Neurology
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To investigate the prevalence and correlates of comorbid psychiatric disorders and suicidal risk in community-based adolescents with chronic daily headache (CDH). ⋯ This community-based study showed high comorbidity of psychiatric disorders and suicidal risk in adolescents with chronic daily headache. The presence of migraine attacks, especially migraine with aura, was the major predictor for these associations.
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To examine the cross-sectional and longitudinal relationship between migraine headaches and cognitive functioning. ⋯ Migraineurs, specifically those with aura, exhibited less decline on cognitive tests over time vs nonmigraineurs. For the Mini-Mental State Examination, these effects were only apparent among those who were older than 50 years.
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To assess the role of age in the results of bilateral deep brain stimulation in the subthalamic nucleus (DBS-STN), we carried out a study of two groups of patients regarding age at time of surgery. ⋯ Although deep brain stimulation in the subthalamic nucleus reduces motor complications equally in both groups of patients, postoperative quality of life improved only in young patients.