Background: The presence of Lewy bodies (LB) in the neocortex and limbic system in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) is commonly thought to be linked with cognitive impairment. The authors ...

OBJECTIVES Routine data collection is now considered mandatory. Therefore, staff rated clinical scales that consist of multiple items should have the minimum number of items necessary for rigorous ...

Background: Most studies on spinal cord infarction have been conducted in single centres; they usually consisted of case reports, or of larger series of patients recruited over a large period of time, ...

Correspondence to Ondrej Bradac, Department of Neurosurgery and Neurooncology, Military University Hospital, Charles University First Faculty of Medicine, Prague 121 08, Czech Republic; ...

Objective: To review the nature of the presentation of neurosyphilis, the value of diagnostic tests, and the classification of the disease. Methods: A retrospective review was carried out of the ...

Four short, simple measures of arm function, suitable for use with patients recovering from acute stroke, are described. These tests are: the Frenchay Arm Test, the Nine Hole Peg Test, finger tapping ...

Department of Neuropathology, National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases, London, UK. The Lewy body is a distinctive neuronal inclusion that is always found in the substantia nigra and other specific ...

4 Department of Neurology, Strasbourg University and Clinical Investigation Center, Strasbourg Hospital, France Correspondence to Dr Jerome de Seze, Department of Neurology and Clinical Investigation ...

Adult-onset leukodystrophies and genetic leukoencephalopathies comprise a diverse group of neurodegenerative disorders of white matter with a wide age of onset and phenotypic spectrum. Patients with ...

1 Alzheimer Centre and VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2 Department of Neurology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 3 Department of Neurology and MRI ...

National Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit, School of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK Background: Sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob ...

Section of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK Correspondence to: Professor S Lovestone, Section of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, De ...