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A stroke mimic; focal neurological deficits in benign hereditary chorea?
Conclusion
This case highlights the difficulties in assessing patients with new focal neurological symptoms in the presence of known, pre existing, neurological disease. It also serves to highlight how often erroneously progressive weakness is mislabelled as a ‘stroke’. Neurologists working together with acute physicians in liaison posts in MAU, provides a unique opportunity to improve overall recognition of neurological disease, and for patients potentially provides a more timely diagnostic work–up and the opportunity for early treatment.
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - October 9, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Maw, K., Johnston, J., Rowntree, C., Kalhan, A. Tags: Immunology (including allergy), Headache (including migraine), Movement disorders (other than Parkinsons), Neurooncology, Pain (neurology), Stroke, CNS cancer, Neuropathology, Radiology, Surgical diagnostic tests, Surgical oncology Association of Britis Source Type: research
Anxiety in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: Risk Factors and Effects on Functional Status
Conclusion: Depressive symptoms are the major correlates of PSA while more severe PSA is associated with poorer ADL and health-related QOL. Acute lesions involving CHWM may correlate with PSA in ischemic stroke patients with mild-to-moderate neurologic deficits, supporting a lesion-location hypothesis in PSA.IntroductionAnxiety is prevalent after stroke and occurs in about one-quarter of stroke survivors (1, 2). Poststroke anxiety (PSA) may have a negative impact on quality of life (QOL) of stroke survivors, affecting their rehabilitation (3). Furthermore, one prospective study found that severe anxiety symptoms were assoc...
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - April 16, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
A Hallmark Clinical Study of Cord Blood Therapy in Adults with Ischemic Stroke.
Abstract
The therapeutic application of human umbilical cord blood cells has been an area of great interest for at least the last 25 years. Currently, cord blood cells are approved for reconstitution of the bone marrow following myeloablation in both young and old patients with myeloid malignancies and other blood cancers. Translational studies investigating alternative uses of cord blood have also shown that these cells not only stimulate neurogenesis in the aged brain but are also potentially therapeutic in the treatment of adult neurodegenerative disorders including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer's di...
Source: Cell Transplantation - June 10, 2019 Category: Cytology Authors: Sanberg PR, Ehrhart J Tags: Cell Transplant Source Type: research
Neurosurgery researchers receive NIH grants to study Parkinson's, stroke, & brain cancer
(University Hospitals Case Medical Center) Researchers from the Department of Neurological Surgery at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Case Medical Center recently received multi-year, multi-million dollar grants from the National Institutes of Health for studies in Parkinson's disease, stroke, and brain cancer.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 7, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
The Outcome of Status Epilepticus and Long-Term Follow-Up
Conclusion: This study highlights the importance of regular care and patient follow-up.
Introduction
Status epilepticus (SE) is a condition and most extreme form of epilepsy (1), which leads to abnormal and prolonged seizure (at least 5 min). In case SE persists over 30 min, it may have severe long-term consequences (2). Referring to the new classification scheme of SE, there are two operational dimensions of the definition: time point 1 (T1) is associated with abnormally prolonged seizure, when therapy should be initiated, while time point 2 (T2) is related to the time of on-going seizure activity involving a risk...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - April 25, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
Effects of Neurotrophic Factors in Glial Cells in the Central Nervous System: Expression and Properties in Neurodegeneration and Injury
Conclusion and Future Aspects
This review summarizes available NTF expression data, compiles existing evidence on the effects of glial NTF signaling in healthy conditions and in disease models (Figure 1), and highlights the importance of this topic for future studies. The relationship between NTFs and glia is crucial for both the developing and adult brain. While some of these factors, such as NT-3 and CNTF, have highly potent effects on gliogenesis, others like BDNF and GDNF, are important for glia-mediated synapse formation.
Neurotrophic factors play significant roles during neurodegenerative disorders. In many cases, ...
Source: Frontiers in Physiology - April 25, 2019 Category: Physiology Source Type: research
Functional MRI of Letter Cancellation Task Performance in Older Adults
Conclusion
The present work is the first to identify neural correlates of the LCT using fMRI and tablet technology in a healthy aging population. Across all ages, the activation was found to be bilateral, including in the cerebellum, superior temporal lobe, precentral gyrus, frontal gyrus, and various occipital and parietal areas. With increasing age, performance generally decreased and brain activity was reduced in the supplementary motor area, middle and inferior frontal gyrus, middle occipital gyrus, putamen and cerebellum. Better LCT performance was correlated with increased activity in the middle frontal gyrus, and r...
