JNS-cover.jpgJournal of Neurological Sciences

Vol 418 | 15 November 2020

Editorial

Towards evidence-based policies to strengthen acute stroke care in low-middle-income countries

Towards evidence-based policies to strengthen acute stroke care in low-middle-income countries

Leonard Baatiema, Seye Abimbola, Ama de-Graft Aikins, ... Fred S. Sarfo, Augustina Charway-Felli, Shawn Somerset


Neurological research & training after the easing of lockdown in countries impacted by COVID-19

Eng-King Tan, Alberto Albanese, K. Ray Chaudhuri, ... Shen-Yang Lim, H.A. Jinnah, Francisco Cardoso

 

Review Articles

Multiple sclerosis in Pakistan: Current status and future perspective

Zara Shah, Mohammad Wasay, Burhan Z. Chaudhry, Sten Fredrikson


New technologies and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis – Which step forward rushed by the COVID-19 pandemic?

New technologies and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis – Which step forward rushed by the COVID-19 pandemic?

Susana Pinto, Stefano Quintarelli, Vincenzo Silani


Blood pressure management after mechanical thrombectomy in stroke patients

Blood pressure management after mechanical thrombectomy in stroke patients

Mostafa Jafari, Aaron Desai, Rahul Damani

 

Basic Research Papers

Mouse nerve growth factor promotes neurological recovery in patients with acute intracerebral hemorrhage: A proof-of-concept study

Mouse nerve growth factor promotes neurological recovery in patients with acute intracerebral hemorrhage: A proof-of-concept study

Shuo An, Ying Jia, Ye Tian, ... Ping Lei, Jianning Zhang, Rongcai Jiang


An SBM-based machine learning model for identifying mild cognitive impairment in patients with Parkinson's disease

An SBM-based machine learning model for identifying mild cognitive impairment in patients with Parkinson's disease

Jiahui Zhang, You Li, Yuyuan Gao, ... Shujun Feng, Lijuan Wang, Kun Nie


Effects of multimodal balance training supported by rhythmical auditory stimuli in people with advanced stages of Parkinson's disease: a pilot randomized clinical trial

Effects of multimodal balance training supported by rhythmical auditory stimuli in people with advanced stages of Parkinson's disease: a pilot randomized clinical trial

Tamine T.C. Capato, Jorik Nonnekes, Nienke M. de Vries, Joanna IntHout, Egberto R. Barbosa, Bastiaan R. Bloem


Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in dura mater graft-associated Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in dura mater graft-associated Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Kenji Sakai, Tsuyoshi Hamaguchi, Nobuo Sanjo, ... Masafumi Harada, Hidehiro Mizusawa, Masahito Yamada


Does resting state functional connectivity differ between mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer's dementia?

Does resting state functional connectivity differ between mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer's dementia?

Shania M. Soman, Sheelakumari Raghavan, P.G. Rajesh, ... Bejoy Thomas, Chandrsekharan Kesavadas, Ramshekhar N. Menon


Exosomal TAR DNA-binding protein-43 and neurofilaments in plasma of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients: A longitudinal follow-up study

Exosomal TAR DNA-binding protein-43 and neurofilaments in plasma of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients: A longitudinal follow-up study

Po-Chih Chen, Dean Wu, Chaur-Jong Hu, Hsin-Yi Chen, Yi-Chen Hsieh, Chi-Chen Huang


Refractory CIDP: Clinical characteristics, antibodies and response to alternative treatment

Jamila Godil, Matthew J. Barrett, Erik Ensrud, Nizar Chahin, Chafic Karam


Predictors of catheter-associated meningitis in pediatric patients after brain tumor surgery: A 10-year single center experience

Predictors of catheter-associated meningitis in pediatric patients after brain tumor surgery: A 10-year single center experience

Mehdi Chihi, Oliver Gembruch, Yahya Ahmadipour, ... Nicolai El Hindy, Ulrich Sure, Oliver Müller


Preconditioning with INC280 and LDK378 drugs sensitizes MGMT-unmethylated glioblastoma to temozolomide: Pre-clinical assessment

Preconditioning with INC280 and LDK378 drugs sensitizes MGMT-unmethylated glioblastoma to temozolomide: Pre-clinical assessment

Arabinda Das, Mohammed Alshareef, Guilherme Bastos Ferreira Porto, ... Abhay K. Varma, Sunil J. Patel, David Cachia


Heart rate entropy is associated with mortality after intracereberal hemorrhage

Heart rate entropy is associated with mortality after intracereberal hemorrhage

Marek Sykora, Jozef Szabo, Pavel Siarnik, ... Wilfried Lang, Marek Czosnyka, Peter Smielewski


Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes with onconeural antibodies: A single center retrospective study

Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes with onconeural antibodies: A single center retrospective study

Vanessa Oliveira, Gonçalo Videira, Raquel Samões, Paula Carneiro, Esmeralda Neves, Ernestina Santos


Premorbid anxiety and depression and baseline neurocognitive, ocular-motor and vestibular performance: A retrospective cohort study

Jessica Wallace, Ken Learman, Ryan Moran, ... Jamie McAllister Deitrick, Danae Delfin, James Shina


Quality of life and non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease patients with subthreshold depression

Quality of life and non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease patients with subthreshold depression

D. Santos-García, T. de Deus Fonticoba, E. Suárez Castro, ... C. Prieto Jurczynska, P. Martinez-Martinon behalf of the COPPADIS Study Group


Characterisation of recent trends in cardiovascular risk factors in young and middle-aged patients with ischaemic stroke and/or transient ischaemic attack

Characterisation of recent trends in cardiovascular risk factors in young and middle-aged patients with ischaemic stroke and/or transient ischaemic attack

Aditya Bhat, Gary C.H. Gan, David Makarious, ... Maria Carmo P. Nunes, Clara K. Chow, Timothy C. Tan


A validation of a self-administered screening test for Parkinson's disease

Michele K. York, Jared F. Benge, Christine Hunter, Joseph Jankovic


Neurology of COVID-19 in Singapore

Neurology of COVID-19 in Singapore

Jasmine Shimin Koh, Deidre Anne De Silva, Amy May Lin Quek, ... David Chien Boon Lye, Kevin Tan, Thirugnanam Umapathi


High density lipoprotein cholesterol and apolipoprotein A-I are associated with greater cerebral perfusion in multiple sclerosis

High density lipoprotein cholesterol and apolipoprotein A-I are associated with greater cerebral perfusion in multiple sclerosis

Dejan Jakimovski, Robert Zivadinov, Michael G. Dwyer, ... Richard W. Browne, Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, Murali Ramanathan


Infarct site and prognosis in small subcortical infarction: Role of the corticospinal tract and lentiform

Infarct site and prognosis in small subcortical infarction: Role of the corticospinal tract and lentiform

Takeo SatoMD, Kenichiro SakaiMD, Hiroki TakatsuMD, ... Hidetomo MurakamiMD, Hidetaka MitsumuraMD, Yasuyuki IguchiMD


Prevalence and predictors of post-stroke epilepsy among Ghanaian stroke survivors

Prevalence and predictors of post-stroke epilepsy among Ghanaian stroke survivors

Fred Stephen Sarfo, John Akassi, Vida Obese, Sheila Adamu, Manolo Agbenorku, Bruce Ovbiagele


Hypocapnia, ischemic lesions, and outcomes after intracerebral hemorrhage

Hypocapnia, ischemic lesions, and outcomes after intracerebral hemorrhage

Shannon Hextrum, Jatinder S. Minhas, Eric M. Liotta, Farzaneh A. Sorond, Andrew M. Naidech, Matthew B. Maas


The white matter hyperintensities within the cholinergic pathways and cognitive performance in patients with Parkinson's disease after bilateral STN DBS

The white matter hyperintensities within the cholinergic pathways and cognitive performance in patients with Parkinson's disease after bilateral STN DBS

Yanmei Liu, Lei Wu, Chao Yang, ... Zhong Pei, Jinlong Liu, Ling Chen


Mechanical thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke patients with left ventricular assist device

Mechanical thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke patients with left ventricular assist device

Takaya Kitano, Manabu Sakaguchi, Hiroshi Yamagami, ... Yoshiki Sawa, Hideki Mochizuki, Kenichi Todo


Interictal hemodynamic abnormality during motor activation in sporadic hemiplegic migraine: An explorative study

Interictal hemodynamic abnormality during motor activation in sporadic hemiplegic migraine: An explorative study

Y.L. Lo, S.L. Wee, Y.J. Zhao, K. Narasimhalu


Association between critical care admission and 6-month functional outcome after spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage

Association between critical care admission and 6-month functional outcome after spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage

Siobhan Mc Lernon, Ghil Schwarz, Duncan Wilson, ... Louise Terry, David J. Werringon behalf of the CROMIS-2 Collaborators


COVID-19 in multiple sclerosis patients and risk factors for severe infection

Farhan Chaudhry, Helena Bulka, Anirudha S. Rathnam, ... Adil Javed, Robert Lisak, Mirela Cerghet


Reliability and validity of the multiple sclerosis resiliency scale (MSRS)

Reliability and validity of the multiple sclerosis resiliency scale (MSRS)

