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BMC Neurology

Ausgabe 1/2015

Inhalt (266 Artikel)

Open Access Case report

Intramedullary spinal cord neurocysticercosis presenting as Brown-Séquard syndrome

Elda M Salazar Noguera, Rita Pineda Sic, Fernando Escoto Solis

Open Access Research article

Prospective assessment of subjective sleep benefit in Parkinson’s disease

Merel M van Gilst, Bastiaan R Bloem, Sebastiaan Overeem

Open Access Research article

Temporal trends and risk factors for readmission for infections, gastrointestinal and immobility complications after an incident hospitalisation for stroke in Scotland between 1997 and 2005

James Lewsey, Osaretin Ebueku, Pardeep S Jhund, Michelle Gillies, Jim WT Chalmers, Adam Redpath, Andrew Briggs, Matthew Walters, Peter Langhorne, Simon Capewell, John JV McMurray, Kate MacIntyre

Open Access Case report

Multicentric Castleman’s disease with voltage-gated potassium channel antibody-positive limbic encephalitis: a case report

Vikram R Rao, Leland E Lim, Dean Fong, Nina I Garga, Karen L Parko

Open Access Study protocol

Study protocol of ‘Prism Adaptation in Rehabilitation’: a randomized controlled trial in stroke patients with neglect

Antonia F Ten Brink, Johanna MA Visser-Meily, Tanja CW Nijboer

Open Access Research article

Central fever in patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage: predicting factors and impact on outcome

Asaf Honig, Samer Michael, Ruth Eliahou, Ronen R Leker

Open Access Research article

Antibodies against phosphorylcholine are not altered in plasma of patients with Alzheimer’s disease

Edina Silajdžić, Maria Björkqvist, Oskar Hansson

Open Access Study protocol

Comparing interventions and exploring neural mechanisms of exercise in Parkinson disease: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Gammon M Earhart, Ryan P Duncan, John L Huang, Joel S Perlmutter, Kristen A Pickett

Open Access Research article

Impact of sex in stroke thrombolysis: a coarsened exact matching study

Christian Hametner, Lars Kellert, Peter Arthur Ringleb

Open Access Research article

Personal and environmental factors to consider when aiming to improve participation in physical activity in children with Spina Bifida: a qualitative study

Manon AT Bloemen, Olaf Verschuren, Claudia van Mechelen, Hanneke E Borst, Arina J de Leeuw, Marsha van der Hoef, Janke F de Groot

Open Access Reviewer acknowledgement

BMC Neurology reviewer acknowledgement 2014

Tim Shipley

Open Access Case report

A novel lamin A/C gene mutation causing spinal muscular atrophy phenotype with cardiac involvement: report of one case

Naotoshi Iwahara, Shin Hisahara, Takashi Hayashi, Jun Kawamata, Shun Shimohama

Open Access Research article

Thinner changes of the retinal nerve fiber layer in patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease

Dachuan Liu, Lina Zhang, Zhen Li, Xuxiang Zhang, Yue Wu, Huiqing Yang, Baoquan Min, Xinqing Zhang, Daqing Ma, Yan Lu

Open Access Case report

Spinal segmental myoclonus as an unusual presentation of multiple sclerosis

Raed Abdullah Alroughani, Samar Farouk Ahmed, Riyadh Ahmed Khan, Jasem Yousef Al-Hashel

Open Access Research article

Clinical associations between gout and multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease and motor neuron disease: record-linkage studies

Julia Pakpoor, Olena O Seminog, Sreeram V Ramagopalan, Michael J Goldacre

Open Access Research article

Rotigotine transdermal system as add-on to oral dopamine agonist in advanced Parkinson’s disease: an open-label study

Jong-Min Kim, Sun Ju Chung, Jae Woo Kim, Beom Seok Jeon, Pritibha Singh, Stephan Thierfelder, Junji Ikeda, Lars Bauer

Open Access Case report

Clinical presentation of axial myopathy in two siblings with HTLV-1 associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP)

Eiji Matsuura, Akiko Yoshimura, Satoshi Nozuma, Itsuro Higuchi, Ryuji Kubota, Hiroshi Takashima

