leukoencephalopathy with cerebral calcifications and cysts: case report and review of the literature

C. Stephani, S. Pfeifenbring, A. Mohr, C. Stadelmann

Open Access Case report

Late-onset spinal form xanthomatosis without brain lesion: a case report

Masaru Yanagihashi, Osamu Kano, Tomoya Terashima, Yuji Kawase, Sayori Hanashiro, Masahiro Sawada, Yuichi Ishikawa, Nobuyuki Shiraga, Ken Ikeda, Yasuo Iwasaki

Open Access Research article

Experiences and perspectives of patients with post-polio syndrome and therapists with exercise and cognitive behavioural therapy

Minne Bakker, Karen Schipper, Fieke S. Koopman, Frans Nollet, Tineke A. Abma

Open Access Research article

Comorbid epilepsy in Finnish patients with adult-onset Huntington’s disease

Jussi O. T. Sipilä, Merja Soilu-Hänninen, Kari Majamaa

Open Access Research article

Pain management strategies for neuropathic pain in Fabry disease - a systematic review

Y. Schuller, G. E. Linthorst, C. E. M. Hollak, I. N. Van Schaik, M. Biegstraaten

Open Access Study protocol

COPPADIS-2015 (COhort of Patients with PArkinson’s DIsease in Spain, 2015), a global –clinical evaluations, serum biomarkers, genetic studies and neuroimaging– prospective, multicenter, non-interventional, long-term study on Parkinson’s disease progression

Diego Santos-García, Pablo Mir, Esther Cubo, Lydia Vela, Mari Cruz Rodríguez-Oroz, Maria José Martí, José Matías Arbelo, Jon Infante, Jaime Kulisevsky, Pablo Martínez-Martín

Open Access Research article

Initial blood pressure is associated with stroke severity and is predictive of admission cost and one-year outcome in different stroke subtypes: a SRICHS registry study

Chi-Hung Liu, Yi-Chia Wei, Jr-Rung Lin, Chien-Hung Chang, Ting-Yu Chang, Kuo-Lun Huang, Yeu-Jhy Chang, Shan-Jin Ryu, Leng-Chieh Lin, Tsong-Hai Lee

Open Access Research article

The impact of dementia on drug costs in older people: results from the SNAC study

Anders Sköldunger, Johan Fastbom, Anders Wimo, Laura Fratiglioni, Kristina Johnell

Open Access Case report

Intracranial extension of orbital inflammatory pseudotumor: a case report and literature review

Enrico Tedeschi, Lorenzo Ugga, Ferdinando Caranci, Francesca Califano, Sirio Cocozza, Giacomo Lus, Arturo Brunetti

Open Access Research article

Development and assessment of a website presenting evidence-based information for people with multiple sclerosis: the IN-DEEP project

Cinzia Colombo, Graziella Filippini, Anneliese Synnot, Sophie Hill, Roberta Guglielmino, Silvia Traversa, Paolo Confalonieri, Paola Mosconi, Irene Tramacere

Open Access Research article

Cerebrolysin combined with rehabilitation promotes motor recovery in patients with severe motor impairment after stroke

Won Hyuk Chang, Chang-hyun Park, Deog Young Kim, Yong-Il Shin, Myoung-Hwan Ko, Ahee Lee, Shin Yi Jang, Yun-Hee Kim

Open Access Research article

Variations in and predictors of the occurrence of depressive symptoms and mood symptoms in multiple sclerosis: a longitudinal two-year study

Sverker Johansson, Kristina Gottberg, Marie Kierkegaard, Charlotte Ytterberg

Open Access Case report

Ischemic stroke in a young patient with Fahr’s disease: a case report

Chih-Sheng Yang, Chung-Ping Lo, Man-Chun Wu

Open Access Study protocol

ALAIN01—Alemtuzumab in autoimmune inflammatory neurodegeneration: mechanisms of action and neuroprotective potential

Tobias Ruck, Ali Maisam Afzali, Karl-Friedrich Lukat, Maria Eveslage, Catharina C. Gross, Steffen Pfeuffer, Stefan Bittner, Luisa Klotz, Nico Melzer, Heinz Wiendl, Sven G. Meuth

