| | Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveTechnical Advance A novel needle for subcutaneous injection of interferon beta-1a: effect on pain in volunteers and satisfaction in patients with multiple sclerosis Amer Jaber, Gian B Bozzato, Lionel Vedrine, Wes A Prais, Julie Berube, and Philippe E Laurent BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 38. Published online 2008 October 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-38.PMCID: PMC2577094 Research Articles Analysis of Parkinson disease patients from Portugal for mutations in SNCA, PRKN, PINK1 and LRRK2 Jose Bras, Rita Guerreiro, Maria Ribeiro, Ana Morgadinho, Cristina Januario, Margarida Dias, Ana Calado, Cristina Semedo, Catarina Oliveira, John Hardy, and Andrew Singleton BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 1. Published online 2008 January 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-1.PMCID: PMC2248204 Longitudinal proxy measurements in multiple sclerosis: patient-proxy agreement on the impact of MS on daily life over a period of two years Femke AH van der Linden, Jolijn J Kragt, Margarethe van Bon, Martin Klein, Alan J Thompson, Henk M van der Ploeg, Chris H Polman, and Bernard MJ Uitdehaag BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 2. Published online 2008 February 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-2.PMCID: PMC2270863 Optimization of treatment with interferon beta in multiple sclerosis. Usefulness of automatic system application criteria Juan Luís Ruiz-Peña, Pablo Duque, and Guillermo Izquierdo BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 3. Published online 2008 March 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-3.PMCID: PMC2292210 Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene insertion/deletion polymorphism in migraine patients Erling Tronvik, Lars J Stovner, Gunnar Bovim, Linda R White, Amanda J Gladwin, Kathryn Owen, and Harald Schrader BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 4. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-4.PMCID: PMC2311324 Ischemic stroke incidence in Santa Coloma de Gramenet (ISISCOG), Spain. A community-based study María Teresa Alzamora, Marta Sorribes, Antonio Heras, Nicolás Vila, Marisa Vicheto, Rosa Forés, José Sánchez-Ojanguren, Amparo Sancho, the "ISISCOG Study Group", and Guillem Pera BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 5. Published online 2008 March 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-5.PMCID: PMC2292741 Pesticide exposure and risk of Parkinson's disease: A family-based case-control study Dana B Hancock, Eden R Martin, Gregory M Mayhew, Jeffrey M Stajich, Rita Jewett, Mark A Stacy, Burton L Scott, Jeffery M Vance, and William K Scott BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 6. Published online 2008 March 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-6.PMCID: PMC2323015 Shape (but not volume) changes in the thalami in Parkinson disease Martin J McKeown, Ashish Uthama, Rafeef Abugharbieh, Samantha Palmer, Mechelle Lewis, and Xuemei Huang BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 8. Published online 2008 April 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-8.PMCID: PMC2386499 APOE ε4 lowers age at onset and is a high risk factor for Alzheimer's disease; A case control study from central Norway Sigrid B Sando, Stacey Melquist, Ashley Cannon, Michael L Hutton, Olav Sletvold, Ingvild Saltvedt, Linda R White, Stian Lydersen, and Jan O Aasly BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 9. Published online 2008 April 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-9.PMCID: PMC2375917 Neuroleptic-induced movement disorders in a naturalistic schizophrenia population: diagnostic value of actometric movement patterns Sven Janno, Matti M Holi, Katinka Tuisku, and Kristian Wahlbeck BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 10. Published online 2008 April 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-10.PMCID: PMC2374793 Reduction in magnetic resonance imaging T2 burden of disease in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: analysis of 48-week data from the EVIDENCE (EVidence of Interferon Dose-response: European North American Comparative Efficacy) study A Traboulsee, A AL-Sabbagh, R Bennett, P Chang, DKB Li, and the EVIDENCE Study Group and the UBC MS/MRI Research Group BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 11. Published online 2008 April 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-11.PMCID: PMC2374794 Framingham Stroke Risk Profile and poor cognitive function: a population-based study David J Llewellyn, Iain A Lang, Jing Xie, Felicia A Huppert, David Melzer, and Kenneth M Langa BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 12. Published online 2008 April 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-12.PMCID: PMC2386808 Cortical recovery of swallowing function in wound botulism Inga K Teismann, Olaf Steinstraeter, Tobias Warnecke, Julian Zimmermann, Erich B Ringelstein, Christo Pantev, and Rainer Dziewas BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 13. Published online 2008 May 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-13.PMCID: PMC2409368 Cooling via one hand improves physical performance in heat-sensitive individuals with Multiple Sclerosis: A preliminary study Dennis A Grahn, Julie vLS Murray, and H Craig Heller BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 14. Published online 2008 May 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-14.PMCID: PMC2396661 Multiple Causes for Delay in Arrival at Hospital in Acute Stroke Patients in Aydin, Turkey Sakine Memis, Emel Tugrul, E Didem Evci, and Filiz Ergin BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 