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  1. Health-related quality of life (QOL) is a key outcome for people with multiple sclerosis (MS). While modifiable lifestyle factors, like smoking, physical activity and vitamin D, have strong associations with d...

    Authors: George A Jelinek, Alysha M De Livera, Claudia H Marck, Chelsea R Brown, Sandra L Neate, Keryn L Taylor and Tracey J Weiland
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:235
  2. High body temperatures after ischemic stroke have been associated with larger infarct size, but the temporal profile of this relation is unknown. We assess the relation between temporal profile of body tempera...

    Authors: Marjolein Geurts, Féline E. V. Scheijmans, Tom van Seeters, Geert J. Biessels, L. Jaap Kappelle, Birgitta K. Velthuis and H. Bart van der Worp
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:233
  3. Few previous hemodynamic studies demonstrated the detailed features of rupture point of intracranial aneurysms. The hemodynamic simulation for the case that ruptured during angiography was even rare. In the pr...

    Authors: Yisen Zhang, Linkai Jing, Ying Zhang, Jian Liu and Xinjian Yang
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:231
  4. Fatigue is reported as one of the most disabling symptoms and is common among persons living with late effects of polio. Although fatigue has been studied in the context of people living with late effects of p...

    Authors: I. Santos Tavares Silva, K. S. Sunnerhagen, C. Willén and I. Ottenvall Hammar
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:230
  5. Myasthenic symptoms can be present in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). These symptoms have been considered to be caused by the degeneration of distal motor neurons and the neuromuscular junct...

    Authors: Hisashi Takahashi, Yu-ichi Noto, Naoki Makita, Yukie Kushimura-Okada, Ryotaro Ishii, Akihiro Tanaka, Tomoyuki Ohara, Shunya Nakane, Osamu Higuchi, Masanori Nakagawa and Toshiki Mizuno
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:229
  6. Myoclonus is a clinical sign characterized by sudden, brief jerky, shock-like involuntary movements of a muscle or group of muscles. Dystonia is defined as a syndrome of sustained muscle contractions, frequent...

    Authors: Guangxun Shen, Guangxian Nan, Chae-Won Shin, Hyeyoung Park, Kwee-Yum Lee and Beomseok Jeon
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:228
  7. The burden of neurological diseases is increasing in developing countries. However, there is a prominent scarcity of literature on the incidence of neurological diseases in sub-Saharan Africa. This study was t...

    Authors: Mark Kaddumukasa, Leviticus Mugenyi, Martin N. Kaddumukasa, Edward Ddumba, Michael Devereaux, Anthony Furlan, Martha Sajatovic and Elly Katabira
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:227
  8. Belly dancer’s dyskinesia is an extremely rare condition. It manifests as semicontinuous, slow, writhing, sinuous abdominal wall movements that are bothersome to the patient. Management of this condition is ex...

    Authors: Asmahan Alshubaili, Hussam Abou-Al-Shaar, Ponnusamy Santhamoorthy, Hosam Attia and Saeed Bohlega
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:226
  9. We have previously reported using two-step cluster analysis to classify myasthenia gravis (MG) patients into the following five subtypes: ocular MG; thymoma-associated MG; MG with thymic hyperplasia; anti-acet...

    Authors: Tetsuya Akaishi, Yasushi Suzuki, Tomihiro Imai, Emiko Tsuda, Naoya Minami, Yuriko Nagane, Akiyuki Uzawa, Naoki Kawaguchi, Masayuki Masuda, Shingo Konno, Hidekazu Suzuki, Hiroyuki Murai, Masashi Aoki and Kimiaki Utsugisawa
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:225
  10. To examine labour market participation and long-term sick leave following a diagnosis with myasthenia gravis (MG) compared with the general Danish population and for specific subgroups of MG patients.

