BMJ10d
Consensus on guidelines for stereotactic neurosurgery for psychiatric disorders
3 Working Group ‘Deep Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry: Guidance for Responsible Research and Application’. This Working Group is organised by the Europäische ...
BMJ2d
Towards a multi-arm, multi-stage trial for disease modification in Parkinson’s: The EJS ACT-PD initiative
Background The Edmond J Safra Accelerating Clinical Trials in Parkinson Disease initiative (EJS ACT-PD) is developing a multi-arm, multi-stage (MAMS) platform trial to accelerate identification of ...
BMJ10d
Cognitive and neuropsychiatric effects of noradrenergic treatment in Alzheimer’s disease: systematic review and meta-analysis
Background Dysfunction of the locus coeruleus-noradrenergic system occurs early in Alzheimer’s disease, contributing to cognitive and neuropsychiatric symptoms in some patients. This system offers a ...
BMJ10d
Trauma and depressive symptomatology in middle-aged persons at high risk of dementia: the PREVENT Dementia Study
Objective Depression and trauma are associated with changes in brain regions implicated in Alzheimer’s disease. The present study examined associations between childhood trauma, depression, adult ...
BMJ2d
Vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia diagnosed by magnetic resonance angiography and risk of stroke and death: a cohort study
Objective: There are only limited epidemiological studies evaluating the association between vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia (VBD) and outcomes. This study was designed to elucidate the outcome and ...
BMJ12d
Higher blood high density lipoprotein and apolipoprotein A1 levels are associated with reduced risk of developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Correspondence to Professor Martin R Turner, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK; martin.turner{at}ndcn.ox.ac.uk Background Premorbid body mass ...
BMJ11d
Benefits and risks of folic acid to the nervous system
Correspondence to: Dr E H Reynolds, Institute of Epileptology, Weston Education Centre, King's College Denmark Hill Campus, Cutcombe Road, London SE5 9PJ, UK During three decades of neurological ...
BMJ7d
Specific patterns of cognitive impairment in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus and Alzheimer's disease: a pilot study
Dr JL Iddon, Department of Academic Neurosurgery, Box 167, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 5RG, UK email jo.iddon{at}cenes.co.uk OBJECTIVES Eleven patients ...
BMJ10d
Clinical practice guideline for the management of paediatric Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Background and objectives Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is the most common inherited neuropathy and often presents during childhood. Guidelines for the optimal management of common problems ...
BMJ5mon
Imaging endolymphatic space of the inner ear in vestibular migraine
Background Vestibular migraine (VM), the most frequent episodic vertigo, is difficult to distinguish from Ménière’s disease (MD) because reliable biomarkers are missing. The classical proof of MD was ...
BMJ8d
Hypothyroidism is associated with prolonged COVID-19-induced anosmia: a case–control study
Correspondence to Dr Georgios Tsivgoulis, Second Department of Neurology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens 15344, Attica, Greece; tsivgoulisgiorg{at}yahoo.gr ...
BMJ9d
Does the primary literature provide support for clinical signs used to distinguish psychogenic nonepileptic seizures from epileptic seizures?
Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) represent a diagnostic challenge. When trying to distinguish between PNES and epileptic seizures (ES), clinicians rely on the presence or absence of several ...