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  1. "Negative affect" is one of the major migraine triggers. The aim of the study was to assess attentional biases for negative affective stimuli that might be related to migraine triggers in migraine patients wit...

    Authors: Anne-Katrin Puschmann and Claudia Sommer
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:141
  2. A registry of patients with cervical dystonia (Cervical Dystonia Patient Registry for Observation of onaBotulinumtoxinA Efficacy [CD PROBE]) was initiated to capture data regarding physician practices and patient...

    Authors: Joseph Jankovic, Charles H Adler, P David Charles, Cynthia Comella, Mark Stacy, Marc Schwartz, Susan M Sutch, Mitchell F Brin and Spyridon Papapetropoulos
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:140
  3. Xenobiotics are neurotoxins that dramatically alter the health of the child. In addition, an inefficient detoxification system leads to oxidative stress, gut dysbiosis, and immune dysfunction. The consensus am...

    Authors: Yusra A Al-Yafee, Laila Y Al- Ayadhi, Samina H Haq and Afaf K El-Ansary
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:139
  4. This study aimed to investigate the long-term mortality and recurrence rate of stroke in first-time stroke patients with symptomatic isolated middle cerebral artery disease (MCAD) under medical management.

    Authors: Mi Sun Oh, Kyung-Ho Yu, Min-Kyung Chu, Hyeo-Il Ma, Yun Joong Kim, Joo Yong Kim and Byung-Chul Lee
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:138
  5. Pure akinesia (PA) is a distinct form of parkinsonism characterized by freezing phenomena. Little is known about brain tumor-associated PA. We highlight the clinicoradiological changes in a patient with PA and...

    Authors: Susumu Ishihara, Osamu Kano, Ken Ikeda, Reiko Shimokawa, Kiyokazu Kawabe and Yasuo Iwasaki
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:137
  6. Transcutaneous neurostimulation (TNS) at extracephalic sites is a well known treatment of pain. Thanks to recent technical progress, the Cefaly® device now also allows supraorbital TNS. During observational clini...

    Authors: Maxime Piquet, Costantino Balestra, Simona L Sava and Jean E Schoenen
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:135
  7. Action myoclonus-renal failure syndrome is a hereditary form of progressive myoclonus epilepsy associated with renal failure. It is considered to be an autosomal-recessive disease related to loss-of-function m...

    Authors: Franziska Hopfner, Barbara Schormair, Franziska Knauf, Achim Berthele, Thomas R Tölle, Ralf Baron, Christoph Maier, Rolf-Detlef Treede, Andreas Binder, Claudia Sommer, Christian Maihöfner, Wolfram Kunz, Friedrich Zimprich, Uwe Heemann, Arne Pfeufer, Michael Näbauer…
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:134
  8. To better characterize the value of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) proteins as diagnostic markers in a clinical population of subacute encephalopathy patients with relatively low prevalence of sporadic Creutzfeldt-...

    Authors: Michael B Coulthart, Gerard H Jansen, Elina Olsen, Deborah L Godal, Tim Connolly, Bernard CK Choi, Zheng Wang and Neil R Cashman
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:133
  9. Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) has recently been reported to be associated with multiple sclerosis (MS). However, its actual prevalence, possible association with specific MS phenotypes, an...

    Authors: Stefano Bastianello, Alfredo Romani, Gisela Viselner, Enrico Colli Tibaldi, Elisabetta Giugni, Marta Altieri, Pietro Cecconi, Laura Mendozzi, Massimiliano Farina, Donatella Mariani, Antonio Galassi, Claudio Quattrini, Marcello Mancini, Vincenzo Bresciamorra, Angela Lagace, Sandy McDonald…
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:132
  10. Machado-Joseph disease (MJD), or spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3), is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder of late onset, which is caused by a CAG repeat expansion in the coding region of the ATXN...

    Authors: Conceição Bettencourt, Cristina Santos, Paula Coutinho, Patrizia Rizzu, João Vasconcelos, Teresa Kay, Teresa Cymbron, Mafalda Raposo, Peter Heutink and Manuela Lima
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:131
  11. Although task-oriented training has been shown to improve walking outcomes after stroke, it is not yet clear whether one task-oriented approach is superior to another. The purpose of this study is to compare t...

