Journal of Neurological Sciences

Vol 382 | 15 November 2017 | Pages 1-188

Editorials

Timely therapy requires timely diagnosis; high risk therapy demands accurate diagnosis

Lionel Andrew Branch Jr

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.07.023
p155–156
Published online: July 21, 2017
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Carotid artery stenosis and PERI-operative stroke in cardiac surgery. A bridge between heart and brain

Simona Lattanzi, Mauro Silvestrini

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.10.006
p168–169
Published online: October 6, 2017
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Review Articles

Spinal nerve involvement in early Guillain-Barré syndrome: The Haymaker and Kernohan's legacy

José Berciano

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.09.017
p1–9
Published online: September 12, 2017
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Advancing stroke genomic research in the age of Trans-Omics big data science: Emerging priorities and opportunities

Mayowa Owolabi, Emmanuel Peprah, Huichun Xu, Rufus Akinyemi, Hemant K. Tiwari, Marguerite R. Irvin, Kolawole Wasiu Wahab, Donna K. Arnett, Bruce Ovbiagele

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.09.021
p18–28
Published online: September 16, 2017
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Basic Research Papers

A complex association between ABCA7 genotypes and blood lipid levels in Southern Chinese Han patients of sporadic Alzheimer's disease

Hui Li, Jinxia Zhou, Zongwei Yue, Li Feng, Zhaohui Luo, Si Chen, Xiaosu Yang, Bo Xiao

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.09.016
p13–17
Published online: September 12, 2017
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Genotype-phenotype and OCT correlations in Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy related to OPA1 gene mutations: Report of 13 Italian families

E. Pretegiani, F. Rosini, A. Rufa, G.N. Gallus, E. Cardaioli, P. Da Pozzo, S. Bianchi, V. Serchi, M. Collura, R. Franceschini, S. Bianchi Marzoli, M.T. Dotti, A. Federico

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.09.018
p29–35
Published online: September 13, 2017
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Negative myoclonus induced by gabapentin and pregabalin: A case series and systematic literature review

Jung Bin Kim, Jin-Man Jung, Moon-Ho Park, Eun Ju Lee, Do-Young Kwon

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.09.019
p36–39
Published online: September 15, 2017
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Association of freezing of gait with nigral iron accumulation in patients with Parkinson's disease

Rajini M. Naduthota, Arush Arun Honnedevasthana, Abhishek Lenka, Jitender Saini, Sairam Geethanath, Rose Dawn Bharath, Rita Christopher, Ravi Yadav, Arun Kumar Gupta, Pramod Kumar Pal

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.09.033
p61–65
Published online: September 23, 2017
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Can fibrinolytic system components explain cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis?

María Yaiza Pérez-Martín, Montserrat González-Platas, Alejandro Jiménez-Sosa, Julio Plata-Bello, Francisco Javier Carrillo-Padilla, Andrés Franco-Maside, Pablo Eguia-del Río

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.09.034
p66–72
Published online: September 23, 2017
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Cognition and quality of life in clinically isolated syndrome patients starting a disease modifying therapy in the QUALICIS study may not predict treatment response at one year

Mikael Cohen, Bruno Brochet, Pierre Clavelou, Emmanuelle Le Page, Patrick Vermersch, Ayman Tourbah, Thibault Moreau, Héloïse Joly, Charlotte Sakarovitch, Christine Lebrun on behalf, Qualicis Study Group

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.09.030
p73–78
Published online: September 22, 2017
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Orthostatic hypotension associated with executive dysfunction in mild cognitive impairment

Christian Bocti, François Pépin, Maxime Tétreault, Philippe Cossette, Francis Langlois, Hélène Imbeault, Nadia Duval, Guy Lacombe, Tamas Fulop

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.09.028
p79–83
Published online: September 25, 2017
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Sequence configuration of spinocerebellar ataxia type 8 repeat expansions in a Japanese cohort of 797 ataxia subjects

Yajun Hu, Yuji Hashimoto, Takashi Ishii, Mamut Rayle, Kazumasa Soga, Nozomu Sato, Michi Okita, Miwa Higashi, Kokoro Ozaki, Hidehiro Mizusawa, Kinya Ishikawa, Takanori Yokota