Abbey J. Hughes, Krina Patel, Kathryn C. Fitzgerald, Aeysha Brown, Elizabeth S. Gromisch, Ellen M. Mowry


Inpatient diagnoses of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus in the United States: Demographic and socioeconomic disparities

Inpatient diagnoses of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus in the United States: Demographic and socioeconomic disparities

Arash Ghaffari-Rafi, Rana Mehdizadeh, Shadeh Ghaffari-Rafi, Jose Leon-Rojas


Antecedent febrile illness and occurrence of stroke in West Africa: The SIREN study

Fred Stephen Sarfo, Bruce Ovbiagele, Onoja Akpa Matthew, ... Rufus Akinyemi, Mayowa Owolabion behalf of SIREN


After stroke, apraxia of eyelid opening is associated with high mortality and right hemispheric infarction

After stroke, apraxia of eyelid opening is associated with high mortality and right hemispheric infarction

Vardan Nersesjan, Pernille Martens, Thomas Truelsen, Daniel Kondziella


Use of the King-Devick test for the identification of concussion in an amateur domestic women's rugby union team over two competition seasons in New Zealand

Use of the King-Devick test for the identification of concussion in an amateur domestic women's rugby union team over two competition seasons in New Zealand

D. King, P.A. Hume, T.N. Clark, A.J. Pearce


Longitudinal evolution of non-motor symptoms according to age at onset in early Parkinson's disease

Longitudinal evolution of non-motor symptoms according to age at onset in early Parkinson's disease

Ryul Kim, Jung Hwan Shin, Sangmin Park, Han-Joon Kim, Beomseok Jeon

 

Clinical Short Communications

Autonomic functions in focal epilepsy: A comparison between lacosamide and carbamazepine monotherapy

Francesca Izzi, Fabio Placidi, Claudio Liguori, ... Antonio Pisani, Nicola Biagio Mercuri, Camilla Rocchi


Smell dysfunction in COVID-19 patients: More than a yes-no question

Smell dysfunction in COVID-19 patients: More than a yes-no question

Marco A. Lima, Marcus Tulius T. Silva, Raquel V. Oliveira, ... Otávio Espíndola, Ana Claudia Leite, Abelardo Araujo


The potential impact of enhanced hygienic measures during the COVID-19 outbreak on hospital-acquired infections: A pragmatic study in neurological units

The potential impact of enhanced hygienic measures during the COVID-19 outbreak on hospital-acquired infections: A pragmatic study in neurological units

Emanuele Cerulli Irelli, Biagio Orlando, Enrico Cocchi, ... Giovanni Fabbrini, Alfredo Berardelli, Carlo Di Bonaventura


COVID-19-related and not related Guillain-Barré syndromes share the same management pitfalls during lock down: The experience of Liguria region in Italy

Martina Garnero, Massimo Del Sette, Andrea Assini, ... Antonio Uccelli, Angelo Schenone, Luana Benedetti


Radiographic and clinical neurologic manifestations of COVID-19 related hypoxemia

Radiographic and clinical neurologic manifestations of COVID-19 related hypoxemia

Caitlin Radnis, Sunny Qiu, Miral Jhaveri, Ivan Da Silva, Aimee Szewka, Lauren Koffman


Lack of APOE Christchurch variant in five age of onset outliers with PSEN1, PSEN2 Alzheimer's disease and MAPT frontotemporal dementia

Chang-En Yu, Sunny Chen, Suman Jayadev, Thomas Bird


Bilateral optic disc edema with preserved visual function not related to papilledema

Bilateral optic disc edema with preserved visual function not related to papilledema

Caberry W. Yu, Jonathan A. Micieli

 

Letters to the Editor

A Japanese family with primary familial brain calcification presenting with paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia - A comprehensive mutational analysis-

A Japanese family with primary familial brain calcification presenting with paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia - A comprehensive mutational analysis-

Akihiko Mitsutake, Takashi Matsukawa, Kristine Joyce L. Porto, ... Tatsushi Toda, Shoji Tsuji, Yasushi Shiio


Unfavorable outcome in highly relapsing MOGAD encephalitis

Unfavorable outcome in highly relapsing MOGAD encephalitis

Marina Buciuc, Elia Sechi, Eoin P. Flanagan, A. Sebastian Lopez-Chiriboga


Cerebrospinal fluid findings in COVID-19 patients with neurological symptoms

Cerebrospinal fluid findings in COVID-19 patients with neurological symptoms

Bernhard Neumann, Moritz L. Schmidbauer, Konstatinos Dimitriadis, ... Bernhard Hemmer, Julian Böselfor the PANDEMIC and the IGNITE study groups


 