Open Access Research article

Effect of nicotinamide mononucleotide on brain mitochondrial respiratory deficits in an Alzheimer’s disease-relevant murine model

Aaron N Long, Katrina Owens, Anna E Schlappal, Tibor Kristian, Paul S Fishman, Rosemary A Schuh

Open Access Research article

Validation of NINDS-CSN neuropsychological battery for vascular cognitive impairment in Chinese stroke patients

Xiangliang Chen, Adrian Wong, Ruidong Ye, Lulu Xiao, Zhaojun Wang, Ying Lin, Fang Yang, Hua Li, Ting Feng, Lihui Duan, Yunfei Han, Qiliang Dai, Juan Du, Gelin Xu, Vincent Mok, Yunyun Xiong, Xinfeng Liu

Open Access Research article

A personalized, intense physical rehabilitation program improves walking in people with multiple sclerosis presenting with different levels of disability: a retrospective cohort

Alon Kalron, Dalia Nitzani, David Magalashvili, Mark Dolev, Shay Menascu, Yael Stern, Uri Rosenblum, Diana Pasitselsky, Lior Frid, Gabi Zeilig, Caroline Barmatz, Uri Givon, Anat Achiron

Open Access Case report

Neurogenic bladder and neuroendocrine abnormalities in Pol III-related leukodystrophy

Ana Potic, Vera Popovic, Jelena Ostojic, Sandra Pekic, Dusko Kozic, Kether Guerrero, Raphael Schiffmann, Geneviève Bernard

Open Access Research article

Identification of the soluble form of tyrosine kinase receptor Axl as a potential biomarker for intracranial aneurysm rupture

Jing Xu, Feiqiang Ma, Wei Yan, Sen Qiao, Shengquan Xu, Yi Li, Jianhong Luo, Jianmin Zhang, Jinghua Jin

Open Access Research article

Impact of preadmission treatment with calcium channel blockers or beta blockers on short-term mortality after stroke: a nationwide cohort study

Jens Sundbøll, Morten Schmidt, Erzsébet Horváth-Puhó, Christian F Christiansen, Lars Pedersen, Hans Erik Bøtker, Henrik T Sørensen

Open Access Case report

Ipsilateral hemiparesis caused by putaminal hemorrhage in a patient with horizontal gaze palsy with progressive scoliosis: a case report

Shuhei Yamada, Yoshiko Okita, Tomoko Shofuda, Ema Yoshioka, Masahiro Nonaka, Kosuke Mori, Shin Nakajima, Yonehiro Kanemura

Open Access Case report

Vim thalamotomy in a patient with Holmes’ tremor and palatal tremor - Pathophysiological considerations

Futaba Maki, Sumito Sato, Katsushige Watanabe, Toshiyuki Yanagisawa, Yuta Hagiwara, Takahiro Shimizu, Yasuhiro Hasegawa

Open Access Case report

Pure sensory chronic inflammatory polyneuropathy: rapid deterioration after steroid treatment

Elisabeth Chroni, Dimitra Veltsista, Evangelia Gavanozi, Tavitha Vlachou, Panagiotis Polychronopoulos, Panagiotis Papathanasopoulos

Open Access Research article

The ARTICO study: identification of patients at high risk of vascular recurrence after a first non-cardioembolic stroke

Joaquín Serena, Tomás Segura, Jaume Roquer, María García-Gil, José Castillo

Open Access Research article

An overview of systematic reviews on upper extremity outcome measures after stroke

Margit Alt Murphy, Carol Resteghini, Peter Feys, Ilse Lamers

Open Access Research article

Stroke patients’ knowledge about cardiovascular family history - the Norwegian Stroke in the Young Study (NOR-SYS)

Halvor Øygarden, Annette Fromm, Kristin Modalsli Sand, Geir Egil Eide, Lars Thomassen, Halvor Naess, Ulrike Waje-Andreassen

Open Access Research article

Cognitive impairment six months after ischaemic stroke: a profile from the ASPIRE-S study

Lisa Mellon, Linda Brewer, Patricia Hall, Frances Horgan, David Williams, Anne Hickey