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.08.3256
p87–90
Published online: August 29, 2017
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CSF biomarkers β-amyloid, tau proteins and a-synuclein in the differential diagnosis of Parkinson-plus syndromes

Vasilios C. Constantinides, George P. Paraskevas, Evangelia Emmanouilidou, Olga Petropoulou, Anastasia Bougea, Kostas Vekrellis, Ioannis Evdokimidis, Eleftherios Stamboulis, Elisabeth Kapaki

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.09.039
p91–95
Published online: September 27, 2017
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Supplemental Materials

Hematoma volume is a predictive factor of disturbed autoregulation after spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage

Hongyin Ma, Zhen-Ni Guo, Xin Sun, Jia Liu, Shan Lv, Lu Zhao, Weitong Guo, Hang Jin, Yi Yang

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.09.035
p96–100
Published online: September 26, 2017
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About 30% of wake-up stroke patients may be candidate for the tPA therapy using Negative-FLAIR as a "tissue clock"

Koichiro Nagai, Junya Aoki, Yuki Sakamoto, Kazumi Kimura

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.09.042
p101–104
Published online: September 30, 2017
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The professional practice and training of neurology in the Asian and Oceanian Region: A cross-sectional survey by the Asian and Oceanian Association of Neurology (AOAN)

Artemio Roxas Jr, Man Mohan Mehndiratta, Natan Bornstein, Richard Macdonell, Kheng Seang Lim, Ping-Wing Ng, Shuren Dashzeveg, Hidehiro Mizusawa, Hamed Esmatullah, Shey Lin Wu, Christopher Chen, Mohammad Kurniawan, Joung-Ho Rha, Mohammad Wasay, Niphon Poungvarin, Saman Gunatilake, Nguyen Huy Thang

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.09.022
p108–115
Published online: September 20, 2017
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Free fatty acid as a determinant of ischemic lesion volume in nonarterial-origin embolic stroke

Jong-Won Chung, Woo-Keun Seo, Gyeong-Moon Kim, Chin-Sang Chung, Kwang Ho Lee, Oh. Young Bang

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.09.040
p116–121
Published online: September 30, 2017
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Supplemental Materials

Impact of non-guideline-based treatment of status epilepticus

James Braun, Elizabeth Gau, Stacy Revelle, Laurie Byrne, Abhay Kumar

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.09.031
p126–130
Published online: September 22, 2017
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Performed and perceived walking ability in relation to the Expanded Disability Status Scale in persons with multiple sclerosis

D. Langeskov-Christensen, P. Feys, I. Baert, M. Riemenschneider, E. Stenager, U. Dalgas

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.09.049
p131–136
Published online: October 3, 2017
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Management of blood pressure in acute stroke: Comparison of current prescribing patterns with AHA/ASA guidelines in a Sub-Saharan African referral hospital

C. Kuate-Tegueu, J.J. Dongmo-Tajeuna, J. Doumbe, Y. Mapoure-Njankouo, G. Noubissi, V.D.P. Djientcheu

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.10.002
p137–141
Published online: October 5, 2017
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Improvement of quality of life and its relationship with neuropsychiatric outcomes in patients with multiple sclerosis starting treatment with natalizumab: A 3-year follow-up multicentric study

Vincent Planche, Xavier Moisset, Remy Morello, Emilie Dumont, Marion Gibelin, Julie Charré-Morin, Aurore Saubusse, Audrey Mondou, Françoise Reuter, Gilles Defer, Jean Pelletier, Bruno Brochet, Pierre Clavelou

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.10.008
p148–154
Published online: October 6, 2017
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Time is brain: Balancing risk in the treatment of presumed cardioembolic stroke

Antonia Nucera, Mahmoud Reza Azarpazhooh, Rasha Alsubaie, Patricia Riccio, Vladimir Hachinski

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.07.022
p157–160
Published online: July 20, 2017
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Carotid artery stenosis as an independent risk factor for perioperative strokes following mitral valve surgical intervention

Reshmi Udesh, Pawan Solanki, Amol Mehta, Thomas Gleason, Lawrence Wechsler, Parthasarathy D. Thirumala

