Skip to main content

Articles

1529 result(s) for 'neurology impact factor' within BMC Neurology

Page 21 of 31

  1. Many patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) lead a sedentary lifestyle. Promotion of physical activities may beneficially affect the clinical presentation of PD, and perhaps even modify the course of PD. Howev...

    Authors: Marlies van Nimwegen, Arlène D Speelman, Katrijn Smulders, Sebastiaan Overeem, George F Borm, Frank JG Backx, Bastiaan R Bloem and Marten Munneke
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2010 10:70
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  2. Recent preclinical studies have shown that regulatory T cells (Treg) play a key role in the immune response after ischemic stroke (IS). However, the role of Treg in human acute IS has been poorly investigated....

    Authors: María Santamaría-Cadavid, Emilio Rodríguez-Castro, Manuel Rodríguez-Yáñez, Susana Arias-Rivas, Iria López-Dequidt, María Pérez-Mato, Manuel Rodríguez-Pérez, Ignacio López-Loureiro, Pablo Hervella, Francisco Campos, José Castillo, Ramón Iglesias-Rey and Tomás Sobrino
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2020 20:68
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. Cerebral palsy (CP) results from a static brain lesion during pregnancy or early life and remains the most common cause of physical disability in children (1 in 500). While the brain lesion is static, the phys...

    Authors: Roslyn N Boyd, Rachel Jordan, Laura Pareezer, Anne Moodie, Christine Finn, Belinda Luther, Evyn Arnfield, Aaron Pym, Alex Craven, Paula Beall, Kelly Weir, Megan Kentish, Meredith Wynter, Robert Ware, Michael Fahey, Barry Rawicki…
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2013 13:57
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  4. In the context of an epidemiologic transition in South Africa, in which cardiovascular disease is increasing, little is known about the stroke burden, particularly morbidity in rural populations. Risk factors ...

    Authors: Mandy Maredza, Melanie Y Bertram and Stephen M Tollman
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2015 15:54
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  5. Functional biomarkers able to identify multiple sclerosis (MS) patients at high risk of fast disability progression are lacking. The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of multimodal (upper and lower...

    Authors: Xavier Giffroy, Nathalie Maes, Adelin Albert, Pierre Maquet, Jean-Michel Crielaard and Dominique Dive
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:83
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  6. Continuous spike and wave of sleep with encephalopathy (CSWS) is a rare and severe developmental electroclinical epileptic encephalopathy characterized by seizures, abundant sleep activated interictal epilepti...

    Authors: S. M. Stoyell, B. S. Baxter, J. McLaren, H. Kwon, D. M. Chinappen, L. Ostrowski, L. Zhu, J. A. Grieco, M. A. Kramer, A. K. Morgan, B. C. Emerton, D. S. Manoach and C. J. Chu
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2021 21:355
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  7. Falls are a common complication of Parkinson’s disease. There is a need for new therapeutic options to target this debilitating aspect of the disease. Cholinergic deficit has been shown to contribute to both g...

    Authors: S. Neumann, J. Taylor, A. Bamford, C. Metcalfe, D. M. Gaunt, A. Whone, D. Steeds, S. R. Emmett, W. Hollingworth, Y. Ben-Shlomo and E. J. Henderson
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2021 21:422
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  8. Use of Botulinum toxin-A (BoNT-A) for treatment of upper limb spasticity in children with cerebral palsy has become routine clinical practice in many paediatric treatment centres worldwide. There is now high-l...

    Authors: Brian J Hoare, Christine Imms, Hyam Barry Rawicki and Leeanne Carey
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2010 10:58
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  9. Several systematic reviews have shown that additional exercise therapy has a positive effect on functional outcome after stroke. However, there is an urgent need for resource-efficient methods to augment rehab...

