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Regensburger M, Ip CW, Kohl Z, Schrader C, Urban PP, Kassubek J, Jost WH. Clinical benefit of MAO-B and COMT inhibition in Parkinson's disease: practical considerations. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2023; 130:847-861. [PMID: 36964457 PMCID: PMC10199833 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-023-02623-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2023] [Accepted: 03/16/2023] [Indexed: 03/26/2023]
Abstract
Inhibitors of monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B) and catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) are major strategies to reduce levodopa degradation and thus to increase and prolong its effect in striatal dopaminergic neurotransmission in Parkinson's disease patients. While selegiline/rasagiline and tolcapone/entacapone have been available on the market for more than one decade, safinamide and opicapone have been approved in 2015 and 2016, respectively. Meanwhile, comprehensive data from several post-authorization studies have described the use and specific characteristics of the individual substances in clinical practice under real-life conditions. Here, we summarize current knowledge on both medication classes, with a focus on the added clinical value in Parkinson's disease. Furthermore, we outline practical considerations in the treatment of motor fluctuations and provide an outlook on ongoing studies with MAO-B and COMT inhibitors.
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- Martin Regensburger
- Department of Molecular Neurology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Abt. für Neurologie, Asklepios Klinik Barmbek, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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Stascheit F, Grittner U, Hoffmann S, Mergenthaler P, Schroeter M, Ruck T, Pawlitzki M, Blaes F, Kaiser J, Schara U, Della-Marina A, Thieme A, Hagenacker T, Jacobi C, Berger B, Urban PP, Knop KC, Schalke B, Lee DH, Kalischewski P, Wiendl H, Meisel A. Risk and course of COVID-19 in immunosuppressed patients with myasthenia gravis. J Neurol 2023; 270:1-12. [PMID: 36166068 PMCID: PMC9512984 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-022-11389-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Revised: 09/16/2022] [Accepted: 09/17/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) are potentially prone for a severe COVID-19 course, but there are limited real-world data available on the risk associated with COVID-19 for patients with MG. Here, we investigate whether current immunosuppressive therapy (IST) influences the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 severity. METHODS Data from the German myasthenia gravis registry were analyzed from May 2020 until June 2021 and included patient demographics, MG disease duration, comorbidities, current IST use, COVID-19 characteristics, and outcomes. Propensity score matching was employed to match MG patients with IST to those without, and multivariable binary logistic regression models were used to determine associations between IST with (1) symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection and (2) severe COVID-19 course, as measured by hospitalization or death. RESULTS Of 1379 patients with MG, 95 (7%) patients (mean age 58 (standard deviation [SD] 18) presented with COVID-19, of which 76 (80%) received IST at time of infection. 32 patients (34%) were hospitalized due to COVID-19; a total of 11 patients (12%) died. IST was a risk factor for hospitalization or death in the group of COVID-19-affected MG patients (odds ratio [OR] 3.04, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.02-9.06, p = 0.046), but current IST was not associated with a higher risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection itself. DISCUSSION In this national MG cohort study, current IST use was a risk factor for a severe disease course of COVID-19 but not for SARS-CoV-2 infection itself. These data support the consequent implementation of effective strategies to prevent COVID-19 in this high-risk group. TRIAL REGISTRATION INFORMATION German clinical trial registry ( https://www.drks.de ), DRKS00024099, first patient enrolled: February 4th, 2019.
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- Frauke Stascheit
- Department of Neurology with Experimental Neurology, Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany ,NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Biometry and Clinical Epidemiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany ,Berlin Institute of Health at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology with Experimental Neurology, Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany ,NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology with Experimental Neurology, Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany ,NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany ,Center for Stroke Research Berlin, Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Cologne and University Hospital, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Kreiskrankenhaus Oberberg GmbH, Oberberg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, LVR Klinik Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Neuropediatric, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Neuropediatric, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Helios Hospital Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany
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- Department of Neurology Center for Translational Neuro- and Behavioral Sciences (C-TNBS), University Medicine Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Sankt Katharinen Krankenhaus GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Helios Hospital Pforzheim, Pforzheim, Germany ,Clinic of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Asklepios Hospital Hamburg Barmbek, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Neurology with Experimental Neurology, Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany ,NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany ,Center for Stroke Research Berlin, Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Jost WH, Laskawi R, Palmowski-Wolfe A, Spittau B, Urban PP. [Therapy of Hemifacial Spasm with Botulinum Toxin: an Update]. Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr 2022; 90:37-41. [PMID: 35021244 DOI: 10.1055/a-1677-4008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Abstract
Injections of botulinum toxin can be viewed by now as the therapy of choice in treating hemifacial spasm (HFS). Each of the three botulinum toxin-A preparations have been approved for this indication in Germany. HFS is a frequent disease characterized by involuntary contractions of the muscles of one half of the face innervated by the facial nerve. The symptoms can be either tonic or clonic, intermittant or permanent. Diagnosis is based purely on clinical observation. A magnetic resonance imagingof the skull is appropriate to demonstrate nerve-vessel contact as most frequent cause and to exclude other pathologies.