    Authors: Asger Frost, Marie Louise Svendsen, Jes Rahbek, Christina Malmose Stapelfeldt, Claus Vinther Nielsen and Thomas Lund
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:224
  11. It is clinically rare to find cytomegalovirus (CMV)-associated encephalomyelitis in immunocompetent adults. Here, we present the case of an adult patient who developed acute transverse myelitis that was follow...

    Authors: Kensuke Daida, Yuta Ishiguro, Hiroto Eguchi, Yutaka Machida, Nobutaka Hattori and Hideto Miwa
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:223
  12. While the precise timing and intensity of very early rehabilitation (VER) after stroke onset is still under discussion, its beneficial effect on functional disability is generally accepted. The recently publis...

    Authors: Björn Reuter, Christoph Gumbinger, Tamara Sauer, Horst Wiethölter, Ingo Bruder, Curt Diehm, Peter A. Ringleb, Werner Hacke, Michael G. Hennerici and Rolf Kern
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:222
  13. A description of the complexity of the process of self-management and the way stroke survivors give meaning to their process of self-management post-stroke is lacking. This study explores how stroke survivors ...

    Authors: Ton Satink, Staffan Josephsson, Jana Zajec, Edith H. C. Cup, Bert J. M. de Swart and Maria W. G. Nijhuis-van der Sanden
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:221
  14. Virtual reality (VR) training is thought to improve upper limb (UL) motor function after stroke when utilizing intensive training with many repetitions. The purpose of this study was to compare intensity and c...

    Authors: Iris Brunner, Jan Sture Skouen, Håkon Hofstad, Jörg Aßmuss, Frank Becker, Hanne Pallesen, Liselot Thijs and Geert Verheyden
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:219
  15. Rapid-onset dystonia-parkinsonism (RDP) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder that is caused by mutations in the ATP1A3 gene and is characterized by an acute onset of asymmetric dystonia and parkinsonism. To d...

    Authors: Yanqiu Liu, Yan Lu, Xinqing Zhang, Shuping Xie, Tingting Wang, Tianwen Wu and Chaoyan Wang
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:218
  16. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology appears several years before clinical symptoms, so identifying ways to detect individuals in the preclinical stage is imperative. The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) Tau/Aβ42 ratio is...

    Authors: Yuetiva Deming, Kathleen Black, David Carrell, Yefei Cai, Jorge L. Del-Aguila, Maria Victoria Fernandez, John Budde, ShengMei Ma, Benjamin Saef, Bill Howells, Sarah Bertelsen, Kuan-lin Huang, Courtney L. Sutphen, Rawan Tarawneh, Anne M. Fagan, David M. Holtzman…
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:217
  17. In accordance with German neurosurgical and neurological consensus recommendations, lead placements for deep brain stimulation (DBS) in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) are usually performed with the pat...

    Authors: Kajetan L. von Eckardstein, Friederike Sixel-Döring, Stephan Kazmaier, Claudia Trenkwalder, Jason M. Hoover and Veit Rohde
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:216
  18. To explore the cortical network sustaining action myoclonus and to found markers of the resulting functional impairment, we evaluated the distribution of the cortico-muscular coherence (CMC) and the frequency ...

    Authors: Silvana Franceschetti, Laura Canafoglia, Fabio Rotondi, Elisa Visani, Alice Granvillano and Ferruccio Panzica
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:214
  19. The “Status Epilepticus Severity Score” (STESS) is the most important clinical score to predict in-hospital mortality of patients with status epilepticus (SE), but its prognostic relevance for long-term surviv...

    Authors: Preben Aukland, Martin Lando, Ole Vilholm, Elsebeth Bruun Christiansen and Christoph Patrick Beier
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:213
  20. The number of patients suffering post-stroke seizure after ischemic stroke (PSSi) is quite considerable, especially because ischemic stroke is more prevalent than hemorrhage in the general population. This stu...

    Authors: Hyeon Jin Kim, Kee Duk Park, Kyoung-Gyu Choi and Hyang Woon Lee
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:212

    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Neurology 2017 17:84

  21. Sexual dysfunction (SD) is very common in people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) and contributes a significant burden of disease, particularly for young people. SD has direct neurological contributions from dep...

