BMJ10d
Performance validity test failure in clinical populations—a systematic review
Correspondence to Dr Laura McWhirter, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9YL, UK; laura.mcwhirter{at}ed.ac.uk Performance validity tests (PVTs) are widely used ...
BMJ13d
Benefits and risks of folic acid to the nervous system
Correspondence to: Dr E H Reynolds, Institute of Epileptology, Weston Education Centre, King's College Denmark Hill Campus, Cutcombe Road, London SE5 9PJ, UK During three decades of neurological ...
BMJ1d
Tardive and idiopathic oromandibular dystonia: a clinical comparison
Parkinson's Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA Professor Joseph Jankovic, Parkinson's Disease Center and Movement ...
BMJ5d
Microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia: comments on a series of 250 cases, including 10 patients with multiple sclerosis
Department of Neurosurgery, Istituto Nazionale Neurologico C. Besta, Milan, Italy Dr Giovanni Broggi, Department of Neurosurgery, Istituto Nazionale Neurologico C Besta, Via Celoria 11, 20133 Milan, ...
BMJ11d
Ischaemic stroke in anticoagulated patients with atrial fibrillation
Anticoagulation substantially reduces the risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). However, recent studies have shown that up to 22%–36% of patients on anticoagulation will suffer an ...
BMJ6d
Evaluating methods for estimating premorbid intellectual ability in closed head injury
a Department of Clinical Psychology, St John’s Hospital, Howden Road West, Livingston, West Lothian EH54 6PP, Scotland, UK, b Department of Psychology, Stirling University, Stirling, Scotland, UK Dr ...
BMJ8d
Calibration of clinical cerebellar and deep brain stimulation systems.
The increasing use of electrical stimulation of the brain for relief of pain, spasticity and epilepsy has introduced unfamiliar techniques into clinical neurological and neurosurgical practice. In ...
BMJ1d
The relevance of the Lewy Body to the pathogenesis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease
Professor Andrew Lees of the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square describes the clinico-pathological studies at the Queen Square Brain Bank that have led to improved ...
BMJ10d
Fasciculation-cramp syndrome preceding anterior horn cell disease: an intermediate syndrome?
1 Department of Neurosciences and Institute of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal 2 Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Barts and the London School of ...
BMJ9d
REM sleep behaviour disorder differentiates pure autonomic failure from multiple system atrophy with autonomic failure
Dr Giuseppe Plazzi, Istituto di Clinica Neurologica Università di Bolognavia Ugo Foscolo, 70123 Bologna, Italy. Telephone 0039 51 585158; fax 0039 51 6442165. Ten patients with primary autonomic ...
BMJ5d
The long term retention of levetiracetam in a large cohort of patients with epilepsy
Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Institute of Neurology, and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK Correspondence to: Professor Ley Sander Department of ...
BMJ8d
Otfrid Foerster (1873–1941): one of the distinguished neuroscientists of his time
Otfrid Foerster was a German neurologist and neurosurgeon who made innovative contributions to neurology and neurosurgery. Foerster performed the first electrocorticographic studies, the ...