Open Access Case report

A de novo CTNNB1 nonsense mutation associated with syndromic atypical hyperekplexia, microcephaly and intellectual disability: a case report

Anna Winczewska-Wiktor, Magdalena Badura-Stronka, Anna Monies-Nowicka, Michal Maciej Nowicki, Barbara Steinborn, Anna Latos-Bieleńska, Dorota Monies

Open Access Research article

Low total cholesterol level is the independent predictor of poor outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke: a hospital-based prospective study

Wenjuan Zhao, Zhongping An, Yan Hong, Guanen Zhou, Jingjing Guo, Yongli Zhang, Yuanju Yang, Xianjia Ning, Jinghua Wang

Open Access Case report

A Chinese female Morvan patient with LGI1 and CASPR2 antibodies: a case report

Li Zhang, Qiang Lu, Hong-Zhi Guan, Jun-Hua Mei, Hai-Tao Ren, Ming-Sheng Liu, Bin Peng, Li-Ying Cui

Open Access Research article

Clinical trial on tonal tinnitus with tailor-made notched music training

Alwina Stein, Robert Wunderlich, Pia Lau, Alva Engell, Andreas Wollbrink, Alex Shaykevich, Jörg-Tobias Kuhn, Heinz Holling, Claudia Rudack, Christo Pantev

Open Access Research article

Compensatory patterns of collateral flow in stroke patients with unilateral and bilateral carotid stenosis

Hui Fang, Bo Song, Bo Cheng, Ka Sing Wong, Yu Ming Xu, Stella Sin Yee Ho, Xiang Yan Chen

Open Access Research article

Behavioural interventions for people living with adult-onset primary dystonia: a systematic review

C. J. Bernstein, D. R. Ellard, G. Davies, E. Hertenstein, N. K. Y. Tang, M. Underwood, H. Sandhu

Open Access Case report

Successful recanalization for internal carotid artery occlusion with persistent primitive trigeminal artery manifesting only as ischemia of the posterior circulation

Ryo Hiramatsu, Hiroyuki Ohnishi, Shinji Kawabata, Shigeru Miyachi, Toshihiko Kuroiwa

Open Access Research article

A randomized trial of the effects of the noble gases helium and argon on neuroprotection in a rodent cardiac arrest model

Patrick Zuercher, Dirk Springe, Denis Grandgirard, Stephen L. Leib, Marius Grossholz, Stephan Jakob, Jukka Takala, Matthias Haenggi

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: COPPADIS-2015 (COhort of Patients with PArkinson’s DIsease in Spain, 2015), a global –clinical evaluations, serum biomarkers, genetic studies and neuroimaging– prospective, multicenter, non-interventional, long-term study on Parkinson’s disease progression

Diego Santos-García, Pablo Mir, Esther Cubo, Lydia Vela, Mari Cruz Rodríguez-Oroz, Maria José Martí, José Matías Arbelo, Jon Infante, Jaime Kulisevsky, Pablo Martínez-Martín

Open Access Case report

The value of early and comprehensive diagnoses in a human fetus with hydrocephalus and progressive obliteration of the aqueduct of Sylvius: Case Report

Eduardo Ortega, Rosa I. Muñoz, Nelly Luza, Francisco Guerra, Monserrat Guerra, Karin Vio, Roberto Henzi, Jaime Jaque, Sara Rodriguez, James P. McAllister, Esteban Rodriguez

Open Access Research article

The Montreal cognitive assessment is superior to national institute of neurological disease and stroke-Canadian stroke network 5-minute protocol in predicting vascular cognitive impairment at 1 year

YanHong Dong, Jing Xu, Bernard Poon-Lap Chan, Raymond Chee Seong Seet, Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian, Hock Luen Teoh, Vijay Kumar Sharma, Christopher Li-Hsian Chen

Open Access Review

Albumin and multiple sclerosis

Steven M. LeVine

Open Access Research article

Molecular treatment effects of alemtuzumab in skeletal muscles of patients with IBM

