Journal of Neurological Sciences
Vol 339 | No. 1-2 | 15 April 2014 | Pages 1-240
Editorials |
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In memoriam of Professor Theodore L. Munsat (1930–2013): His outstanding legacy with the WFN24 February 2014 Abstract: The World Federation of Neurology (WFN) lost an outstanding leader on November 22, 2013 with the death of Professor Theodore Leon Munsat ("Ted"), in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. Professor Mu... |
Marco T. Medina | 1-2 |
VZV reactivation: A comorbid connection?18 February 2014 Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is a neurotropic alphaherpesvirus. Primary infection usually results in varicella (chickenpox), after which the virus becomes latent in ganglionic neurons along the entire... |
Shilpa Buch | 3-4 |
Recovery from rabies: A call to arms06 March 2014 In the current issue, de Souza reports a survivor of rabies with severe neurological sequelae , presumably caused by infection with a dog rabies virus variant. Although previously well-documented, sur... |
Alan C. Jackson | 5-7 |
Reviews |
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Survival from rabies encephalitis03 March 2014 Abstract: Rabies is a major public health problem in Asia and Africa, with nearly 60,000 deaths every year, and represents a substantial economic burden. Neurologists frequently encounter atypical cas... |
Aaron de Souza, Shampur Narayan Madhusudana | 8-14 |
Cognitive effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with neurodegenerative diseases — Clinician's perspective14 February 2014 Abstract: Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) represents a promising tool for studying and influencing cognition in people with neurodegenerative diseases. This procedure is noninvasiv... |
Lubomira Anderkova, Irena Rektorova | 15-25 |
HLA-DRB1*15:01 and Epstein–Barr virus in a multiple sclerosis patient with psoriasis, nasopharyngeal and breast cancers. Lessons for possible hidden links for autoimmunity and cancer26 February 2014 Abstract: Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients have a low general cancer risk and cases of neoplastic comorbidity are attributed by many researchers in chance, or therapeutical side-effects. H... |
Maria Anagnostouli, Georgios Anagnostoulis, Serafeim Katsavos, Maria Panagiotou, Evangelia Kararizou, Panagiota Davaki | 26-31 |
Original Articles |
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Varicella zoster virus (VZV) in cerebral arteries of subjects at high risk for VZV reactivation20 February 2014 Abstract: With a decline in varicella zoster virus (VZV)-specific cell-mediated immunity, VZV can reactivate, infect cerebral arteries and cause stroke. Previous studies of cerebral arteries from subj... |
Maria A. Nagel, Nelly Khmeleva, Alexander Choe, Jose Gutierrez, Don Gilden | 32-34 |
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy findings as related to fatigue and cognitive performance in multiple sclerosis patients with mild disability27 January 2014 Abstract: Background: The origin of fatigue in multiple sclerosis (MS) remains unclear. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) provides an insight into metabolic properties of the brain. Objectives: Th... |
Anna Pokryszko-Dragan, Joanna Bladowska, Anna Zimny, Krzysztof Slotwinski, Mieszko Zagrajek, Ewa Gruszka, Malgorzata Bilinska, Marek Sasiadek, Ryszard Podemski | 35-40 |
Risk factors and acute ischemic stroke subtypes31 January 2014 Abstract: Background: Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is influenced by gender, age, and the brain site affected. Better characterization of AIS is necessary for improving guidelines, prevention, and desti... |
Aliaksei Kisialiou, Rodolfo Grella, Albino Carrizzo, Giordana Pelone, Michelangelo Bartolo, Chiara Zucchella, Francesco Rozza, Giovanni Grillea, Claudio Colonnese, Luigi Formisano, Maria Lembo, Annibale A. Puca, Carmine Vecchione | 41-46 |
Does measuring the median nerve at the carpal tunnel outlet improve ultrasound CTS diagnosis?03 February 2014 Abstract: Introduction: Nerve conduction is often regarded as more sensitive than ultrasonography (US) for diagnosing carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). The diagnostic value of US derives from median nerve... |
