Journal of Neurological Sciences

Vol 388 | 15 May 2018 | Pages 1-236

Editorial

Endemic atypical parkinsonism

Laura Silveira-Moriyama, Andrew J. Lees

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.02.018
p220–221
Published online: February 7, 2018
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Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder in the very young: An in-depth review of the present data

Jeanie C. McGee, Alireza Minagar

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.02.027
p232
Published online: February 17, 2018
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Review Articles

Ganciclovir and foscarnet dual-therapy for cytomegalovirus encephalitis: A case report and review of the literature

Adam Baghban, Maricar Malinis

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.02.029
p28–36
Published online: February 19, 2018
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Pregnancy outcomes in women with spinal muscular atrophy: A review

Elena Abati, Stefania Corti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.03.001
p50–60
Published online: March 2, 2018
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Using real-time fMRI brain-computer interfacing to treat eating disorders

Moses O. Sokunbi

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.03.011
p109–114
Published online: March 7, 2018
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Brain connectivity and cognitive processing speed in multiple sclerosis: A systematic review

Riccardo Manca, Basil Sharrack, David Paling, Iain D. Wilkinson, Annalena Venneri

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.03.003
p115–127
Published online: March 2, 2018
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Hysteria in ancient civilisations: A neurological review: Possible significance for the modern disorder

Edward H. Reynolds

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.02.024
p208–213
Published online: February 17, 2018
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A comparison of pediatric and adult neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders: A review of clinical manifestation, diagnosis, and treatment

Seyed Mohammad Baghbanian, Nasrin Asgari, Mohammad Ali Sahraian, Abdorreza Naser Moghadasi

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.02.028
p222–231
Published online: February 19, 2018
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Basic Research Papers

Natural history of benign multiple sclerosis: Clinical and HLA correlates in a Western Australian cohort

Marzena J. Fabis-Pedrini, Ian James, Alexandra Seewann, Wai Y. Yau, Arnold A. van de Bovenkamp, Fay R.K. Sanders, Wei Qiu, Jason Burton, Frank L. Mastaglia, William M. Carroll, Allan G. Kermode

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.02.036
p12–18
Published online: February 22, 2018
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Cerebrovascular imaging of cerebral ischemia in acute type A aortic dissection

Soichiro Matsubara, Masatoshi Koga, Tomoyuki Ohara, Yasuyuki Iguchi, Kenji Minatoya, Yoshio Tahara, Tetsuya Fukuda, Yuichi Miyazaki, Katsufumi Kajimoto, Yuki Sakamoto, Naoki Makita, Naoki Tokuda, Kazuyuki Nagatsuka, Yukio Ando, Kazunori Toyoda

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.02.044
p23–27
Published online: February 27, 2018
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Supplemental Materials

Reported concussion incidence in youth community Rugby Union and parental assessment of post head injury cognitive recovery using the King-Devick test

David Silver, Nicola Brown, Conor Gissane

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.02.046
p40–46
Published online: March 2, 2018
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Factors associated with distal symmetric polyneuropathies in adult Zambians: A cross-sectional, observational study of the role of HIV, non-antiretroviral medication exposures, and nutrition

Michelle Kvalsund, Takondwa Chidumayo, Johanna Hamel, David Herrmann, Douglas Heimburger, Amanda Peltier, Gretchen Birbeck

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.02.035
p61–69
Published online: February 22, 2018
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Comparison of the abbreviated minimal assessment of cognitive function in multiple sclerosis (aMACFIMS) and the brief international cognitive assessment for multiple sclerosis (BICAMS)

Elizabeth S. Gromisch, Jeffrey G. Portnoy, Frederick W. Foley

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.03.012
p70–75
Published online: March 7, 2018
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Nocebo in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy; a systematic review and meta-analysis of placebo-controlled clinical trials

Panagiotis Zis, Marios Hadjivassiliou, Ptolemaios G. Sarrigiannis, Thomas M. Jenkins, Dimos-Dimitrios Mitsikostas

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.03.009
p79–83
Published online: March 7, 2018
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Combining clinical and magnetic resonance imaging markers enhances prediction of 12-year employment status in multiple sclerosis patients

Lucie Kadrnozkova, Manuela Vaneckova, Lukas Sobisek, Barbora Benova, Karolina Kucerova, Jiri Motyl, Michaela Andelova, Klara Novotna, Jana Lizrova Preiningerova, Jan Krasensky, Eva Havrdova, Dana Horakova, Tomas Uher

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.02.045
p87–93
Published online: February 28, 2018
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Insulin resistance and cognitive test performance in elderly adults: National health and nutrition examination survey (NHANES)

Ayesha Z. Sherzai, Magda Shaheen, Jeffrey J. Yu, Konrad Talbot, Dean Sherzai

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.11.031
p97–102
Published online: November 23, 2017
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Sex differences in neuropathic pain intensity in diabetes

Alon Abraham, Carolina Barnett, Hans D. Katzberg, Leif E. Lovblom, Bruce A. Perkins, Vera Bril

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.03.008
p103–106
Published online: March 6, 2018
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Mutation of the cellular adhesion molecule NECL2 is associated with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder