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- Hals-Nasen-Ohrenklinik, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Göttingen
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- Anatomie und Zellbiologie, Medizinische Fakultät OWL, Universität Bielefeld
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- Asklepios Klinik Barmbek, Abt. für Neurologie, Hamburg
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Alegiani A, Rosenkranz M, Schmitz L, Lezius S, Seidel G, Heßelmann V, Töpper R, Terborg C, Urban PP, Brüning R, Höltje J, Lienau F, Arning C, Marquardt L, Müller-Jensen A, Röther J, Eckert B, Zapf A, Fiehler J, Thomalla G, Gerloff C. Ten Years of Improving Acute Stroke Management in a Metropolitan Area: A Population-Based Quantification of Quality Indicators. Eur Neurol 2021; 85:39-49. [PMID: 34818228 DOI: 10.1159/000518428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Rapid access to acute stroke treatment improves clinical outcomes in patients with ischemic stroke. We aimed to shorten the time to admission and to acute stroke treatment for patients with acute stroke in the Hamburg metropolitan area by collaborative multilevel measures involving all hospitals with stroke units, the Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and health-care authorities. METHODS In 2007, an area-wide stroke care quality project was initiated. The project included mandatory admission of all stroke patients in Hamburg exclusively to hospitals with stroke units, harmonized acute treatment algorithms among all hospitals, repeated training of the EMS staff, a multimedia educational campaign, and a mandatory stroke care quality monitoring system based on structured data assessment and quality indicators for procedural measures. We analyzed data of all patients with acute stroke who received inhospital treatment in the city of Hamburg during the evaluation period from the quality assurance database data and evaluated trends of key quality indicators over time. RESULTS From 2007 to 2016, a total of 83,395 patients with acute stroke were registered. During this period, the proportion of patients admitted within ≤3 h from symptom onset increased over time from 27.8% in 2007 to 35.2% in 2016 (p < 0.001). The proportion of patients who received rapid thrombolysis (within ≤30 min after admission) increased from 7.7 to 54.1% (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Collaborative stroke care quality projects are suitable and effective to improve acute stroke care.
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- Anna Alegiani
- Department of Neurology, Institute of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Albertinen Krankenhaus, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroradiology, Asklepios Hospital Nord, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroradiology, Asklepios Hospital Nord, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Asklepios Hospital Harburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Asklepios Hospital St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Radiology and Neuroradiology, Asklepios Hospital Barmbek, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Radiology and Neuroradiology, Asklepios Hospital Barmbek, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Asklepios Hospital Barmbek, Hamburg, Germany
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- Asklepios Hospital Barmbek, Marienkrankenhaus, Hamburg, Germany
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- University Department of Neurology, Asklepios Hospital Hamburg Wandsbek, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University Campus Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- University Department of Neurology, Asklepios Hospital Hamburg Wandsbek, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University Campus Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroradiology, Asklepios Hospital Altona, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Institute of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Institute of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Dulovic-Mahlow M, König IR, Trinh J, Diaw SH, Urban PP, Knappe E, Kuhnke N, Ingwersen LC, Hinrichs F, Weber J, Kupnicka P, Balck A, Delcambre S, Vollbrandt T, Grünewald A, Klein C, Seibler P, Lohmann K. Discordant Monozygotic Parkinson Disease Twins: Role of Mitochondrial Integrity. Ann Neurol 2020; 89:158-164. [PMID: 33094862 DOI: 10.1002/ana.25942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Revised: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Even though genetic predisposition has proven to be an important element in Parkinson's disease (PD) etiology, monozygotic (MZ) twins with PD displayed a concordance rate of only about 20% despite their shared identical genetic background. METHODS We recruited 5 pairs of MZ twins discordant for idiopathic PD and established skin fibroblast cultures to investigate mitochondrial phenotypes in these cellular models against the background of a presumably identical genome. To test for genetic differences, we performed whole genome sequencing, deep mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequencing, and tested for mitochondrial deletions by multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the fibroblast cultures. Further, the fibroblast cultures were tested for mitochondrial integrity by immunocytochemistry, immunoblotting, flow cytometry, and real-time PCR to quantify gene expression. RESULTS Genome sequencing did not identify any genetic difference. We found decreased mitochondrial functionality with reduced cellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP) levels, altered mitochondrial morphology, elevated protein levels of superoxide dismutase 2 (SOD2), and increased levels of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator-α (PPARGC1A) messenger RNA (mRNA) in skin fibroblast cultures from the affected compared to the unaffected twins. Further, there was a tendency for a higher number of somatic mtDNA variants among the affected twins. INTERPRETATION We demonstrate disease-related differences in mitochondrial integrity in the genetically identical twins. Of note, the clinical expression matches functional alterations of the mitochondria. ANN NEUROL 2021;89:158-164.
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- Institut für Medizinische Biometrie und Statistik, Universität zu Lübeck, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Asklepios Klinik Barmbek, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.,Department of Biochemistry and Medical Chemistry, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland
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- Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Molecular and Functional Neurobiology Group, Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
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- Cell Analysis Core Facility CAnaCore, Universität zu Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany, (LCSB), Belvaux, Luxembourg
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- Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.,Molecular and Functional Neurobiology Group, Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
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- Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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Ri S, Kivi A, Urban PP, Wolf T, Wissel J. Site and size of lesion predict post-stroke spasticity: A retrospective magnetic resonance imaging study. J Rehabil Med 2020; 52:jrm00065. [PMID: 32179931 DOI: 10.2340/16501977-2665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Clinical parameters for prediction of post-stroke spasticity are well established. This report introduces 2 brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) parameters (infarct volume and topographic distribution) as post-stroke spasticity predictors. METHODS Topographic and volumetric data from brain MRI for 98 patients with ischaemic stroke with spasticity, prevalent within the first 5 days after stroke and 6 months after stroke, were retrospectively correlated using Chris Rorden's MRIcron software. RESULTS Lesions within the supply territory of the middle cerebral artery involving the pyramidal tract were more frequently associated with spasticity than without spasticity (30.8% vs 5.1%). Middle cerebral artery lesions not affecting the pyramidal tract were found more often in patients without spasticity (49.2% vs 10.3%). Spasticity showed a significantly higher association with middle cerebral artery+pyramidal tract/internal capsule lesions than did "no spasticity" (97.5% vs 18.7%, p < 0.01), and lesion volumes were significantly larger in patients with spasticity than in those without spasticity (p < 0.01). CONCLUSION Large stroke volumes might predict post-stroke spasticity if the lesion is > 3 cm3 in size and if the lesion is located within the middle cerebral artery territory with involvement of the pyramidal tract and/or internal capsule. Lesion size ≤ 2 cm3 outside the middle cerebral artery territory is associated with lower risk of post-stroke spasticity.
