Sex Differences in the Risk of Stroke Associated with Traditional and Non-Traditional Factors in a US Cohort of People with HIV Infection

Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Neurology, Cardiovascular System,
HIV   stroke   sex differences   cardiovascular risk   lifestyle factors   HIV viremia  

Study on Gender Differences and Stroke Risk Among HIV-Infected Individuals Background Individuals with HIV infection may face a higher risk of stroke, particularly women. However, understanding of whether the influence of various factors on cerebrovascular risk in this population differs by gender and whether these differences contribute to variati...

Associations of Microbleeds and Their Topography with Imaging and CSF Biomarkers of Alzheimer Pathology in Individuals with Down Syndrome

Medicine, Psychiatry, Geriatrics, Neurology, Medical Imaging,
Down Syndrome   Microbleeds   Alzheimer's Disease   Biomarkers   Imaging  

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and Microbleeds in Down Syndrome (DS) Populations: Their Localization and Association with Imaging and Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Biomarkers This study was conducted by a team led by Sara E. Zsadanyi and Alejandra O. Morcillo-Nieto, with contributors including Mateus R. Aranha, José E. Arriola-Infante, Lídia Vaqué-Alcázar,...

Clinicopathologic and Neuroimaging Correlations of Nonverbal Oral Apraxia in Patients with Neurodegenerative Disease

Medicine, Basic Medical Sciences, Neurology, Medical Imaging,
Nonverbal Oral Apraxia   Neurodegenerative Disease   Clinicopathologic   Neuroimaging   Progressive Supranuclear Palsy   Corticobasal Degeneration  

Nonverbal Oral Apraxia in Patients with Neurodegenerative Diseases: Clinical-Pathological and Neuroimaging Correlations Research Background Nonverbal Oral Apraxia (NVOA) is a condition characterized by the inability to plan, sequence, and execute voluntary oral-facial movements without muscle weakness. NVOA was first identified in stroke patients, ...

Genetic Associations with an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Reversal Phenotype

Medicine, Neurology, Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics,
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis   Reversal Phenotype   Genome-Wide Association Study   Gene Expression   IGFBP7  

Genetic Association Study of ALS Reversal Phenotype Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease characterized by the death of upper and lower motor neurons, progressive weakness, and eventual respiratory failure. However, individual ALS patients have exhibited unusual clinical reversal phenomena, where symptoms signific...

Effect of Immunosuppression in Risk of Developing Generalized Symptoms in Ocular Myasthenia Gravis

Medicine, Rheumatology and Immunology, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Life Sciences, Immunology,
immunosuppression   ocular myasthenia gravis   generalization   steroids   retrospective study  

The Effect of Immunosuppression on the Risk of Generalization in Ocular Myasthenia Gravis Background Ocular Myasthenia Gravis (OMG) is an early and localized manifestation of Myasthenia Gravis (MG), with many patients initially presenting with ocular symptoms such as fatigable ptosis and diplopia. Approximately 85% of MG patients initially exhibit ...

Incidence of Primary Progressive Apraxia of Speech and Primary Progressive Aphasia in Olmsted County, MN, 2011–2022

Medicine, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Medical Imaging, Life Sciences,
Primary Progressive Aphasia   Primary Progressive Apraxia of Speech   Epidemiology   Prospective Study   Radiographic Characteristics  

Study on the Incidence of Primary Progressive Apraxia of Speech and Primary Progressive Aphasia in Olmsted County (2011-2022) Background and Study Objectives Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) and Primary Progressive Apraxia of Speech (PPAOS) are rare neurodegenerative diseases that respectively lead to the degeneration of language abilities and spe...