Objective: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurological disorder characterised by a large number of motor and non-motor features that can impact on function to a variable degree. This review ...

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 ...

A staging scheme based on ophthalmoscopic signs of disturbed axoplasmic transport is described. A study employing fundus photographs showed good reproducibility among different observers. Specificity ...

Background: The visual association test (VAT) is a brief learning task based on imagery mnemonics. The test materials consist of six line drawings of pairs of interacting objects or animals—for ...

Dr G Sobue, Department of Neurology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466–8550, Japan. Telephone 0081 52 741 2111; fax 0081 52 744 2384. OBJECTIVES To assess the ...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate, in people with multiple sclerosis, two psychometric assumptions that must be satisfied for valid use of the medical outcomes study 36-item short form health survey (SF-36): the ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Dr Ding Ding, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Institute of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan Univeristy, Shanghai 200040, China; dingding{at}huashan.org.cn We have ...

2 Jubilee Day Hospital, North Tyneside General Hospital, Rake Lane, North Shields, Tyne and Wear NE29 8NH, UK 3 North Tyneside General Hospital, Rake Lane, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE29 8NH, UK ...

Objectives: To evaluate changes in sexual well being in a group of patients with Parkinson’s disease following deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN). Methods: 31 consecutive ...

The nature of the neurological and mental disabilities resulting from severe head injuries are analysed in 150 patients. Mental handicap contributed more significantly to overall social disability ...

Background: Prompt assessment and investigation of transient ischaemic attack (TIA) followed by early initiation of secondary prevention is effective in reducing recurrent stroke. Nevertheless, many ...