Open Access Research article

The diagnostic value of midbrain hyperechogenicity in ALS is limited for discriminating key ALS differential diagnoses

Andreas Hermann, Ulrike Reuner, Jochen Schaefer, Panteha Fathinia, Tordis Leimert, Jan Kassubek, Mario Leimert, Albert C Ludolph, Alexander Storch

Open Access Research article

The changes in clot microstructure in patients with ischaemic stroke and the effects of therapeutic intervention: a prospective observational study

Sophia N Stanford, Ahmed Sabra, Lindsay D’Silva, Matthew Lawrence, Roger HK Morris, Sharon Storton, Martyn Rowan Brown, Vanessa Evans, Karl Hawkins, Phylip Rhodri Williams, Simon J Davidson, Mushtaq Wani, John F Potter, Phillip A Evans

Open Access Study protocol

Cohort study ON Neuroimaging, Etiology and Cognitive consequences of Transient neurological attacks (CONNECT): study rationale and protocol

Frank G van Rooij, Anil M Tuladhar, Roy PC Kessels, Sarah E Vermeer, Bozena M Góraj, Peter J Koudstaal, David G Norris, Frank-Erik de Leeuw, Ewoud J van Dijk

Open Access Research article

The clinical and genetic features in a cohort of mainland Chinese patients with thyrotoxic periodic paralysis

Xiaobing Li, Sheng Yao, Yining Xiang, Xiaolei Zhang, Xiangbing Wu, Laimin Luo, Haihua Huang, Min Zhu, Hui Wan, Daojun Hong

Open Access Research article

Intravenous immunoglobulin for postpolio syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yao-Hsien Huang, Hung-Chou Chen, Kuang-Wei Huang, Po-Chih Chen, Chaur-Jong Hu, Chin-Piao Tsai, Ka-Wai Tam, Yi-Chun Kuan

Open Access Research article

Abnormal auditory pathways in PHOX2B mutation positive congenital central hypoventilation syndrome

Ha Trang, Tarif Masri Zada, Fawzia Heraut

Open Access Study protocol

Korean Stroke Cohort for functioning and rehabilitation (KOSCO): study rationale and protocol of a multi-centre prospective cohort study

Won Hyuk Chang, Min Kyun Sohn, Jongmin Lee, Deog Young Kim, Sam-Gyu Lee, Yong-Il Shin, Gyung-Jae Oh, Yang-Soo Lee, Min Cheol Joo, Eun Young Han, Yun-Hee Kim

Open Access Study protocol

Combined N-of-1 trials to investigate mexiletine in non-dystrophic myotonia using a Bayesian approach; study rationale and protocol

Bas C Stunnenberg, Willem Woertman, Joost Raaphorst, Jeffrey M Statland, Robert C Griggs, Janneke Timmermans, Christiaan G Saris, Bas J Schouwenberg, Hans M Groenewoud, Dick F Stegeman, Baziel G M van Engelen, Gea Drost, Gert Jan van der Wilt

Open Access Research article

Influences of hyperlipidemia history on stroke outcome; a retrospective cohort study based on the Kyoto Stroke Registry

Kazuo Shigematsu, Yoshiyuki Watanabe, Hiromi Nakano

Open Access Research article

Efficacy and safety of conversion to monotherapy with eslicarbazepine acetate in adults with uncontrolled partial-onset seizures: a historical-control phase III study

Mercedes P Jacobson, Ladislav Pazdera, Perminder Bhatia, Todd Grinnell, Hailong Cheng, David Blum

Open Access Research article

Decision tree analysis of genetic risk for clinically heterogeneous Alzheimer’s disease

Jennifer S Yokoyama, Luke W Bonham, Renee L Sears, Eric Klein, Anna Karydas, Joel H Kramer, Bruce L Miller, Giovanni Coppola

Open Access Case report

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy-like neuropathy as an initial presentation of Crohn’s disease

Suji Kim, Seok-Jae Kang, Ki-Wook Oh, Byung Kyu Ahn, Hang Lak Lee, Dong Soo Han, Kiseok Jang, Young Seo Kim

Open Access Case report

A patient develops transient unique cerebral and cerebellar lesions after unruptured aneurysm coiling