    Authors: Claudia H. Marck, Pia L. Jelinek, Tracey J. Weiland, Jane S. Hocking, Alysha M. De Livera, Keryn L. Taylor, Sandra L. Neate, Naresh G. Pereira and George A. Jelinek
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:210
  22. In Parkinson’s disease (PD), cognitive impairment is an important non-motor symptom heralding the development of dementia. Effective treatments to slow down the rate of cognitive decline in PD patients with mi...

    Authors: Sjors C. F. van de Weijer, Annelien A. Duits, Bastiaan R. Bloem, Roy P. Kessels, Jacobus F. A. Jansen, Sebastian Köhler, Gerrit Tissingh and Mark L. Kuijf
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:209
  23. Despite that disability of the upper extremity is common after stroke, there is limited knowledge how it influences self-perceived ability to perform daily hand activities. The aim of this study was to describ...

    Authors: Elisabeth Ekstrand, Lars Rylander, Jan Lexell and Christina Brogårdh
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:208
  24. The Qatari law, as in many other countries, uses brain death as the main criteria for organ donation and cessation of medical support. By contrast, most of the public in Qatar do not agree with the limitation ...

    Authors: Saibu George, Merlin Thomas, Wanis H. Ibrahim, Ahmed Abdussalam, Prem Chandra, Husain Shabbir Ali and Tasleem Raza
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:207
  25. Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is a common neurological event that causes varying degrees of disability. AIS outcome varies considerably, from complete recovery to complete loss of tissue and function. This diver...

    Authors: Estelle Seyman, Hilla Shaim, Shani Shenhar-Tsarfaty, Tali Jonash-Kimchi, Natan M. Bornstein and Hen Hallevi
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:206
  26. Assessing primary rehabilitation needs in patients with acquired brain injury is a challenge due to case complexity and the heterogeneity of symptoms after brain injury. The Rehabilitation Complexity Scale-Ext...

    Authors: Thomas Maribo, Asger R. Pedersen, Jim Jensen and Jørgen F. Nielsen
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:205
  27. Recent studies suggest that cortical lesions in multiple sclerosis (MS) substantially contribute to clinical disease severity. The present study aimed at investigating clinical, neuroanatomical, and cognitive ...

    Authors: Olivia Geisseler, Tobias Pflugshaupt, Ladina Bezzola, Katja Reuter, David Weller, Bernhard Schuknecht, Peter Brugger and Michael Linnebank
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:204
  28. Acute brainstem syndrome (ABS) may herald multiple sclerosis (MS), neuromyelitis optica (NMO), or occur as an isolated syndrome. The aquaporin 4 (AQP4)-specific serum autoantibody, NMO-IgG, is a biomarker for ...

    Authors: Chen Cheng, Ying Jiang, Xiaodong Lu, Fu Gu, Zhuang Kang, Yongqiang Dai, Zhengqi Lu and Xueqiang Hu
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:203
  29. Clobazam (CLB) is a well characterized antiepileptic drug (AED) that differs from other benzodiazepines by its basic chemical structure and pharmacodynamic properties. Only one previous study examined the effi...

    Authors: Dominik Madžar, Anna Geyer, Ruben U. Knappe, Stephanie Gollwitzer, Joji B. Kuramatsu, Stefan T. Gerner, Hajo M. Hamer and Hagen B. Huttner
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:202
  30. Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy (HSAN) type II with WNK1/HSN2 gene mutation is a rare disease characterized by early-onset demyelination sensory loss and skin ulceration. To the best of our knowledge,...

    Authors: Keiko Yamada, Junhui Yuan, Tomoo Mano, Hiroshi Takashima and Masahiko Shibata
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:201
  31. The smell sense reduction was considered to represent the potentially warning of early stage of neurodegenerative disorders. The Shanghai Aging Study provided us a unique opportunity to explore the association...

