Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a paralytic and usually fatal disorder caused by motor-neuron
degeneration in the brain and spinal cord. Most cases of ALS are sporadic but about …

Several molecular subtypes of sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease have been identified and
electroencephalogram and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers have been reported to support …

To validate the provisional findings of a number of smaller studies and explore additional
determinants of characteristic diagnostic investigation results across the entire clinical …

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that a high lactate signal
and a low N-acetyl-aspartate/choline ratio in neonates with postasphyxial encephalopathy …

The expression of the gap-junction proteins connexin (CX) 43 and 32 was evaluated in
surgical specimens of brain tumors and perilesional cortex from patients with chronic medically …

Glioneuronal tumours are an increasingly recognized cause of chronic pharmaco‐resistant
epilepsy. In the present study the immunocytochemical expression of various glutamate …

Purpose: Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) is known to be a major cause of intractable epilepsy.
The cellular mechanism(s) underlying the epileptogenicity of FCD remain largely unknown. …

Background Human prion diseases are rare and usually rapidly fatal neurodegenerative
disorders, the most common being sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD). Variants in the …

… for at least 24 h post-mortem and mGluR1α IR for at least 12 h. At 24 h post-mortem overall
… Therefore, in this study we have used autopsy controls with post-mortem delays <17 h. In …

PURPOSE To determine the frequency of appearance of various MR signs in mesial temporal
sclerosis, to determine the optimal scanning planes for their visualization, and to propose …