Osgood, Marcey L.
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Purpose of ReviewAneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage remains a devastating disease process despite medical advances made over the past 3 decades. Much of the focus was on prevention and treatment of vasospasm to reduce delayed cerebral ischemia and improve outcome. In recent years, there has been a shift of focus onto early brain injury as the precu...
Schading, Simon Emmenegger, Tim M. Freund, Patrick
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Purpose of ReviewTraumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is a life-changing event with drastic implications for patients due to sensorimotor impairment and autonomous dysfunction. Current clinical evaluations focus on the assessment of injury level and severity using standardized neurological examinations. However, they fail to predict individual trajec...
Pandey, Sanjay Bhattad, Sonali Dinesh, Shreya
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Purpose of ReviewTremor is an important phenotypic feature of dystonia with wide variability in the reported prevalence ranging from 14 to 86.67%. This variability may be due to the types of dystonia patients reported in different studies. This article reviews research articles reporting tremor in primary monogenic dystonia.Recent FindingsWe search...
Lazaridis, Christos Mansour, Ali Alvarado-Dyer, Ronald Tangonan, Ruth Loggini, Andrea Kramer, Christopher Goldenberg, Fernando D.
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Purpose of ReviewCivilian firearm-inflicted penetrating brain injury (PBI) carries high morbidity and mortality. Concurrently, the evidence base guiding management decisions remains limited. Faced with large volume of PBI patients, we have made observations in relation to coagulopathy and cerebrovascular injuries. We here review this literature in ...
Peterson, Amalia Tom, Sarah E
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Purpose of ReviewThe prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias is greater in women compared to men. We provide a review of female sex-specific risk factors across the lifecourse for cognition in older adulthood, highlighting areas that need further study.Recent FindingsPregnancy may affect late-life cognition, with adverse pregnancy o...
Patch, Craig S. Hill-Yardin, Elisa L. Lewis, Michael Ryan, Lisa Daly, Ed Pearce, Alan J.
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Purpose of ReviewMild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is a continuing healthcare concern worldwide contributing to significant cognitive and neurological impairment, consequently affecting activities of daily living. While mTBI recovery is becoming well studied, there are no interventions to reduce the known impairments of mTBI. Omega-3 fatty acids (...
Moghimi, Narges Di Napoli, Mario Biller, José Siegler, James E. Shekhar, Rahul McCullough, Louise D. Harkins, Michelle S. Hong, Emily Alaouieh, Danielle A. Mansueto, Gelsomina
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Purpose of ReviewCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is a global health challenge. This review aims to summarize the incidence, risk factors, possible pathophysiology, and proposed management of neurological manifestations of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PA...
Maalouf, Monica Fearon, Maureen Lipa, Mary Clare Chow-Johnson, Hannah Tayeh, Linda Lipa, Daniel
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A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11910-021-01129-8
Robblee, Jennifer Secora, Karissa A.
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Purpose of ReviewAlthough sinus headache has been extensively reviewed and described, misdiagnosis remains common. This paper discusses the myths and truths about sinus headaches.Recent FindingsSinus headache is used colloquially to attribute facial pain to allergies or a sinus infection; however, most sinus headaches are migraine. Sinus-region pai...
Leal Rato, Miguel Bandeira, Matilde Romão, Vasco C. Aguiar de Sousa, Diana
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Purpose of ReviewIn recent years, the spectrum of neurological manifestations of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) has been growing. We provide a critical review of the literature with special emphasis on presentation, proposed mechanisms of disease, and treatment of neurological involvement in APS.Recent FindingsAlthough stroke is the most common ca...