Karsten Schmidt, Konstanze Kleinschnitz, Goran Rakocevic, Marinos C. Dalakas, Jens Schmidt

Open Access Research article

Reversible splenial lesion syndrome associated with encephalitis/encephalopathy presenting with great clinical heterogeneity

Yuanzhao Zhu, Junjun Zheng, Ling Zhang, Zhenguo Zeng, Min Zhu, Xiaobin Li, Xiaoliang Lou, Hui Wan, Daojun Hong

Open Access Research article

Time-dependent parameter of perfusion imaging as independent predictor of clinical outcome in symptomatic carotid artery stenosis

Sibu Mundiyanapurath, Peter Arthur Ringleb, Sascha Diatschuk, Oliver Eidel, Sina Burth, Ralf Floca, Markus Möhlenbruch, Wolfgang Wick, Martin Bendszus, Alexander Radbruch

Open Access Study protocol

ICC-dementia (International Centenarian Consortium - dementia): an international consortium to determine the prevalence and incidence of dementia in centenarians across diverse ethnoracial and sociocultural groups

Henry Brodaty, Claudia Woolf, Stacy Andersen, Nir Barzilai, Carol Brayne, Karen Siu-Lan Cheung, Maria M. Corrada, John D. Crawford, Catriona Daly, Yasuyuki Gondo, Bo Hagberg, Nobuyoshi Hirose, Henne Holstege, Claudia Kawas, Jeffrey Kaye, Nicole A. Kochan, Bobo Hi-Po Lau, Ugo Lucca, Gabriella Marcon, Peter Martin, Leonard W. Poon, Robyn Richmond, Jean-Marie Robine, Ingmar Skoog, Melissa J. Slavin, Jan Szewieczek, Mauro Tettamanti, José Viña, Thomas Perls, Perminder S. Sachdev

Open Access Research article

Increase in national intravenous thrombolysis rates for ischaemic stroke between 2005 and 2012: is bigger better?

S. Scherf, M. Limburg, R. Wimmers, I. Middelkoop, H. Lingsma

Open Access Research article

The nutritional state of children and adolescents with cerebral palsy is associated with oral motor dysfunction and social conditions: a cross sectional study

Vanessa Vieira Pinto, Levy Anderson César Alves, Fausto M. Mendes, Ana Lídia Ciamponi

Open Access Review

Two endogenous retroviral loci appear to contribute to Multiple Sclerosis

Bjørn A. Nexø, Sara B. Jensen, Kari K. Nissen, Bettina Hansen, Magdalena J. Laska

Open Access Study protocol

Decision making under uncertainty, therapeutic inertia, and physicians’ risk preferences in the management of multiple sclerosis (DIScUTIR MS)

Gustavo Saposnik, Angel Perez Sempere, Roula Raptis, Daniel Prefasi, Daniel Selchen, Jorge Maurino

Open Access Research article

Association between hemorrhagic stroke occurrence and meteorological factors and pollutants

Myung-Hoon Han, Hyeong-Joong Yi, Yong Ko, Young-Soo Kim, Young-Jun Lee

Open Access Case report

Cerebral angiitis associated with subarachnoid hemorrhage in Castleman’s disease: report of two cases

Jun Tanaka, Atsushi Fujita, Kohkichi Hosoda, Eiji Kohmura

Open Access Research article

Valsalva maneuver unveils central baroreflex dysfunction with altered blood pressure control in persons with a history of mild traumatic brain injury

Max J. Hilz, Mao Liu, Julia Koehn, Ruihao Wang, Fabian Ammon, Steven R. Flanagan, Katharina M. Hösl

Open Access Research article

How integrated are neurology and palliative care services? Results of a multicentre mapping exercise

Liesbeth M. van Vliet, Wei Gao, Daniel DiFrancesco, Vincent Crosby, Andrew Wilcock, Anthony Byrne, Ammar Al-Chalabi, K. Ray Chaudhuri, Catherine Evans, Eli Silber, Carolyn Young, Farida Malik, Rachel Quibell, Irene J. Higginson