P.R. Paliwal, A.K. Therimadasamy, Y.C. Chan, E.P. Wilder-Smith | 47-51 |
Antibodies against interferon-beta in neuromyelitis optica patients31 January 2014 Abstract: Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an antibody-mediated autoimmune inflammatory disease of the CNS. A poor response to treatment with recombinant interferon beta (IFN-ß) in NMO patients has been ... |
Nasrin Asgari, Kirsten Ohm Kyvik, Troels Steenstrup, Egon Stenager, Soeren Thue Lillevang | 52-56 |
A 10-year follow-up of a population-based study of people with multiple sclerosis in Stockholm, Sweden: Changes in health-related quality of life and the value of different factors in predicting health-related quality of life03 February 2014 Abstract: Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQL) in people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) is negatively affected compared to that of the general population. Cognitive impairment and depress... |
Charlotte Chruzander, Charlotte Ytterberg, Kristina Gottberg, Ulrika Einarsson, Lotta Widén Holmqvist, Sverker Johansson | 57-63 |
Circulating levels of adipokines in Parkinson's disease03 February 2014 Abstract: Introduction: Adipokines are adipocyte-derived secretory factors, which have functions in satiety, energetic homeostasis, insulin sensitivity, vascular disease and also immune response. Park... |
Natália Pessoa Rocha, Paula Luciana Scalzo, Izabela Guimarães Barbosa, Mariana Soares de Sousa, Isabela Boechat Morato, Érica Leandro Marciano Vieira, Paulo Pereira Christo, Helton José Reis, Antônio Lúcio Teixeira | 64-68 |
Load-induced changes in older individual's hand-finger tremor are ameliorated with targeting06 February 2014 Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate hand–finger tremor dynamics when a load was applied to the finger in a group of healthy older adults. Moreover, we sought to determine if project... |
Justin J. Kavanagh, Troy J. Cross, Karl M. Newell, Steven Morrison | 69-74 |
Rutin improves functional outcome via reducing the elevated matrix metalloproteinase-9 level in a photothrombotic focal ischemic model of rats10 February 2014 Abstract: Background: Blood–brain barrier (BBB) disruption mediated by proteases plays a pivotal role in neural tissue damage after acute ischemic stroke. In an animal stroke model, the activation of ... |
Jae-Won Jang, Jung-Kil Lee, Hyuk Hur, Tae-Wan Kim, Sung-Pil Joo, Min-Sheng Piao | 75-80 |
Non-viral human proGDNF gene delivery to rat bone marrow stromal cells under ex vivo conditions10 February 2014 Abstract: Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) is one of the most important proteins playing a pivotal role in growing and repairing of the nervous system. GDNF therapy is one of the sug... |
Ali Noori-Zadeh, Seyed Alireza Mesbah-Namin, Taki Tiraihi, Masoumeh Rajabibazl, Taher Taheri | 81-86 |
Arterial spin-labeling magnetic resonance imaging for diagnosis of late seizure after stroke10 February 2014 Abstract: Background and purpose: Arterial spin labeling (ASL) is a non-invasive modality of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) used to evaluate cerebral perfusion without a contrast agent. The usefulne... |
Yosuke Miyaji, Mutsumi Yokoyama, Yuichi Kawabata, Hideto Joki, Yuji Kushi, Yasutaka Yokoi, Jo Sasame, Shunsuke Seki, Kentaro Mori, Tomoya Kamide, Akira Tamase, Hiroshi Shima, Motohiro Nomura, Yoshihisa Kitamura, Fumiaki Tanaka | 87-90 |
CR1, ABCA7, and APOE genes affect the features of cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease18 February 2014 Abstract: Background: The genetic factors that determine the heterogeneity of cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients have been rarely reported. We aimed to investigate the associati... |
Sun Ju Chung, Mi-Jung Kim, Young Jin Kim, Juyeon Kim, Sooyeoun You, Eun Hye Jang, Seong Yoon Kim, Jae-Hong Lee | 91-96 |
In-vitro thrombogenicity assessment of polymer filament modified and native platinum embolic coils18 February 2014 Abstract: Background: Embolic coils have been used to treat intracranial aneurysms using an endovascular approach for more than two decades. However, significant aneurysm recanalization rates have bee... |
Gaurav Girdhar, Megan Read, JiHae Sohn, Chirag Shah, Sanjay Shrivastava | 97-101 |