Kentaro Deguchi, Yuko Kawahara, Shoko Deguchi, Nobutoshi Morimoto, Tomoko Kurata, Yoshio Ikeda, Tomotsugu Ichikawa, Koji Tokunaga, Nobuyuki Kawai, Kenji Sugiu, Koji Abe

Open Access Research article

Proteinase-activated receptor 2 and disease biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid in cases with autopsy-confirmed prion diseases and other neurodegenerative diseases

Zdenek Rohan, Magdalena Smetakova, Jaromir Kukal, Robert Rusina, Radoslav Matej

Open Access Research article

APOE ε4 moderates abnormal CSF-abeta-42 levels, while neurocognitive impairment is associated with abnormal CSF tau levels in HIV+ individuals – a cross-sectional observational study

Lucette A Cysique, Timothy Hewitt, Juliana Croitoru-Lamoury, Kevin Taddei, Ralph N Martins, Constance SN Chew, Nicholas NWS Davies, Patricia Price, Bruce J Brew

Open Access Research article

Chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia in diagnosed sleep disorders: a further test of the ‘unitary’ hypothesis

Slobodanka Pejovic, Benjamin H Natelson, Maria Basta, Julio Fernandez-Mendoza, Fauzia Mahr, Alexandros N Vgontzas

Open Access Research article

Disease burden of stroke in rural South Africa: an estimate of incidence, mortality and disability adjusted life years

Mandy Maredza, Melanie Y Bertram, Stephen M Tollman

Open Access Case report

PTPN11 mutation manifesting as LEOPARD syndrome associated with hypertrophic plexi and neuropathic pain

Marianna Spatola, Christian Wider, Thierry Kuntzer, Alexandre Croquelois

Open Access Study protocol

Design of the Park-in-Shape study: a phase II double blind randomized controlled trial evaluating the effects of exercise on motor and non-motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease

Nicolien M van der Kolk, Sebastiaan Overeem, Nienke M de Vries, Roy PC Kessels, Rogier Donders, Marc Brouwer, Daniela Berg, Bart Post, Bas R Bloem

Open Access Research article

Differential diagnosis of depression and Alzheimer’s disease with the Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-Revised (ACE-R)

Augustinas Rotomskis, Ramunė Margevičiūtė, Arūnas Germanavičius, Gintaras Kaubrys, Valmantas Budrys, Albinas Bagdonas

Open Access Study protocol

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a self-management group program to improve social participation in patients with neuromuscular disease and chronic fatigue: protocol of the Energetic study

Yvonne Veenhuizen, Edith HC Cup, Jan T Groothuis, Jan CM Hendriks, Eddy MM Adang, Baziel GM van Engelen, Alexander CH Geurts

Open Access Research article

DRD and GRIN2B polymorphisms and their association with the development of impulse control behaviour among Malaysian Parkinson’s disease patients

Shahidee Zainal Abidin, Eng Liang Tan, Soon-Choy Chan, Ameerah Jaafar, Alex Xuen Lee, Mohd Hamdi Noor Abd Hamid, Nor Azian Abdul Murad, Nur Fadlina Pakarul Razy, Shahrul Azmin, Azlina Ahmad Annuar, Shen Yang Lim, Pike-See Cheah, King-Hwa Ling, Norlinah Mohamed Ibrahim

Open Access Research article

Apathy and suicide-related ideation 3 months after stroke: a cross-sectional study

Wai Kwong Tang, Lara Caeiro, Chieh Grace Lau, Huajun Liang, Vincent Mok, Gabor S Ungvari, Ka Sing Wong

Open Access Research article

Decision-making under explicit risk is impaired in multiple sclerosis: relationships with ventricular width and disease disability

Ashley D Radomski, Christopher Power, Scot E Purdon, Derek J Emery, Gregg Blevins, Kenneth G Warren, Esther Fujiwara

Open Access Case report

Complex interventional treatment in a patient with atrial fibrillation and stroke caused by large carotid artery thrombus: a case report

Anetta Lasek-Bal, Tomasz Urbanek, Damian Ziaja, Aldona Warsz-Wianecka, Przemysław Puz, Krzysztof Ziaja