Open Access Study protocol

Neuroimaging basis in the conversion of aMCI patients with APOE-ε4 to AD: study protocol of a prospective diagnostic trial

Guan-Qun Chen, Can Sheng, Yu-Xia Li, Yang Yu, Xiao-Ni Wang, Yu Sun, Hong-Yan Li, Xuan-Yu Li, Yun-Yan Xie, Ying Han

Open Access Study protocol

The Cognition and Affect after Stroke - a Prospective Evaluation of Risks (CASPER) study: rationale and design

Elles Douven, Syenna H. J. Schievink, Frans R. J. Verhey, Robert J. van Oostenbrugge, Pauline Aalten, Julie Staals, Sebastian Köhler

Open Access Study protocol

A randomized double-blind multi-center trial of hydrogen water for Parkinson’s disease: protocol and baseline characteristics

Asako Yoritaka, Takashi Abe, Chigumi Ohtsuka, Tetsuya Maeda, Masaaki Hirayama, Hirohisa Watanabe, Hidemoto Saiki, Genko Oyama, Jiro Fukae, Yasushi Shimo, Taku Hatano, Sumihiro Kawajiri, Yasuyuki Okuma, Yutaka Machida, Hideto Miwa, Chikako Suzuki, Asuka Kazama, Masahiko Tomiyama, Takeshi Kihara, Motoyuki Hirasawa, Hideki Shimura, Nobutaka Hattori

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Pain management strategies for neuropathic pain in Fabry disease - a systematic review

Y. Schuller, G.E. Linthorst, C.E.M. Hollak, I.N. Van Schaik, M. Biegstraaten

Open Access Research article

The effect of age on outcome after intra-arterial treatment in acute ischemic stroke: a MR CLEAN pretrial study

Debbie Beumer, Anouk D. Rozeman, Geert J. Lycklama à Nijeholt, Patrick A. Brouwer, Sjoerd F. M. Jenniskens, Ale Algra, Jelis Boiten, Wouter Schonewille, Robert J. van Oostenbrugge, Diederik W. J. Dippel, Wim H. van Zwam

Open Access Case report

Malignant isolated cortical vein thrombosis with type II protein S deficiency: a case report

Nobuhiko Arai, Masanao Tabuse, Akiyoshi Nakamura, Hiromichi Miyazaki

Open Access Research article

Static posturography across the EDSS scale in people with multiple sclerosis: a cross sectional study

Alon Kalron, Dalia Nitzani, Anat Achiron

Open Access Case report

Novel PSEN1 G209A mutation in early-onset Alzheimer dementia supported by structural prediction

Seong Soo A. An, Eva Bagyinszky, Hye Ryoun Kim, Ju-Won Seok, Hae-Won Shin, SeunOh Bae, SangYun Kim, Young Chul Youn

Open Access Case report

Demyelination as a harbinger of lymphoma: a case report and review of primary central nervous system lymphoma preceded by multifocal sentinel demyelination

Mark D. Kvarta, Deva Sharma, Rudolph J. Castellani, Robert E. Morales, Stephen G. Reich, Amy S. Kimball, Robert K. Shin

Open Access Research article

Activities of daily living questionnaire from patients’ perspectives in Parkinson’s disease: a cross-sectional study

Su-Yun Lee, Sung Kwan Kim, Sang-Myung Cheon, Jung-Wook Seo, Min Ah Kim, Jae Woo Kim

Open Access Case report

Compound heterozygous variants in PGAP1 causing severe psychomotor retardation, brain atrophy, recurrent apneas and delayed myelination: a case report and literature review

Matthias Kettwig, Orly Elpeleg, Eike Wegener, Steffi Dreha-Kulaczewski, Marco Henneke, Jutta Gärtner, Peter Huppke

Open Access Research article

Guillain-Barré syndrome following the 2009 pandemic monovalent and seasonal trivalent influenza vaccination campaigns in Spain from 2009 to 2011: outcomes from active surveillance by a neurologist network, and records from a country-wide hospital discharge database

