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BMC Neurology

Ausgabe 1/2010

Inhalt (126 Artikel)

Open Access Research article

Clinical profile of parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease in Lagos, Southwestern Nigeria

Njideka U Okubadejo, Oluwadamilola O Ojo, Olajumoke O Oshinaike

Open Access Study protocol

Study protocol of the YOU CALL - WE CALL TRIAL: impact of a multimodal support intervention after a "mild" stroke

Annie Rochette, Nicol Korner-Bitensky, Duane Bishop, Robert Teasell, Carole White, Gina Bravo, Robert Côté, Jean Lachaine, Teri Green, Louise-Hélène Lebrun, Sylvain Lanthier, Moira Kapral, Sharon Wood-Dauphinee

Open Access Study protocol

INCITE: A randomised trial comparing constraint induced movement therapy and bimanual training in children with congenital hemiplegia

Roslyn Boyd, Leanne Sakzewski, Jenny Ziviani, David F Abbott, Radwa Badawy, Rose Gilmore, Kerry Provan, Jacques-Donald Tournier, Richard AL Macdonell, Graeme D Jackson

Open Access Research article

Validation, reproducibility and safety of trans dermal electrical stimulation in chronic pain patients and healthy volunteers

Remigiusz Lecybyl, Juan Acosta, Joydeep Ghoshdastidar, Kinga Stringfellow, Magdi Hanna

Open Access Research article

Association of smoking with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis risk and survival in men and women: a prospective study

Alvaro Alonso, Giancarlo Logroscino, Susan S Jick, Miguel A Hernán

Open Access Research article

Diagnosing migraine in research and clinical settings: The validation of the Structured Migraine Interview (SMI)

Zainab Samaan, E Anne MacGregor, Dowson Andrew, Peter McGuffin, Anne Farmer

Open Access Study protocol

Exercise therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy to improve fatigue, daily activity performance and quality of life in Postpoliomyelitis Syndrome: the protocol of the FACTS-2-PPS trial

Fieke S Koopman, Anita Beelen, Karin H Gerrits, Gijs Bleijenberg, Tineke A Abma, Marianne de Visser, Frans Nollet

Open Access Research article

Transcranial sonography for diagnosis of Parkinson's disease

Sabine Mehnert, Iris Reuter, Karsten Schepp, Peter Maaser, Erwin Stolz, Manfred Kaps

Open Access Research article

Treatment of cyclic vomiting syndrome with co-enzyme Q10 and amitriptyline, a retrospective study

Richard G Boles, Mary R Lovett-Barr, Amy Preston, B UK Li, Kathleen Adams

Open Access Review

Improving the clinical assessment of consciousness with advances in electrophysiological and neuroimaging techniques

Jodie R Gawryluk, Ryan CN D'Arcy, John F Connolly, Donald F Weaver

Open Access Research article

The association between use of electronic media and prevalence of headache in adolescents: results from a population-based cross-sectional study

Astrid Milde-Busch, Rüdiger von Kries, Silke Thomas, Sabine Heinrich, Andreas Straube, Katja Radon

Open Access Research article

Stability of large diffusion/perfusion mismatch in anterior circulation strokes for 4 or more hours

R Gilberto González, Reza Hakimelahi, Pamela W Schaefer, Luca Roccatagliata, A Gregory Sorensen, Aneesh B Singhal

Open Access Study protocol

Promotion of the mind through exercise (PROMoTE): a proof-of-concept randomized controlled trial of aerobic exercise training in older adults with vascular cognitive impairment

Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Janice J Eng, Lara A Boyd, Claudia Jacova, Jennifer C Davis, Stirling Bryan, Philip Lee, Penny Brasher, Ging-Yuek R Hsiung

Open Access Study protocol

Improving adherence to medication in stroke survivors (IAMSS): a randomised controlled trial: study protocol

Ronan O'Carroll, Martin Dennis, Marie Johnston, Cathie Sudlow

Open Access Case report

Subarachnoidal Neurocysticercosis non-responsive to cysticidal drugs: a case series

