Background Oral anticoagulation (OAC) effectively reduces stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), but its use ...

Background Smoking is a significant risk factor for neurological disorders, yet its global impact on these conditions remains underexplored. Methods Using Global Burden of Diseases 2021 data, we ...

Background Benign multiple sclerosis (MS), characterised by minimal disability despite long disease duration, remains poorly understood in terms of its determinants and prognostic implications. While ...

1 Department of Psychology, University of Canterbury, and Christchurch Movement Disorders and Brain Research Group, Christchurch, New Zealand 2 Christchurch Health and Development Study, Christchurch ...

Objectives: Bobath based (BB) and movement science based (MSB) physiotherapy interventions are widely used for patients after stroke. There is little evidence to suggest which is most effective. This ...

OBJECTIVES Temporal lobe atrophy as assessed by MRI can be measured in several ways. Volumetric measurements are quantitative but very time consuming and require extensive training to perform, so are ...

Background A few case reports have shown controversial results of rituximab efficacy in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP). Objective To analyse the ...

University of California San Francisco Memory and Aging Center, 350 Parnassus Avenue, Suite 706, San Francisco, CA 94143-1207, USA Correspondence to: Dr K P Rankin UCSF Memory and Aging Center, 350 ...

Objective: To study the demographic characteristics of patients with carpal tunnel syndrome and changes in incidence over time. Methods: Prospective collection of neurophysiological and clinical data ...

Background: There are no studies of autonomic function comparing Alzheimer’s disease (AD), vascular dementia (VAD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson’s disease dementia (PDD). Aims: To ...

Background: No formal instruments are available for quantifying sleep problems in Parkinson’s disease. Objective: To develop a new sleep scale to quantify the various aspects of nocturnal sleep ...

Objective: To compare olfactory function in vascular parkinsonism and Parkinson’s disease diagnosed according to published clinical diagnostic criteria. Methods: The University of Pennsylvania smell ...