Neurology Alert articles from July 2002

Neurology Alert archives from July 2002

Will zapping SAP knock out AD? (Abstract & Commentary).(soluble amyloid protein)(Alzheimer's disease )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Source: Pepys MB, et al. Nature. 2002;417:254-259. SYSTEMIC AND NEUROLOGIC AMYLOIDOSES SHARE IN COMMON the development of extracellular deposits composed of abnormally folded proteins within diseased tissues. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an...

Encephalomyeloradiculitis: same clinical features but two different viruses. (Abstracts & Commentary).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Sources: Majid A, et al. Brain. 2002;125:159-165; Kusuhara T, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2002;34:1199-1205. THE RECENT ADMISSION TO NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN Hospital of a young woman with acute transverse myelitis and encephalopathy with CSF...

Neuroupdate: familial periodic paralysis. (Abstract & Commentary).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Source: Cannon SC, et al. Neuromuscul Disord. 2002; In press. EPISODIC ATTACKS OF FLACCID MUSCLE WEAKNESS IS the hallmark of these 4 autosomal dominant disorders involving missense mutations of voltage-gated ion channels. Generalized...

Homocysteine and stroke risk: role for folate therapy. (Abstracts & Commentary).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... ABSTRACTS & COMMENTARY Sources: Bazzano LA, et al. Stroke. 2002;33:1183-1189; Kasner SE. Stroke. 2002;33:1189; Miller JW, et al. Neurology. 2002;58:1471-1475. SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE EXISTS TO LINK HOMOCYSTEINE (Hcy) levels with...

Behavioral disorders, Parkinson's disease, and subthalamic stimulation. (Abstract & Commentary).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Source: Houeto JL, et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2002;72:701-707. THIS IMPORTANT SURGICAL, NEUROLOGICAL, AND psychiatric report derives from an excellent study from the Centre d'Investigation Clinique, Hospital de la Salpetriere of...

Eye strain headache? (Abstract & Commentary).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Source: Gil-Gouveia R, et al. Headache. 2002;42:256-262. PATIENTS COMPLAINING OF HEADACHE OFTEN CLAIM 1 of 3 things: sinus disease; brain tumor, or simply that their eyeglasses no longer work. The International Headache Society (IHS) does...

Prognosis in Bell's palsy. (Abstract & Commentary).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Source: Kress BP, et al. Neuro radiology. 2002;44:428-433. CAN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) OF THE seventh cranial nerve aid in prognosticating Bell's palsy? To answer this question prospectively, gadolinium (GAD) enhanced MRI of 20...

Magnesium in menstrual migraines. (Brief Alerts).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Source: Mauskop A, et al. Headache. 2002;42:242-248. IN THIS PROSPECTIVE STUDY, 270 WOMEN SEEN AT A headache clinic, including 61 patients with menstrual migraine, had measurements of serum ionized magnesium (1Mg) levels and serum ionized...

Sudden death in Epilepsy.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Source: Pedley TA, Hauser WA. Lancet. 2002;359:1790-1791. FOLLOWING A FIRST INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH directed at the recent literature's sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP), Pedley and Hauser turned to the report of the United...