Graciela Cárdenas, Roger Carrillo-Mezo, Helgi Jung, Edda Sciutto, Jose Luis Soto Hernandez, Agnès Fleury

Open Access Research article

Unique spectrum of SPAST variants in Estonian HSP patients: presence of benign missense changes but lack of exonic rearrangements

Mark Braschinsky, Riin Tamm, Christian Beetz, Elena Sachez-Ferrero, Elve Raukas, Siiri-Merike Lüüs, Katrin Gross-Paju, Catherine Boillot, Federico Canzian, Andres Metspalu, Sulev Haldre

Open Access Research article

Patients with migraine with aura have increased flow mediated dilation

Fabrizio Vernieri, Leo Moro, Claudia Altamura, Paola Palazzo, Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi, Paolo Maria Rossini, Claudio Pedone

Open Access Study protocol

Patch: platelet transfusion in cerebral haemorrhage: study protocol for a multicentre, randomised, controlled trial

Koen de Gans, Rob J de Haan, Charles B Majoie, Maria M Koopman, Anneke Brand, Marcel G Dijkgraaf, Marinus Vermeulen, Yvo B Roos

Open Access Research article

Evidence based guidelines for complex regional pain syndrome type 1

Roberto S Perez, Paul E Zollinger, Pieter U Dijkstra, Ilona L Thomassen-Hilgersom, Wouter W Zuurmond, Kitty CJ Rosenbrand, Jan H Geertzen

Open Access Case report

Adult-onset Alexander disease with typical "tadpole" brainstem atrophy and unusual bilateral basal ganglia involvement: a case report and review of the literature

Michito Namekawa, Yoshihisa Takiyama, Junko Honda, Haruo Shimazaki, Kumi Sakoe, Imaharu Nakano

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Anemia status, hemoglobin concentration and outcome after acute stroke: a cohort study

David Tanne, Noa Molshatzki, Oleg Merzeliak, Rakefet Tsabari, Maya Toashi, Yvonne Schwammenthal

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Risk of Parkinson's disease after tamoxifen treatment

Jeanne C Latourelle, Merete Dybdahl, Anita L Destefano, Richard H Myers, Timothy L Lash

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Microvessel changes after post-ischemic benign and malignant hyperemia: experimental study in rats

Haitao Lu, Jungong Zhao, Minghua Li, Yingsheng Cheng, Yongdong Li, Xiaofang You, Yuwu Zhao

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Predictors of functional outcome vary by the hemisphere of involvement in major ischemic stroke treated with intra-arterial therapy: a retrospective cohort study

Albert J Yoo, Javier Romero, Reza Hakimelahi, Raul G Nogueira, James D Rabinov, Johnny C Pryor, R Gilberto González, Joshua A Hirsch, Pamela W Schaefer

Open Access Research article

The Subjective Index for Physical and Social Outcome (SIPSO) in Stroke: investigation of its subscale structure

Paula Kersten, Ann Ashburn, Steve George, Joseph Low

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Encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroid disease in patients with Graves' disease: clinical manifestations, follow-up, and outcomes

Gianluca Tamagno, Yahya Celik, Rafael Simó, Marcel Dihné, Kazumi Kimura, Giorgio Gelosa, Byung I Lee, Caroline Hommet, Giovanni Murialdo

Open Access Research article

Patient-rated suitability of a novel electronic device for self-injection of subcutaneous interferon beta-1a in relapsing multiple sclerosis: an international, single-arm, multicentre, Phase IIIb study

Virginia Devonshire, Txomin Arbizu, Björn Borre, Michael Lang, Alessandra Lugaresi, Barry Singer, Elisabetta Verdun di Cantogno, Peter Cornelisse

Open Access Research article

POLG1 p.R722H mutation associated with multiple mtDNA deletions and a neurological phenotype