15. Published online 2008 May 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-15.PMCID: PMC2387166 A comparison of parametric models for the investigation of the shape of cognitive change in the older population Graciela Muniz Terrera, Fiona Matthews, and Carol Brayne BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 16. Published online 2008 May 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-16.PMCID: PMC2412911 Cost effectiveness of recombinant factor VIIa for treatment of intracerebral hemorrhage Brett M Kissela and Mark H Eckman BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 17. Published online 2008 May 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-17.PMCID: PMC2397434 Awareness of warning signs among suburban Nigerians at high risk for stroke is poor: A cross-sectional study Kolawole W Wahab, Peter O Okokhere, Asuwemhe J Ugheoke, Ojeh Oziegbe, Adedayo F Asalu, and Taofeek A Salami BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 18. Published online 2008 May 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-18.PMCID: PMC2423187 Inter-rater reliability of data elements from a prototype of the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry Mathew J Reeves, Andrew J Mullard, and Susan Wehner BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 19. Published online 2008 June 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-19.PMCID: PMC2442121 Deferiprone targets aconitase: Implication for Friedreich's ataxia treatment Sergio Goncalves, Vincent Paupe, Emmanuel P Dassa, and Pierre Rustin BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 20. Published online 2008 June 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-20.PMCID: PMC2440763 A questionnaire-based (UM-PDHQ) study of hallucinations in Parkinson's disease Spiridon Papapetropoulos, Heather Katzen, Anette Schrag, Carlos Singer, Blake K Scanlon, Daniel Nation, Alexandra Guevara, and Bonnie Levin BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 21. Published online 2008 June 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-21.PMCID: PMC2443167 Carotid bruits as predictor for carotid stenoses detected by ultrasonography: an observational study Elias P Johansson and Per Wester BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 23. Published online 2008 June 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-23.PMCID: PMC2442122 Prediction of the survival and functional ability of severe stroke patients after ICU therapeutic intervention Moussa Riachy, Frida Sfeir, Ghassan Sleilaty, Samer Hage-Chahine, Georges Dabar, Taha Bazerbachi, Zeina Aoun-Bacha, Georges Khayat, and Salam Koussa BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 24. Published online 2008 June 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-24.PMCID: PMC2443378 Medication Persistence Rates and Factors Associated with Persistence in Patients Following Stroke: A Cohort Study Heather L Lummis, Ingrid S Sketris, Gordon J Gubitz, Michel R Joffres, and Gordon J Flowerdew BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 25. Published online 2008 July 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-25.PMCID: PMC2474854 Exploratory study of plasma total homocysteine and its relationship to short-term outcome in acute ischaemic stroke in Nigerians Njideka U Okubadejo, Olajumoke O Oladipo, Adekunle A Adeyomoye, Gbolahan O Awosanya, and Mustapha A Danesi BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 26. Published online 2008 July 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-26.PMCID: PMC2478669 Rapid improvement in verbal fluency and aphasia following perispinal etanercept in Alzheimer's disease Edward L Tobinick and Hyman Gross BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 27. Published online 2008 July 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-27.PMCID: PMC2500042 Do nasogastric tubes worsen dysphagia in patients with acute stroke? Rainer Dziewas, Tobias Warnecke, Christina Hamacher, Stefan Oelenberg, Inga Teismann, Christopher Kraemer, Martin Ritter, Erich B Ringelstein, and Wolf R Schaebitz BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 28. Published online 2008 July 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-28.PMCID: PMC2507716 Duloxetine for painful diabetic neuropathy and fibromyalgia pain: systematic review of randomised trials Asquad Sultan, Helen Gaskell, Sheena Derry, and R Andrew Moore BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 29. Published online 2008 August 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-29.PMCID: PMC2529342 No effect of preterm birth on the risk of multiple sclerosis: a population based study Sreeram V Ramagopalan, William Valdar, David A Dyment, Gabriele C DeLuca, Sarah-Michelle Orton, Irene M Yee, Maria Criscuoli, George C Ebers, A Dessa Sadovnick, and for the Canadian Collaborative Study Group BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 30. Published online 2008 August 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-30.PMCID: PMC2518551 The leukoaraiosis is more prevalent in the large artery atherosclerosis stroke subtype among Korean patients with ischemic stroke Seung-Jae Lee, Joong-Seok Kim, Kwang-Soo Lee, Jae-Young An, Woojun Kim, Yeong-In Kim, Bum-Soo Kim, and So-Lyung Jung BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 31. Published online 2008 August 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-31.PMCID: PMC2532686 Pedigree with frontotemporal lobar degeneration – motor neuron disease and Tar DNA binding protein-43 positive neuropathology: genetic linkage to chromosome 9 Agnes A Luty, John BJ Kwok, Elizabeth M Thompson, Peter Blumbergs, William S Brooks, Clement T Loy, Carol Dobson-Stone, Peter K Panegyres, Jane