" Deficits in attention, motor control and perception (DAMP): a simplified school entry examination " , a paper presented by Landgren, Kjellman and Gillberg (1) in this issue of Acta Paediatrica, sets in focus the need to discuss the Swedish concept of DAMP and how it relates to the concepts of minimal brain dysfunction (MBD), AD/HD (according to the DSM-IV) and the hyperkinetic disorders (acco...

leukodystrophies are familial disorders with onset usually in infancy or childhood. the name comes from the greek leuko meaning white and dystrophy meaning imperfect growth or development. leukodystrophy is a progressive, genetic disorder with an autosomal recessive or x-linked mode of inheritance. the clinical features consist of motor dysfunction with varying degrees of cognitive decline. mag...

A 25-year-old man, a field operator in a petroleum refinery was found unconscious. He was exposed to hydrogen sulfide and presented with Glasgow Coma Score of 5, severe hypoxemia on arterial blood gas analysis, normal chest radiography, and normal blood pressure. On hospital day 7, his mental state became clear, and neurologic examination showed quadriparesis, profound spasticity, increased ten...

Background and aim: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication of kidney failure with high mortality which leads to brain dysfunction. The aim of this study was to investigate the possible protective effect of ischemic postconditioning (IPo) against brain dysfunction induced by bilateral renal ischemia (BRI). Materials and methods: Male Wistar rats underwent BRI, sham or IPo surgery ...

In this study, the characteristics of external anal sphincter electromyography (EAS-EMG) in patients with multiple system atrophy (MSA) were analyzed, and its value diagnosis MSA was discussed. The data 23 who underwent EAS-EMG examination between January 2019 December 2021 selected to analyze such as average duration motor unit potentials (MUPs), amplitude, satellite potentials, percentage pol...

BACKGROUND There is an increasing awareness that patients with essential tremor (ET) may exhibit non-motor features, including cognitive dysfunction. Yet there are surprisingly few data in ET on the association, if any, between cognitive dysfunction and motor dysfunction (i.e., tremor severity). Establishing links between the cognitive and motor features of ET would imply that the two share a c...