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- Songjin Ri
- Neurology, Charite Universitiy of Medicine, , 12203 Berlin, Germany
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Geritz J, Maetzold S, Steffen M, Pilotto A, Corrà MF, Moscovich M, Rizzetti MC, Borroni B, Padovani A, Alpes A, Bang C, Barcellos I, Baron R, Bartsch T, Becktepe JS, Berg D, Bergeest LM, Bergmann P, Bouça-Machado R, Drey M, Elshehabi M, Farahmandi S, Ferreira JJ, Franke A, Friederich A, Geisler C, Hüllemann P, Gierthmühlen J, Granert O, Heinzel S, Heller MK, Hobert MA, Hofmann M, Jemlich B, Kerkmann L, Knüpfer S, Krause K, Kress M, Krupp S, Kudelka J, Kuhlenbäumer G, Kurth R, Leypoldt F, Maetzler C, Maia LF, Moewius A, Neumann P, Niemann K, Ortlieb CT, Paschen S, Pham MH, Puehler T, Radloff F, Riedel C, Rogalski M, Sablowsky S, Schanz EM, Schebesta L, Schicketmüller A, Studt S, Thieves M, Tönges L, Ullrich S, Urban PP, Vila-Chã N, Wiegard A, Warmerdam E, Warnecke T, Weiss M, Welzel J, Hansen C, Maetzler W. Motor, cognitive and mobility deficits in 1000 geriatric patients: protocol of a quantitative observational study before and after routine clinical geriatric treatment - the ComOn-study. BMC Geriatr 2020; 20:45. [PMID: 32028945 PMCID: PMC7006407 DOI: 10.1186/s12877-020-1445-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2018] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Motor and cognitive deficits and consequently mobility problems are common in geriatric patients. The currently available methods for diagnosis and for the evaluation of treatment in this vulnerable cohort are limited. The aims of the ComOn (COgnitive and Motor interactions in the Older populatioN) study are (i) to define quantitative markers with clinical relevance for motor and cognitive deficits, (ii) to investigate the interaction between both motor and cognitive deficits and (iii) to assess health status as well as treatment outcome of 1000 geriatric inpatients in hospitals of Kiel (Germany), Brescia (Italy), Porto (Portugal), Curitiba (Brazil) and Bochum (Germany). METHODS This is a prospective, explorative observational multi-center study. In addition to the comprehensive geriatric assessment, quantitative measures of reduced mobility and motor and cognitive deficits are performed before and after a two week's inpatient stay. Components of the assessment are mobile technology-based assessments of gait, balance and transfer performance, neuropsychological tests, frailty, sarcopenia, autonomic dysfunction and sensation, and questionnaires to assess behavioral deficits, activities of daily living, quality of life, fear of falling and dysphagia. Structural MRI and an unsupervised 24/7 home assessment of mobility are performed in a subgroup of participants. The study will also investigate the minimal clinically relevant change of the investigated parameters. DISCUSSION This study will help form a better understanding of symptoms and their complex interactions and treatment effects in a large geriatric cohort.
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- Johanna Geritz
- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurology Unit, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Neurology Department, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Movement Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital de Clínicas, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurology Unit, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurology Unit, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurology Unit, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Movement Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital de Clínicas, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon, Portugal. CNS-Campus Neurológico Sénior, Torres Vedras, Portugal. Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Medical Clinic and Policlinic IV, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon, Portugal. CNS-Campus Neurológico Sénior, Torres Vedras, Portugal. Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Human nutrition, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Third Medical Clinic for Gastroenterology/Rheumatology, Städtisches Krankenhaus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Urology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Research Group Geriatrics Lübeck, Red Cross Hospital Geriatric Centre, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, ZIP, Centre for Integrative Psychiatry, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Neurology Department, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Neurology, Ruhr-University Bochum, St. Josef-Hospital, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Asklepios Klinik Barmbek, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
- Digital Signal Processing and System Theory, Faculty of Engineering, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
- Department of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, ZIP, Centre for Integrative Psychiatry, Kiel, Germany
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- Geriatric Clinic, Städtisches Krankenhaus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Ruhr-University Bochum, St. Josef-Hospital, Bochum, Germany
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- Third Medical Clinic for Gastroenterology/Rheumatology, Städtisches Krankenhaus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Asklepios Klinik Barmbek, Hamburg, Germany
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- Neurology Department, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
- Digital Signal Processing and System Theory, Faculty of Engineering, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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Dohrn MF, Urban PP, Dafotakis M. Reflexstudien – Hirnstammreflexe. KLIN NEUROPHYSIOL 2019. [DOI: 10.1055/a-0936-4309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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ZusammenfassungDie elektrophysiologische Untersuchung von Hirnstammreflexen ist eine funktionelle Methode, die Rückschlüsse auf Läsionen in unterschiedlichen Bereichen des Hirnstamms und beteiligter Hirnnerven ermöglicht. Wie relevant ist diese Diagnostik im Zeitalter der MR-Bildgebung noch im klinischen Alltag? Der Artikel befasst sich mit der Durchführung, den anatomischen Hintergründen und den daraus entstehenden Rückschlussmöglichkeiten verschiedener Läsionslokalisationen für den Blinkreflex, Masseterreflex und Kieferöffnungsreflex. Zudem wird der heutige Stellenwert sowie die diagnostische Bedeutung diskutiert.
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- Maike F. Dohrn
- Neurologische Klinik, Universitätsklinik der RWTH Aachen, Aachen
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- Abteilung für Neurologie, Asklepios Klinik Barmbek, Hamburg
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- Neurologische Klinik, Universitätsklinik der RWTH Aachen, Aachen
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We report on four consecutive patients with Parkinson's disease, in whom anti-acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibody positive bulbar myasthenia gravis (MG) turned out to be responsible for progressive dysphagia.
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- P P Urban
- Abt. für Neurologie, Asklepios Klinik Barmbek, Rübenkamp 220, 22291, Hamburg, Deutschland.
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- Abt. für Neurologie, Asklepios Klinik Barmbek, Rübenkamp 220, 22291, Hamburg, Deutschland
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Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is a frequent disorder characterized by involuntary contractions of those muscles innervated by the facialis nerve on one side of the face. The symptoms can appear as tonic or clonic, intermittent or permanent. Diagnosis is based purely on clinical observation. Differential diagnosis should rely on cranial MRI, which can demonstrate a pathological contact between the nerves and vessels and exclude alternative causation. Often, the symptoms are not marked so that therapy may not be necessary. The therapy of choice is an injection of botulinum toxin to reduce the underlying pathological activity. As an alternative, decompression operation according to Jannetta can be considered, although it is frequently rejected by patients.