Pilot assessment of a comfort scale in stroke patients18 February 2014 Abstract: Introduction: Comfort/discomfort (C/D) is an important factor of quality of life (QoL). Brain damage is a major source of discomfort. We developed a questionnaire for assessing C/D in daily ... |
Caroline Rogeau, Franck Beaucamp, Etienne Allart, Walter Daveluy, Marc Rousseaux | 102-107 |
Incidence of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH): A 10-year follow-up study of a rural community in Japan24 March 2014 Abstract: Background: The epidemiology and pathophysiology of iNPH remain unclear. We aimed to investigate the incidence of iNPH in elderly inhabitants of the community, and to identify how ventriculo... |
Chifumi Iseki, Yoshimi Takahashi, Manabu Wada, Toru Kawanami, Makoto Adachi, Takeo Kato | 108-112 |
Etiological mechanisms of isolated pontine infarcts based on arterial territory involvement24 February 2014 Abstract: Background: Pontine infarcts can be classified into four regions based on the vascular anatomy: anteromedial, anterolateral, lateral and posterior. The purpose of this study was to determine... |
Junpei Kobayashi, Tomoyuki Ohara, Kazuo Minematsu, Kazuyuki Nagatsuka, Kazunori Toyoda | 113-117 |
Accuracy of osmophobia in the differential diagnosis between migraine and tension-type headache24 February 2014 Abstract: Our objective was to determine the accuracy parameters of osmophobia in the differential diagnosis between migraine and tension-type headache. Migraine or tension-type headache patients, dia... |
Raimundo Pereira Silva-Néto, Mário Fernando Pietro Peres, Marcelo Moraes Valença | 118-122 |
The role of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor in Alzheimer's disease18 February 2014 Abstract: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by cognitive disorder and memory dysfunction. This kind of cognitive impairment is closely related to synaptic plasticit... |
Junsi Zhang, Yanna Li, Jing Xu, Zhou Yang | 123-129 |
Deep tiny flow voids along middle cerebral artery atherosclerotic occlusions: A high-resolution MR imaging study14 February 2014 Abstract: Background and purpose: We aim to report the "deep tiny flow voids" (DTFV), a unique HR-MRI finding suggestive of deep collateral vessels along middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusions. Metho... |
Wei-Hai Xu, Ming-Li Li, Jing-Wen Niu, Feng Feng, Zheng-Yu Jin, Shan Gao | 130-133 |
Viewing condition dependence of the gaze-evoked nystagmus in Arnold Chiari type 1 malformation21 February 2014 Abstract: Saccadic eye movements rapidly shift gaze to the target of interest. Once the eyes reach a given target, the brainstem ocular motor integrator utilizes feedback from various sources to assur... |
Fatema F. Ghasia, Deepak Gulati, Edward L. Westbrook, Aasef G. Shaikh | 134-139 |
Plasma factor VIII in non-puerperal cerebral venous thrombosis: A prospective case–control study21 February 2014 Abstract: Elevated plasma factor VIII (FVIII) is increasingly recognized as an independent risk factor for thrombotic diseases. Our aim was to evaluate the association of increased plasma FVIII with c... |
Ravi K. Anadure, Dindagur Nagaraja, Rita Christopher | 140-143 |
Downregulated RASD1 and upregulated miR-375 are involved in protective effects of calycosin on cerebral ischemia/reperfusion rats18 February 2014 Abstract: Isoflavone calycosin is a typical phytoestrogen extracted from Chinese medical herb Radix Astragali. It has been reported that estrogens could provide neuroprotective effects, and dietary in... |
Yong Wang, Xianhong Dong, Zhengzhao Li, Wenbo Wang, Jing Tian, Jian Chen | 144-148 |
Swallowing impairment and pulmonary dysfunction in Parkinson's disease: The silent threats25 February 2014 Abstract: Introduction: Swallowing disorders and respiratory impairment are frequent in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients, and aspiration pneumonia remains the leading cause of death among these subje... |
Larissa Monteiro, Adelmir Souza-Machado, Patrícia Pinho, Marília Sampaio, Ana Caline Nóbrega, Ailton Melo | 149-152 |
Acute vertigo due to hemispheric stroke: A case report and comprehensive review of the literature03 March 2014 Abstract: Acute cortical lesions rarely cause vertigo. We report a 51-year-old patient presenting with an acute vestibular syndrome including spontaneous vertigo and nystagmus, lateropulsion and nause... |