Tuomas Komulainen, Reetta Hinttala, Mikko Kärppä, Leila Pajunen, Saara Finnilä, Hannu Tuominen, Heikki Rantala, Ilmo Hassinen, Kari Majamaa, Johanna Uusimaa

Open Access Case report

Vasospasm is a significant factor in cyclosporine-induced neurotoxicity: Case report

Hilde MH Braakman, Jan Lodder, Alida A Postma, Lambert FR Span, Werner H Mess

Open Access Research article

Clinical predictors of lacunar syndrome not due to lacunar infarction

Adrià Arboix, Joan Massons, Luis García-Eroles, Cecilia Targa, Emili Comes, Olga Parra

Open Access Case report

Progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy in an immunocompetent patient with favourable outcome. A case report

Halvor Naess, Solveig Glad, Anette Storstein, Christine H Rinaldo, Sverre J Mørk, Kjell-Morten Myhr, Hans Hirsch

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Myocardial inflammation in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy as a precipitating factor for heart failure: a prospective study

Sophie Mavrogeni, Antigoni Papavasiliou, Kostas Spargias, Pantelis Constandoulakis, George Papadopoulos, Evangelos Karanasios, Dimitris Georgakopoulos, Genovefa Kolovou, Eftichia Demerouti, Spyridon Polymeros, Loukas Kaklamanis, Anastasios Magoutas, Evangelia Papadopoulou, Vyron Markussis, Dennis V Cokkinos

Open Access Research article

Copeptin is associated with mortality and outcome in patients with acute intracerebral hemorrhage

Christian Zweifel, Mira Katan, Philipp Schuetz, Martin Siegemund, Nils G Morgenthaler, Adrian Merlo, Beat Mueller, Mirjam Christ-Crain

Open Access Research article

Visual fixation in the vegetative state: an observational case series PET study

Marie-Aurélie Bruno, Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, Caroline Schnakers, Mélanie Boly, Olivia Gosseries, Athena Demertzi, Steve Majerus, Gustave Moonen, Roland Hustinx, Steven Laureys

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Evaluation of the middle cerebral artery occlusion techniques in the rat by in-vitro 3-dimensional micro- and nano computed tomography

Alexander C Langheinrich, Mesut Yeniguen, Anne Ostendorf, Simone Marhoffer, Marian Kampschulte, Georg Bachmann, Erwin Stolz, Tibo Gerriets

Open Access Case report

Cerebral toxoplasmosis in Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) patients also provides unifying pathophysiologic hypotheses for Holmes tremor

Alain Lekoubou, Rodrigue Njouoguep, Callixte Kuate, André Pascal Kengne

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Autonomic neuropathy in Fabry disease: a prospective study using the Autonomic Symptom Profile and cardiovascular autonomic function tests

Marieke Biegstraaten, Ivo N van Schaik, Wouter Wieling, Frits A Wijburg, Carla EM Hollak

Open Access Research article

New uses of the Migraine Screen Questionnaire (MS-Q): validation in the Primary Care setting and ability to detect hidden migraine. MS-Q in Primary Care

Miguel J Láinez, Jesús Castillo, Manuel Domínguez, Gemma Palacios, Silvia Díaz, Javier Rejas

Open Access Research article

Feasibility and effects of adapted cardiac rehabilitation after stroke: a prospective trial

Ada Tang, Susan Marzolini, Paul Oh, William E McIlroy, Dina Brooks

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Association of TNF-α gene with spontaneous deep intracerebral hemorrhage in the Taiwan population: a case control study

Yi-Chun Chen, Fen-Ju Hu, Phoebe Chen, Yih-Ru Wu, Hsiu-Chuan Wu, Sien-Tsong Chen, Guey-Jen Lee-Chen, Chiung-Mei Chen

Open Access Research article

Prevalence and pattern of cognitive impairment in rural and urban populations from Northern Portugal

Belina Nunes, Ricardo D Silva, Vitor T Cruz, Jose M Roriz, Joana Pais, Maria C Silva

