JNS-cover.jpgJournal of Neurological Sciences

Vol 376 | 15 May 2017 | Pages 1-260

Review Articles

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Muscle strength and power in persons with multiple sclerosis – A systematic review and meta-analysis

MLK Jørgensen, U Dalgas, I Wens, LG Hvid


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Role of inflammatory molecules in the Alzheimer's disease progression and diagnosis

Eva Bagyinszky, Vo Van Giau, Kyuhwan Shim, Kyoungho Suk, Seong Soo A. An, SangYun Kim

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.03.031
  • p242–254
  • Published online: March 21, 2017
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Two decades of glatiramer acetate: From initial discovery to the current development of generics

Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, Kavita V. Nair, Joseph L. Glajch, Tanmoy C. Ganguly, Daniel Kantor

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.03.030
  • p255–259
  • Published online: March 21, 2017
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Basic Research Papers

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T2 relaxometry helps prognosticate seizure outcome in patients with solitary cerebral cysticercosis

Aaron de Souza, Atchayaram Nalini, Jitender Saini, Kandavel Thennarasu

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.02.052
  • p1–6
  • Published online: February 28, 2017
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Neuroimaging findings in Joubert syndrome with C5orf42 gene mutations: A milder form of molar tooth sign and vermian hypoplasia

Mikako Enokizono, Noriko Aida, Tetsu Niwa, Hitoshi Osaka, Takuya Naruto, Kenji Kurosawa, Chihiro Ohba, Toshifumi Suzuki, Hirotomo Saitsu, Tomohide Goto, Naomichi Matsumoto

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.02.065
  • p7–12
  • Published online: March 1, 2017
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Screening for cognitive and behavioural impairment in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Frequency of abnormality and effect on survival

Zhouwei Xu, Ashwag Rafea S. Alruwaili, Robert David Henderson, Pamela Ann McCombe


Age, sex, and race/ethnic temporal trends in metabolic syndrome prevalence among individuals with myocardial infarction or stroke in the United States

Alain Lekoubou, Bruce Ovbiagele, Daniela Markovic, Nerses Sanossian, Amytis Towfighi


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Quantitative biomechanical assessment of trunk control in Huntington's disease reveals more impairment in static than dynamic tasks

Deb A. Kegelmeyer, Sandra K. Kostyk, Nora E. Fritz, Marianne M. Fiumedora, Ajit Chaudhari, Marilly Palettas, Gregory Young, Anne D. Kloos

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.02.054
  • p29–34
  • Published online: February 24, 2017
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Sleep patterns in villagers and urban African volunteers in a humid tropical climate: Influence of accessibility to electric light?

Alain Buguet, Pascal Bogui, Stéphane Picot, Raymond Cespuglio

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.02.064
  • p44–48
  • Published online: March 1, 2017
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Clinical and quantitative analysis of patients with crowned dens syndrome

Teruyuki Takahashi, Masato Tamura, Toshiaki Takasu, Satoshi Kamei

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.02.050
  • p52–59
  • Published online: February 26, 2017
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Kynurenic acid and its analogue can alter the opioid receptor G-protein signaling after acute treatment via NMDA receptor in rat cortex and striatum

Reza Samavati, Ferenc Zádor, Edina Szűcs, Bernadett Tuka, Diána Martos, Gábor Veres, Róbert Gáspár, István M. Mándity, Ferenc Fülöp, László Vécsei, Sándor Benyhe, Anna Borsodi

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.02.053
  • p63–70
  • Published online: February 28, 2017
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Combined evaluation of personality, risk and coping in MS patients: A step towards individualized treatment choice – The PeRiCoMS-Study I

G. Bsteh, E. Monz, L. Zamarian, S. Hagspiel, H. Hegen, M. Auer, S. Wurth, F. Di Pauli, F. Deisenhammer, T. Berger


Greater healthcare utilization and costs among Black persons compared to White persons with aphasia in the North Carolina stroke belt

Charles Ellis, Rose Y. Hardy, Richard C. Lindrooth

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.02.062
  • p76–83
  • Published online: March 1, 2017
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Multicenter observational study of abobotulinumtoxinA neurotoxin in cervical dystonia: The ANCHOR-CD registry

Richard M. Trosch, Alberto J. Espay, Daniel Truong, Ramon Gil, Carlos Singer, Peter A. LeWitt, Mark F. Lew, Michele Tagliati, Charles H. Adler, Jack J. Chen, Dominic Marchese, Cynthia L. Comella


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Transcranial color-coded sonography of vertebral artery for diagnosis of right-to-left shunts

Teppei Komatsu, Yuka Terasawa, Ayumi Arai, Kenichi Sakuta, Hidetaka Mitsumura, Yasuyuki Iguchi

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.03.012
  • p97–101
  • Published online: March 9, 2017
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Delays in door-to-needle time for acute ischemic stroke in the emergency department: A comprehensive stroke center experience

Ashkan Mowla, Jordan Doyle, Navdeep S. Lail, Hamidreza Rajabzadeh-Oghaz, Christopher Deline, Peyman Shirani, Marilou Ching, Annemarie Crumlish, Deborah A. Steck, David Janicke, Elad I. Levy, Robert N. Sawyer