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- Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Hals-Nasen-Ohrenklinik, Göttingen
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- Asklepios Klinik Barmbek, Abt. für Neurologie, Hamburg
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Pohlmann C, Urban PP, Brüning R, Höltje J, Arning C. [Potential errors in vascular patients due to anatomical variants of the ascending pharyngeal artery]. Nervenarzt 2018; 89:460-462. [PMID: 27357458 DOI: 10.1007/s00115-016-0166-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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- C Pohlmann
- Abteilung für Neurologie, Asklepios Klinik Barmbek, Rübenkamp 220, 22291, Hamburg, Deutschland.
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- Abteilung für Neurologie, Asklepios Klinik Barmbek, Rübenkamp 220, 22291, Hamburg, Deutschland
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- Radiologie und Neuroradiologie, Asklepios Klinik Barmbek, Hamburg, Deutschland
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- Radiologie und Neuroradiologie, Asklepios Klinik Wandsbek, Hamburg, Deutschland
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- Praxis für Neurologie und Neuro-Ultraschall, Hamburg, Deutschland
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Urban PP, Höltje J. [Spinal tract of the trigeminal nerve : Zoster of the trigeminal nerve]. Nervenarzt 2016; 87:660-1. [PMID: 26927676 DOI: 10.1007/s00115-016-0075-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- P P Urban
- Abt. für Neurologie, Asklepios Klinik Barmbek, Rübenkamp 220, 22291, Hamburg, Deutschland.
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- Abt. für Radiologie und Neuroradiologie, Asklepios Klinik Wandsbek, Hamburg, Deutschland
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- Peter P. Urban
- Department of Neurology; Asklepios Klinik Barmbek; Rübenkamp 220 22291 Hamburg Germany
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Kipke NB, Brüning R, Urban PP. Cerebellar atrophy due to recurrent electrical injury as the result of torture. KLIN NEUROPHYSIOL 2014. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1371321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Functional imaging studies demonstrated cerebellar activation during speech movements in the rostral cerebellar region. Ischemic lesions of this area, which is supplied by the superior cerebellar artery, induce dysarthria.
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- P P Urban
- Department of Neurology, Asklepios Hospital Barmbek, Hamburg, Germany.
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Bauer S, Stammel O, Urban PP. [Spinal prodromal phase of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis]. Nervenarzt 2013; 84:508-10. [PMID: 23443877 DOI: 10.1007/s00115-013-3750-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Müller T, van Laar T, Cornblath DR, Odin P, Klostermann F, Grandas FJ, Ebersbach G, Urban PP, Valldeoriola F, Antonini A. Peripheral neuropathy in Parkinson's disease: levodopa exposure and implications for duodenal delivery. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2013; 19:501-7 ; discussion 501. [PMID: 23453891 DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2013.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2012] [Revised: 02/12/2013] [Accepted: 02/13/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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In advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) patients, continuous intra-duodenal infusion of levodopa/carbidopa intestinal gel (LCIG) is an established approach in the management of motor complications that cannot be further improved by conventional oral therapy. In general, tolerability of LCIG has resembled that of oral dopaminergic therapy; however, cases of symptomatic peripheral neuropathy (PN), sometimes severe, have been reported in patients receiving LCIG. Cases are generally a sensorimotor polyneuropathy with both subacute and chronic onsets, often associated with vitamin B12 and/or B6 deficiency. Rare cases clinically resemble Guillain-Barré syndrome. In the absence of prospectively collected data on possible associations between LCIG and PN, it is prudent to explore potential mechanisms that may explain a possible relationship. The PN may be linked to use of high-dose levodopa, promoting high levels of homocysteine and methylmalonic acid or reduced absorption of vitamins essential for homocysteine metabolism. Cases of LCIG-associated PN often have responded to vitamin supplementation without need for LCIG cessation, although LCIG cessation is sometimes necessary. It may be advisable to monitor vitamin B12/B6 status before and after patients start LCIG and be vigilant for signs of PN. Prospective, large-scale, long-term studies are needed to clarify whether vitamin supplementation and routine use of a catechol-O-methyltransferase inhibitor may help prevent PN in LCIG recipients and whether these measures should be routine practice in patients with PD on high-dose oral levodopa.
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- Thomas Müller
- Department of Neurology, St. Joseph Krankenhaus Berlin-Weißensee, Gartenstr. 1, 13088 Berlin, Germany.
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Wengenroth M, Hoeltje J, Repenthin J, Meyer TN, Bonk F, Becker H, Faiss S, Stammel O, Urban PP, Bruening R. Central nervous system involvement in adults with epidemic hemolytic uremic syndrome. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2013; 34:1016-21, S1. [PMID: 23306013 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a3336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Hemolytic uremic syndrome is a multisystem disorder that is caused by infection with Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli. HUS affects mainly children and is rare among adults. This retrospective case series analyzes clinical signs and MR imaging findings of 11 adult patients with HUS associated nervous system involvement during the epidemic EHEC outbreak in northern Europe with its epicenter in Hamburg in May 2011. The most prevalent imaging finding was symmetric pointy vasogenic edema of the brain stem in the acute and subacute phases of the disease (n = 5). One patient exhibited additional symmetric mesiotemporal signal changes mimicking limbic encephalitis. Two patients developed subcortical patchy lesions, and 4 subjects did not present with any signal changes. Remarkably, territorial ischemia, signs of hemorrhage, or blood-brain barrier disruption have not been detected. While brain stem lesions were transient and normalized with clinical recovery, supratentorial lesions did not resolve completely at 2-month follow-up examination.
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- M Wengenroth
- Department of Radiology, Asklepios Clinic Barmbek, Hamburg, Germany.