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.10.004
p170–184
Published online: October 6, 2017
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Clinical Short Communications

Total small vessel disease burden and brain network efficiency in cerebral amyloid angiopathy

Raffaella Valenti, Yael D. Reijmer, Andreas Charidimou, Gregoire Boulouis, Sergi Ramirez Martinez, Li Xiong, Panagiotis Fotiadis, Michael Jessel, Alison Ayres, Grace Riley, Leonardo Pantoni, M. Edip Gurol, Steven M. Greenberg, Anand Viswanathan

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.09.015
p10–12
Published online: September 12, 2017
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Embolic stroke of undetermined source: The role of the nonstenotic carotid plaque

Zachary Bulwa, Ajay Gupta

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.09.027
p49–52
Published online: September 20, 2017
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Differences in clinical characteristics when REM sleep behavior disorder precedes or comes after the onset of Parkinson's disease

Takashi Nomura, Masafumi Kishi, Kenji Nakashima

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.08.3247
p58–60
Published online: September 15, 2017
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A retrospective study of acetylcholine receptor antibody positive ocular myasthenia in the West of Scotland

Maria E. Farrugia, Marie Cleary, Caroline Carmichael

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.09.036
p84–86
Published online: September 26, 2017
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Natural history and predictors of survival in progressive supranuclear palsy

Maura Cosseddu, Alberto Benussi, Stefano Gazzina, Marta A. Manes, Valentina Dell'Era, Viviana Cristillo, Rosanna Turrone, Antonella Alberici, Barbara Borroni

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.09.043
p105–107
Published online: September 30, 2017
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Novel biallelic missense mutations in CTC1 gene identified in a Chinese family with Coats plus syndrome

Hua Lin, Li Gong, Shuqin Zhan, Yuping Wang, Aihua Liu

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.09.041
p142–145
Published online: September 30, 2017
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Botulinum toxin after stroke: A functional point of view

Matteo Paci

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.10.009
p185–186
Published online: October 10, 2017
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Letters to the Editor

MOG-IgG-positive multifocal myelitis with intrathecal IgG synthesis as a spectrum associated with MOG autoimmunity: Two case reports

Atsuko Yanagida, Takahiro Iizuka, Toshiyuki Nagai, Ryo Usui, Juntaro Kaneko, Tsugio Akutsu, Ritsuko Hanajima, Naomi Kanazawa, Kazutoshi Nishiyama

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.09.020
p40–43
Published online: September 15, 2017
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MOG antibody-associated optic neuritis in the setting of acute CMV infection

Bianca-Violeta Rusescu, Nico J. Diederich, Chantal Tsobo, Romain Marignier, Philippe Kerschen

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.09.011
p44–46
Published online: September 9, 2017
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Dopamine agonist withdrawal syndrome in Parkinson's disease

Paolo Solla, Alfonso Fasano, Antonino Cannas, Francesco Marrosu

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.08.3263
p47–48
Published online: September 1, 2017
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A case report of multiple system atrophy treated with an Abelson tyrosine kinase inhibitor

Trang Vo Nguyen Ngoc, Cong Nguyen Huu, Daniel Truong

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.09.013
p53–54
Published online: September 12, 2017
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Status epilepticus causing extensive microvacuolar change with astrocytosis and diffusion MRI abnormalities in the subcortical white matter

Yasuo Miki, Kunikazu Tanji, Kensuke Kimura, Nobuhisa Yajima, Fumiaki Mori, Koichi Wakabayashi

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.09.029
p55–57
Published online: September 20, 2017
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Early and late seizures associated to Niccolò Paganini's viral encephalitis

A. Perciaccante, A. Coralli

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.10.001
p122
Published online: October 5, 2017
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Fluctuating ataxia and nystagmus in association with anti-GQ1b antibody in HIV infection

Ileok Jung, Hyo-Jung Kim, Ji-Soo Kim

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.09.044
p123–125
Published online: October 5, 2017
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Writing tremor: Should we look for a TOR1A mutation?

Cécile Aerts, François Cassim, Isabelle Strubi-Vuillaume, Alain Destée, Bernard Sablonnière, Gwenaëlle Collod-Béroud, Luc Defebvre, Alexandre Kreisler