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.03.003
  • p102–105
  • Published online: March 4, 2017
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High on treatment platelet reactivity to aspirin and clopidogrel in ischemic stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Aidonio Fiolaki, Aristeidis H Katsanos, Athanassios P Kyritsis, Styliani Papadaki, Maria Kosmidou, Iraklis C Moschonas, Alexandros D. Tselepis, Sotirios Giannopoulos


Cefepime-induced encephalopathy in end-stage renal disease patients

Ryo Nakagawa, Kenichiro Sato, Yoshikazu Uesaka, Takashi Mitsuki, Kanya Kondo, Atsushi Wake, Yoshifumi Ubara, Mami Kanzaki

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.03.018
  • p123–128
  • Published online: March 15, 2017
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Assessment of 'on-treatment platelet reactivity' and relationship with cerebral micro-embolic signals in asymptomatic and symptomatic carotid stenosis

Justin A Kinsella, W Oliver Tobin, Sean Tierney, Timothy M Feeley, Bridget Egan, Tara Coughlan, D Ronan Collins, Desmond O'Neill, Joseph A Harbison, Colin P Doherty, Prakash Madhavan, Dermot J Moore, Sean M O'Neill, Mary-Paula Colgan, Maher Saqqur, Raymond P Murphy, Niamh Moran, George Hamilton, Dominick J H McCabe

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.03.015
  • p133–139
  • Published online: March 13, 2017
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A comprehensive analysis of the relationship between ACA velocities and ACA infarction following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

Michael Moussouttas, Jocelyn Cheng, Joseph Antonakakis, Ameesh Patel, Maria Iuanow

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.03.024
  • p143–150
  • Published online: March 18, 2017
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A reappraisal of diagnostic tests for myasthenia gravis in a large Asian cohort

Yew Long Lo, Raymond P Najjar, Kelvin Y Teo, Sharon L Tow, Jing Liang Loo, Dan Milea

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.03.016
  • p153–158
  • Published online: March 13, 2017
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Global brain atrophy and metabolic dysfunction in LGI1 encephalitis: A prospective multimodal MRI study

Monika Szots, Morten Blaabjerg, Gergely Orsi, Pernille Iversen, Daniel Kondziella, Camilla G. Madsen, Ellen Garde, Peter O. Magnusson, Peter Barsi, Ferenc Nagy, Hartwig R. Siebner, Zsolt Illes


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Sigma-1 receptor in brain ischemia/reperfusion: Possible role in the NR2A-induced pathway to regulate brain-derived neurotrophic factor

Qian Xu, Xue-Fei Ji, Tian-Yan Chi, Peng Liu, Ge Jin, Ling Chen, Li-Bo Zou

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.03.027
  • p166–175
  • Published online: March 19, 2017
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Relationship between serum uric acid and ischemic stroke in a large type 2 diabetes population in China: A cross-sectional study

Lijun Wang, Wei Hu, Dandan Miao, Qin Zhang, Chuang Wang, Enchun Pan, Ming Wu


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Benefit-risk perception of natalizumab therapy in neurologists and a large cohort of multiple sclerosis patients

Christoph Heesen, Ingo Kleiter, Sven G. Meuth, Julia Krämer, Jürgen Kasper, Sascha Köpke, Wolfgang Gaissmaier


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Duration of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in cryptogenic stroke is not associated with stroke severity and early outcomes

Chrissoula Liantinioti, Konstantinos Tympas, Aristeidis H. Katsanos, John Parissis, Maria Chondrogianni, Christina Zompola, Georgios Papadimitropoulos, Michael Ioakeimidis, Sokratis Triantafyllou, Andromaxi Roussopoulou, Konstantinos Voumvourakis, John Lekakis, Gerasimos Filippatos, Leonidas Stefanis, Georgios Tsivgoulis

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.03.038
  • p191–195
  • Published online: March 23, 2017
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An analysis of prognostic factors after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy placement in Japanese patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Kazuaki Nagashima, Natsumi Furuta, Kouki Makioka, Yukio Fujita, Masaki Ikeda, Yoshio Ikeda

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.03.029
  • p202–205
  • Published online: March 21, 2017
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Permeability surface area product analysis in malignant brain edema prediction – A pilot study

O. Volny, P. Cimflova, T.-Y. Lee, B.K. Menon, C.D. d'Esterre

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.03.035
  • p206–210
  • Published online: March 23, 2017
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Association between PTGS1 polymorphisms and functional outcomes in Chinese patients with stroke during aspirin therapy: Interaction with smoking

Huan Cai, Biyang Cai, Lingli Sun, Hao Zhang, Shuyu Zhou, Liping Cao, Hongquan Guo, Wen Sun, Bernard Yan, Stephen M. Davis, Zhizhong Zhang, Xinfeng Liu


Short-term outcome of functional integrity of the auditory brainstem in term infants who suffer perinatal asphyxia

Ze D. Jiang, Cao Chen

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.03.036
  • p219–224
  • Published online: March 22, 2017
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Clinical Short Communications

Usefulness of Ilae 2010 classification in Mexican epilepsy patients

Ildefonso Rodríguez Leyva, Juan Francisco Hernández Gómez, Fernando Cortés Enríquez, Juan Francisco Hernández Sierra

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.02.060
  • p13–15
  • Published online: February 28, 2017
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Opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia associated with West Nile virus infection: A dramatic presentation with benign prognosis?