Open Access Study protocol

Multi-centre parallel arm randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a group-based cognitive behavioural approach to managing fatigue in people with multiple sclerosis

Peter W Thomas, Sarah Thomas, Paula Kersten, Rosemary Jones, Alison Nock, Vicky Slingsby, Colin Green, Roger Baker, Kate Galvin, Charles Hillier

Open Access Research article

Clinical outcomes and immune benefits of anti-epileptic drug therapy in HIV/AIDS

Kathy Lee, Pornpun Vivithanaporn, Reed A Siemieniuk, Hartmut B Krentz, Ferdinand Maingat, M John Gill, Christopher Power

Open Access Research article

Visual field defects of optic neuritis in neuromyelitis optica compared with multiple sclerosis

Hideto Nakajima, Takafumi Hosokawa, Masakazu Sugino, Fumiharu Kimura, Jun Sugasawa, Toshiaki Hanafusa, Toshiyuki Takahashi

Open Access Research article

A systematic review of population based epidemiological studies in Myasthenia Gravis

Aisling S Carr, Chris R Cardwell, Peter O McCarron, John McConville

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Pretreatment with statins improves early outcome in patients with first-ever ischaemic stroke: a pleiotropic effect of statins or a beneficial effect of hypercholesterolemia?

Adrià Arboix, Luis García-Eroles, Montserrat Oliveres, Cecília Targa, Miquel Balcells, Joan Massons

Open Access Research article

Generic quality of life assessment in dementia patients: a prospective cohort study

Claudia Schiffczyk, Barbara Romero, Christina Jonas, Constanze Lahmeyer, Friedemann Müller, Matthias W Riepe

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Efficacy and acceptability of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for the treatment of depression in Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Petros Skapinakis, Eleni Bakola, Georgia Salanti, Glyn Lewis, Athanasios P Kyritsis, Venetsanos Mavreas

Open Access Research article

Prognostic value of the ABCD2score beyond short-term follow-up after transient ischemic attack (TIA) - a cohort study

Katrin Holzer, Regina Feurer, Suwad Sadikovic, Lorena Esposito, Angelina Bockelbrink, Dirk Sander, Bernhard Hemmer, Holger Poppert

Open Access Research article

Neuroinflammation in Lyme neuroborreliosis affects amyloid metabolism

Niklas Mattsson, Daniel Bremell, Rolf Anckarsäter, Kaj Blennow, Henrik Anckarsäter, Henrik Zetterberg, Lars Hagberg

Open Access Research article

Percutaneous radiofrequency lesions adjacent to the dorsal root ganglion alleviate spasticity and pain in children with cerebral palsy: pilot study in 17 patients

Georges F Vles, Johan S Vles, Maarten van Kleef, Jan van Zundert, Heleen M Staal, Wim E Weber, Lodewijk W van Rhijn, Dan Soudant, H Kerr Graham, Anton J de Louw

Open Access Case report

An excess vessel in the posterior part of the human cerebral arterial circle (CAC): a case series

Ljiljana Vasović, Milena Trandafilović, Ivan Jovanović, Aleksandra Antović, Jovan Stojanović, Miodrag Zdravković, Miroslav Milić

Open Access Case report

Spontaneous dural tear leading to intracranial hypotension and tonsillar herniation in Marfan syndrome: a case report

Aqueel H Pabaney, Farhan A Mirza, Nadir A Syed, Humera Ahsan

Open Access Case report

Patient with pontine warning syndrome and bilateral posterior internuclear ophthalmoplegia: case report

Hai Wei Huang, Shen Wen He, Shuang Quan Tan, Li Li Su

Open Access Study protocol

Effect of aerobic exercise training and cognitive behavioural therapy on reduction of chronic fatigue in patients with facioscapulohumeral dystrophy: protocol of the FACTS-2-FSHD trial

Nicoline BM Voet, Gijs Bleijenberg, George W Padberg, Baziel GM van Engelen, Alexander CH Geurts

