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Latest Full Text Articles (36) Focus on Neurodegenerative Diseases521 Autoantibody-Mediated Dysfunction of Sympathetic Neurons in Guillain-Barré Syndrome Full Text JAMA Neurology, February 18, 2010
522 Reference values for quantitative sensory testing in children and adolescents: Developmental and gender differences of somatosensory perception Pain, February 10, 2010
523 Minimizing the source of nociception and its concurrent effect on sensory hypersensitivity: An exploratory study in chronic whiplash patients Full Text BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, February 10, 2010
524 Serotonin release and uptake in the gastrointestinal tract Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical, February 2, 2010
525 Effect of prism adaptation on left dichotic listening deficit in neglect patients: glasses to hear better Full Text Brain, February 1, 2010
526 Multifunctional mechanosensitive neurons in the enteric nervous system Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical, January 29, 2010
527 Functional brain abnormalities localized in 55 chronic tinnitus patients: fusion of SPECT coincidence imaging and MRI Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, January 28, 2010
528 Structure–function relationship of sensory endings in the gut and bladder Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical, January 27, 2010
529 Peripheral relays in stress-induced activation of visceral afferents in the gut Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical, January 26, 2010
530 Ascorbic acid prevents blood–brain barrier disruption and sensory deficit caused by sustained compression of primary somatosensory cortex Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, January 25, 2010
531 The natural history of untreated sporadic vestibular schwannomas: a comprehensive review of hearing outcomes Journal of Neurosurgery, January 19, 2010
532 A Case of Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus With Oculomotor Nerve Palsy Full Text Journal of Neurological Sciences (Turkish), January 15, 2010
533 Early transformations in odor representation Trends in Neurosciences, January 13, 2010
534 Dorsal Sural Nerve Conduction Study in Early Diabetic Polyneuropathy Patients and Relationship of Adiponectin and High Sensitive-C Reactive Protein Levels Full Text Journal of Neurological Sciences (Turkish), January 7, 2010
535 The affective and cognitive processing of touch, oral texture, and temperature in the brain Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, December 23, 2009
536 Reliability of intraoral quantitative sensory testing (QST) Pain, December 22, 2009
537 Thermoreceptors and thermosensitive afferents Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, December 22, 2009
538 Quantitative assessment of pleasant touch Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, December 22, 2009
539 Non-audiofacial morbidity after Gamma Knife surgery for vestibular schwannoma Full Text Neurosurgical Focus, December 17, 2009
540 Evaluation of hearing function after Gamma Knife surgery of vestibular schwannomas Full Text Neurosurgical Focus, December 16, 2009
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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Last month's top read Top Articles of 20121 Efficacy of Early Physical Therapy in Severe Bells Palsy: A Randomized Controlled Trial Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, April 23, 2013 Review Article
2 Pediatric sudden sensorineural hearing loss: Diagnosed causes and response to intervention International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology , April 8, 2013 Review Article
3 Motor nerve impairment in diabetic patients with symmetrical distal sensory polyneuropathy: A single nerve fiber conduction velocity study Muscle & Nerve, April 29, 2013 Review Article
4 A sensorimotor stimulation program for rehabilitation of chronic stroke patients Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, April 10, 2013
5 Alpha-synuclein promotes early neurite outgrowth in cultured primary neurons Journal of Neural Transmission, March 13, 2013 Review Article
6 Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation Improves Arm Position Sense in Spatial Neglect: A Sham-Stimulation-Controlled Study Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, March 1, 2013 Review Article
7 Sensory chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: An under-recognized entity Muscle & Nerve, March 11, 2013 Review Article
8 Neural correlates of dual-task practice benefit on motor learning: a repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation study European Journal of Neuroscience, April 3, 2013 Review Article
9 Effectiveness of Systemic High-Dose Dexamethasone Therapy for Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss Audiology and Neurotology, March 7, 2013
10 5-HTTLPR Polymorphism Modulates Neural Mechanisms of Negative Self-Reflection Cerebral Cortex, April 17, 2013 Review Article
11 Patient-Reported Measures Provide Unique Insights Into Motor Function After Stroke Stroke, April 15, 2013 Review Article
12 Aristotles illusion reveals interdigit functional somatosensory alterations in focal hand dystonia Brain, February 25, 2013 Review Article
13 Scalp Dysesthesia Related to Cervical Spine Disease Scalp Dysesthesia and Cervical Spine Disease JAMA Dermatology, January 15, 2013
14 Action-effect binding is decreased in motor conversion disorder: Implications for sense of agency Movement Disorders, April 4, 2013 Review Article
15 Standardized tinnitus-specific individual cognitive-behavioral therapy: A controlled outcome study with 286 tinnitus patients Hearing Research , March 21, 2013 Review Article
16 Both the cutaneous sensation and phosphene perception are modulated in a frequency-specific manner during transcranial alternating current stimulation Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, April 3, 2013 Review Article
17 The crucial role of the predictability of motor response in visuomotor deficits in very preterm children at school age Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, March 19, 2013 Review Article
18 The contribution of light touch sensory cues to corrective reactions during treadmill locomotion Experimental Brain Research, March 22, 2013 Review Article
19 Primary Progressive Aphasia With Motor Neuron Disease: A Case Report Journal of Neurological Sciences (Turkish), June 15, 2012 Free full text
20 Peptidergic CGRPα Primary Sensory Neurons Encode Heat and Itch and Tonically Suppress Sensitivity to Cold Neuron, April 10, 2013 Review Article
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