Hecker, Garth A Nicholson, Glenda M Halliday, and Peter R Schofield BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 32. Published online 2008 August 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-32.PMCID: PMC2553097 Efficacy and safety of pregabalin 600 mg/d for treating painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy: A double-blind placebo-controlled trial Joseph C Arezzo, Julio Rosenstock, Linda LaMoreaux, and Lynne Pauer BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 33. Published online 2008 September 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-33.PMCID: PMC2565674 A pilot study of rivastigmine in the treatment of delirium after stroke: A safe alternative Annemarie W Oldenbeuving, Paul LM de Kort, Ben PW Jansen, L Jaap Kappelle, and Gerwin Roks BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 34. Published online 2008 September 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-34.PMCID: PMC2556687 Cross-modal deactivations during modality-specific selective attention Jennifer L Mozolic, David Joyner, Christina E Hugenschmidt, Ann M Peiffer, Robert A Kraft, Joseph A Maldjian, and Paul J Laurienti BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 35. Published online 2008 September 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-35.PMCID: PMC2569962 Perceived needs and satisfaction with care in people with multiple sclerosis: A two-year prospective study Charlotte Ytterberg, Sverker Johansson, Kristina Gottberg, Lotta Widén Holmqvist, and Lena von Koch BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 36. Published online 2008 September 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-36.PMCID: PMC2569963 The effect of coaching on the simulated malingering of memory impairment Jascha Rüsseler, Alexandra Brett, Ulrike Klaue, Michael Sailer, and Thomas F Münte BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 37. Published online 2008 October 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-37.PMCID: PMC2569062 Risk factors for dementia in the epidemiological study of Munguialde County (Basque Country-Spain) Manuel Fernández Martínez, Jessica Castro Flores, Susana Pérez de las Heras, Aitziber Mandaluniz Lekumberri, María Gordejuela Menocal, and Juan José Zarranz Imirizaldu BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 39. Published online 2008 October 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-39.PMCID: PMC2584030 Skin-impedance in Fabry Disease: A prospective, controlled, non-randomized clinical study Surya N Gupta, Markus Ries, Gary J Murray, Jane M Quirk, Roscoe O Brady, Jeffrey R Lidicker, Raphael Schiffmann, and David F Moore BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 41. Published online 2008 November 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-41.PMCID: PMC2585087 Long-term effects of STN DBS on mood: psychosocial profiles remain stable in a 3-year follow-up Iris Kaiser, Ilse Kryspin-Exner, Thomas Brücke, Dieter Volc, and François Alesch BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 43. Published online 2008 November 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-43.PMCID: PMC2596774 Plasma brain natriuretic peptide as a surrogate marker for cardioembolic stroke Kazushi Yukiiri, Naohisa Hosomi, Takayuki Naya, Tsutomu Takahashi, Hiroyuki Ohkita, Mao Mukai, Hisashi Masugata, Koji Murao, Masaki Ueno, Takehiro Nakamura, Hiroaki Dobashi, Takanori Miki, Yasuhiro Kuroda, and Masakazu Kohno BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 45. Published online 2008 December 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-45.PMCID: PMC2621245 Role of MAPT mutations and haplotype in frontotemporal lobar degeneration in Northern Finland Anna-Lotta Kaivorinne, Johanna Krüger, Katja Kuivaniemi, Hannu Tuominen, Virpi Moilanen, Kari Majamaa, and Anne M Remes BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 48. Published online 2008 December 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-48.PMCID: PMC2625345 Identifying people at high risk for developing sleep apnea syndrome (SAS): a cross-sectional study in a Pakistani population Fawad Taj, Zarmeneh Aly, Mahwash Kassi, and Mansoor Ahmed BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 50. Published online 2008 December 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-50.PMCID: PMC2615786 Study Protocol Mental practice-based rehabilitation training to improve arm function and daily activity performance in stroke patients: a randomized clinical trial Jeanine A Verbunt, Henk AM Seelen, Feljandro P Ramos, Bernard HM Michielsen, Wim L Wetzelaer, and Martine Moennekens BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 7. Published online 2008 April 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-7.PMCID: PMC2329664 A randomised controlled trial evaluating family mediated exercise (FAME) therapy following stroke Rose Galvin, Tara Cusack, and Emma Stokes BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 22. Published online 2008 June 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-22.PMCID: PMC2447850 Protocol for German trial of Acyclovir and corticosteroids in Herpes-simplex-virus-encephalitis (GACHE): a multicenter, multinational, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled German, Austrian and Dutch trial [ISRCTN45122933] Francisco Martinez-Torres, Sanjay Menon, Maria Pritsch, Norbert Victor, Ekkehart Jenetzky, Katrin Jensen, Eva Schielke, Erich Schmutzhard, Jan de Gans, Chin-Hee Chung, Steffen Luntz, Werner Hacke, Uta Meyding-Lamadé, and the GACHE Investigators BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 40. Published online 2008 October 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-40.PMCID: PMC2605746 |