Objective The objective was to investigate changes in cognitive functioning in subjects with early multiple sclerosis (MS) over 5 years. Methodological issues associated with longitudinal cognitive ...

The brain is in a constant state of dynamic change, for example switching between cognitive and behavioural tasks, and between wakefulness and sleep. The brains of people with epilepsy have additional ...

Background Cognitive and behavioural dysfunction may occur in people with motor neuron disease (MND), with some studies suggesting an association with the C9ORF72 repeat expansion. Their onset and ...

Department of Neurology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Department of Neurology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP, UK.

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the influences of chronic alcohol consumption on brain volume among social drinkers, as it is well known that alcohol misusers have a high risk of brain shrinkage. METHODS ...

Given the profound impact of language impairment after stroke (aphasia), neuroplasticity research is garnering considerable attention as means for eventually improving aphasia treatments and how they ...

Correspondence to: Professor Kerry R Mills Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK; kerry.mills1kingsch.nhs.uk Electromyography (EMG), the ...

1 Department of Neurology, Mersin University, Faculty of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey 2 Department of Psychiatry, Mersin University, Faculty of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey 3 Department of Biostatistics, ...

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is an incurable and progressive neurological disorder leading to deleterious motor and non-motor consequences. Presently, no pharmacological agents can prevent PD evolution or ...

From 1979-85, 2435 patients with a transient ischaemic attack or minor ischaemic stroke were randomly allocated to receive long term "blind" treatment with aspirin 600 mg twice daily (n = 815), ...

Correspondence to Professor Ja-Hae Kim, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hospital, Gwangju 61469, Korea (the Republic of); jhbt0607{at}hanmail.net; ...

Background Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is common in military campaigns and is a risk factor for dementia. ArmeD SerVices TrAuma and RehabilitatioN OutComE-TBI (ADVANCE-TBI) aims to ascertain ...