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Urban PP, Wellach I, Faiss S, Layer P, Rosenkranz T, Knop K, Weis J. Subacute axonal neuropathy in Parkinson's disease with cobalamin and vitamin B6 deficiency under duodopa therapy. Mov Disord 2010; 25:1748-52. [PMID: 20740570 DOI: 10.1002/mds.23342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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We describe two patients who developed subacute axonal peripheral neuropathy under duodopa treatment. Comprehensive diagnostic workup including muscle and sural nerve biopsy revealed that the most probable cause of subacute axonal peripheral neuropathy was cobalamin and vitamin B6 deficiency in both the patients.
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- Peter P Urban
- Department of Neurology, Asklepios Klinik Barmbek, Hamburg, Germany.
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Urban PP, Wolf T, Uebele M, Marx JJ, Vogt T, Stoeter P, Bauermann T, Weibrich C, Vucurevic GD, Schneider A, Wissel J. Occurence and clinical predictors of spasticity after ischemic stroke. Stroke 2010; 41:2016-20. [PMID: 20705930 DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.110.581991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 231] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE There is currently no consensus on (1) the percentage of patients who develop spasticity after ischemic stroke, (2) the relation between spasticity and initial clinical findings after acute stroke, and (3) the impact of spasticity on activities of daily living and health-related quality of life. METHODS In a prospective cohort study, 301 consecutive patients with clinical signs of central paresis due to a first-ever ischemic stroke were examined in the acute stage and 6 months later. At both times, the degree and pattern of paresis and muscle tone, the Barthel Index, and the EQ-5D score, a standardized instrument of health-related quality of life, were evaluated. Spasticity was assessed on the Modified Ashworth Scale and defined as Modified Ashworth Scale >1 in any of the examined joints. RESULTS Two hundred eleven patients (70.1%) were reassessed after 6 months. Of these, 42.6% (n=90) had developed spasticity. A more severe degree of spasticity (Modified Ashworth Scale >or=3) was observed in 15.6% of all patients. The prevalence of spasticity did not differ between upper and lower limbs, but in the upper limb muscles, higher degrees of spasticity (Modified Ashworth Scale >or=3) were more frequently (18.9%) observed than in the lower limbs (5.5%). Regression analysis used to test the differences between upper and lower limbs showed that patients with more severe paresis in the proximal and distal limb muscles had a higher risk for developing spasticity (P<or=0.001). Spasticity of the upper and lower limb was more frequent in patients with hemihypesthesia than in patients without sensory deficits (P<or=0.001). Patients with spasticity showed a lower Barthel Index and EQ-5D score compared with the group without spasticity. CONCLUSIONS Spasticity was present in 42.6% of patients with initial central paresis. However, severe spasticity was relatively rare. Predictors for the development of spasticity were a severe degree of paresis and hemihypesthesia at stroke onset.
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- Peter P Urban
- Department of Neurology, Asklepios Klinik Barmbek, Hamburg.
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Scheurich A, Urban PP, Koch-Khoury N, Fellgiebel A. CSF phospho-tau is independent of age, cognitive status and gender of neurological patients. J Neurol 2009; 257:609-14. [DOI: 10.1007/s00415-009-5382-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2009] [Revised: 10/26/2009] [Accepted: 11/02/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Urban PP, Bruening R, Roland B. Congenital isolated hemifacial hyperplasia. J Neurol 2009; 256:1566-9. [PMID: 19424770 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-009-5148-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2009] [Revised: 04/01/2009] [Accepted: 04/17/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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We report on a 14-year-old boy with congenital isolated hemifacial hyperplasia. Hemifacial hypertrophy most likely represents a minor form of congenital hemihypertrophy. MRI of the soft tissue is particularly suitable to support the diagnosis and reveal associated bony asymmetries.
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Urban PP. TMS und periphere Fazialisparesen. KLIN NEUROPHYSIOL 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1216059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Piroth T, Vogt T, Schmidtmann I, Urban PP. Coordination of swallowing and breathing in Parkinson's disease. KLIN NEUROPHYSIOL 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1216213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Nguyen-Huu BK, Urban PP, Schreckenberger M, Dieterich M, Werhahn KJ. Antiamphiphysin-positive stiff-person syndrome associated with small cell lung cancer. Mov Disord 2007; 21:1285-7. [PMID: 16671079 DOI: 10.1002/mds.20910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The paraneoplastic amphiphysin(+) stiff-person syndrome (SPS) has so far only been described in women with breast adenocarcinoma. Here, we describe the rare case of a female patient with antiamphiphysin(+) SPS due to small cell cancer of the lung.
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- B K Nguyen-Huu
- Department of Neurology, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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Urban PP, Hertkorn C, Schattenberg JM, Gawehn J, Hägele S, Wunsch M, Altland K. Leptomeningeal familial amyloidosis: A rare differential diagnosis of leptomeningeal enhancement in MRI. J Neurol 2006; 253:1238-40. [PMID: 16990995 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-006-0169-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2005] [Accepted: 01/31/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- Peter P Urban
- Department of Neurology, University of Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, D 55101 Mainz, Germany.