Open Access Study protocol

The cyclical lower extremity exercise for Parkinson’s trial (CYCLE): methodology for a randomized controlled trial

Anson B Rosenfeldt, Matthew Rasanow, Amanda L Penko, Erik B Beall, Jay L Alberts

Open Access Study protocol

A study on the natural history of scanning behaviour in patients with visual field defects after stroke

Tobias Loetscher, Celia Chen, Sophie Wignall, Andreas Bulling, Sabrina Hoppe, Owen Churches, Nicole A Thomas, Michael E R Nicholls, Andrew Lee

Open Access Research article

The interactive effect of diabetes and central obesity on stroke: a prospective cohort study of inner Mongolians

Jennifer Olofindayo, Hao Peng, Yan Liu, Hongmei Li, Mingzhi Zhang, Aili Wang, Yonghong Zhang

Open Access Research article

Elevated blood lipids are uncommon in patients with post-polio syndrome – a cross sectional study

Eva Melin, Thomas Kahan, Kristian Borg

Open Access Research article

Multiple intracranial arterial stenosis influences the long-term prognosis of symptomatic middle cerebral artery occlusion

Lili Tian, Xuanye Yue, Gangming Xi, Youmeng Wang, Zongyou Li, Ying Zhou, Xiaobing Fan

Open Access Research article

Three-year survival and recurrence after first-ever stroke: the Joinville stroke registry

Norberto Luiz Cabral, Milena Muller, Selma Cristina Franco, Alexandre Longo, Carla Moro, Vivian Nagel, Rafaela B Liberato, Adriana C Garcia, Vanessa G Venancio, Anderson RR Gonçalves

Open Access Research article

Non-neuronal and neuronal BACE1 elevation in association with angiopathic and leptomeningeal β-amyloid deposition in the human brain

Zhi-Qin Xue, Zheng-Wen He, Jian-Jun Yu, Yan Cai, Wen-Ying Qiu, Aihua Pan, Wei-Ping Gai, Huaibin Cai, Xue-Gang Luo, Chao Ma, Xiao-Xin Yan

Open Access Research article

MS in South Asians in England: early disease onset and novel pattern of myelin autoimmunity

Richard S Nicholas, Vassiliki Kostadima, Maya Hanspal, Benjamin R Wakerley, Ruhena Sergeant, Saskia Decuypere, Omar Malik, Rosemary J Boyton, Daniel M Altmann

Open Access Review

Neuropathic pain after brachial plexus avulsion - central and peripheral mechanisms

Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira, Matheus Gomes da S da Paz, Mauro Tupiniquim Bina, Scheila Nogueira Santos, Irina Raicher, Ricardo Galhardoni, Diego Toledo Fernandes, Lin T Yeng, Abrahão F Baptista, Daniel Ciampi de Andrade

Open Access Research article

Ceruloplasmin activity and iron chelation treatment of patients with Parkinson’s disease

Guillaume Grolez, Caroline Moreau, Bernard Sablonnière, Guillaume Garçon, Jean-Christophe Devedjian, Sayah Meguig, Patrick Gelé, Christine Delmaire, Regis Bordet, Luc Defebvre, Ioav Z Cabantchik, David Devos

Open Access Research article

Twenty weeks of home-based interactive training of children with cerebral palsy improves functional abilities

Jakob Lorentzen, Line Z. Greve, Mette Kliim-Due, Betina Rasmussen, P. E. Bilde, Jens B. Nielsen

Open Access Research article

Cross-cultural adaptation of the stroke action test for Italian- speaking people

Licia Denti, Barbara Marcomini, Silvia Riva, Peter J. Schulz, Caterina Caminiti

Open Access Case report

Diffuse leptomeningeal gliomatosis initially presenting with intraventricular hemorrhage: a case report and literature review

Min Zhu, JunJun Zheng, Yuanzhao Zhu, Hui Wan, Yuchen Wu, Daojun Hong

Open Access Research article

Short-term outcome of patients with possible transient ischemic attacks: a prospective study

Mariana Correia, Ana Catarina Fonseca, Patrícia Canhão

Open Access Research article

No prognostic value of routine cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in a population-based cohort of 407 multiple sclerosis patients