Mehari Gebreyohanns, Rufus A. Akinyemi, Mayowa O. Owolabi, Fred Stephen Sarfo, Raelle Tagge, Bruce Ovbiagele


The impact of an early strict nationwide lockdown on the pattern of consultation for neurological diseases

The impact of an early strict nationwide lockdown on the pattern of consultation for neurological diseases

I.L. Calandri, M.A. Hawkes, M. Marrodan, S.F. Ameriso, J. Correale, R.F. Allegri


Differential activity of glucocerebrosidase in neurons and astrocytes; implications for evaluating tissue homogenates derived from Parkinson's disease brains

Derek Burke, Simon Heales


Neurological involvement associated with COVID-19 infection in children

Tai-Heng Chen


A novel SLC30A10 missense variant associated with parkinsonism and dystonia without hypermanganesemia

A novel SLC30A10 missense variant associated with parkinsonism and dystonia without hypermanganesemia

Sakis Lambrianides, Paschalis Nicolaou, Mikaela Michaelidou, ... Kyproula Christodoulou, George A. Tanteles, Marios Pantzaris


Allergy and dimethyl fumarate treatment in a patient with multiple sclerosis

Allergy and dimethyl fumarate treatment in a patient with multiple sclerosis

Stefano Gelibter, Mario Orrico, Lucia Moiola, Lorenzo Dagna, Massimo Filippi, Mona Rita Yacoub


The

The "gunslinger" sign in progressive supranuclear palsy – Richardson variant

Luca Marsili, Carlo Colosimo


Exacerbation of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy in concomitance with COVID-19

Samir Abu-Rumeileh, Tamara Garibashvili, Wolfgang Ruf, ... Katharina Althaus, Markus Otto, Makbule Senel


Differentiation of seizure from stroke using advanced imaging in the acute period

Differentiation of seizure from stroke using advanced imaging in the acute period

Merritt W. Brown III


Contrast-enhancement in the wall of a cerebral fusiform aneurysm in neuroborreliosis at 7 T MRI

Contrast-enhancement in the wall of a cerebral fusiform aneurysm in neuroborreliosis at 7 T MRI

V. Perosa, C. Bartels, F. Godenschweger, ... H.J. Heinze, S. Vielhaber, S. Schreiber


Frailty and SARS-CoV-2 infection. A population-based study in a highly endemic village

Oscar H. Del Brutto, Aldo F. Costa, Bettsy Y. Recalde, Robertino M. Mera


Severe breathlessness in Stiff person syndrome (SPS). Looking under the bonnet

Severe breathlessness in Stiff person syndrome (SPS). Looking under the bonnet

Grazia Crescimanno, Margherita Algeri, Maria Canino, Marcello Romano, Giuseppe Cosentino, Oreste Marrone


Delayed SARS-COV-2 leukoencephalopathy without Severe Hypoxia

Delayed SARS-COV-2 leukoencephalopathy without Severe Hypoxia

Arooshi Kumar, Anlys Olivera, Nancy Mueller, Jonathan Howard, Ariane Lewis


Severe disease activity in MS patients treated with cladribine after fingolimod withdrawal

Maria Cellerino, Simona Bonavita, Margherita Ferrero, Matilde Inglese, Giacomo Boffa


Genetic analysis of the first SCA36 family showing clinical anticipation

Tohru Matsuura


Repeat sizes of NOP56 gene in a Japanese Asidan (SCA36) family with clinical anticipation

Yasuyuki Ohta, Ken Ikegami, Kota Sato, ... Mami Takemoto, Toru Yamashita, Koji Abe

 

Addiction Medicine and Psychiatry - State of the Art 2020

The associations of comorbid substance use disorders and psychiatric conditions with adolescent brain structure and function: A review

Danielle S. Kroll, Dana E. Feldman, Szu-Yung (Ariel) Wang, ... Corinde E. Wiers, Nora D. Volkow, Gene-Jack Wang


Neurological correlates of brain reward circuitry linked to opioid use disorder (OUD): Do homo sapiens acquire or have a reward deficiency syndrome?

Neurological correlates of brain reward circuitry linked to opioid use disorder (OUD): Do homo sapiens acquire or have a reward deficiency syndrome?

Mark S. Gold, David Baron, Abdalla Bowirrat, Kenneth Blum


Transcranial magnetic stimulation, deep brain stimulation, and other forms of neuromodulation for substance use disorders: Review of modalities and implications for treatment

Transcranial magnetic stimulation, deep brain stimulation, and other forms of neuromodulation for substance use disorders: Review of modalities and implications for treatment

James J. Mahoney III, Colleen A. Hanlon, Patrick J. Marshalek, Ali R. Rezai, Lothar Krinke