    Authors: Judith Vloothuis, Marijn Mulder, Rinske H M Nijland, Manin Konijnenbelt, Henry Mulder, Cees M P M Hertogh, Maurits van Tulder, Gert Kwakkel and Erwin van Wegen
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2015 15:193
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  10. Human hairy (not glabrous skin) is equipped with a subgroup of C-fibers, the C-tactile (CT) fibers. Those do not mediate pain but affective aspects of touch. CT-fiber-activation reduces experimental pain if th...

    Authors: Kathrin Habig, Gothje Lautenschläger, Hagen Maxeiner, Frank Birklein, Heidrun H. Krämer and Susann Seddigh
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2021 21:272
    Content type: Research Published on:

  11. Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is a painful and difficult to treat complication of acute herpes zoster. Current treatment options provide only partial relief and are often limited by poor tolerability. We evalua...

    Authors: Lynn R Webster, Marvin Tark, Richard Rauck, Jeffrey K Tobias and Geertrui F Vanhove
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2010 10:92
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  14. Recovery of walking ability is an important goal for patients poststroke, and a basic level of mobility is critical for an early discharge home. Caregiver-mediated exercises could be a resource-efficient strat...

    Authors: Marijn Mulder, Corien Nikamp, Rinske Nijland, Erwin van Wegen, Erik Prinsen, Judith Vloothuis, Jaap Buurke and Gert Kwakkel
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2022 22:29
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  15. Nosocomial infection (NI) control is an important issue in neurocritical care due to secondary brain damage and the increased morbidity and mortality of primary acute neurocritical care patients. The primary a...

    Authors: Vera Spatenkova, Ondrej Bradac, Daniela Fackova, Zdenka Bohunova and Petr Suchomel
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2018 18:23
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  16. Due to the preventive nature of disease-modifying therapies for multiple sclerosis, treatment success particularly depends on adherence to therapeutic regimens and patients’ perception of treatment efficacy. T...

    Authors: Uwe Klaus Zettl, Ulrike Bauer-Steinhusen, Thomas Glaser, Klaus Hechenbichler and Michael Hecker
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:181
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  17. Between 10 % to 48 % of patients develop delirium in acute phase of stroke. Delirium determinants and its association with other neuropsychiatric disturbances in stroke are poorly understood. The wildly accept...

    Authors: Elzbieta Klimiec, Tomasz Dziedzic, Katarzyna Kowalska, Aleksandra Szyper, Joanna Pera, Paulina Potoczek, Agnieszka Slowik and Aleksandra Klimkowicz-Mrowiec
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2015 15:94
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  18. Pain in general and headache in particular are characterized by a change in activity in brain areas involved in pain processing. The therapeutic challenge is to identify drugs with molecular targets that resto...

    Authors: Andreas Straube, Bernhard Aicher, Bernd L Fiebich and Gunther Haag
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:43
    Content type: Review Published on:

  19. Parkinson’s disease (PD) and atypical parkinsonisms (APD) have overlapping symptoms challenging an early diagnosis. Diagnostic accuracy is important because PD and APD have different prognosis and response to ...

    Authors: Anna Santaella, H. Bea Kuiperij, Anouke van Rumund, Rianne A. J. Esselink, Alain J. van Gool, Bastiaan R. Bloem and Marcel M. Verbeek
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2020 20:26
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  20. Recurrent seizure risks in HIV-positive people with new-onset seizure are largely unknown, making it challenging to offer optimal recommendations regarding antiepileptic drug (AED) initiation. Existing outcome...

    Authors: Melissa A. Elafros, Brent A. Johnson, Omar K. Siddiqi, Jason F. Okulicz, Izukanji Sikazwe, Christopher M. Bositis, Michael J. Potchen, Igor J. Koralnik, William H. Theodore, Lisa Kalungwana and Gretchen L. Birbeck
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2018 18:201
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  21. Children diagnosed with spastic Cerebral Palsy (CP) often show perceptual and cognitive problems, which may contribute to their functional deficit. Here we investigated if altered ability to determine whether ...

