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Background Amyloid-related imaging abnormalities due to oedema (ARIA-E) or haemosiderin deposits (ARIA-H) have been associated with the use of monoclonal antibodies, such as lecanemab, for the ...
Hereditary proximal spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is caused by survival motor neuron (SMN) protein deficiency due to homozygous loss of SMN1 gene function. Residual SMN protein levels are produced by ...
Background Functional (psychogenic) motor symptoms are commonly encountered in clinical neurology. Physiotherapy has face validity as a treatment for such symptoms and, anecdotally, referral of ...
Multiple pathological mechanisms are involved in the development of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neurotoxicity (CIPN). Recent work has provided insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying ...
Seven patients with subdural empyema were initially treated by antibiotics without surgery. Six have recovered without sequelae. One required delayed surgery and has recovered with epilepsy. The ...
Background The diagnostic value of new criteria of the European Academy of Neurology/Peripheral Nerve Society (EAN/PNS) for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is unknown. Methods ...
Parkinson’s disease seems to occur more commonly in men than women based primarily on studies of death rates and prevalence. In recent years, several population based incidence studies of Parkinson’s ...
OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy, tolerability, and impact on quality of life and cognitive functioning of anticonvulsant prophylaxis with phenytoin or sodium valproate in patients after craniotomy ...
The objective of this study was to determine the integrity of the homoeostatic coupling relationship between neuronal electrical function and cerebral metabolism in the vegetative and minimally ...
Background: The high pressures documented in the intracranial venous sinuses in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) could be the result of focal stenotic lesions in the lateral sinuses ...
OBJECTIVES To study the availability of neurosurgical intensive care for the traumatically brain injured in all 36 neurosurgical centres in the United Kingdom and Ireland receiving head injuries, the ...
Introduction Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a severe inflammatory disease in the central nervous system (CNS). It mostly affects the optic nerve and spinal cord, but a brain lesion ...