Neurological Sciences

Highlights of the issue 7, 2020

Scientific publishing in the COVID-19 era: successes and pitfalls

Antonio Federico

Real-time assessment of COVID-19 prevalence among multiple sclerosis patients: a multicenter European study

Gloria Dalla Costa, Letizia Leocani, Xavier Montalban, Ana Isabel Guerrero, Per Soelberg Sørensen, Melinda Magyari, Richard J. B. Dobson, Nicholas Cummins, Vaibhav A. Narayan, Matthew Hotopf, Giancarlo Comi

First motor seizure as presenting symptom of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Antonio Fasano, Francesco Cavallieri, Elena Canali, Franco Valzania

Keep “time is brain,” even in the crisis of COVID-19

Doo Hyuk Kwon, Keun Tae Kim

New clinical manifestation of COVID-19 related Guillain-Barrè syndrome highly responsive to intravenous immunoglobulins: two Italian cases

Andrea Assini, Luana Benedetti, Silvia Di Maio, Erika Schirinzi, Massimo Del Sette

So far so close: an insight into smart working and telehealth reorganization of a Language and Learning Disorders Service in Milan during COVID-19 pandemic

Daniela Sarti, Marinella De Salvatore, Stefania Gazzola, Chiara Pantaleoni, Elisa Granocchio

Brainstem involvement and respiratory failure in COVID-19

Fiore Manganelli, Maria Vargas, Aniello Iovino, Carmine Iacovazzo, Lucio Santoro, Giuseppe Servillo

The neurological manifestations of COVID-19: a review article

Hamid Reza Niazkar, Behdad Zibaee, Ali Nasimi, Narjes Bahri

Stroke integrated care pathway during COVID-19 pandemic

Giovanni Frisullo, Antonio Giulio De Belvis, Giacomo Della Marca, Carmen Angioletti, Paolo Calabresi

Is it the right time for an infant screening for Duchenne muscular dystrophy?

Gian Luca Vita, Giuseppe Vita

Assessment of cutaneous axon-reflex responses to evaluate functional integrity of autonomic small nerve fibers

Mido M. Hijazi, Sylvia J. Buchmann, Annahita Sedghi, Ben M. Illigens, Heinz Reichmann, Gabriele Schackert, Timo Siepmann

Eye tracking metrics to screen and assess cognitive impairment in patients with neurological disorders

Ling Tao, Quan Wang, Ding Liu, Jing Wang, Ziqing Zhu, Li Feng

The effectiveness of various cytotherapeutic strategies for the treatment of ischemic stroke: a Bayesian network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Kai Wang, Liangqun Rong, Xiue Wei, Qingxiu Zhang, Lijie Xiao

Eye movement changes in autosomal dominant spinocerebellar ataxias

Francesca Rosini, Elena Pretegiani, Carla Battisti, Maria Teresa Dotti, Antonio Federico, Alessandra Rufa

Clinico-diagnostic features of neuralgic amyotrophy in childhood

Eleonora Rotondo, Noemi Pellegrino, Caterina Di Battista, Alessandro Graziosi, Vincenzo Di Stefano, Pasquale Striano

The differential effect of normal and pathological aging on egocentric and allocentric spatial memory in navigational and reaching space

Alessandro O. Caffò, Antonella Lopez, Giuseppina Spano, Fabrizio Stasolla, Silvia Serino, Pietro Cipresso, Giuseppe Riva, Andrea Bosco

The role of clivus length and cranial base flexion angle in basilar invagination and Chiari malformation pathophysiology

Juliete M. Diniz, Ricardo V. Botelho

Late component of trigemino-cervical reflex: changes according to age and gender

Meral E. Kızıltan, Ayşegül Gündüz

Dysphasia is associated with diffusion-weighted MRI abnormalities in patients with transient neurological symptoms

Zejin Jia, Yangguang Song, Wenli Hu

Are attentional instruction and feedback type affect on learning of postural and supra-postural tasks?

Amir Shams, Parvaneh Shamsipour Dehkordi, Farshid Tahmasbi, Mandana Sangari

Impact of brain atrophy on tDCS and HD-tDCS current flow: a modeling study in three variants of primary progressive aphasia

Gozde Unal, Bronte Ficek, Kimberly Webster, Syed Shahabuddin, Dennis Truong, Benjamin Hampstead, Marom Bikson, Kyrana Tsapkini

The assessment of severe lexical disorders in Italian individuals with aphasia

Laura Veronelli, Ilaria Scola, Mirella Frustaci, Massimo Corbo, Claudio Luzzatti

Correction to: The assessment of severe lexical disorders in Italian individuals with aphasia

Laura Veronelli, Ilaria Scola, Mirella Frustaci, Massimo Corbo, Claudio Luzzatti

Chronic migraine long-term regular treatment with onabotulinumtoxinA: a retrospective real-life observational study up to 4 years of therapy

Antonio Santoro, Massimiliano Copetti, Anna M. Miscio, Maurizio A. Leone, Andrea Fontana

Low TSH level predicts a poor clinical outcome in patients with anterior circulation ischemic stroke after endovascular thrombectomy

Zhongyun Chen, Yijia Sun, Yingbo Zhang, Yanbo He, Hongbo Chen, Yingying Su

The effect of greater occipital nerve blockade on the quality of life, disability and comorbid depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbance in patients with chronic migraine

Ersin Kasım Ulusoy, Ömer Faruk Bolattürk

Contrast sensitivity impairment in drug-naïve Parkinson’s disease patients associates with early cognitive decline

Sang Bin Hong, Jeeyun Ahn, Dalla Yoo, Joo Young Shin, Beomseok Jeon, Jee-Young Lee