Enrique Alcalde-Cabero, Javier Almazán-Isla, Fernando J. García López, José Ramón Ara-Callizo, Fuencisla Avellanal, Carlos Casasnovas, Carlos Cemillán, José Ignacio Cuadrado, Jacinto Duarte, María Dolores Fernández-Pérez, Óscar Fernández, Juan Antonio García Merino, Rosa García Montero, Dolores Montero, Julio Pardo, Francisco Javier Rodríguez-Rivera, María Ruiz-Tovar, Jesús de Pedro-Cuesta

Open Access Debate

Iranian consensus on use of vitamin D in patients with multiple sclerosis

Soodeh Razeghi Jahromi, Mohammad Ali Sahraian, Mansoureh Togha, Behnaz Sedighi, Vahid Shayegannejad, Alireza Nickseresht, Shahriar Nafissi, Niayesh Mohebbi, Nastran Majdinasab, Mohsen Foroughipour, Masoud Etemadifar, Nahid Beladi Moghadam, Hormoz Ayramlou, Fereshteh Ashtari, Shekoofe Alaie

Open Access Research article

Andrographis paniculata decreases fatigue in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: a 12-month double-blind placebo-controlled pilot study

J. C. Bertoglio, M. Baumgartner, R. Palma, E. Ciampi, C. Carcamo, D. D. Cáceres, G. Acosta-Jamett, J. L. Hancke, R. A. Burgos

Open Access Case report

Inducible limb-shaking transitory ischemic attacks: a video-documented case report and review of the literature

Sverre Rosenbaum, Christian Ovesen, Nancy Futrell, Derk W. Krieger

Open Access Research article

Brain perfusion imaging with voxel-based analysis in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis patients with a moderate to severe stage of disease: a boon for the workforce

Mina Taghizadeh Asl, Reza Nemati, Negar Chabi, Hooman Salimipour, Iraj Nabipour, Majid Assadi

Open Access Research article

Living alone predicts mortality in patients with ischemic stroke before 70 years of age: a long-term prospective follow-up study

Petra Redfors, Daniella Isaksén, Georgios Lappas, Christian Blomstrand, Annika Rosengren, Katarina Jood, Christina Jern

Open Access Study protocol

An intensive social cognitive program (can do treatment) in people with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis and low disability: a randomized controlled trial protocol

Peter Joseph Jongen, Marco Heerings, Rob Ruimschotel, Astrid Hussaarts, Silvia Evers, Lotte Duyverman, Joyce Valkenburg-Vissers, Job Cornelissen, Michel Bos, Maarten van Droffelaar, Wim A. Lemmens, Rogier Donders, Anneke van der Zande, Leo H. Visser

Open Access Case report

Cerebrospinal fluid dissemination of anaplastic intraventricular meningioma: report of a case presenting with progressive brainstem dysfunction and multiple cranial nerve palsies

Motoki Fujimaki, Masashi Takanashi, Manami Kobayashi, Kei-ichiro Wada, Yutaka Machida, Akihide Kondo, Nobutaka Hattori, Hideto Miwa

Open Access Research article

Multimodal evoked potentials for functional quantification and prognosis in multiple sclerosis

Xavier Giffroy, Nathalie Maes, Adelin Albert, Pierre Maquet, Jean-Michel Crielaard, Dominique Dive

Open Access Research article

Feasibility and usefulness of ultrasonography in idiopathic intracranial hypertension or secondary intracranial hypertension

Piergiorgio Lochner, Francesco Brigo, Maria Luisa Zedde, Sandro Sanguigni, Lorenzo Coppo, Raffaele Nardone, Andrea Naldi, Daniele Sola, Erwin Stolz

Open Access Case report

A case report of SPG11 mutations in a Chinese ARHSP-TCC family

Linwei Zhang, Karen N. McFarland, Jinsong Jiao, Yujuan Jiao

Open Access Research article

Dysexecutive syndrome in amnesic mild cognitive impairment: a multicenter study

E. Blanco Martín, I. Ugarriza Serrano, X. Elcoroaristizabal Martín, L. Galdos Alcelay, A. Molano Salazar, R. Bereincua Gandarias, S. Inglés Borda, J. M. Uterga Valiente, M. B. Indakoetxea Juanbeltz, J. Moraza Lopez, M. Barandiarán Amillano, M. Fernández-Martínez