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Haegele-Link S, Bohl J, Karajanev P, Urban PP. Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) as rare differential diagnosis of a dropped head syndrome. KLIN NEUROPHYSIOL 2006. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-939159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Marx JJ, Thoemke F, Iannetti GD, Fitzek S, Urban PP, Stoeter P, Cruccu G, Hopf HC, Dieterich M. Topodiagnostic significance of hemiataxia: a MRI based mapping analysis. KLIN NEUROPHYSIOL 2006. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-939235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Urban PP, Rolke R, Wicht S, Keilmann A, Stoeter P, Hopf HC, Dieterich M. Left-hemispheric dominance for articulation: a prospective study on acute ischaemic dysarthria at different localizations. Brain 2006; 129:767-77. [PMID: 16418180 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Dysarthria is a frequent symptom in cerebral ischaemia. However, speech characteristics of these patients have not previously been investigated in relation to lesion site in a prospective study. We investigated the auditory perceptual features in 62 consecutive patients with dysarthria due to a single, non-space-occupying cerebral infarction confirmed by MRI. Standardized speech samples of all patients were stored within 72 h after stroke onset using a digital tape recorder. Speech samples were assessed independently by two experienced speech therapists, who were unaware of the clinical and neuroradiological findings, using an interval scale ranging from 0 to 6. Separately assessed were features of articulation, phonation, prosody, and the global severity for a total of 31 items. Extracerebellar infarctions (85.5%) were located in the lower motor cortex (14.5%), striatocapsular region (46.8%) and base of the pons (24.2%). Isolated cerebellar infarctions were present in 14.5% of patients. There was a strong correlation between the findings of both examiners, showing identical scores, or only minor differences (<1 on the assessment scale) for 80% of all items. The average severity of dysarthria was 2.9 +/- 1.3. Articulatory abnormalities were the predominant deviation characteristics, affecting in particular the production of consonants. However, phonatory and prosodic abnormalities were also frequently observed speech characteristics. As revealed by factor analysis of speech characteristics the total severity of dysarthria was mainly influenced by the impairment of articulation. Speech parameters describing characteristics of articulation and prosody showed significant side-to-side and area differences, while this effect was lacking for any voice parameter. Left cerebral lesions showed a more severe overall impairment of speech and articulation, independent of lesion topography. Thirty-eight of 62 patients were available for follow-up. Speech evaluation showed normal speech within weeks in 15 out of 38 patients (39.5%). In the other 23 patients overall severity of dysarthria was mild. This is the first prospective study which describes speech characteristics of dysarthria due to acute unilateral cerebral infarctions. We could demonstrate that dysarthria in extracerebellar infarctions was more frequently caused by left-sided lesions and that the severity of dysarthria was more pronounced in left-sided lesions independent from lesion topography. All extracerebellar lesions were located along the course of the cortico-bulbar tract fibres. Compatible with a common pathophysiological basis of dysarthria in these patients, none of the 31 speech items differed significantly between subcortical and brainstem lesions.
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- P P Urban
- Department of Neurology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
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Marx JJ, Iannetti GD, Thoemke F, Fitzek S, Urban PP, Stoeter P, Dieterich M, Cruccu G, Hopf HC. 3D brainstem topodiagnosis--a voxel-based model analyzing MR imaging data. Suppl Clin Neurophysiol 2006; 58:26-37. [PMID: 16623320 DOI: 10.1016/s1567-424x(09)70057-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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- Juergen J Marx
- Department of Neurology, University of Mainz, D-55101 Mainz, Germany.
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Urban PP, Müller-Forell W. Clinical and neuroradiological spectrum of isolated cortical vein thrombosis. J Neurol 2005; 252:1476-81. [PMID: 16021356 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-005-0893-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2004] [Revised: 03/24/2005] [Accepted: 04/14/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Isolated cortical vein thrombosis is only rarely diagnosed, although it may commonly be overlooked. RESULTS We report on four patients with this diagnosis who all presented with focal sensorimotor seizures. The diagnosis was made by a typical CT and MRI-pattern, which is described in detail. CONCLUSIONS The prognosis was excellent in all patients and the treatment options are discussed.
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- Peter P Urban
- Dept. of Neurology, University of Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55101 Mainz, Germany.
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Thömke F, Marx JJ, Iannetti GD, Cruccu G, Fitzek S, Urban PP, Stoeter P, Dieterich M, Hopf HC. A topodiagnostic investigation on body lateropulsion in medullary infarcts. Neurology 2005; 64:716-8. [PMID: 15728299 DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000152040.27264.1a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Body lateropulsion may occur without signs of vestibular dysfunction and vestibular nucleus involvement. The authors examined 10 such patients with three-dimensional brainstem mapping. Body lateropulsion without limb ataxia reflected an impairment of vestibulospinal postural control caused by a lesion of the descending lateral vestibulospinal tract, whereas body lateropulsion with limb ataxia was probably the consequence of impaired or absent proprioceptive information caused by a lesion of the ascending dorsal spino-cerebellar tract.
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- F Thömke
- Department of Neurology, University of Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, D-55101 Mainz, Germany.
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Marx JJ, Iannetti GD, Thömke F, Fitzek S, Urban PP, Stoeter P, Cruccu G, Dieterich M, Hopf HC. Somatotopic organization of the corticospinal tract in the human brainstem: A MRI-based mapping analysis. Ann Neurol 2005; 57:824-31. [PMID: 15852473 DOI: 10.1002/ana.20487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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To investigate the incompletely understood somatotopical organization of the corticospinal tract in the human brainstem, we performed a voxel-based statistical analysis of standardized magnetic resonance scans of 41 prospectively recruited patients with pyramidal tract dysfunction caused by acute brainstem infarction. Motor hemiparesis was rated clinically and by the investigation of motor evoked potentials to arms and legs. Infarction affected the pons in 85% of cases. We found the greatest level of significance of affected brainstem areas between the pontomesencephalic junction and the mid pons. Lesion location was significantly more dorsal in patients with hemiparesis affecting more proximal muscles and was significantly more ventral in patients with predominantly distal limb paresis. Comparison of magnetic resonance lesion from patients with paresis predominantly affecting arm or leg did not show significant topographical differences. We conclude that a topographical arm/leg distribution of corticospinal fibers is abruptly broken down as the descending corticospinal tract traverses the pons. Corticospinal fibers, however, follow a somatotopical order in the pons with fibers controlling proximal muscles being located close to the reticular formation in the dorsal pontine base, and thus more dorsal than the fibers controlling further distal muscle groups.