The accuracy of aneurysm size in predicting rebleeding after subarachnoid hemorrhage: a meta-analysis

Zhiyuan Yu, Jun Zheng, Rui Guo, Mou Li, Hao Li, Lu Ma, Chao You

The influence of statins on the risk of post-stroke epilepsy

Bruno Kusznir Vitturi, Rubens José Gagliardi

Naming famous people through face and voice: a normative study

Chiara Piccininni, Guido Gainotti, Giovanni Augusto Carlesimo, Simona Luzzi, Costanza Papagno, Luigi Trojano, Antonia Ferrara, Camillo Marra, Davide Quaranta

Elevated cerebrospinal fluid homocysteine is associated with blood-brain barrier disruption in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients

Yonghua Wu, Xu Yang, Xiaogang Li, Haining Wang, Tiancheng Wang

Association of depressive symptoms with decline of cognitive function—Rugao longevity and ageing study

Zhuoran Hou, Xiaofeng Wang, Yuchen Wang, Jiucun Wang, Judy Zhong

Italian validation of the caregiving tasks in multiple sclerosis scale (CTiMSS)

Luca Negri, Eleonora Minacapelli, Marta Bassi, Sabina Cilia, Monica Falautano, Monica Grobberio, Claudia Niccolai, Marianna Pattini, Erika Pietrolongo, Maria Esmeralda Quartuccio, Rosa Gemma Viterbo, Beatrice Allegri, Maria Pia Amato, Miriam Benin, Giovanna De Luca, Claudio Gasperini, Francesco Patti, Maria Trojano, Antonella Delle Fave

The impact of white matter hyperintensities on speech perception

Arianna Di Stadio, Daniela Messineo, Massimo Ralli, Dalila Roccamatisi, Angela Musacchio, Giampietro Ricci, Antonio Greco

Long-term impact of mild traumatic brain injury on postural stability and executive function

Katrina Kunker, Denise M. Peters, Sambit Mohapatra

Spectral domain OCT can differentiate the retinal morphological changes of patients with Parkinson’s disease in clinical middle stages

Jiang Huang, Qingping Wang, Kai Li, Qin Zhang, Guoxu Xu, Jing Liu, Ji Zhang, Tongtong Niu, Qilin Zhang, Weifeng Luo

Novel mutation of SCN9A gene causing generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus in a Chinese family

Tian Zhang, Mingwu Chen, Angang Zhu, Xiaoguang Zhang, Tao Fang

Altered sensory-motor plasticity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and complex regional pain type I syndrome: a shared mechanism?

Dario Ricciardi, Vincenzo Todisco, Gioacchino Tedeschi, Francesca Trojsi, Giovanni Cirillo

Pharmacotherapy for tics in adult patients with Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders

James Badenoch, Andrea E. Cavanna

Video analysis of long-term effects of levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel on gait and posture in advanced Parkinson’s disease

Margherita Fabbri, Chatkaew Pongmala, Carlo Alberto Artusi, Gabriele Imbalzano, Alberto Romagnolo, Leonardo Lopiano, Maurizio Zibetti

Autosomal dominant SPG9: intrafamilial variability and onset during pregnancy

C. Marelli, S. Badiou, S. Genestet, L. Larrieu, P. Damier, W. Camu, M. Planes, M. Koenig, C. Guissart

Unusual imaging appearance of a rare cortical ependymoma mimicking angiocentric glioma

Santhakumar Senthilvelan, Sathish Kandasamy, Kesavadas Chandrasekharan, Bejoy Thomas, Deepti AN

Intravascular large B cell lymphoma presenting as an isolated cauda equina–conus medullaris syndrome—a case report and review of the literature of the neuroimaging features at onset

Chiara Costanzi, Gloria Maccabelli, Stefano Vollaro, Marco Ungari, Maria Sessa

Recurrent stereotyped TIAs: atypical Bow Hunter’s syndrome due to compression of non-dominant vertebral artery terminating in PICA

Vincenzo Di Stefano, Marco Colasurdo, Marco Onofrj, Massimo Caulo, Maria Vittoria De Angelis

Diagnosis of severe cognitive disorder: the family history as a key issue

Céline Derollez, Stéphane Haik, Florence Pasquier, Bertrand De Toffol, Stéphanie Bombois

Aggressive anti-LGI1 encephalitis defeated by one cycle of intravenous rituximab—a case report

Ivana Markovic, Silvio Basic, Sabina Devedjija

Delayed and isolated abducens nerve palsy following minor head injury

Jae Yeon Lee, Yung Ju Yoo

Long-term survival of a sacro-coccygeal myxopapillary ependymoma with extra-neural metastases: case report and review of the literature

Francesco Bruno, Alessia Pellerino, Luca Bertero, Riccardo Soffietti, Roberta Rudà

Induced hemichorea by cloperastine overuse

Carlo Civardi, Alessandra Collini, Eugenia Enrico, Maurizio Maggio, Claudio Geda

Pallidal dementia with underlying sleep apnea syndrome: a case report and literature review

Azusa Sugimoto, Hidenobu Shozawa, Keita Mizuma, Sotaro Hieda, Kenjiro Ono

A case of growing dural sinus malformation with associated developmental venous anomaly presenting like transient ischemic attack progressing into stroke

Xinwang Cheng, Zhao Jiang, Xuesong Wang

Neuromuscular diseases rehabilitation in the era of gene therapy

Antonio Trabacca

Selection of treatment for ictal asystole patients based on EEG and ECG with temporary cardiac pacing

Yuta Madokoro, Daisuke Kato, Kiyohito Terada, Masayuki Mizuno, Noriyuki Matsukawa