Roy Zaltzman, Colin Klein, Carlos R. Gordon


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TPK1 mutation induced childhood onset idiopathic generalized dystonia: Report of a rare mutation and effect of deep brain stimulation

Abhimanyu Mahajan, Christos Sidiropoulos

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.02.063
  • p42–43
  • Published online: March 1, 2017
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Sequential NAION presenting as pseudo Foster Kennedy syndrome

Anuja Patil, Aastha Takkar, Manoj Goyal, Ramandeep Singh, Vivek Lal

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.02.002
  • p49–51
  • Published online: February 2, 2017
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Systemic air embolism after endoscopy without vessel injury – A summary of reported cases

Peter Voigt, Stefan Schob, Sebastian Gottschling, Thomas Kahn, Alexey Surov

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.03.009
  • p93–96
  • Published online: March 9, 2017
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Apraclonidine in the treatment of ptosis

Subhashie Wijemanne, Dhanya Vijayakumar, Joseph Jankovic

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.03.025
  • p129–132
  • Published online: March 18, 2017
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Xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group F: A rare cause of cerebellar ataxia with chorea

G Carré, C Marelli, M Anheim, C Geny, M Renaud, HR Rezvani, M Koenig, C Guissart, C Tranchant

 

Letters to the Editor

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A unique case of dysferlinopathy with a large-segment duplication mutation who experienced rapid deterioration after small-dosage corticosteroid treatment

Li Di, Yuqing Guan, Xin-Ming Shen, Yuwei Da

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.02.059
  • p35–37
  • Published online: February 26, 2017
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Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 presenting with parkinsonism, pre-synaptic dopaminergic dysfunction and hyperechogenicity of the substantia nigra

José Luiz Pedroso, Guilherme de Carvalho Campos-Neto, Danielli Souza Speciali, Orlando G. Barsottini, Edson Bor-Seng-Shu, André C. Felicio


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A case of superior sagittal sinus intracranial dural arteriovenous fistula mimicking corticobasal syndrome

Kei-ichiro Takase, Shoji Matsumoto, Hidehisa Nishi, Ichiro Nakahara

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.03.004
  • p91–92
  • Published online: March 8, 2017
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Saccadic hypermetria on abduction of the ipsilesional eye in internuclear ophthalmoplegia

Hyung Lee, Hyun Ah Kim


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Facial diplegia resembling bilateral Ramsay Hunt Syndrome

Simone Marziali, Eliseo Picchi, Francesca Di Giuliano, Antonio Pisani, Nicola Biagio Mercuri, Roberto Floris, Maria Albanese

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.03.011
  • p109–111
  • Published online: March 9, 2017
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Phenotypic spectrum of DARS2 mutations

Josef Finsterer, Sinda Zarrouk-Mahjoub

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.03.006
  • p117–118
  • Published online: March 8, 2017
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Novel missense variant of CACNA1A gene: A case report of a family with episodic ataxia type 2

Štefan Sivák, Egon Kurča, Adriána Krajčiová, Martina Hikkelová, Juraj Šimko, Nadežda Mišovicová, Ema Kantorová, Monika Turčanová-Koprušáková, Tatiana Burjanivová, Daniel Čierny, Vladimír Nosál'

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.03.008
  • p119–120
  • Published online: March 10, 2017
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Hemiageusia caused by ipsilateral rostral midbrain infarction

Kelly Lim, Sun-Wung Hsieh, Poyin Huang

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.03.017
  • p121–122
  • Published online: March 13, 2017
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Gelastic seizures caused by subtle focal cortical dysplasia in the inferior frontal gyrus: Three case reports

Yongji Zhou, Lujia Zhu, Bo Jin, Xiaohua Wu, Meiping Ding, Shuang Wang

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.03.005
  • p140–142
  • Published online: March 8, 2017
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Extending the aceruloplasminemia phenotype: NBIA on imaging and acanthocytosis, yet only minor neurological findings

Rebecca Kassubek, Ingo Uttner, Carlos Schönfeldt-Lecuona, Jan Kassubek, Bernhard J. Connemann

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.03.019
  • p151–152
  • Published online: March 18, 2017
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Transient global amnesia: The cerebral Takotsubo?

Josef Finsterer, Claudia Stöllberger

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.03.041
  • p196–197
  • Published online: March 23, 2017
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Head drop in Parkinson's disease complicated by myasthenia gravis and myopathy

Elliot J. Hogg, Richard A. Lewis, Serguei Bannykh, Michele Tagliati

  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.03.026
  • p216–218
  • Published online: March 18, 2017
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