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- Juergen J Marx
- Department of Neurology, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
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Cruccu G, Iannetti GD, Marx JJ, Thoemke F, Truini A, Fitzek S, Galeotti F, Urban PP, Romaniello A, Stoeter P, Manfredi M, Hopf HC. Brainstem reflex circuits revisited. Brain 2004; 128:386-94. [PMID: 15601661 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Our current understanding of brainstem reflex physiology comes chiefly from the classic anatomical-functional correlation studies that traced the central circuits underlying brainstem reflexes and establishing reflex abnormalities as markers for specific areas of lesion. These studies nevertheless had the disadvantage of deriving from post-mortem findings in only a few patients. We developed a voxel-based model of the human brainstem designed to import and normalize MRIs, select groups of patients with or without a given dysfunction, compare their MRIs statistically, and construct three-plane maps showing the statistical probability of lesion. Using this method, we studied 180 patients with focal brainstem infarction. All subjects underwent a dedicated MRI study of the brainstem and the whole series of brainstem tests currently used in clinical neurophysiology: early (R1) and late (R2) blink reflex, early (SP1) and late (SP2) masseter inhibitory reflex, and the jaw jerk to chin tapping. Significance levels were highest for R1, SP1 and R2 afferent abnormalities. Patients with abnormalities in all three reflexes had lesions involving the primary sensory neurons in the ventral pons, before the afferents directed to the respective reflex circuits diverge. Patients with an isolated abnormality of R1 and SP1 responses had lesions that involved the ipsilateral dorsal pons, near the fourth ventricle floor, and lay close to each other. The area with the highest probabilities of lesion for the R2-afferent abnormality was in the ipsilateral dorsal-lateral medulla at the inferior olive level. SP2 abnormalities reached a low level of significance, in the same region as R2. Only few patients had a crossed-type abnormality of SP1, SP2 or R2; that of SP1 reached significance in the median pontine tegmentum rostral to the main trigeminal nucleus. Although abnormal in 38 patients, the jaw jerk appeared to have no cluster location. Because our voxel-based model quantitatively compares lesions in patients with or without a given reflex abnormality, it minimizes the risk that the significant areas depict vascular territories rather than common spots within the territory housing the reflex circuit. By analysing statistical data for a large cohort of patients, it also identifies the most frequent lesion location for each response. The finding of multireflex abnormalities reflects damage of the primary afferent neurons; hence it provides no evidence of an intra-axial lesion. The jaw jerk, perhaps the brainstem reflex most widely used in clinical neurophysiology, had no apparent topodiagnostic value, probably because it depends strongly on peripheral variables, including dental occlusion.
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- G Cruccu
- Department of Neurological Sciences, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS It has not been clarified if botulinum toxin (BTX) injection leads to muscle spindle dysfunction in man. This study aimed to test the hypothesis that BTX application reduces the facilitation of a magnetic evoked response (MEP). METHODS We used the vibration induced facilitation of an MEP of the sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM) as a surrogate marker for muscle spindle function in 20 healthy subjects and 10 patients with idiopathic rotational torticollis in whom BTX was injected unilaterally. RESULTS The increase in the amplitude and area of the MEPs in the clinically not affected and untreated SCM of the patients did not differ significantly from the controls. At baseline, the vibration induced increase in the affected SCM of the patients was significantly lower than in the control group. Six weeks after BTX application, the observed facilitation decreased significantly (amplitude and area: p<0.001) when compared with baseline values. Twelve weeks after BTX application, facilitation showed an increase in the values of the amplitude (p<0.001), but not of the area when compared with the six week examination. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrated that the vibration induced MEP facilitation in the SCM of patients with torticollis significantly decreased six weeks after BTX application and again increased after 12 weeks in part when looking at MEP amplitude. This observation is suggestive of denervation and reinnervation of the muscle spindles after BTX injection.
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- P P Urban
- Department of Neurology, University of Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, D 55101, Germany.
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Urban PP, Pittermann P, Kirchhoff I, Wahlmann U. Trigemino-Hypoglossal Silent Period – A New Pontomedullary Brainstem Reflex. KLIN NEUROPHYSIOL 2004. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-832211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Fitzek S, Fitzek C, Axer H, Joachimski F, Marx JJ, Thömke F, Urban PP, Stöter P, Witte OW. Clinical course of isolated brain stem strokes. KLIN NEUROPHYSIOL 2004. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-831973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Urban PP, Zahn M, Schranz S, Rolke R, Glassl O, Pittermann P, Dieterich M. Breathing and Swallowing Pattern Abnormalities in Multiple Sclerosis. KLIN NEUROPHYSIOL 2004. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-832210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Thömke F, Iannetti GD, Cruccu G, Fitzek S, Marx JJ, Urban PP, Stöter P, Dieterich M, Hopf H. A Topodiagnostic Investigation on Lesions Causing Body Lateropulsion in the Absence of Clinical Signs of Vestibular Dysfunction. KLIN NEUROPHYSIOL 2004. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-832198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Urban PP, Bohl J, Abrao L, Stofft E. Absence of Muscle Spindles in Human Facial Muscles. KLIN NEUROPHYSIOL 2004. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-832209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Fischer B, Kalden P, Urban PP, Buhl R. [Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis in small cell lung carcinoma]. Pneumologie 2004; 58:316-9. [PMID: 15162256 DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-818380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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We report about a 63-year-old male patient who complained of a recent onset of confusion. A mediastinal mass had been detected in his chest X-ray three days before admission to our clinic. Surprisingly, a CT scan of the brain revealed no signs of cerebral masses or oedema. MRI demonstrated bright hyperintens signals in the medial aspect of both temporal lobes. Biopsy by mediastinoscopy showed small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC). No distant metastases were found by staging procedures. Cerebrospinal fluid and serum contained antineuronal antibodies (anti-Hu). The combination of symptoms, MRI findings and paraneoplastic antibodies established the diagnosis of paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis in a patient with SCLC. Chemotherapy combined with immunosuppression by corticosteroids was started immediately. The primary tumour responded to therapy but improvement of cerebral symptoms was unsatisfactory. Severe memory loss and personality changes remained unchanged while there was a slight improvement in confusion and hallucinations.
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- B Fischer
- III. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Hämatologie-Onkologie-Pneumologie, Klinikum der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz.