Yan Xu, Liang Li, Hai-tao Ren, Bin Yin, Jian-gang Yuan, Xiao-zhong Peng, Bo-qin Qiang, Li-ying Cui

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.10.023
p133–138
Published online: October 16, 2017
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The combined effects of cardiovascular disease related SNPs on ischemic stroke

Ke Xu, Xin Liu, Jurg Ott, Feng Jiang, Wei Zhang, Lefeng Wang, Jingbo Zhao, Xingyu Wang

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.03.013
p141–145
Published online: March 6, 2018
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Inorganic phosphorus (Pi) in CSF is a biomarker for SLC20A2-associated idiopathic basal ganglia calcification (IBGC1)

Isao Hozumi, Hisaka Kurita, Kazuhiro Ozawa, Nobuyuki Furuta, Masatoshi Inden, Shin-ichiro Sekine, Megumi Yamada, Yuichi Hayashi, Akio Kimura, Takashi Inuzuka, Mitsuru Seishima

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.03.014
p150–154
Published online: March 8, 2018
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Spinal cord infarction: Clinical and imaging insights from the periprocedural setting

Nicholas L. Zalewski, Alejandro A. Rabinstein, Karl N. Krecke, Robert D. Brown, Eelco F.M. Wijdicks, Brian G. Weinshenker, Derrick A. Doolittle, Eoin P. Flanagan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.03.029
p162–167
Published online: March 17, 2018
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Real-world persistence with fingolimod for the treatment of multiple sclerosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Daniel Kantor, Kristen Johnson, Maria Cecilia Vieira, James Signorovitch, Nanxin Li, Wei Gao, Valerie Koo, Emilie Duchesneau, Vivian Herrera

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.03.018
p168–174
Published online: March 10, 2018
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Effect of teriflunomide on gray and white matter brain pathology in multiple sclerosis using volumetric and diffusion-tensor imaging MRI measures

Robert Zivadinov, Niels Bergsland, Jesper Hagemeier, Ellen Carl, Hanna Kolb, David Hojnacki, Bianca Weinstock-Guttman

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.03.028
p175–181
Published online: March 17, 2018
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Bilateral wallerian degeneration of the middle cerebellar peduncles secondary to pontine infarction: A case series

Yaoyao Shen, Wen Jian, Juan Li, Tingmin Dai, Bing Bao, Hongbing Nie

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.03.027
p182–185
Published online: March 19, 2018
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Intercepting Parkinson disease non-motor subtypes: A proof-of-principle study in a clinical setting

M.E. Di Battista, I. Cova, A. Rubino, C.P. Papi, G. Alampi, C. Purcaro, N. Vanacore, E. Pascale, N. Locuratolo, F. Fattapposta, C. Mariani, S. Pomati, G. Meco

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.03.024
p186–191
Published online: March 16, 2018
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Hyperglycemia predicts unfavorable outcomes in acute ischemic stroke patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis among a Chinese population: A prospective cohort study

Sheng-Feng Lin, A-Ching Chao, Han-Hwa Hu, Ruey-Tay Lin, Chih-Hung Chen, Lung Chan, Huey-Juan Lin, Yu Sun, Yung-Yang Lin, Po-Lin Chen, Shinn-Kuang Lin, Ming-Hui Sun, Cheng-Yu Wei, Yu-Te Lin, Jiunn-Tay Lee, Chi-Huey Bai on behalf of the Taiwan Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke (TTT-AIS) Study Group

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.03.022
p195–202
Published online: March 16, 2018
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Further evidence for a distinctive atypical degenerative parkinsonism in the Caribbean: A new cluster in the French West Indian Island of Martinique

Annie Lannuzel, Régine Edragas, Angéla Lackmy, Benoit Tressières, Véronique Pelonde, Mireille Edimo Nana Kaptué, Sylvie Mécharles, Alexis Demas, Billy François, Eavan McGovern, Marie Vidailhet, Bertrand Gaymard, Emmanuel Roze

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.02.019
p214–219
Published online: February 6, 2018
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Clinical Short Communications

Predictors of cognitive impairment in multiple system atrophy

Masahiro Hatakeyama, Tomoe Sato, Tetsuya Takahashi, Masato Kanazawa, Osamu Onodera, Masatoyo Nishizawa, Takayoshi Shimohata

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.03.017
p128–132
Published online: March 10, 2018
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Motor and non-motor features of Parkinson's disease in LRRK2 G2019S carriers versus matched controls

Steven A. Gunzler, David E. Riley, Shu G. Chen, Curtis M. Tatsuoka, William M. Johnson, John J. Mieyal, Ellen M. Walter, Christina M. Whitney, I. Jung Feng, Harry Owusu-Dapaah, Shivam O. Mittal, Amy L. Wilson-Delfosse

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.03.025
p203–207
Published online: March 17, 2018
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Letters to the Editor

Disappearance of MRI imaging signals in a patient with neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease

Takeshi Kawarabayashi, Takumi Nakamura, Yusuke Seino, Mie Hirohata, Fumiaki Mori, Koichi Wakabayashi, Shuichi Ono, Yasuo Harigaya, Mikio Shoji