    Authors: Anina Ritterband-Rosenbaum, Mark S Christensen, Mette Kliim-Due, Line Z Petersen, Betina Rasmussen and Jens B Nielsen
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:150
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. Non-invasive brain stimulation-related seizures or syncopal events are rare. However, we report on a syncopal event in a healthy female during a transcranial magnetic stimulation single-pulse testing session.

    Authors: Bernadette T. Gillick, Tonya Rich, Mo Chen and Gregg D. Meekins
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2015 15:248
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  23. The recruitment of collateral circulation correlates with a balance of the microvasculature. Uncertainty remains to be made about the association of leukoaraiosis with leptomeningeal collaterals. To explore th...

    Authors: Wang Chen, Yijie Qin, Shuna Yang, Lei Yang, Yutong Hou and Wenli Hu
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2023 23:212
    Content type: Research Published on:

  24. We investigated the potential associations between cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF) levels of phosphorylated tau (P-tau) and total tau (T-tau) with short-term response to cholinesterase inhibitor (ChEI) treatment, l...

    Authors: Carina Wattmo, Kaj Blennow and Oskar Hansson
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2020 20:10
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  25. Little is known about the rate of real-world inpatient rehabilitation therapy (IRT) after stroke. We aimed to determine the rate of inpatient rehabilitation therapy and its associated factors in patients who u...

    Authors: Shengde Li, Yixiu Lu, Shiyuan Fang, Longde Wang and Bin Peng
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2023 23:146
    Content type: Research Published on:

  26. Over 50% of patients with upper limb paresis resulting from stroke face long-term impaired arm function and ensuing disability in daily life. Unfortunately, the number of effective treatments aimed at improvin...

    Authors: Jeanine A Verbunt, Henk AM Seelen, Feljandro P Ramos, Bernard HM Michielsen, Wim L Wetzelaer and Martine Moennekens
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2008 8:7
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  27. Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a recurring inflammatory demyelinating disease that is commonly observed in Asian countries like China. Prior investigations have shown that mycophenolate mofe...

    Authors: Gong Li, Xiaoyu Ma, Lijuan Xia, Ran Wei, Xiran Wang, Cang Li, Yuge Wang, Limin He, Hao Ren, Jian Sun and Wei Qiu
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2023 23:444
    Content type: Research Published on:

  28. Sub-cortical vascular ischaemia is the second most common etiology contributing to cognitive impairment in older adults, and is frequently under-diagnosed and under-treated. Although evidence is mounting that ...

    Authors: Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Janice J Eng, Lara A Boyd, Claudia Jacova, Jennifer C Davis, Stirling Bryan, Philip Lee, Penny Brasher and Ging-Yuek R Hsiung
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2010 10:14
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  29. To describe the clinical phenotype of paroxysmal extreme pain disorder, an autosomal dominant condition in four members in one family with the mutation NM_002977.3:c.3892G > T (p.Val1298Phe) in the SCN9A gene. Cl...

    Authors: Adam Stępień, Daria Sałacińska, Jacek Staszewski, Marta Durka-Kęsy and Jan Dobrogowski
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2020 20:182
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  30. Current guidelines recommend measurement of troponin in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients. In AIS patients, troponin elevation is associated with increased mortality and worse outcome. However, uncertainty ...

    Authors: Christian H. Nolte, Regina von Rennenberg, Simon Litmeier, Jan F. Scheitz, David M. Leistner, Stephan Blankenberg, Martin Dichgans, Hugo Katus, Gabor C. Petzold, Burkert Pieske, Vera Regitz-Zagrosek, Karl Wegscheider, Andreas M. Zeiher, Ulf Landmesser and Matthias Endres
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2020 20:318
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  31. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) may have prognostic utility in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI), but the optimal timing of DTI data acquisition is unknown because of dynamic changes in white matter wa...