Open Access Research article

PRISM II: an open-label study to assess effectiveness of dextromethorphan/quinidine for pseudobulbar affect in patients with dementia, stroke or traumatic brain injury

Flora M. Hammond, David N. Alexander, Andrew J. Cutler, Stephen D’Amico, Rachelle S. Doody, William Sauve, Richard D. Zorowitz, Charles S. Davis, Paul Shin, Fred Ledon, Charles Yonan, Andrea E. Formella, Joao Siffert

Open Access Research article

Evaluation of rotigotine transdermal patch for the treatment of apathy and motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease

Robert A Hauser, Jaroslaw Slawek, Paolo Barone, Elisabeth Dohin, Erwin Surmann, Mahnaz Asgharnejad, Lars Bauer

Open Access Research article

A review of clinical trial designs used to detect a disease-modifying effect of drug therapy in Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease

David J. M. McGhee, Craig W. Ritchie, John P. Zajicek, Carl E. Counsell

Open Access Research article

Kinetic modelling of serum S100b after traumatic brain injury

A. Ercole, E. P. Thelin, A. Holst, B. M. Bellander, D. W. Nelson

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Feasibility and usefulness of ultrasonography in idiopathic intracranial hypertension or secondary intracranial hypertension

Piergiorgio Lochner, Francesco Brigo, Maria Luisa Zedde, Sandro Sanguigni, Lorenzo Coppo, Raffaele Nardone, Andrea Naldi, Daniele Sola, Erwin Stolz

Open Access Research article

Conjunctival microcirculatory blood flow is altered but not abolished in brain dead patients: a prospective observational study

Tomas Tamosuitis, Andrius Pranskunas, Neringa Balciuniene, Vidas Pilvinis, E. Christiaan Boerma

Open Access Research article

Increased plasma levels of epithelial neutrophil-activating peptide 78/CXCL5 during the remission of Neuromyelitis optica

Tao Yang, Su Wang, Qi Zheng, Lei Wang, Qian Li, Mingyan Wei, Zongpan Du, Yongping Fan

Open Access Research article

Conundrums in neurology: diagnosing serotonin syndrome – a meta-analysis of cases

Ursula Werneke, Fariba Jamshidi, David M. Taylor, Michael Ott

Open Access Study protocol

Design of TRUST, a non-interventional, multicenter, 3-year prospective study investigating an integrated patient management approach in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis treated with natalizumab

Tjalf Ziemssen, Achim Gass, Jens Wuerfel, Antonios Bayas, Björn Tackenberg, Volker Limmroth, Ralf Linker, Mathias Mäurer, Judith Haas, Martin Stangel, Matthias Meergans, Olof Harlin, Hans-Peter Hartung

Open Access Research article

Case control study: magnetic resonance spectroscopy of brain in HIV infected patients

Devender Bairwa, Virendra Kumar, Surabhi Vyas, Bimal Kumar Das, Achal Kumar Srivastava, Ravinder M. Pandey, Surendra K. Sharma, Naranamangalam R. Jagannathan, Sanjeev Sinha

Open Access Research article

In myotonic dystrophy type 1 reduced FDG-uptake on FDG-PET is most severe in Brodmann area 8

Dimitri Renard, Laurent Collombier, Christel Castelli, Jean-Pierre Pouget, Pierre-Olivier Kotzki, Vincent Boudousq

Open Access Research article

Determinants of stigma in a cohort of hellenic patients suffering from multiple sclerosis: a cross-sectional study

Maria Anagnostouli, Serafeim Katsavos, Artemios Artemiadis, Markos Zacharis, Paraskevi Argyrou, Ilia Theotoka, Fotini Christidi, Ioannis Zalonis, Ioannis Liappas