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Marx JJ, Thoemke F, Mika-Gruettner A, Fitzek S, Vucurevic G, Urban PP, Stoeter P, Dieterich M, Hopf HC. Diffusionsgewichtetes MRT bei vertebrobasil�ren Isch�mien. Der Nervenarzt 2004; 75:341-6. [PMID: 15088089 DOI: 10.1007/s00115-003-1664-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the applicability, sensitivity, and predictive power of diffusion-weighted MR imaging (DWI) in the diagnosis of vertebrobasilar infarction. From 1997 to 2002, we prospectively recruited 268 patients with acute signs and symptoms suspective of vertebrobasilar ischemia. The patients underwent biplanar EPI-T2 and EPI DWI within 24 h after onset of symptoms and high-resolution MRI as a control within 7 days. One hundred twenty-one patients had additional CT scanning. The DWI revealed acute vertebrobasilar infarction in 71.0%. The mean time exposure of DWI was 8 min and thus no more than that of CT imaging. It showed significantly more acute lesions than CT imaging (28.0%), but additional high-resolution MRI was not able to reveal more lesions than DWI alone. Even in 42 patients with reversible brainstem or cerebellar symptoms classified as TIA or PRIND, DWI demonstrated acute ischemia in 42.8%. Sixty-three patients with optimal final diagnosis of vertebrobasilar ischemia had normal DWI. One week after onset of symptoms, 88.9% of these patients had recovered completely or showed minimal symptoms. Therefore, DWI is a sensitive indicator of acute vertebrobasilar ischemia. It is no more time-consuming than CT imaging, and normal DWI is a predictor of good clinical outcome in patients with brainstem or cerebellar infarction.
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- J J Marx
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
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Marx JJ, Iannetti GD, Mika-Gruettner A, Thoemke F, Fitzek S, Vucurevic G, Urban PP, Stoeter P, Cruccu G, Hopf HC. Topodiagnostic investigations on the sympathoexcitatory brain stem pathway using a new method of three dimensional brain stem mapping. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004; 75:250-5. [PMID: 14742599 PMCID: PMC1738876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/16/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To study the incompletely understood sympathoexcitatory pathway through the human brain stem, using a new method of three dimensional brain stem mapping on the basis of digitally postprocessed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODS 258 consecutive patients presenting with acute signs of brain stem ischaemia underwent biplane T2 and EPI diffusion weighted MRI, with slice orientation parallel and perpendicular to a transversal slice selection of the stereotactic anatomical atlas of Schaltenbrand and Wahren, 1977. The individual slices were digitally normalised and projected onto the appropriate slices of the anatomical atlas. For correlation analysis lesions were imported into a three dimensional model of the human brain stem. RESULTS 31 of the 258 patients had Horner's syndrome caused by acute brain stem ischaemia. Only four of the patients with Horner's syndrome had pontine infarctions, 12 had pontomedullary lesions, and 15 had medullary lesions. Correlation analysis showed significantly affected voxels in the dorsolateral medulla but not in the pons. A statistical comparison with infarct topology in patients with medullary lesions but without Horner's syndrome indicated that involvement of the medial and ventral part of affected voxels located in the ventrolateral medullary tegmentum was specific for Horner's syndrome. CONCLUSIONS Based on this first in vivo topodiagnostic study, the central sympathoexcitatory pathway probably descends through the dorsal pons before converging on specific generators in the ventrolateral medullary tegmentum at a level below the IX and X nerve exits.
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- J J Marx
- Department of Neurology, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
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Marx JJ, Iannetti GD, Thömke F, Fitzek S, Urban PP, Stoeter P, Cruccu G, Dieterich M, Hopf HC. MRT-basierte dreidimensionale Mappinganalysen zum Verlauf der Pyramidenbahn durch den menschlichen Hirnstamm. Akt Neurol 2004. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-833038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Rolke R, Schalber C, Magerl W, Birklein F, Dieterich M, Treede RD, Urban PP. Hitzehyperalgesie bei Patienten mit idiopathischer peripherer Fazialisparese. Akt Neurol 2004. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-833165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Urban PP, Solinski M, Best C, Rolke R, Hopf HC, Dieterich M. Different short-term modulation of cortical motor output to distal and proximal upper-limb muscles during painful sensory nerve stimulation. Muscle Nerve 2004; 29:663-9. [PMID: 15116369 DOI: 10.1002/mus.20011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The pattern of upper-limb muscle activation following painful stimulation has not been clarified in detail. We investigated the short-term inhibitory and excitatory effects of painful electrical digital stimulation on the motoneuron pools of distal and proximal upper-limb muscles. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) was used as test stimulus, and painful digital nerve stimulation as conditioning stimulus for motor evoked potential (MEP) recordings over the abductor digiti minimi (ADM), abductor pollicis brevis (APB), biceps brachii (BB), and deltoid muscles. Inhibition of the conditioned MEP response was most prominent in the distal muscles, whereas BB and deltoid muscles were only weakly inhibited. The mean MEP response over APB decreased with painful cutaneous stimuli, showing maximum inhibition (by 82%) at interstimulus intervals (ISIs) of 50 ms. Inhibition in the ADM was maximal (49%) but less pronounced at an ISI of 40 ms. The BB and deltoid muscles showed inhibition by 25% and 29%, respectively. Significant facilitation was present in BB and deltoid muscles by 43% and 41% at an ISI of 100 ms, but not in the smaller hand muscles. The observed pattern of upper-limb muscle activation corresponds to the protective withdrawal reflex and the neuronal basis of the observed short-term modulation of motor activity is compatible with a spinal or brainstem pathway.
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- P P Urban
- Department of Neurology, University of Mainz, Langenbeckstrasse 1, D-55101 Mainz, Germany.
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Thümler BH, Urban PP, Davids E, Siessmeier M, Schreckenberger T, Benz P, Stoeter P, Bartenstein P, Hopf HC. Dysarthria and pathological laughter/crying as presenting symptoms of corticobasal-ganglionic degeneration syndrome. J Neurol 2003; 250:1107-8. [PMID: 14504974 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-003-0075-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2001] [Revised: 01/20/2003] [Accepted: 01/28/2003] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Marx JJ, Iannetti GD, Thömke F, Fitzek S, Urban PP, Stoeter P, Cruccu G, Dieterich M, Hopf HC. Topodiagnostische Bedeutung der Hirnstammreflexe: Update unter Verwendung einer neuen Methode des dreidimensionalen Hirnstamm-Mappings. KLIN NEUROPHYSIOL 2003. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-816487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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