Open Access Research article

Growth in Children with Cerebral Palsy during five years after Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy: a practice-based study

Lena Westbom, Annika Lundkvist Josenby, Philippe Wagner, Eva Nordmark

Open Access Research article

Multi-parametric neuroimaging evaluation of cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis and its correlation with neuropsychological presentations

Chiung-Chih Chang, Chun-Chung Lui, Jiun-Jie Wang, Shu-Hua Huang, Cheng-Hsien Lu, Ching Chen, Chih-Feng Chen, Min-Chien Tu, Chi-Wei Huang, Wen-Neng Chang

Open Access Research article

HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders in sub-Saharan Africa: a pilot study in Cameroon

Georgette D Kanmogne, Callixte T Kuate, Lucette A Cysique, Julius Y Fonsah, Sabine Eta, Roland Doh, Dora M Njamnshi, Emilienne Nchindap, Donald R Franklin Jr, Ronald J Ellis, John A McCutchan, Fidele Binam, Dora Mbanya, Robert K Heaton, Alfred K Njamnshi

Open Access Research article

Association of childhood trauma with cognitive function in healthy adults: a pilot study

Matthias Majer, Urs M Nater, Jin-Mann S Lin, Lucile Capuron, William C Reeves

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Estimates of probable dementia prevalence from population-based surveys compared with dementia prevalence estimates based on meta-analyses

Kaarin J Anstey, Richard A Burns, Carole L Birrell, David Steel, Kim M Kiely, Mary A Luszcz

Open Access Study protocol

Stroke risk associated with balloon based catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: Rationale and design of the MACPAF Study

Karl Georg Haeusler, Lydia Koch, Juliane Ueberreiter, Matthias Endres, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss, Peter U Heuschmann, Alexander Schirdewan, Jochen B Fiebach

Open Access Research article

White matter fractional anisotropy is related to processing speed in metabolic syndrome patients: a case-control study

Bàrbara Segura, María Ángeles Jurado, Núria Freixenet, Núria Bargalló, Carme Junqué, Adrià Arboix

Open Access Research article

Diffusion tensor imaging in neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus

Rex E Jung, Arvind Caprihan, Robert S Chavez, Ranee A Flores, Janeen Sharrar, Clifford R Qualls, Wilmer Sibbitt, Carlos A Roldan

Open Access Research article

Clustering of dystonia in some pedigrees with autosomal dominant essential tremor suggests the existence of a distinct subtype of essential tremor

Peter Hedera, Fenna T Phibbs, John Y Fang, Michael K Cooper, P David Charles, Thomas L Davis

Open Access Research article

Acute unstable depressive syndrome (AUDS) is associated more frequently with epilepsy than major depression

Arne E Vaaler, Gunnar Morken, Valentina C Iversen, Daniel Kondziella, Olav M Linaker

Open Access Research article

Visual neglect in posterior cortical atrophy

Katia Andrade, Dalila Samri, Marie Sarazin, Leonardo C de Souza, Laurent Cohen, Michel Thiebaut de Schotten, Bruno Dubois, Paolo Bartolomeo

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Quality of life in childhood epilepsy with lateralized epileptogenic foci

Krystyna A Mathiak, Małgorzata Łuba, Klaus Mathiak, Katarzyna Karzel, Tomasz Wolańczyk, Elżbieta Szczepanik, Paweł Ostaszewski

Open Access Study protocol

Design and baseline characteristics of the ParkFit study, a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of a multifaceted behavioral program to increase physical activity in Parkinson patients

Marlies van Nimwegen, Arlène D Speelman, Katrijn Smulders, Sebastiaan Overeem, George F Borm, Frank JG Backx, Bastiaan R Bloem, Marten Munneke

Open Access Research article

Two common nonsynonymous paraoxonase 1 (PON1) gene polymorphisms and brain astrocytoma and meningioma

