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Lessons Learned From a Delayed‐Start Trial of Modafinil for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Freezing of gait (FOG) in people with Parkinson's disease (PwPD) is debilitating and has limited treatments. Modafinil modulates beta/gamma band activity in the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN), like PPN deep brain stimulation. We therefore tested the hypothesis that Modafinil would improve FOG in PwPD.
Tuhin Virmani, Lakshmi Pillai, Reid D. Landes, Aliyah Glover, Shannon Doerhoff, Jennifer Kleiner, Mitesh Lotia, Rohit Dhall, Edgar Garcia‐Rill   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Degree of cognitive impairment of older adults institutionalized in two homes for the elderly in the metropolitan area of Bucaramanga-Santander, Colombia

Universidad y Salud, 2017
Introduction: Cognitive impairment is one of the most frequent occurring problems in the older adult population as a result of ageing. Objective: To determine the degree of cognitive impairment of older adults institutionalized in two homes for the ...
Katherine del Consuelo Camargo Hernández, Elveny Laguado Jaimes   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence and risk factors for visual impairment among elderly residents in 'homes for the aged' in India: the Hyderabad Ocular Morbidity in Elderly Study (HOMES). [PDF]

Br J Ophthalmol, 2021
Marmamula S, Barrenakala NR, Challa R, Kumbham TR, Modepalli SB, Yellapragada R, Bhakki M, Khanna RC, Friedman DS.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Prognostic Implications of Sleep Architecture for Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit With Status Epilepticus

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Status epilepticus (SE) is associated with significant mortality. Sleep architecture may reflect normal brain function. Impaired sleep architecture is associated with poorer outcomes in numerous conditions. Here we investigate the association of sleep architecture in continuous EEG (cEEG) with survival in SE.
Ran R. Liu, Marcus C. Ng, Gavin P. Winston, Sabrina Schaly, Garima Shukla, Lysa Boissé Lomax   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Care for the spiritual dimension provided by caregivers in a nursing home

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
Objectives: to understand care for the spiritual dimension provided by caregivers in a Nursing Home. Methods: this is a qualitative research, carried out in a geriatric center of a philanthropic hospital in the city of Salvador, Bahia.
Lucivalda Barbosa Santos, Tânia Maria de Oliva Menezes, Raniele Araújo de Freitas, Marta Gabriele Santos Sales, Ana Luíza Barreto de Oliveira, Amélia Maria Pithon Borges Nunes   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The Case of a 37‐Year‐Old Woman Presenting With Subacute Weakness and Paresthesias

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is a rare metabolic disorder that may present with subacute neuropathy and systemic symptoms, often leading to diagnostic delay. We report a 37‐year‐old woman with eight weeks of progressive bilateral upper extremity weakness and paresthesias, followed by lower extremity involvement and falls, in the setting ...
Peter Pacut, Joy Cannon, Neel Dixit, Qihua Fan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relationship Between Activities of Daily Living and Cognitive Linguistic Ability in a Sample of Older Adults Living in Old Age Home [PDF]

, 2023
Grace Sara Abraham -, Mahima Thomas -, Lakshmi Prabha R   +2 more
openalex   +1 more source

The Case of a 28‐Year‐Old Man With Gradually Progressive Proximal Leg Weakness

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This is a case of a 28‐year‐old man who presented with a 6‐month history of gradually progressive proximal leg weakness and pain that worsened on exercise and was relieved by rest. He had no symptoms in his upper limbs. Apart from intermittent mild ptosis and diplopia, he had no other cranial nerve symptoms.
Melody T. Asukile, Musambo Kapapa, Emelda Mwingila, Michelle Kvalsund   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health multidimensional evaluation of institutionalized older adults according to cognitive performance [PDF]

Dementia & Neuropsychologia
. The assessment of living and health conditions of the institutionalized older adults contributes to the development of health promotion measures. The high prevalence of cognitive decline in this population leads to unfavorable health outcomes, which ...
Beatriz Cintra Martins, Lilian Barbosa Ramos, Anna Karla Carneiro Roriz, Henrique Salmazo da Silva   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Mimicking Dementia in a Patient Treated With Imatinib

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tyrosine kinase inhibitors are the cornerstone of chronic myeloid leukemia treatment. Newer agents have more potency and a broader spectrum of action, but also a higher potential for neuropsychiatric side effects. We present a case of a patient on imatinib who developed progressive cognitive, mood, and behavioral alterations.
Ashley Jones, Samuele Bonomi, Keith E. Stockerl‐Goldstein, Randall J. Bateman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source