Madlyne Becker, Clotilde Latarche, Emilie Roman, Marc Debouverie, Catherine Malaplate-Armand, Francis Guillemin

Open Access Research article

Asystole in the epilepsy unit

Asaf Honig, Shmuel Chen, Felix Benninger, Rima Bar-Yossef, Roni Eichel, Svetlana Kipervasser, Ilan Blatt, Miri Y. Neufeld, Dana Ekstein

Open Access Study protocol

A multi-centre, randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of PDSAFE to prevent falls among people with Parkinson’s: study protocol

Victoria A Goodwin, Ruth Pickering, Claire Ballinger, Helen Roberts, Emma McIntosh, Sarah Lamb, Alice Nieuwboer, Lynn Rochester, Ann Ashburn

Open Access Research article

Accuracy and cutoff values of delayed heart to mediastinum ratio with 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine cardiac scintigraphy for Lewy body disease diagnoses

Guillaume Lamotte, Rémy Morello, Adrien Lebasnier, Denis Agostini, Gilles L. Defer

Open Access Research article

Interaction of physical function, quality of life and depression in Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: characterization of a large patient cohort

Sonja Körner, Katja Kollewe, Susanne Abdulla, Antonia Zapf, Reinhard Dengler, Susanne Petri

Open Access Research article

Migraine-specific quality of life questionnaire and relapse of medication overuse headache

Stefano Caproni, Elisa Bianchi, Letizia M. Cupini, Ilenia Corbelli, Ettore Beghi, Paolo Calabresi, Paola Sarchielli

Open Access Research article

Using antidepressants and the risk of stroke recurrence: report from a national representative cohort study

Hsiao-Ting Juang, Pei-Chun Chen, Kuo-Liong Chien

Open Access Study protocol

Perturbation training to promote safe independent mobility post-stroke: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Avril Mansfield, Anthony Aqui, Andrew Centen, Cynthia J. Danells, Vincent G. DePaul, Svetlana Knorr, Alison Schinkel-Ivy, Dina Brooks, Elizabeth L. Inness, William E. McIlroy, George Mochizuki

Open Access Study protocol

Effectiveness of a structured circuit class therapy model in stroke rehabilitation: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Isa U. Lawal, Susan L. Hillier, Talhatu K. Hamzat, Anthea Rhoda

Open Access Research article

Quantitative home-based assessment of Parkinson’s symptoms: The SENSE-PARK feasibility and usability study

Joaquim J. Ferreira, Catarina Godinho, Ana T. Santos, Josefa Domingos, Daisy Abreu, Raquel Lobo, Nilza Gonçalves, Marcio Barra, Frank Larsen, Øyvind Fagerbakke, Ingvild Akeren, Hilde Wangen, J. Artur Serrano, Peter Weber, Andrea Thoms, Stefan Meckler, Stefan Sollinger, Janet van Uem, Markus A. Hobert, Katrin S. Maier, Helen Matthew, Tom Isaacs, Joy Duffen, Holm Graessner, Walter Maetzler

Open Access Study protocol

Cortical reorganisation of cerebral networks after childhood stroke: impact on outcome

Salome Kornfeld, Juan Antonio Delgado Rodríguez, Regula Everts, Alain Kaelin-Lang, Roland Wiest, Christian Weisstanner, Pasquale Mordasini, Maja Steinlin, Sebastian Grunt

Open Access Study protocol

Study protocol of “Worth the Walk”: a randomized controlled trial of a stroke risk reduction walking intervention among racial/ethnic minority older adults with hypertension in community senior centers

Ivy Kwon, Sarah Choi, Brian Mittman, Nazleen Bharmal, Honghu Liu, Barbara Vickrey, Sarah Song, Daniel Araiza, Heather McCreath, Teresa Seeman, Sang-Mi Oh, Laura Trejo, Catherine Sarkisian

Open Access Research article

A cohort study investigating a simple, early assessment to predict upper extremity function after stroke - a part of the SALGOT study

Hanna C. Persson, Margit Alt Murphy, Anna Danielsson, Åsa Lundgren-Nilsson, Katharina S. Sunnerhagen

Open Access Study protocol

PRospective Observational POLIsh Study on post-stroke delirium (PROPOLIS): methodology of hospital-based cohort study on delirium prevalence, predictors and diagnostic tools

Elzbieta Klimiec, Tomasz Dziedzic, Katarzyna Kowalska, Aleksandra Szyper, Joanna Pera, Paulina Potoczek, Agnieszka Slowik, Aleksandra Klimkowicz-Mrowiec

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An anatomy-based lumped parameter model of cerebrospinal venous circulation: can an extracranial anatomical change impact intracranial hemodynamics?