Carmen Martínez, José A Molina, Hortensia Alonso-Navarro, Félix J Jiménez-Jiménez, José AG Agúndez, Elena García-Martín

Open Access Research article

Frequency and clinical patterns of stroke in Iran - Systematic and critical review

Akram A Hosseini, Davood Sobhani-Rad, Kavian Ghandehari, Hani TS Benamer

Open Access Research article

The increase of alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone in the plasma of chronic fatigue syndrome patients

Nobue Shishioh-Ikejima, Tokiko Ogawa, Kouzi Yamaguti, Yasuyoshi Watanabe, Hirohiko Kuratsune, Hiroshi Kiyama

Open Access Research article

Feasibility of a mental practice intervention in stroke patients in nursing homes; a process evaluation

Susy M Braun, Jolanda C van Haastregt, Anna J Beurskens, Alexandra I Gielen, Derick T Wade, Jos M Schols

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Combination of diffusion tensor and functional magnetic resonance imaging during recovery from the vegetative state

Davinia Fernández-Espejo, Carme Junque, Damian Cruse, Montserrat Bernabeu, Teresa Roig-Rovira, Neus Fábregas, Eva Rivas, Jose M Mercader

Open Access Research article

Microemboli-monitoring during the acute phase of ischemic stroke: Is it worth the time?

Titto T Idicula, Halvor Naess, Lars Thomassen

Open Access Case report

Case report of MR perfusion imaging in Sinking Skin Flap Syndrome: growing evidence for hemodynamic impairment

Andre Kemmling, Thomas Duning, Lars Lemcke, Thomas Niederstadt, Jens Minnerup, Heike Wersching, Martin Marziniak

Open Access Research article

Conduction in ulnar nerve bundles that innervate the proximal and distal muscles: a clinical trial

Attila Oğuzhanoğlu, Sibel Güler, Mustafa Çam, Eylem Değirmenci

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Is elevated SUA associated with a worse outcome in young Chinese patients with acute cerebral ischemic stroke?

Bin Zhang, Cong Gao, Ning Yang, WeiZhi Zhang, XingWang Song, JianRui Yin, ShuXiang Pu, YongHong Yi, QingChun Gao

Open Access Case report

Treatment of refractory epilepsy with natalizumab in a patient with multiple sclerosis. Case report

Stefano Sotgiu, Maria R Murrighile, Gabriela Constantin

Open Access Research article

Development and testing of a self administered version of the Freezing of Gait Questionnaire

Maria H Nilsson, Gun-Marie Hariz, Klas Wictorin, Michael Miller, Lars Forsgren, Peter Hagell

Open Access Research article

Treatment of moderate to severe restless legs syndrome: 2-year safety and efficacy of rotigotine transdermal patch

Birgit Högl, Wolfgang H Oertel, Karin Stiasny-Kolster, Peter Geisler, Heike Beneš, Diego García-Borreguero, Claudia Trenkwalder, Werner Poewe, Erwin Schollmayer, Ralf Kohnen

Open Access Research article

Behavioural symptoms in patients with Alzheimer's disease and their association with cognitive impairment

Manuel Fernández, Ana L Gobartt, Montse Balañá

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Mutational spectrum of the SPG4 (SPAST) and SPG3A (ATL1) genes in Spanish patients with hereditary spastic paraplegia

Victoria Álvarez, Elena Sánchez-Ferrero, Christian Beetz, Marta Díaz, Belén Alonso, Ana I Corao, Josep Gámez, Jesús Esteban, Juan F Gonzalo, Samuel I Pascual-Pascual, Adolfo López de Munain, Germán Moris, Renne Ribacoba, Celedonio Márquez, Jordi Rosell, Rosario Marín, Maria J García-Barcina, Emilia del Castillo, Carmen Benito, Eliecer Coto

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Open-label add-on treatment trial of minocycline in fragile X syndrome

Carlo Paribello, Leeping Tao, Anthony Folino, Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, Michael Tranfaglia, Iryna M Ethell, Douglas W Ethell