Michael von Brevern, Sina Süßmilch, Daniel Zeise | 153-156 |
The impact of stroke on cognitive processing — A prospective event-related potential study27 February 2014 Abstract: Background and purpose: Stroke is often associated with cognitive decline which can be evaluated by event-related potentials (ERP). So far, only little is known about the impact of stroke on... |
Leandra Stahlhut, Karl-Heinz Grotemeyer, Ingo-W. Husstedt, Stefan Evers | 157-163 |
Blood pressure variability and stroke outcome in patients with internal carotid artery occlusion03 March 2014 Abstract: Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between arterial blood pressure (BP) variability during the acute phase and the 3-month outcome in ischemic stroke patients wi... |
Laura Buratti, Claudia Cagnetti, Clotilde Balucani, Giovanna Viticchi, Lorenzo Falsetti, Simona Luzzi, Simona Lattanzi, Leandro Provinciali, Mauro Silvestrini | 164-168 |
Decreased physical activity predicts cognitive dysfunction and reduced cerebral blood flow in heart failure03 March 2014 Abstract: Objective: Cognitive impairment in heart failure (HF) is believed to result from brain hypoperfusion subsequent to cardiac dysfunction. Physical inactivity is prevalent in HF and correlated ... |
Michael L. Alosco, Mary Beth Spitznagel, Ronald Cohen, Naftali Raz, Lawrence H. Sweet, Richard Josephson, Joel Hughes, Jim Rosneck, John Gunstad | 169-175 |
Long-term prognosis for hearing recovery in stroke patients presenting vertigo and acute hearing loss03 March 2014 Abstract: Background and purpose: Vertebrobasilar ischemic stroke (VBIS) can cause acute hearing loss (AHL) because the vertebrobasilar system supplies most of the auditory system including the inner ... |
Hyun-Ah Kim, Byung-Chan Lee, Jeong-Ho Hong, Chang-Ki Yeo, Hyon-Ah Yi, Hyung Lee | 176-182 |
Normal protein content but abnormally inhibited enzyme activity in muscle carnitine palmitoyltransferase II deficiency06 March 2014 Abstract: The biochemical consequences of the disease causing mutations of muscle carnitine palmitoyltransferase II (CPT II) deficiency are still enigmatic. Therefore, CPT II was characterized in musc... |
Diana Lehmann, Stephan Zierz | 183-188 |
Altered intrinsic functional connectivity of the salience network in childhood absence epilepsy18 March 2014 Abstract: Intrinsic connectivity analysis provides an original way for evaluating functional impairments in epilepsy. Disturbances in the salience network (SN) have been positing an important interpla... |
Cheng Luo, Tianhua Yang, Shipeng Tu, Jiayan Deng, Dongbo Liu, Qifu Li, Li Dong, Ilan Goldberg, Qiyong Gong, Dan Zhang, Dongmei An, Dong Zhou, Dezhong Yao | 189-195 |
Management of relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis in Latin America: Practical recommendations for treatment optimization06 March 2014 Abstract: The Latin American MS Experts' Forum has developed practical recommendations on the initiation and optimization of disease-modifying therapies in patients with relapsing–remitting multiple s... |
Jorge Correale, Patricio Abad, Regina Alvarenga, Soniza Alves-Leon, Elizabeth Armas, Jorge Barahona, Ricardo Buzó, Teresa Corona, Edgardo Cristiano, Fernando Gracia, Juan García Bonitto, Miguel Angel Macías, Arnoldo Soto, Darwin Vizcarra, Mark S. Freedman | 196-206 |
Short Communications |
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Comparison of dopamine transporter decline in a patient with Parkinson's disease and normal aging effect24 January 2014 Abstract: We report serial dopamine transporter (DAT) positron emission tomography (PET) scanning in a patient with Parkinson's disease (PD). Six months after motor symptom onset, the patient was diag... |
Kenji Ishibashi, Keiichi Oda, Kiichi Ishiwata, Kenji Ishii | 207-209 |
A novel SCARB2 mutation in progressive myoclonus epilepsy indicated by reduced β-glucocerebrosidase activity03 February 2014 Abstract: Action myoclonus renal failure (AMRF) syndrome is a rare form of progressive myoclonus epilepsy with renal dysfunction related to mutations in the SCARB2 gene. This gene is involved in lysos... |