    Authors: Vincent G DePaul, Laurie R Wishart, Julie Richardson, Timothy D Lee and Lehana Thabane
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:129
  12. The potential pathogenesis between the presence and severity of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) and its relation to clinical and imaging outcomes in brain parenchyma of multiple sclerosis (M...

    Authors: Robert Zivadinov, Guy U Poloni, Karen Marr, Claudiu V Schirda, Christopher R Magnano, Ellen Carl, Niels Bergsland, David Hojnacki, Cheryl Kennedy, Clive B Beggs, Michael G Dwyer and Bianca Weinstock-Guttman
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:128
  13. The Multiple Sclerosis International Quality Of Life (MusiQoL) questionnaire, a 31-item, multidimensional, self-administrated questionnaire that is available in 14 languages including Spanish, has been validat...

    Authors: Oscar Fernández, Victoria Fernández, Karine Baumstarck-Barrau, Luis Muñoz, Maria del Mar Gonzalez Alvarez, José Carlos Arrabal, Antonio León, Ana Alonso, Jose Carlos López-Madrona, Rafael Bustamante, Gloria Luque, Miguel Guerrero, Elisabetta Verdun di Cantogno and Pascal Auquier
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:127
  14. The ability to self-inject in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) has been associated with a reduced risk of missed injections and drug discontinuation, and a beneficial effect on patients' independence. How...

    Authors: J Theodore Phillips, Edward Fox, William Grainger, Dianne Tuccillo, Shifang Liu and Aaron Deykin
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:126
  15. Conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has improved the diagnosis and monitoring of multiple sclerosis (MS). In clinical trials, MRI has been found to detect treatment effects with greater sensitivity t...

    Authors: Stefano Bastianello, Elisabetta Giugni, Maria Pia Amato, Maria-Rosalia Tola, Maria Trojano, Stefano Galletti, Giacomo Luccichenti, Mario Quarantelli, Orietta Picconi and Francesco Patti
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:125
  16. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) with increasing incidence mainly in high-income countries. One explanation of this phenomenon may be ...

    Authors: Silja Conradi, Uwe Malzahn, Franziska Schröter, Friedemann Paul, Sabine Quill, Eike Spruth, Lutz Harms, Florian Then Bergh, Anna Ditzenbach, Thomas Georgi, Peter Heuschmann and Berit Rosche
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:123
  17. The goal of this research was to compare the demographics, clinical characteristics and treatment patterns for newly diagnosed multiple sclerosis (MS) patients in a commercial managed care population who recei...

    Authors: Jay M Margolis, Robert Fowler, Barbara H Johnson, Cheryl A Kassed and Kristijan Kahler
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:122
  18. In central nervous system cholesterol cannot be degraded but is secreted into circulation predominantly in the form of its polar metabolite 24(S)-hydroxycholesterol (24S-OH-Chol). Some studies suggested an associ...

    Authors: Giovanni Zuliani, Michela Perrone Donnorso, Cristina Bosi, Angelina Passaro, Edoardo Dalla Nora, Amedeo Zurlo, Francesco Bonetti, Alessia F Mozzi and Claudio Cortese
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:121
  19. The gamma-isoform of the 14-3-3 protein (14-3-3 gamma) is expressed in neurons, and could be a specific marker for neuronal damage. This protein has been reported as a detectable biomarker, especially in the c...

    Authors: Yuki Matsui, Katsuya Satoh, Toshiaki Miyazaki, Susumu Shirabe, Ryuichiro Atarashi, Kazuo Mutsukura, Akira Satoh, Yasufumi Kataoka and Noriyuki Nishida
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:120
  20. Autosomal recessive primary microcephaly is a disorder of neurogenic mitosis that causes reduction in brain size. It is a rare heterogeneous condition with seven causative genes reported to date. Mutations in WD ...

    Authors: Rizwana Kousar, Muhammad Jawad Hassan, Bushra Khan, Sulman Basit, Saqib Mahmood, Asif Mir, Wasim Ahmad and Muhammad Ansar
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:119
  21. Substituted judgment asks the proxy to decide what the patient would have decided, had he or she been competent. It is unclear whether substituted judgment of the patient's quality of life can serve as a surro...

    Authors: Claudia Schiffczyk, Christina Jonas, Constanze Lahmeyer, Friedemann Müller and Matthias W Riepe
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:118
  22. Low doses of dopamine agonists (DA) and levodopa are effective in the treatment of restless legs syndrome (RLS). A range of impulse control and compulsive behaviours (ICBs) have been reported following the use...

