Journal of Neurology

Abstract Introduction While therapeutic coma is an established escalation strategy in generalized convulsive status epilepticus, evidence for benefit in non-convulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) is limited and treatment-related complications may affect outcome. Methods We performed a retrospective cohort study of patients with NCSE treated at a tertiary hospital. Patients were classified according…

Abstract Background Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) was historically associated with death in the late teens or early twenties, mainly from respiratory failure. Survival has improved substantially with home mechanical ventilation (HMV) and multidisciplinary care, although variability remains. This study evaluated temporal trends in survival in DMD and the impact of HMV. Methods A study-level cu…

Abstract Dizziness and vertigo are common and debilitating neurological symptoms among patients visiting the emergency department (ED). Possibly because the symptoms are not captured by standard stroke severity tools such as the NIHSS (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale), their network-level neuroanatomical correlates—particularly potential supratentorial contributions—remain incompletely…

BACKGROUND: Essential tremor has been associated with cognitive impairment. Mild action tremor labelled physiological tremor is present in all humans. Tremor increases with age. It is unknown if mild action tremor is associated with cognitive performance in older people. OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that mild-mostly non-pathological-action tremor is associated with reduced cognitive performa…

BACKGROUND: The right-temporal variant of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is well characterised. Whether it should be considered a distinct clinical entity, separate from other syndromes of FTD, remains an open question. The study addressed the issue through a retrospective comparison of clinical characteristics of patients with predominant atrophy in right or left anterior temporal lobe (R-ATL vs.…

BACKGROUND: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) quantifies retinal neuroaxonal loss related to neurodegeneration in people with multiple sclerosis (pwMS) and is associated with physical and cognitive disability. However, no data exist on the relationship between OCT metrics and cognitive progression independent of relapse activity (cognitive PIRA). OBJECTIVE: To assess if OCT can prognosticate cog…