Stefania Marcotti, Lara Marchetti, Pietro Cecconi, Emiliano Votta, Gianfranco Beniamino Fiore, Antonello Barberio, Stefano Viotti, Alberto Redaelli, Maria Marcella Laganà

Open Access Study protocol

Assessment of immune functions and MRI disease activity in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients switching from natalizumab to fingolimod (ToFingo-Successor)

Luisa Klotz, Berit Grützke, Maria Eveslage, Michael Deppe, Catharina C. Gross, Lucienne Kirstein, Anita Posevitz-Fejfar, Tilman Schneider-Hohendorf, Nicholas Schwab, Sven G. Meuth, Heinz Wiendl

Open Access Research article

Robust disruptions in electroencephalogram cortical oscillations and large-scale functional networks in autism

Sean Matlis, Katica Boric, Catherine J. Chu, Mark A. Kramer

Open Access Study protocol

COgnitive behavioural therapy vs standardised medical care for adults with Dissociative non-Epileptic Seizures (CODES): a multicentre randomised controlled trial protocol

Laura H. Goldstein, John D. C. Mellers, Sabine Landau, Jon Stone, Alan Carson, Nick Medford, Markus Reuber, Mark Richardson, Paul McCrone, Joanna Murray, Trudie Chalder

Open Access Research article

Is there association between hyperdense middle cerebral artery sign on CT scan and time from stroke onset within the first 24-hours?

James Haridy, Leonid Churilov, Peter Mitchell, Richard Dowling, Bernard Yan

Open Access Case report

Brain imaging in Kufs disease type B: case reports

Roberto Di Fabio, Claudio Colonnese, Filippo Maria Santorelli, Liliana Pestillo, Francesco Pierelli

Open Access Case report

Comprehensive diagnostics in a case of hereditary diffuse leukodystrophy with spheroids

Marie Meyer-Ohlendorf, Anne Braczynski, Omar Al-Qaisi, Florian Gessler, Saskia Biskup, Lutz Weise, Joachim P. Steinbach, Marlies Wagner, Michel Mittelbronn, Oliver Bähr

Open Access Research article

Rate of aspiration pneumonia in hospitalized Parkinson’s disease patients: a cross-sectional study

Daniel Martinez-Ramirez, Leonardo Almeida, Juan C. Giugni, Bilal Ahmed, Masa-aki Higuchi, Christopher S. Little, John P. Chapman, Caroline Mignacca, Aparna Wagle Shukla, Christopher W. Hess, Karen Wheeler Hegland, Michael S. Okun

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Impact of insufficient drug efficacy of antiparkinson agents on patient’s quality of life: a cross-sectional study

Jun Tsugawa, Rieko Onozawa, Jiro Fukae, Takayasu Mishima, Shinsuke Fujioka, Yoshio Tsuboi

Open Access Research article

Ultrasound measurement of optic nerve diameter and optic nerve sheath diameter in healthy Chinese adults

Han Chen, Gui-Sheng Ding, Yan-Chun Zhao, Rong-Guo Yu, Jian-Xin Zhou

Open Access Case report

Case report of a patient with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy under treatment with dimethyl fumarate

Nele Dammeier, Victoria Schubert, Till-Karsten Hauser, Antje Bornemann, Felix Bischof

Open Access Study protocol

An investigation of cortical neuroplasticity following stroke in adults: is there evidence for a critical window for rehabilitation?

