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BACKGROUND
Chorea-acanthocytosis (ChAc) is a rare autosomal recessive disease characterized by involuntary movements, seizures, cognitive changes, myopathy, and axonal neuropathy.
METHODS
We report a patient who presented with gait impairment and dysarthria. Clinical and neurophysiological
A virus isolated from the CSF of a patient who had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis for 7 years, and prolonged pleocytosis in the CSF, was adapted to suckling mouse brain by subsequent serial blind passages. This Schu virus belongs to the tick-borne encephalitis complex of the genus Flavivirus
We report the association of pontocerebellar hypoplasia and anterior horn cell disease in three female siblings. One child presented with the classical clinical and neuropathological features of pontocerebellar hypoplasia with associated anterior horn cell disease, described by Barth as
A central nervous disorder occurred spontaneously in a herd of feeder pigs characterized by muscle fasciculations, convulsions, squealing, and acute death in numerous animals. Histopathology revealed a degenerative poliomyeloencephalopathy of brain stem and spinal cord consisting of neuronal
OBJECTIVE
To determine whether transplanting olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) is effective in controlling or reversing the deterioration caused by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
METHODS
Between February 2003 and April 2006, 327 patients (241 males and 86 females) with probable or definite
Creatine exerts beneficial effects on a variety of pathologies in which energy metabolism and oxidative stress play an etiological role. Creatine supplements have shown beneficial effects on neurological disorders including Parkinson׳s disease, Huntington›s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, as
As a delayed neurologic complication following a high-voltage electrical injury, motor neuron disease-like spinal cord injury has often been reported. However, epileptic seizure as a delayed complication of electrical brain injury has not been reported. We report a 32-year-old man, who developed
Beta-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) and beta-N-oxalylamino-L-alanine (BOAA) are chemically related amino acids present in the seeds of Cycas circinalis and Lathyrus sativus, respectively. Consumption of these seeds has been linked to Guam amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (BMAA) and lathyrism (BOAA; a
Infusion of the K(+) channel blocker 4-aminopyridine in the hippocampus induces the release of glutamate, as well as seizures and neurodegeneration. Since an imbalance between excitation and inhibition, as well as alterations of ion channels, may be involved in these effects of 4-aminopyridine, we
Calcium (Ca2+)-permeable AMPA receptors may, in certain circumstances, contribute to normal synaptic plasticity or to neurodegeneration. AMPA receptors are Ca2+-permeable if they lack the GluA2 subunit or if GluA2 is unedited at a single nucleic acid, known as the Q/R site. In
Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is not an uncommon seizure disorder, occurring in 5-10% of epileptic patients. A subclinical anterior horn cell involvement has been suggested in some JME patients by concentric needle electromyography (EMG) and turn/amplitude analysis. In this study, 22 JME
Hirayama disease (HD) is rare, but benign anterior horn cell disease, predominantly affecting young men. One of the symptoms, besides weakness, is abnormal movement in the hand. Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is one of the most common types of generalized epilepsies and can be recognized by a
Mordes et al. (2020) did not detect the survival or motor phenotypes in C9orf72 BAC transgenic mice originally described by Liu et al. (2016). We discuss methodological differences between the Mordes and Liu studies, several additional studies in which survival and motor phenotypes were found, and
There were two hypotheses of functions of supplementary motor area (SMA): supplementary vs. supramotor, in 1980s. Clinically, SMA can develop a very intractable seizure focus characterized by unique ictal motor symptoms, and its dysfunction is also strongly related to the cardinal clinical features
A 67-year-old Brazilian man of African ancestry and his 60-year-old sister both presented with choreiform movements, although in the man these were significantly overshadowed by additional parkinsonism. The man also had a history of four epileptic seizures. Neurological examination in each also