Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
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J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatr. · Oct 2020
Trauma and depressive symptomatology in middle-aged persons at high risk of dementia: the PREVENT Dementia Study.
Depression and trauma are associated with changes in brain regions implicated in Alzheimer's disease. The present study examined associations between childhood trauma, depression, adult cognitive functioning and risk of dementia. ⋯ Depressive symptomatology may be associated with dementia risk via multiple pathways, and future studies should consider subtypes of depressive symptomatology when examining its relationship to dementia.
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J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatr. · Oct 2020
Late-onset riboflavin transporter deficiency: a treatable mimic of various motor neuropathy aetiologies.
Riboflavin transporter deficiencies (RTDs), involving SLC52A3 and SLC52A2 genes, have recently been related to Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere (BVVL) syndrome, a hereditary paediatric condition associating motor neuropathy (MN) and deafness. BVVL/RTD has rarely been reported in adult patients, but is probably underdiagnosed due to poor knowledge and lack of awareness of this form of disease among neurologists. In this study, we aimed to investigate the phenotype and prognosis of RTD patients with late-onset MN. ⋯ Whereas late-onset RTD may mimic different acquired or genetic causes of motor neuropathies, it is a diagnosis not to be missed since high-dose riboflavin per oral supplementation is often highly efficient.
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J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatr. · Oct 2020
Study on sleep-wake disorders in patients with genetic and non-genetic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
To study the frequency and clinical features of sleep disturbances in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients and compare sleep disorders between ALS with and without mutations. ⋯ In the current study, ALS patients with mutations were more likely to have sleep-wake disturbances than were those without mutations. The former group may benefit more from sleep management.