    Authors: Valerie Voon, Andrea Schoerling, Sascha Wenzel, Vindhya Ekanayake, Julia Reiff, Claudia Trenkwalder and Friederike Sixel-Döring
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:117
  23. Robotic devices are expected to be widely used in various applications including support for the independent mobility of the elderly with muscle weakness and people with impaired motor function as well as supp...

    Authors: Shinichiro Maeshima, Aiko Osawa, Daisuke Nishio, Yoshitake Hirano, Koji Takeda, Hiroshi Kigawa and Yoshiyuki Sankai
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:116
  24. Headache has been reported to be associated with mobile phone (MP) use in some individuals. The causal relationship between headache associated with MP use (HAMP) and MP use is currently undetermined. Identify...

    Authors: Min Kyung Chu, Hoon Geun Song, Chulho Kim and Byung Chul Lee
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:115
  25. A possible synergic role of serum uric acid (SUA) with thrombolytic therapies is controversial and needs further investigations. We therefore evaluated association of admission SUA with clinical improvement an...

    Authors: Nicola Logallo, Halvor Naess, Titto T Idicula, Jan Brogger, Ulrike Waje-Andreassen and Lars Thomassen
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:114
  26. Early initiation of pharmacotherapy in Parkinson's disease (PD) is nowadays widely advocated by experts since the delay of treatment has shown to be associated with a significant deterioration of health relate...

    Authors: Matthias Löhle and Heinz Reichmann
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:112
  27. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterised by loss of motor neurons leading to severe weakness and death from respiratory failure within 3-5 years. Riluzole...

    Authors: Ammar Al-Chalabi, Pamela J Shaw, Carolyn A Young, Karen E Morrison, Caroline Murphy, Marie Thornhill, Joanna Kelly, I Nicholas Steen and P Nigel Leigh
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:111
  28. stroke is the main cause of disability in high-income countries, and ranks second as a cause of death worldwide. Patients with acute stroke are at risk for infections, but reported post-stroke infection rates v....

    Authors: Willeke F Westendorp, Paul J Nederkoorn, Jan-Dirk Vermeij, Marcel G Dijkgraaf and Diederik van de Beek
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:110
  29. Young stroke can have devastating consequences with respect to quality of life, the ability to work, plan or run a family, and participate in social life. Better insight into risk factors and the long-term pro...

    Authors: Loes CA Rutten-Jacobs, Noortje AM Maaijwee, Renate M Arntz, Mayte E Van Alebeek, Pauline Schaapsmeerders, Henny C Schoonderwaldt, Lucille DA Dorresteijn, Sebastiaan Overeem, Gea Drost, Mirian C Janssen, Waander L van Heerde, Roy PC Kessels, Marcel P Zwiers, David G Norris, Maureen J van der Vlugt, Ewoud J van Dijk…
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:109
  30. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a leading cause of fatal ischemic stroke. It was recently reported that international normalized ratio (INR) levels were associated with infarct volumes. However, factors other than...

    Authors: Semi Oh, Suk Jae Kim, Soo-Kyoung Ryu, Gyeong-Moon Kim, Chin Sang Chung, Kwang Ho Lee and Oh Young Bang
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:107
  31. Shared medical appointments are a series of one-to-one doctor-patient contacts, in presence of a group of 6-10 fellow patients. This group visits substitute the annual control visits of patients with the neuro...

    Authors: Femke M Seesing, Gea Drost, Gert-Jan van der Wilt and Baziel GM van Engelen
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:106
  32. Despite negative neuroimaging findings many athletes display neurophysiological alterations and post-concussion symptoms that may be attributable to neurometabolic alterations.

    Authors: Luke C Henry, Sébastien Tremblay, Suzanne Leclerc, Abdesselam Khiat, Yvan Boulanger, Dave Ellemberg and Maryse Lassonde
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:105
  33. Neuropathic pain must be correctly diagnosed for optimal treatment. The questionnaire named Neuropathic Pain Symptom Inventory (NPSI) was developed in its original French version to evaluate the different symp...

    Authors: Claudia Sommer, Helmut Richter, Jan P Rogausch, Jule Frettlöh, Margitta Lungenhausen and Christoph Maier
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:104
  34. Migraine is a significant health problem, especially for the young people, due to its frequency and accompanying morbidity, causing disability and loss of performance. In this study, our aim was to determine t...

