Background Despite considerable interest, the population-based frequency, clinical characteristics and natural history of cognitive impairment in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are not known.

a Department of Medical Sciences, Section of Neurology, Università del Piemonte Orientale “A Avogadro”, Novara, Italy, b Clinica Neurologica, Ospedale Maggiore, Corso Mazzini 18, 28100 Novara, Italy ...

Dr F X Glocker, Department of Neurology, University of Freiburg, Breisacher Straße 64, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany. Telephone 0049 761 270 5313; fax 0049 761 270 5313. OBJECTIVE Vitamin B 12 deficiency ...

Objective: To assess apathy in patients with Parkinson’s disease and its relation to disability, mood, personality, and cognition. Methods: Levels of apathy in 45 patients with Parkinson’s disease ...

Six patients who presented with acute sensory neuropathy were studied. All patients underwent detailed clinical assessment along with electrophysiological tests and relevant laboratory investigations.

Objectives We aimed to identify existing outcome measures for functional neurological disorder (FND), to inform the development of recommendations and to guide future research on FND outcomes. Methods ...

Professor Neil Scolding, Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Department of Neurology, University of Bristol, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol BS16 1LE UK n.j.scolding{at}bristol.ac.uk If you wish to reuse ...

OBJECTIVES Increased resistance to stretch of muscles after stroke may be the result of centrally mediated neural factors such as spasticity or local, peripheral factors such as muscle contracture or ...

OBJECTIVES To describe the clinical presentation of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) or dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) who were suspected of having Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and to ...

Correspondence to Dr Georgios Tsivgoulis, Second Department of Neurology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens 15344, Attica, Greece; tsivgoulisgiorg{at}yahoo.gr ...

Background and objective: Cryoglobulinaemic neuropathy (CN) is probably common, as it is usually related to HCV infection. The aim of this study was to delineate the clinical spectrum of CN in a large ...

2 Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Introduction The supplementary motor area (SMA) is frequently involved by brain tumours (particularly WHO grade II gliomas).