    Authors: Xiaoniu Liang, Ding Ding, Qianhua Zhao, Qihao Guo, Jianfeng Luo and Zhen Hong
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:199
  32. Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) co-occuring with multiple sclerosis-like disease (LHON-MS) is suggested to be a separate disease entity denoted Harding’s disease. Little is known about the response ...

    Authors: Trygve Holmøy, Antonie G. Beiske, Svetozar Zarnovicky, Aija Zuleron Myro, Egil Røsjø and Emilia Kerty
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:197
  33. Congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMSs) occur as a result of genetic mutations that cause aberrations in structure and/or function of proteins involved in neuromuscular transmission. Acetylcholine receptor epsi...

    Authors: Thashi Chang, Judith Cossins and David Beeson
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:195
  34. Previous studies suggested the potential interactions between cerebrovascular diseases and impaired renal function. However, the relationship between renal function and white matter hyperintensity (WMH), marke...

    Authors: Lixia Zong, Ming Yao, Jun Ni, Lixin Zhou, Jing Yuan, Bin Peng, Yi-Cheng Zhu and Liying Cui
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:193
  35. Caregivers of care-recipients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia experience high caregiver burden; however, the psychiatric burden of caregivers of care-recipients with subjective cognitive decli...

    Authors: Xiaoniu Liang, Qihao Guo, Jianfeng Luo, Fang Li, Ding Ding, Qianhua Zhao and Zhen Hong
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:191
  36. Paclitaxel-based regimens are frequently associated with the development of peripheral neuropathy. The autonomous nervous system (ANS) effects, however, of this chemotherapeutic agent remain unexplored.

    Authors: Emmanouil V. Dermitzakis, Vasilios K. Kimiskidis, George Lazaridis, Zoi Alexopoulou, Eleni Timotheadou, Alexandros Papanikolaou, Ourania Romanidou, George Georgiadis, Konstantine T. Kalogeras, Iakovos Tsiptsios, Basil Tarlatzis and George Fountzilas
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:190
  37. Many aspects of pharmacological treatment of Lyme neuroborreliosis in children, such as choice of drug, dosage, and duration are subject to intense debates, leading to uncertainties in patients’ parents and he...

    Authors: Rick Dersch, Tilman Hottenrott, Stefanie Schmidt, Harriet Sommer, Hans-Iko Huppertz, Sebastian Rauer and Joerg J. Meerpohl
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:189
  38. Older adults with dementia are at an increased risk of falls, however, little is known about risk factors for recurrent injurious falls (a subsequent fall after the first fall has occurred) among this group. T...

    Authors: Lynn B. Meuleners, Michelle L. Fraser, Max K. Bulsara, Kyle Chow and Jonathon Q. Ng
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:188
  39. In the US, the approved multiple sclerosis (MS) oral disease-modifying therapies (ODMTs) are fingolimod (FTY), teriflunomide (TFN), and dimethyl fumarate (DMF). FTY and TFN are recommended with once-daily dose...

    Authors: Tara Nazareth, Howard S. Friedman, Prakash Navaratnam, Denise A. Herriott, John J. Ko, Peri Barr and Rahul Sasane
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:187
  40. Sleep-wake disturbances are frequently reported following traumatic brain injury (TBI), but they remain poorly documented in the acute stage of injury. Little is known about their origin and evolution.

    Authors: Catherine Duclos, Marie Dumont, Marie-Julie Potvin, Alex Desautels, Danielle Gilbert, David K Menon, Francis Bernard and Nadia Gosselin
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:186
  41. It is widely accepted that neuroinflammatory processes play an important role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and high levels of cytokines and chemokines are detected around Aβ plaques.

    Authors: Raphael Hesse, Anke Wahler, Pauline Gummert, Stefanie Kirschmer, Markus Otto, Hayrettin Tumani, Jan Lewerenz, Cathrin Schnack and Christine A. F. von Arnim
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:185

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