Blar i Faculty of Medicine på tidsskrift "Frontiers in Neurology"
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Association Between Amygdala Volume and Trajectories of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia With Lewy Bodies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Introduction: The amygdala is implicated in psychiatric illness. Even as the amygdala undergoes significant atrophy in mild dementia, amygdala volume is underexplored as a risk factor for neuropsychiatric symptoms ... -
Association of SNCA Parkinson's Disease Risk Polymorphisms With Disease Progression in Newly Diagnosed Patients
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objectives: To evaluate the impact of SNCA polymorphisms originally identified as risk factors for Parkinson's disease (PD) on the clinical presentation and progression of the disease in a large cohort of population-based ... -
Case report: Pain in anti-DPPX encephalitis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Encephalitis due to antibodies targeting dipeptidyl-peptidase-like protein 6 (DPPX), a potassium channel subunit, is rare. The illness is typically characterized by a triad of weight loss, CNS hyperexcitability and cognitive ... -
Case report: Seropositive myasthenia gravis complicated by limbic encephalitis positive for antibodies to AMPAR and Lgi1
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-10-12)Objectives: Autoantibodies to the α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptor (AMPAR) and leucine-rich glioma-inactivated 1 (Lgi1) are associated with autoimmune encephalitis. We described an acetylcholine ... -
The Course of Carotid Plaque Vulnerability Assessed by Advanced Neurosonology
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-08-20)Background: Carotid artery atherosclerosis is a major risk factor for ischemic stroke. This risk is related to plaque vulnerability and is characterized by plaque morphology, intraplaque neovascularization, and cerebral ... -
CRMP5 Antibodies—Diagnostic Challenges
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-09-22)CRMP5-associated paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS) are rare, and only few studies describe larger cohorts of patients with CRMP5 antibodies. We have included 24 patients with CRMP5 antibodies and compared clinical ... -
Diagnosis and therapy of myasthenia gravis—the patients’ perspective: a cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The survey aimed to explore patients’ perspectives with myasthenia gravis (MG) toward the diagnosis made and the therapy used to treat MG. The survey was conducted with a quantitative method, using the CAWI technique. A ... -
Effects of purified anthocyanins in people at risk for dementia: Study protocol for a phase II randomized controlled trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: The number of people with dementia is increasing, with huge challenges for society and health-care systems. There are no disease-modifying therapies available. There is, therefore, an urgent need to identify ... -
Myasthenia gravis can have consequences for pregnancy and the developing child
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Myasthenia gravis (MG) with onset below 50 years, thymic hyperplasia and acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibodies is more common in females than in males. For a relatively large group of MG patients, pregnancy represents ... -
Natural Variation of Vitamin D and Neurofilament Light Chain in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-04-30)Background: High serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) have been found among patients with a favorable disease course in relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS), indicating that this may limit clinical deterioration. Clinical ... -
Neurofilament light chain as a biomarker in multiple sclerosis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-04-05)Due to the unpredictable course and heterogenous treatment response in multiple sclerosis (MS), there is a clear need for biomarkers that reflect disease activity in the clinical follow-up of these patients. Neurofilaments ... -
Occurrence and severity of myasthenic crisis in an unselected Turkish cohort of patients with myasthenia gravis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a disorder of the neuromuscular junction that can deteriorate into myasthenic crisis, involving weakness of bulbar and respiratory muscles. In this study, we describe the clinical manifestations ... -
Paraneoplastic and Other Autoimmune Encephalitides: Antineuronal Antibodies, T Lymphocytes, and Questions of Pathogenesis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Autoimmune and paraneoplastic encephalitides represent an increasingly recognized cause of devastating human illness as well as an emerging area of neurological injury associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors. Two ... -
Predictors for psychological distress 2 months after mild traumatic brain injury
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REM sleep behavior disorder is not associated with a more rapid cognitive decline in mild dementia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-08-07)Objectives: REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is associated with cognitive dysfunctions and is a risk factor for development of mild cognitive impairment and dementia. However, it is unknown whether RBD is associated with ... -
The Romberg sign, unilateral vestibulopathy, cerebrovascular risk factors, and long-term mortality in dizzy patients
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objectives: Describe the relationship between unsteadiness, canal paresis, cerebrovascular risk factors, and long-term mortality in patients examined for dizziness of suspected vestibular origin. Study design: Observational ... -
Safety and Clinical Efficacy of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Treatment in Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury, Multiple Sclerosis and Ischemic Stroke – A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-05-30)Background: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) is an attractive candidate in regenerative research and clinical trials have assessed their therapeutic potential in different neurological conditions with disparate etiologies. ... -
Self-reported cognitive and psychiatric symptoms at 3 months predict single-item measures of fatigue and daytime sleep 12 months after ischemic stroke
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Introduction: Post-stroke fatigue and increased need for daytime sleep are multidimensional and insufficiently understood sequelae. Our aim was to study the relationships of self-reported cognitive and psychiatric symptoms ... -
Self-Reported Measures Have a Stronger Association With Dizziness-Related Handicap Compared With Physical Tests in Persons With Persistent Dizziness
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-15)Background: Associations between dizziness-related handicap and a variety of self-reported measures have been reported. However, research regarding associations between dizziness-related handicap and aspects of functioning ... -
Spike count and morphology in the classification of epileptiform discharges
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of Bergen Epileptiform Morphology Score (BEMS) and interictal epileptiform discharge (IED) candidate count in EEG classification. Methods: We included 400 ...