Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry (JNNP)

MRI characteristics during attack and remission distinguish patients with MOG antibody-associated disease from multiple sclerosis

Background Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) and multiple sclerosis (MS) have both ...
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Specialist inpatient treatment for severe motor conversion disorder: a retrospective comparative study

1 National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre, South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK 2 Section of ...
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Bradykinesia akinesia inco-ordination test (BRAIN TEST): an objective computerised assessment of upper limb motor function

Dr Gavin Giovannoni, University Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Royal Free Campus, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF. Telephone 0044 171 794 ...
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The EQ-5D—a generic quality of life measure—is a useful instrument to measure quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease

OBJECTIVE To test the feasibility and validity of the EQ-5D (a widely used generic (disease non-specific) quality of life (QoL) instrument which allows comparisons between different patient groups and ...
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Improvement of parkinsonian features correlate with high plasma levodopa values after broad bean (Vicia faba) consumption.

Five healthy volunteers and six patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) ate 250 g cooked broad beans after 12 hours without treatment. During the next four hours a substantial clinical improvement was ...
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Ataxic Guillain–Barré syndrome and acute sensory ataxic neuropathy form a continuous spectrum

2 Department of Anatomy (Macro), Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan 3 Departments of Microbiology and Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore Correspondence to Prof Nobuhiro Yuki, ...
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The basics of electromyography

Correspondence to: Professor Kerry R Mills Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK; kerry.mills1kingsch.nhs.uk Electromyography (EMG), the ...
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Obstructive sleep apnoea: an underestimated cause of peripheral neuropathy

Correspondence to: Professor J de Seze Department of Neurology, CHU of Strasbourg, Hôpital Civil, 69091 Strasbourg Cedex, France; jerome.de.seze{at}chru-strasbourg.fr ...
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Joint position sense and vibration sense: anatomical organisation and assessment

Department of Neurology, University of Michigan Medical Center, 1500 E Medical Center Drive, 1914 Taubman Center, Ann Arbor MI 48109-0316, USA Correspondence to: Dr S Gilman, Department of Neurology, ...
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The nosological position of apathy in clinical practice

Apathy is increasingly recognised as a common behavioural syndrome in psychiatric disorders, but it is conceptually ill defined. The aim of this study was to examine the concept of apathy as it is ...
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Nerve conduction studies: essentials and pitfalls in practice

Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, UK Correspondence to: Dr Arup Mallik Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Institute ...
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Neurological syndromes which can be mistaken for psychiatric conditions

Correspondence to: Dr A Z J Zeman Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK; azskull.dcn.ed.ac.uk All illness has both psychological and ...