Marsha Zeigler, Vardiella Meiner, J.P. Newman, Bettina Steiner-Birmanns, Ruth Bargal, Vivi Sury, Getu Mengistu, Or Kakhlon, Ina Leykin, Zohar Argov, Oded Abramsky, Alexander Lossos | 210-213 |
Pseudotumoral brain lesion as the presenting feature of primary Sjögren's syndrome10 February 2014 Abstract: Background: The frequency and type of central nervous system involvement in primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) remain controversial. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) abnormalities in pSS... |
Samia Ben Sassi, Fatma Nabli, Adnene Boubaker, Imed Ben Ghorbel, Sonia Neji, Fayçal Hentati | 214-216 |
Motor vehicle accidents and injuries in patients with idiopathic blepharospasm07 February 2014 Abstract: Background: Blepharospasm can cause transient functional blindness that may cause catastrophic traffic accidents. Methods: Sixty-six patients in southern Taiwan with idiopathic blepharospasm... |
Wen-Juh Hwang, Ching-Fang Tsai | 217-219 |
Novel single base-pair deletion in exon 1 of XK gene leading to McLeod syndrome with chorea, muscle wasting, peripheral neuropathy, acanthocytosis and haemolysis14 February 2014 Abstract: We present a 70-year-old male patient of Greek origin with choreatic movements of the tongue and face, lower limb muscle weakness, peripheral neuropathy, elevated creatinephosphokinase (CPK)... |
Sarah Wiethoff, Georgia Xiromerisiou, Conceição Bettencourt, Anna Kioumi, Iakovos Tsiptsios, Athanasios Tychalas, Markousi Evaggelia, Kaltsounis George, Vasileios Makris, John Hardy, Henry Houlden | 220-222 |
Catastrophic brain relapse in seronegative NMO after a single dose of natalizumab27 February 2014 Abstract: Natalizumab, an effective treatment for MS, has been shown to exacerbate neuromyelitis optica (NMO) with aquaporin-4 antibodies, but whether this is the case in antibody negative NMO and aty... |
Joanna Kitley, Nikos Evangelou, Wilhelm Küker, Anu Jacob, M. Isabel Leite, Jackie Palace | 223-225 |
Visual text hallucinations of thoughts in an alexic woman18 February 2014 Abstract: In this report we describe a patient with a clinical diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies, who had hallucinations of reading her thoughts in the air although she was alexic and unable to r... |
Bun Yamagata, Hitomi Kobayashi, Hideki Yamamoto, Masaru Mimura | 226-228 |
Combined CMV- and HSV-1 brainstem encephalitis restricted to medulla oblongata03 March 2014 Abstract: We report a very rare case of a combined CMV- and HSV-1 isolated brainstem encephalitis restricted to medulla oblongata in a patient with advanced HIV disease. Neither limbic nor general ven... |
J. Katchanov, G. Branding, H. Stocker | 229-230 |
Superficial siderosis associated with aceruloplasminemia. Case report06 March 2014 Abstract: A 63-year-old woman with a past history of right subdural hematoma (SDH) at the age of 61years was referred to our hospital under a suspicion of aceruloplasminemia (ACP). A neurological exam... |
Akira Matsushima, Toshikazu Yoshida, Kunihiro Yoshida, Shinji Ohara, Yasuko Toyoshima, Akiyoshi Kakita, Shu-ichi Ikeda | 231-234 |
Letters to the Editor |
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The importance of using a proper technique and accurate seeding of regions-of-interest in diffusion tensor tractography31 January 2014 We read with interest a recent study published in this journal "Distribution of the corticobulbar tract in the internal capsule" by Yim et al. . Yim et al. used probabilistic tractography to map corti... |
Arash Kamali, Khader M. Hasan | 235-236 |
Tractography of the corticobulbar tract27 January 2014 I appreciate the important comments of Kamali et al. First, those authors mentioned the possible false negativity of the results concerning the corticobulbar tracts, because of their high angulation a... |
Jong Hun Kim, Seun Jeon, Jong Min Lee, Jun Hong Lee | 237-238 |
Recurrent aseptic meningitis with reversible cerebral vasoconstriction07 March 2014 Mollaret's meningitis is a syndrome of recurrent aseptic meningitis with self-limited, focal neurologic dysfunction . The pathogenesis for these deficits remains unclear, although many cases have been... |
Lester Y. Leung, Molly Brett, Jonathan Zurawski, Sandeep Kumar | 239-240 |
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