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What’s your first-line option for current Neurology information? MDLinx Neurology! Where else but MDLinx Neurology will you find subspecialty coverage of articles published on dementia, headache, movement disorders, neurologic oncology, neurosensory disorders, neurosurgery, pain medicine, pediatric neurology, sleep, spine and more? Also discover the latest clinical pearls from the Smartest Neurologist daily quiz competition and Neurology Physician Review. In less than five minutes a day, you can skim the summaries of pertinent articles within 24 hours of publication. Do you need the 2-minute update? Skip to the highlights from our physician editor, D. Scott Cunningham, MD, PhD, for the “can’t miss” summaries on hot topics in neurology and related subspecialties.
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Latest Full Text Articles (36) Focus on Inflammatory Diseases421 Abnormal modulation of electrodermal activity by thermoalgesic stimuli in patients with primary palmar hyperhidrosis (PPH) Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, October 15, 2010
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Sitting-up vertigo and trunk retropulsion in patients with benign positional vertigo but without positional nystagmus
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, October 15, 2010
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423 Sensorineural Hearing Loss: An Underdiagnosed Complication of Kawasaki Disease JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, October 11, 2010
424 Acute paresthesia in a patient with migraine Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, October 11, 2010
425 Thrombopoietin protects the brain and improves sensorimotor functions: reduction of stroke-induced MMP-9 upregulation and blood–brain barrier injury Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, October 5, 2010
426 Neural dynamics of attending and ignoring in human auditory cortex Neuropsychologia, September 22, 2010
427 Olfactory dysfunction in narcolepsy with cataplexy Sleep Medicine, September 21, 2010
428 The role of the mediodorsal thalamic nucleus in human olfaction Neurocase: The Neural Basis of Cognition, September 17, 2010
429 Clinicopathological features of acute autonomic and sensory neuropathy Full Text Brain, September 17, 2010
430 Implicit awareness in anosognosia for hemiplegia: unconscious interference without conscious re-representation Full Text Brain, September 17, 2010
431 Influences of intra- and crossmodal grouping on visual and tactile Ternus apparent motion Brain Research, September 14, 2010
432 Sensory neuropathies, from symptoms to treatment Current Opinion in Neurology, September 10, 2010
433 Clinicopathological features of acute autonomic and sensory neuropathy Brain, September 2, 2010
434 Sensory system function and postural stability in men aged 30-80 years The Aging Male, August 30, 2010
435 Sensory disinhibition on passive movement in cervical dystonia Movement Disorders, August 30, 2010
436 Voxel-based morphometry depicts central compensation after vestibular neuritis Annals of Neurology , August 24, 2010
437 Operculo-insular pain (parasylvian pain): a distinct central pain syndrome Brain, August 24, 2010
438 Electrophysiological assessment of polyneuropathic involvement in rheumatoid arthritis: relationships among demographic, clinical and laboratory findings Neurological Research, August 24, 2010
439 Brain Stimulation: New Vistas for the Exploration and Treatment of Tinnitus CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics, August 16, 2010
440 Acetylcholine as an age-dependent non-neuronal source in the heart Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical, August 13, 2010
Clinical Pearls in Neurology
- Light-to-moderate alcohol consumption may be associated with a reduced risk of incident overall dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease
- 3 months’ topiramate therapy for migraine prophylaxis decreases waist circumference, abdominal skinfold measurements, and body fat ratio
- For individuals with epilepsy, the risk having a broadly defined psychotic disorder is increased by 5.5-fold. The risk of having bipolar disorder is increased by 6.3-fold, and of having schizophrenia increases by 8.5-fold
Highlights in Neurology
Trans fat intake increases risk of ischemic stroke
In a study involving 87,025 postmenopausal women in the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study, there were 1049 incident cases of ischemic stroke over 663,041 person-years of follow-up. Women in the highest quintile of trans fat intake were at increased risk of ischemic stroke (HR = 1.39) compared with women in the lowest quintile of trans fat intake. Aspirin use modulated the effect of trans fats; ASA users and ASA non-users had HRs for ischemic stroke of 0.95 and 1.66, respectively. Saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fat intake were not associated with ischemic stroke.
Read the article summaryNew risk factors for chronic migraine identified
As published in the Journal of Neurological Sciences, increase tea consumption (> 4 cups/d), and diet consisting of hot and spicy foods, and weight gain increase the likelihood of chronicity in patients with episodic migraines. During a 12-month prospective study involving 188 patients with episodic migraines, 17.7% developed chronic, daily migraines. Other risk factors included low education, a high frequency of headaches, headaches of long duration, allodynia, and increased symptomatic treatment of headaches.
Read the article summaryGinsenoside-Rd improves outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke
In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, the calcium channel antagonist, ginsenoside-Rd, has been shown to improve functional outcomes in patients (n=386) with acute ischemic strokes. The patients received a 14-day infusion of ginsenoside-Rd within 72 hours of stroke onset. The National Institutes of Health Stroke Score was improved at 15 days and the modified Rankin score was improved at 90 days (OR = 1.74).
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