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.02.038
p1–3
Published online: February 23, 2018
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Juvenile-onset neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (CLN1) disease with a novel deletion and duplication in the PPT1 gene

Tatsuhiko Ozono, Makoto Kinoshita, Aya Narita, Asami Hirakiyama, Motomichi Kosuga, Torayuki Okuyama, Kei Fukada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.02.030
p4–6
Published online: February 20, 2018
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A mild myopathy with anti-SRP plus anti-PL-12 antibodies successfully treated by oral steroid monotherapy

Koh Tadokoro, Yasuyuki Ohta, Ryo Sasaki, Yoshiaki Takahashi, Kota Sato, Jingwei Shang, Mami Takemoto, Nozomi Hishikawa, Toru Yamashita, Keigo Hayashi, Michiko Morishita, Ichizo Nishino, Koji Abe

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.02.040
p7–9
Published online: February 24, 2018
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Excessively increased CSF glutamate levels in GABA_B-receptor antibody associated encephalitis: A case report

Andreas Moser, Henrike Hanssen, Klaus-Peter Wandinger

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.02.041
p10–11
Published online: February 27, 2018
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Cerebral small vessel disease caused by a novel heterozygous mutation in HTRA1

Franziska S. Thaler, Cihan Catak, Maximilian Einhäupl, Susanna Müller, Klaus Seelos, Frank A. Wollenweber, Tania Kümpfel

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.02.043
p19–21
Published online: February 27, 2018
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The Glasgow Outcome Scale Extended-Revised (GOSE-R) to include minimally conscious state in the vegetative state category

R. Formisano, M. Aloisi, G. Ferri, S. Schiattone, M. Contrada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.02.042
p22
Published online: March 1, 2018
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Paroxysmal painful spasms associated with central pontine myelinolisis in the context of nonketotic hyperglycemia

Luca Marsili, Simone Gallerini, Manuele Bartalucci, Caterina Marotti, Roberto Marconi

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.03.005
p37–39
Published online: March 5, 2018
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Potential therapeutic effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for tremor in Minamata disease: A case report

Masaaki Nakamura, Seiji Etoh, Takashi Sakamoto, Tatsuhiro Nakamura, Liu Xiao Jie, Youko Miura, Mina Itatani, Takashi Hanakawa

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.02.047
p47–49
Published online: March 1, 2018
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Acute and reversible crying following deep brain stimulation targeting the globus pallidus interna in dystonia

Rohit Kesarwani, Tejas Sankar, Fang Ba

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.03.006
p76–78
Published online: March 5, 2018
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Neuronal intranuclear hyaline inclusion disease presenting with childhood-onset night blindness associated with progressive retinal dystrophy

Shusaku Omoto, Takaaki Hayashi, Hiromasa Matsuno, Hitomi Higa, Shuhei Kameya, Renpei Sengoku, Junko Takahashi-Fujigasaki, Shigeo Murayama, Yasuyuki Iguchi

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.03.010
p84–86
Published online: March 6, 2018
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Peripheral nervous system involvement in Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy

Jonathan Ciron, Clément Baron, Michèle Boissonnot, Jean-Philippe Neau, Corinne Magdelaine, Jean-Michel Vallat, Stéphane Mathis

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.03.002
p94–96
Published online: March 2, 2018
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Muscle, cardiac, and cerebral manifestations in female carriers of dystrophin variants

Josef Finsterer, Claudia Stollberger

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.03.015
p107–108
Published online: March 8, 2018
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Levodopa-induced dystonia in a patient with possible progressive supranuclear palsy with progressive gait freezing

Raluca Modreanu, Goekhan Özdemir, Carsten Buhmann, Björn Hauptmann

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.03.023
p139–140
Published online: March 15, 2018
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Improvement of distal acquired demyelinating symmetric (DADS) neuropathy after exposure to factor Xa inhibitor

Alexis A. Lizarraga, Thomas I. Cochrane, Aaron L. Berkowitz

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.03.016
p146–149
Published online: March 9, 2018
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Idarucizumab-facilitated intravenous thrombolysis in acute stroke with dabigatran: Two cases with hemorrhagic transformation

Yi-Te Tsai, Yu-Jen Hsiao, Li-Kai Tsai, Pao-Sheng Yen, Fu-Yu Lin, Ching-Hua Lu, Chen-Wen Fang

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.03.021
p155–157
Published online: March 14, 2018
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Intrafamilial variability in a polish family harbouring a frameshift THAP1 mutation

Maria Stamelou, Simona Petrucci, Monia Ginevrino, Roser Pons, Nick Papagiannakis, Leonidas Stefanis, Enza Maria Valente

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.03.026
p158
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Bilateral subthalamic nucleus stimulation in refractory status dystonicus

Breno José Alencar Pires Barbosa, Rafael Bernhardt Carra, Kleber Paiva Duarte, Fabio Godinho, Daniel Ciampi de Andrade, Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira, Egberto Reis Barbosa, Rubens Gisbert Cury