    Authors: Brian L. Edlow, William A. Copen, Saef Izzy, Khamid Bakhadirov, Andre van der Kouwe, Mel B. Glenn, Steven M. Greenberg, David M. Greer and Ona Wu
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:2
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  32. Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronic pain syndrome. A plausible pathogenesis of the disease is uncertain and the pursuit of measurable biomarkers for objective identification of affected individuals is a c...

    Authors: Bontle G. Malatji, Helgard Meyer, Shayne Mason, Udo F.H. Engelke, Ron A. Wevers, Mari van Reenen and Carolus J. Reinecke
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2017 17:88
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  33. Cognitive impairment commonly occurs in the acute phase post-stroke, but may persist with over half of all stroke survivors experiencing some form of long-term cognitive deficit. Recent evidence suggests that ...

    Authors: Lisa Mellon, Linda Brewer, Patricia Hall, Frances Horgan, David Williams and Anne Hickey
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2015 15:31
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. One of the most effective current approaches to preventing stroke events is the reduction of lifestyle risk factors, such as unhealthy diet, physical inactivity and smoking. In this study, we assessed the effi...

    Authors: Lübomira Spassova, Debora Vittore, Dirk W. Droste and Norbert Rösch
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:22
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  35. Admittedly, little is known about the epidemiological signatures of familial multiple sclerosis (FMS) in different geographical regions of Iran.

    Authors: Zahra Salehi, Amir Almasi-Hashiani, Mohammad Ali Sahraian, Fereshteh Ashtari, Seyed Mohammad Baghbanian, Nazanin Razazian, Abdorreza Naser Moghadasi, Asghar Bayati, Amir Reza Azimi, Nahid Beladimoghadam, Mohammad Hossein Harirchian, Maryam Poursadeghfard, Samira Navardi, Reza Shirkoohi, Hora Heidari, Mehran Ghaffari…
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2022 22:76
    Content type: Research Published on:

  36. Immersive virtual reality (VR)-based motor control training (VRT) is an innovative approach to improve motor function in patients with stroke. Currently, outcome measures for immersive VRT mainly focus on moto...

    Authors: Chien-Yu Huang, Wei-Chi Chiang, Ya-Chin Yeh, Shih-Chen Fan, Wan-Hsien Yang, Ho-Chang Kuo and Ping-Chia Li
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2022 22:21
    Content type: Research Published on:

  37. Vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) is a heterogeneous entity with multiple aetiologies, all linked to underlying vascular disease. Among these, VCI related to subcortical small vessel disease (SSVD) is emergi...

    Authors: A. Wallin, E. Kapaki, M. Boban, S. Engelborghs, D. M. Hermann, B. Huisa, M. Jonsson, M. G. Kramberger, L. Lossi, B. Malojcic, S. Mehrabian, A. Merighi, E. B. Mukaetova-Ladinska, G. P. Paraskevas, B. O. Popescu, R. Ravid…
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2017 17:102
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  38. Conditioned pain modulation (CPM) evaluates the pain modulating effect of a noxious conditioning stimulus (CS) on another noxious test stimulus (TS), mostly based solely on subjective pain ratings. We used pai...

    Authors: Oliver Höffken, Özüm S. Özgül, Elena K. Enax-Krumova, Martin Tegenthoff and Christoph Maier
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2017 17:167
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. Living alone is associated with increased mortality after myocardial infarction but little data is available about whether this applies to prognosis after stroke. We aimed to examine the association between li...

    Authors: Petra Redfors, Daniella Isaksén, Georgios Lappas, Christian Blomstrand, Annika Rosengren, Katarina Jood and Christina Jern
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:80
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Stroke patients are often affected by long-term disabilities with needs concerning social issues. There is relatively little consideration of social recovery of patients and the support required to return to w...

    Authors: Sophie Lehnerer, Benjamin Hotter, Inken Padberg, Petra Knispel, Dike Remstedt, Andrea Liebenau, Ulrike Grittner, Ian Wellwood and Andreas Meisel
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:220
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. Takayasu arteritis (TA) is an idiopathic large-vessel vasculitis that can result in significant morbidity and mortality secondary to progressive stenosis and occlusion. Monitoring disease progression is crucia...

