Background Limited data are available on the global rates of paediatric multiple sclerosis. Here, we report on the estimated worldwide prevalence of paediatric MS. Methods We included paediatric ...

Wallerian degeneration (WD) after ischaemic stroke is a well known phenomenon following a stereotypical time course. Whereas conventional magnetic resonance imaging fails to detect signal intensity ...

Background Conversion disorder is largely managed by neurologists, for whom it presents great challenges to understanding and management. This study aimed to quantify these challenges, examining how ...

Influential models based on an increasing body of neuroimaging evidence propose that insular cortex integrates cognitive, affective, sensory and autonomic information to create a consciously perceived ...

Objectives: The diameters of the vertebral arteries (VAs) are very often unequal. Therefore, this study investigated if unequal VA flow contributes to the development of basilar artery (BA) curvature ...

OBJECTIVE Necropsy confirmed clinical diagnostic accuracy for Alzheimer’s disease is claimed to exceed 90%. This figure contains two fallacies; it includes cases in which Alzheimer’s disease exists ...

Background: The 39 item Parkinson’s disease questionnaire (PDQ-39) is the most widely used patient reported rating scale in Parkinson’s disease. However, several fundamental measurement assumptions ...

Neurological syndromes commonly occur in patients with liver disease. A neurological syndrome associated with a liver disease may be a complication of the disease, it may be induced by a factor that ...

Hashimoto’s encephalopathy is a steroid responsive disorder characterised by high titres of anti-thyroid antibodies and manifesting as sub-acute onset of confusion, episodes of myoclonus, seizures, ...

OBJECTIVE To describe a clock drawing task (CLOX) designed to elicit executive impairment and discriminate it from non-executive constructional failure. SUBJECTS 90 elderly subjects were studied (45 ...

Background The diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is based on diagnostic clinical criteria, which were updated over the years. Objective To evaluate, through a systematic review, accuracy of ...

Background: Despite numerous reports of changes in satiety, food preference, and eating habits in patients with frontotemporal dementia, there have been few systematic studies. Objectives: To ...