Michelle N. McDonnell, Simon Koblar, Nick S. Ward, John C. Rothwell, Brenton Hordacre, Michael C. Ridding

Open Access Study protocol

A pragmatic approach to sonothrombolysis in acute ischaemic stroke: the Norwegian randomised controlled sonothrombolysis in acute stroke study (NOR-SASS)

Aliona Nacu, Christopher E. Kvistad, Nicola Logallo, Halvor Naess, Ulrike Waje-Andreassen, Anne Hege Aamodt, Ragnar Solhoff, Christian Lund, Håkon Tobro, Ole Morten Rønning, Rolf Salvesen, Titto T. Idicula, Lars Thomassen

Open Access Research article

Serum tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase-1 levels are associated with mortality in patients with malignant middle cerebral artery infarction

Leonardo Lorente, María M. Martín, Luis Ramos, Juan J. Cáceres, Jordi Solé-Violán, Mónica Argueso, Alejandro Jiménez, Juan M. Borreguero-León, Josune Orbe, José A. Rodríguez, José A. Páramo

Open Access Case report

Geminate consonant grapheme-colour synaesthesia (ideaesthesia)

Donald F. Weaver, Cassandra L. A. Hawco

Open Access Case report

When battery exhaustion lets the lame walk: a case report on the importance of long-term stimulator monitoring in deep brain stimulation

Martin Sommer, Elisabeth Mirjam Stiksrud, Kajetan von Eckardstein, Veit Rohde, Walter Paulus

Open Access Case report

Bent spine syndrome as an initial manifestation of late-onset multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency: a case report and literature review

Yufen Peng, Min Zhu, Junjun Zheng, Yuanzhao Zhu, Xiaobing Li, Caixia Wei, Daojun Hong

Open Access Research article

Total antioxidant capacity is associated with mortality of patients with severe traumatic brain injury

Leonardo Lorente, María M. Martín, Teresa Almeida, Pedro Abreu-González, Luis Ramos, Mónica Argueso, Marta Riaño-Ruiz, Jordi Solé-Violán, Alejandro Jiménez

Open Access Research article

Morphometric variability of neuroimaging features in Children with Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum

Jason Bennett Neal, Christopher G. Filippi, Richard Mayeux

Open Access Research article

D-dimer for the exclusion of cerebral venous thrombosis: a meta-analysis of low risk patients with isolated headache

Imanda M.E. Alons, Korné Jellema, Marieke J.H. Wermer, Ale Algra

Open Access Study protocol

Serum biomarkers for the early diagnosis of TIA: The MIND-TIA study protocol

L. Servaas Dolmans, Frans H. Rutten, Marie-Louise EL Bartelink, Gerdien Seppenwoolde, Sanne van Delft, L. Jaap Kappelle, Arno W. Hoes

Open Access Research article

Effect of pre-stroke statin use on stroke severity and early functional recovery: a retrospective cohort study

Jay Chol Choi, Ji Sung Lee, Tai Hwan Park, Yong-Jin Cho, Jong-Moo Park, Kyusik Kang, Kyung Bok Lee, Soo-Joo Lee, Youngchai Ko, Jun Lee, Joon-Tae Kim, Kyung-Ho Yu, Byung-Chul Lee, Jae-Kwan Cha, Dae-Hyun Kim, Juneyoung Lee, Dong-Eog Kim, Myung Suk Jang, Beom Joon Kim, Moon-Ku Han, Hee-Joon Bae, Keun-Sik Hong

Open Access Case report

Misdiagnosed murine typhus in a patient with multiple cerebral infarctions and hemorrhage: a case report

Ziqi Xu, Xiongchao Zhu, Qunying Lu, Xia Li, Yewen Hu

Open Access Research article

Early statin use in ischemic stroke patients treated with recanalization therapy: retrospective observational study

Jihoon Kang, Nayoung Kim, Tae Hwan Park, Oh Young Bang, Ji Sung Lee, Juneyoung Lee, Moon-Ku Han, Seong-Ho Park, Philip B. Gorelick, Hee-Joon Bae

Open Access Case report

Spinal cord hemorrhage in a patient with neurosarcoidosis on long-term corticosteroid therapy: case report

Benoit Pegat, Sophie Drapier, Xavier Morandi, Gilles Edan

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T1- vs. T2-based MRI measures of spinal cord volume in healthy subjects and patients with multiple sclerosis

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