Neurol Neurochir Pol
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Neurol Neurochir Pol · Jul 2013
Comparative StudyThe dose-dependent neuroprotective effect of alpha-lipoic acid in experimental spinal cord injury.
Free radical production after spinal cord injury (SCI) plays an important role in secondary damage. The aim of this study was to investigate neuroprotective effects of the powerful antioxidant alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) in a spinal cord clip compression injury model. ⋯ Alpha lipoic acid at a dose range of 50-150 mg/ kg is as effective as MPSS (30 mg/kg) in neuroprotection after SCI. Further, more detailed experimental studies are needed to determine the effects of ALA on the detrimental results of secondary SCI before its use in humans.
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Neurol Neurochir Pol · Jul 2013
Case ReportsNummular headache after trans-sphenoidal surgery: a referred pain-based headache syndrome.
Nummular headache (NH) is a newly categorized primary headache characterized by a consistent location, shape and size of painful area in each attack. The etiopathogenesis is entirely unknown. Currently, the peripheral theory of epicranial neuralgia is accepted more widely than the central theory but it cannot fully explain the clinical picture. ⋯ The pain responded well to gabapentin. Therefore, physicians should be aware of postoperative NH, which is amenable to treatment. The findings in our patient support a dual mechanism of NH and suggest that central NH is a form of referred pain.