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Protective effect of rifampicin and clindamycin impregnated devices against Staphylococcusspp. infection after cerebrospinal fluid diversion procedures

Raquel Gutiérrez-González, Gregorio R Boto, Cristina Fernández-Pérez, Náyade del Prado

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Evaluation of the endoplasmic reticulum-stress response in eIF2B-mutated lymphocytes and lymphoblasts from CACH/VWM patients

Laetitia Horzinski, Liraz Kantor, Aurélia Huyghe, Raphael Schiffmann, Orna Elroy-Stein, Odile Boespflug-Tanguy, Anne Fogli

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Oxidative stress in skin fibroblasts cultures from patients with Parkinson's disease

Pilar del Hoyo, Alberto García-Redondo, Fernando de Bustos, José Antonio Molina, Youssef Sayed, Hortensia Alonso-Navarro, Luis Caballero, Joaquín Arenas, José AG Agúndez, Félix Javier Jiménez-Jiménez

Open Access Study protocol

A multidisciplinary cognitive behavioural programme for coping with chronic neuropathic pain following spinal cord injury: the protocol of the CONECSI trial

Matagne Heutink, Marcel WM Post, Peter Luthart, Lilian EMA Pfennings, Catja A Dijkstra, Eline Lindeman

Open Access Research article

Neuroprotective properties of levosimendan in an in vitro model of traumatic brain injury

Anna B Roehl, Marc Hein, Philipp D Loetscher, Jan Rossaint, Joachim Weis, Rolf Rossaint, Mark Coburn

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Diagnostic indices for vertiginous diseases

Otmar Bayer, Jan-Christian Warninghoff, Andreas Straube

Open Access Case report

A novel form of human disease with a protease-sensitive prion protein and heterozygosity methionine/valine at codon 129: Case report

Ana B Rodríguez-Martínez, Joseba M Garrido, Juan J Zarranz, Jose M Arteagoitia, Marian M de Pancorbo, Begoña Atarés, Miren J Bilbao, Isidro Ferrer, Ramón A Juste

Open Access Research article

Differential effects of pre and post-payment on neurologists' response rates to a postal survey

Richard AA Kanaan, Simon C Wessely, David Armstrong

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The genetic basis of multiple sclerosis: a model for MS susceptibility

Douglas S Goodin

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Gender differences in self reported long term outcomes following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury

Angela Colantonio, Jocelyn E Harris, Graham Ratcliff, Susan Chase, Kristina Ellis

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The impact of stroke on emotional intelligence

Michael Hoffmann, Lourdes Benes Cases, Bronwyn Hoffmann, Ren Chen

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Pregabalin versus gabapentin in partial epilepsy: a meta-analysis of dose-response relationships

Philippa Delahoy, Sally Thompson, Ian C Marschner

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A seasonal periodicity in relapses of multiple sclerosis? A single-center, population-based, preliminary study conducted in Bologna, Italy

Fabrizio Salvi, Ilaria Bartolomei, Michael H Smolensky, Angelo Lorusso, Elena Barbarossa, Anna Maria Malagoni, Paolo Zamboni, Roberto Manfredini

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Ophthalmodynamometry for ICP prediction and pilot test on Mt. Everest

Henry W Querfurth, Philip Lieberman, Steve Arms, Steve Mundell, Michael Bennett, Craig van Horne

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Hypogelsolinemia, a disorder of the extracellular actin scavenger system, in patients with multiple sclerosis

Alina Kułakowska, Nicholas J Ciccarelli, Qi Wen, Barbara Mroczko, Wiesław Drozdowski, Maciej Szmitkowski, Paul A Janmey, Robert Bucki

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Saliva levels of Abeta1-42 as potential biomarker of Alzheimer's disease: a pilot study

Felix Bermejo-Pareja, Desiree Antequera, Teo Vargas, Jose A Molina, Eva Carro

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Charting the progression of disability in parkinson disease: study protocol for a prospective longitudinal cohort study