    Authors: Serdar Oztora, Osman Korkmaz, Nezih Dagdeviren, Yahya Celik, Ayse Caylan, Mehmet S Top and Talip Asil
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:103
  35. Cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS), defined by recurrent stereotypical episodes of nausea and vomiting, is a relatively-common disabling and historically difficult-to-treat condition associated with migraine heada...

    Authors: Richard G Boles
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:102
  36. Acute encephalopathy includes rapid deterioration and has a poor prognosis. Early intervention is essential to prevent progression of the disease and subsequent neurologic complications. However, in the acute ...

    Authors: Takeshi Asano, Shinya Koizumi, Atsushi Takagi, Takayuki Hatori, Kentaroh Kuwabara, Osamu Fujino and Yoshitaka Fukunaga
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:101
  37. A recent trial involving predominantly Caucasian subjects with Parkinson Disease (PD) showed switching overnight from an oral dopaminergic agonist to the rotigotine patch was well tolerated without loss of eff...

    Authors: Han-Joon Kim, Beom S Jeon, Won Yong Lee, Myoung Chong Lee, Jae Woo Kim, Jong-Min Kim, Tae-Beom Ahn, Jinwhan Cho, Sun Ju Chung, Frank Grieger, John Whitesides and Babak Boroojerdi
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:100
  38. Dementia is a major and increasing health problem worldwide. This study aims to investigate dementia treatment strategies among physicians specialised in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) by analysi...

    Authors: Elke Jeschke, Thomas Ostermann, Horst C Vollmar, Manuela Tabali, Friedemann Schad and Harald Matthes
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:99
  39. Levels of the cardiac muscle regulatory protein troponin T (cTnT) are frequently elevated in patients with acute ischemic stroke and elevated cTnT predicts poor outcome and mortality. The pathomechanism of tro...

    Authors: Jan F Scheitz, Hans-Christian Mochmann, Christian H Nolte, Karl G Haeusler, Heinrich J Audebert, Peter U Heuschmann, Ulrich Laufs, Bernhard Witzenbichler, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss and Matthias Endres
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:98
  40. Long-term immunosuppression is often required in myasthenia gravis (MG). There are no published trials using methotrexate (MTX) in MG. The steroid-sparing efficacy of azathioprine (AZA) has been demonstrated a...

    Authors: Jeannine M Heckmann, Amanullah Rawoot, Kathleen Bateman, Rudi Renison and Motasim Badri
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:97
  41. Infection with severe malaria in African children is associated with not only a high mortality but also a high risk of cognitive deficits. There is evidence that interventions done a few years after the illnes...

    Authors: Paul Bangirana, Peter Allebeck, Michael J Boivin, Chandy C John, Connie Page, Anna Ehnvall and Seggane Musisi
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:96
  42. Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) have a decreased frequency of CD8+ T cells reactive to their own Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infected B cells. We have proposed that this might predispose to the development of ...

    Authors: Michael P Pender, Peter A Csurhes, Casey MM Pfluger and Scott R Burrows
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:95
  43. Many migraineurs who seek care in headache clinics are refractory to treatment, despite advances in headache therapies. Epidemiology is poorly characterized, because diagnostic criteria for refractory migraine...

    Authors: Pablo Irimia, Jose-Alberto Palma, Roberto Fernandez-Torron and Eduardo Martinez-Vila
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:94
  44. Although physical therapy and falls prevention education are argued to reduce falls and disability in people with idiopathic Parkinson's disease, this has not yet been confirmed with a large scale randomised c...

    Authors: Meg E Morris, Hylton B Menz, Jennifer L McGinley, Frances E Huxham, Anna T Murphy, Robert Iansek, Mary Danoudis, Sze-Ee Soh, David Kelly and Jennifer J Watts
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:93
  45. To assess and compare the effectiveness and costs of Phototest, Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), and Memory Impairment Screen (MIS) to screen for dementia (DEM) and cognitive impairment (CI).

    Authors: Cristobal Carnero-Pardo, Beatriz Espejo-Martinez, Samuel Lopez-Alcalde, Maria Espinosa-Garcia, Carmen Saez-Zea, Rosa Vilchez-Carrillo, Elisa Hernandez-Torres and Jose L Navarro-Espigares
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:92

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