Open Access Research article

Factors associated with benign multiple sclerosis in the New York State MS Consortium (NYSMSC)

Robert Zivadinov, Diane L. Cookfair, Lauren Krupp, Aaron E. Miller, Neil Lava, Patricia K. Coyle, Andrew D. Goodman, Burk Jubelt, Michael Lenihan, Joseph Herbert, Malcolm Gottesman, David H. Snyder, Brian R. Apatoff, Barbara E. Teter, Allan B. Perel, Frederick Munschauer, Bianca Weinstock-Guttman

Open Access Case report

Anomalous vascularization in a Wnt medulloblastoma: a case report

Angela Di Giannatale, Andrea Carai, Antonella Cacchione, Antonio Marrazzo, Vito Andrea Dell’Anna, Giovanna Stefania Colafati, Francesca Diomedi-Camassei, Evelina Miele, Agnese Po, Elisabetta Ferretti, Franco Locatelli, Angela Mastronuzzi

Open Access Research article

Admission hyperglycemia and outcome after intravenous thrombolysis: is there a difference among the stroke-subtypes?

Irene Miedema, Gert-Jan Luijckx, Raf Brouns, Jacques De Keyser, Maarten Uyttenboogaart

Open Access Case report

Hyperekplexia, microcephaly and simplified gyral pattern caused by novel ASNS mutations, case report

Mohammed Zain Seidahmed, Mustafa A. Salih, Omer B. Abdulbasit, Abdulmohsen Samadi, Khalid Al Hussien, Abeer M. Miqdad, Maha S. Biary, Anas M. Alazami, Ibrahim A. Alorainy, Mohammad M. Kabiraj, Ranad Shaheen, Fowzan S. Alkuraya

Open Access Research article

Pre-operative declining proportion of fractional anisotropy of trigeminal nerve is correlated with the outcome of micro-vascular decompression surgery

Fanfan Chen, Lei Chen, Wei Li, Ling Li, Xiangdong Xu, Weimin Li, Wuhua Le, Wei Xie, Hua He, Peng Li

Open Access Research article

Post-stroke pneumonia at the stroke unit – a registry based analysis of contributing and protective factors

Karl Matz, Leonhard Seyfang, Alexandra Dachenhausen, Yvonne Teuschl, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Michael Brainin

Open Access Research article

Reserve-related activities and MRI metrics in multiple sclerosis patients and healthy controls: an observational study

Carolyn E. Schwartz, Michael G. Dwyer, Ralph Benedict, Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, Niels P. Bergsland, Jei Li, Murali Ramanathan, Robert Zivadinov

Open Access Research article

Children and youth with non-traumatic brain injury: a population based perspective

Vincy Chan, Jason D. Pole, Michelle Keightley, Robert E. Mann, Angela Colantonio

Open Access Research article

Social work after stroke: identifying demand for support by recording stroke patients’ and carers’ needs in different phases after stroke

Inken Padberg, Petra Knispel, Susanne Zöllner, Meike Sieveking, Alice Schneider, Jens Steinbrink, Peter U. Heuschmann, Ian Wellwood, Andreas Meisel

Open Access Research article

Laboratory tests as short-term correlates of stroke

Trevor Sughrue, Michael A. Swiernik, Yang Huang, James P. Brody

Open Access Research article

Junctional bradycardia is a potential risk factor of stroke

Gwang Sil Kim, Jae-Sun Uhm, Tae-Hoon Kim, Hancheol Lee, Junbeom Park, Jin-Kyu Park, Boyoung Joung, Hui-Nam Pak, Moon-Hyoung Lee

Open Access Research article

Arthritis and associated limitations in community-dwelling Canadians living with stroke

Kara K. Patterson, Kathryn M. Sibley

Open Access Research article

Predictors for vascular cognitive impairment in stroke patients

Xiangliang Chen, Lihui Duan, Yunfei Han, Ling Tian, Qiliang Dai, Shang Wang, Ying Lin, Yunyun Xiong, Xinfeng Liu

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Predicting dementia in primary care patients with a cardiovascular health metric: a prospective population-based study

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