Leland E Dibble, James T Cavanaugh, Gammon M Earhart, Terry D Ellis, Matthew P Ford, Kenneth B Foreman

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Alcohol drinking and risk of Parkinson's disease: a case-control study in Japan

Wakaba Fukushima, Yoshihiro Miyake, Keiko Tanaka, Satoshi Sasaki, Chikako Kiyohara, Yoshio Tsuboi, Tatsuo Yamada, Tomoko Oeda, Takami Miki, Nobutoshi Kawamura, Nobutaka Sakae, Hidenao Fukuyama, Yoshio Hirota, Masaki Nagai

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Identification of novel biomarker candidates by proteomic analysis of cerebrospinal fluid from patients with moyamoya disease using SELDI-TOF-MS

Yoshio Araki, Kazuhiro Yoshikawa, Sho Okamoto, Masaki Sumitomo, Mikio Maruwaka, Toshihiko Wakabayashi

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Expression of chemokine receptors on peripheral blood lymphocytes in multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica

Akiyuki Uzawa, Masahiro Mori, Sei Hayakawa, Saeko Masuda, Fumio Nomura, Satoshi Kuwabara

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Focused ultrasound-mediated bbb disruption is associated with an increase in activation of AKT: experimental study in rats

Shahrzad Jalali, Yuexi Huang, Daniel J Dumont, Kullervo Hynynen

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Congenital Abnormalities and Multiple Sclerosis

Sreeram V Ramagopalan, Colleen Guimond, Maria Criscuoli, David A Dyment, Sarah-Michelle Orton, Irene M Yee, George C Ebers, Dessa Sadovnick

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Pregabalin, the lidocaine plaster and duloxetine in patients with refractory neuropathic pain: a systematic review

Melanie Plested, Sangeeta Budhia, Zahava Gabriel

Open Access Case report

Severe course of Lyme neuroborreliosis in an HIV-1 positive patient; case report and review of the literature

Nathalie D van Burgel, Mayke Oosterloo, Frank P Kroon, Alje P van Dam

Open Access Case report

Systemic panca-associated vasculitis with central nervous involvement causing recurrent myelitis: case report

Alexander J Hamilton, Duncan J Whitehead, Matthew D Bull, Richard J D'Souza

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Endothelial function in migraine: a cross-sectional study

Floris H Vanmolkot, Jan N de Hoon

Open Access Case report

Usefulness of multimodal MR imaging in the differential diagnosis of HaNDL and acute ischemic stroke

Tomas Segura, Francisco Hernandez-Fernandez, Pedro Sanchez-Ayaso, Elena Lozano, Lorenzo Abad

Open Access Case report

Synesthesia and Migraine: Case Report

Karl B Alstadhaug, Espen Benjaminsen

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Program of rehabilitative exercise and education to avert vascular events after non-disabling stroke or transient ischemic attack (PREVENT Trial): a multi-centred, randomised controlled trial

Marilyn MacKay-Lyons, Gordon Gubitz, Nicholas Giacomantonio, Howard Wightman, David Marsters, Kara Thompson, Chris Blanchard, Gail Eskes, Marianne Thornton

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Decrease in shunt volume in patients with cryptogenic stroke and patent foramen ovale

Christian Tanislav, Manfred Kaps, Marek Jauss, Erwin Stolz, Wolfgang Pabst, Max Nedelmann, Mathias Grebe, Frank Reichenberger, Jens Allendoerfer

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A cross-sectional study of the nutritional status of community-dwelling people with idiopathic Parkinson's disease

Ahmed F Jaafar, William K Gray, Bob Porter, Elizabeth J Turnbull, Richard W Walker

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Abnormal cortical responses to somatosensory stimulation in medication-overuse headache

Gianluca Coppola, Antonio Currà, Cherubino Di Lorenzo, Vincenzo Parisi, Manuela Gorini, Simona Liliana Sava, Jean Schoenen, Francesco Pierelli

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