Source: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience - April 15, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research
Modifiable Lifestyle Factors and Cognitive Function in Older People: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study
Conclusions: Lifestyle factors, such as physical activity, sleep, and social activity appear to be associated with cognitive function among older people. Physical activity and appropriate durations of sleep and conversation are important for cognitive function.
Introduction
Dementia is a major public health issue worldwide, with a serious burden for patients, caregivers, and society, as well as substantial economic impacts (1). Although the prevalence of late-life cognitive impairment and dementia are expected to increase in future, effective disease-modifying treatments are currently unavailable. Therefore, unders...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - April 23, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
UCLA study shows promise, offers hope for brain hemorrhage patients
A new endoscopic surgical procedure has been shown to be safer and to result in better outcomes than the current standard medical treatment for patients who suffer strokes as a result of brain hemorrhages, UCLA neurosurgeons have announced.
The findings from their potentially groundbreaking, randomized, controlled phase 2 clinical trial, which was conducted at multiple medical centers, were presented last week at the International Stroke Conference in Honolulu.
"These exciting results offer a glimmer of hope for a condition that most doctors have traditionally considered hopeless," said principal investigator...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - February 11, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Global, regional, and national burden of neurological disorders during 1990 –2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
Publication date: Available online 17 September 2017 Source:The Lancet Neurology Author(s): GBD 2015 Neurological Disorders Collaborator GroupValery LFeiginAmanuel AlemuAbajobirKalkidan HassenAbateFoadAbd-AllahAbdishakur MAbdulleSemaw FeredeAberaGebre YitayihAbyuMuktar BeshirAhmedAmani NidhalAichourIbtihelAichourMiloud Taki EddineAichourRufus OlusolaAkinyemiSamerAlabedRajaaAl-RaddadiNelsonAlvis-GuzmanAzmeraw T.AmareHosseinAnsariPalwashaAnwariJohanÄrnlövHamidAsayeshSolomon WeldegebrealAsgedomTesfay MehariAteyLeticiaAvila-BurgosEuripideFrinelG. ArthurAvokpahoAleksandraBaracMiguelBarbozaSuzanne LBarker-ColloTillBärnighaus...
Source: The Lancet Neurology - September 19, 2017 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
Global, regional, and national burden of neurological disorders, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
Publication date: Available online 14 March 2019Source: The Lancet NeurologyAuthor(s): Valery L Feigin, Emma Nichols, Tahiya Alam, Marlena S Bannick, Ettore Beghi, Natacha Blake, William J Culpepper, E Ray Dorsey, Alexis Elbaz, Richard G Ellenbogen, James L Fisher, Christina Fitzmaurice, Giorgia Giussani, Linda Glennie, Spencer L James, Catherine Owens Johnson, Nicholas J Kassebaum, Giancarlo Logroscino, Benoît Marin, W Cliff Mountjoy-VenningSummaryBackgroundNeurological disorders are increasingly recognised as major causes of death and disability worldwide. The aim of this analysis from the Global Burden of Diseases, Inj...
Source: The Lancet Neurology - March 16, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
Stem Cells for Cell-Based Therapies
The world of stem cells
We know the human body comprises many cell types (e.g., blood cells, skin cells, cervical cells), but we often forget to appreciate that all of these different cell types arose from a single cell—the fertilized egg. A host of sequential, awe-inspiring events occur between the fertilization of an egg and the formation of a new individual:
Embryonic stem (ES) cells are also called totipotent cells.
The first steps involve making more cells by simple cell division: one cell becomes two cells; two cells become four cells, etc.
Each cell of early development is undifferentiated; that is, it is...
Source: ActionBioscience - December 28, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Ali Hochberg Source Type: news
Statins in neurological disorders: An overview and update
Publication date: October 2014 Source:Pharmacological Research, Volume 88 Author(s): Anna Maria Malfitano , Giuseppe Marasco , Maria Chiara Proto , Chiara Laezza , Patrizia Gazzerro , Maurizio Bifulco Statins have, at present, the potential to provide a new therapeutic target for various neurological diseases. It is well established that statins reduce cholesterol levels and prevent coronary heart disease. Moreover, evidence suggest that statins have additional properties such as endothelial protection via action on the nitric oxide synthase system as well as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-platelet effects. Thes...
Source: Pharmacological Research - November 6, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
