Background Status epilepticus is a medical emergency and carries a high mortality. Early seizure control is important to prevent neurological complications. In our centre, phenytoin loading is given ...
Department of Neurology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK Correspondence to: Dr Y A Rajabally Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of ...
Correspondence to: Professor P G E Kennedy Department of Neurology, University of Glasgow, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow G51 4TF, UK; p.g.kennedyclinmed.gla.ac ...
1 Department of Neurology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK 2 Department of Neurophysiology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK 3 Department of Rheumatology, Royal ...
Background Tai Chi has shown beneficial effects on the motor and non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD), but no study has reported the effect of long-term Tai Chi training. Objective To ...
Background Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is the most common monogenic form of stroke and is associated with early-onset stroke ...
Background The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) produces prevalence estimates for ‘idiopathic epilepsy’ (ie, of unknown aetiology) and ‘secondary epilepsy’ (ie, with known aetiology) but does not ...
Until recently, pathophysiological models, diagnosis and care of Alzheimer’s disease have been strikingly uncoupled. The dominant pathophysiological theory was the canonical amyloid hypothesis (cAH), ...
Antithrombotic therapy is a key element of secondary prevention in patients who have had an ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack. However, its use in clinical practice is not always ...
Dr R Barber, Institute for the Health of the Elderly, Newcastle General Hospital, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 6BE, U.K. Tel +(0)191 256 3274 ext. 22986; fax +(0)191 219 5048; email ...
Background It remains imperative to discover the time course that cardiovascular risk factors influence neurodegeneration in ...