The GABAergic drug baclofen and the cholinergic drug physostigmine were administered to patients with upbeat and downbeat nystagmus. Baclofen (orally, 5 mg three times daily) reduced nystagmus slow ...

Background and aim: The psychometric properties of rating scales are sample dependent and need evaluations in different samples. The Multiple Sclerosis Impact Scale (MSIS-29), a new patient based ...

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is an immune-mediated neuropathy typically characterised by symmetrical involvement, and proximal as well as distal muscle weakness (typical ...

Objective To validate sphingomyelin (SM) dosage in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients affected by chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) and Guillain-Barré syndrome ...

Dr Dorothy Wade is Consultant health psychologist at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. She has a PhD in health psychology and healthcare evaluation from University College London, where she is ...

The objective of this paper is to evaluate available evidence for each step in autoimmune encephalitis management and provide expert opinion when evidence is lacking. The paper approaches autoimmune ...

Correspondence to Professor Emmanuelle Corruble, Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris, Service Hospitalo Universitaire de Psychiatrie de Bicêtre, Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris, Paris ...

Neurophysiopathology, Movement Disorders Centre, Department of Oncology and Neuroscience, Università “G. D’Annunzio”; Chieti-Pescara, Italy Correspondence to: Professor M Onofrj Neurophysiopathology, ...

Background and purpose The optimal time to start oral anticoagulant (OAC) in patients with ischaemic stroke due to non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) is unknown. We reviewed OAC timing in relation ...

The Epilepsy Research Group, The Institute of Neurology, 33 Queen Square, London,UK Dr N F Moran, The Epilepsy Research Group, The Institute of Neurology, 33 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK.

Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan Correspondence to Dr S Kuwabara, Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 ...

This paper reports on a multicentre trial comparing the effects of speech therapists and untrained volunteers on recovery from aphasia following stroke. One hundred and fifty-five patients entered the ...