    Authors: Timothy E O’Connor, Haley E Carpenter, Sharatchandra Bidari, Michael F Waters and Vishnumurthy Shushrutha Hedna
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2014 14:62
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  42. Among patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, relapses are associated with increased disability and decreased quality of life. Relapses are commonly treated with corticosteroids or left untreated...

    Authors: Molly Nickerson and Ruth Ann Marrie
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2013 13:119
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. Treatment options for patients suffering from progressive forms of multiple sclerosis (MS) remain inadequate. Mast cells actively participate in the pathogenesis of MS, in part because they release large amoun...

    Authors: Patrick Vermersch, Rabah Benrabah, Nicolas Schmidt, Hélène Zéphir, Pierre Clavelou, Cyrille Vongsouthi, Patrice Dubreuil, Alain Moussy and Olivier Hermine
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2012 12:36
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  44. Development of a long-term stroke care plan requires serial assessment of long-term patient function and consideration of caregiver mood. However, to date, few comprehensive cohort studies have included both s...

    Authors: Won Hyuk Chang, Min Kyun Sohn, Jongmin Lee, Deog Young Kim, Sam-Gyu Lee, Yong-Il Shin, Gyung-Jae Oh, Yang-Soo Lee, Min Cheol Joo, Eun Young Han and Yun-Hee Kim
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2015 15:42
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  45. Stroke survivors are known to have poorer health-related quality of life (HRQoL) than the general population, but less is known about characteristics associated with HRQoL decreasing through time following a s...

    Authors: Idunn Snorresdatter Wæhler, Ingvild Saltvedt, Stian Lydersen, Brynjar Fure, Torunn Askim, Marte Stine Einstad and Pernille Thingstad
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2021 21:100
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. The survival time in nursing homes (NHs) in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) might be affected by sociodemographic/clinical characteristics, rate of disease progression, and use of specific medications and community-b...

    Authors: Carina Wattmo, Elisabet Londos and Lennart Minthon
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:156
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  47. Epilepsy is a major complication of stroke. We aimed to establish whether there is an association between intravenous thrombolysis, intra-arterial thrombolysis and post stroke seizure (PSS) development. Improv...

    Authors: Jillian Naylor, Arthur Thevathasan, Leonid Churilov, Ruibing Guo, Yunyun Xiong, Miriam Koome, Ziyi Chen, Ziyuan Chen, Xinfeng Liu, Patrick Kwan and Bruce C. V. Campbell
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2018 18:61
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  48. Reduced upper extremity function is one of the most common impairments after stroke and has previously been reported in approximately 70-80% of patients in the acute stage. Acute care for stroke has changes ov...

    Authors: Hanna C Persson, Marina Parziali, Anna Danielsson and Katharina S Sunnerhagen
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2012 12:162
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. Donepezil 23 mg/d, recently approved in the United States for treatment of moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease (AD), was developed to address the need for an additional treatment option for patients with ad...

    Authors: Martin Farlow, Felix Veloso, Margaret Moline, Jane Yardley, Elimor Brand-Schieber, Francesco Bibbiani, Heng Zou, Timothy Hsu and Andrew Satlin
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:57
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. People with sleep problems are more likely to have mental disorders. This study aimed to assess the effect of insomnia on the prognosis of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD).

    Authors: Guohong Xu, Xiaoling Li, Caixia Xu, Guojun Xie and Jiaquan Liang
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2022 22:341
    Content type: Research Published on:
Submit manuscript

Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 2.2
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 2.5
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 0.877
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.732

    Speed 2023
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 17
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 154

    Usage 2023
    Downloads: 3,186,031
    Altmetric mentions: 2,601

Follow

Sign up for article alerts and news from this journal

BMC Neurology

ISSN: 1471-2377

Contact us