introduction: ischemic stroke is a serious neurological disease and a leading cause of death and severe disability in the world. a key component of the mediterranean diet is olive oil, which contains compounds with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. in this regard, the aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of olive oil on the ischemic damages and the inflammatory pathwa...

Six patients with various forms of retinitis pigmentosa who were misdiagnosed as having neurologic disease are presented. In five of the patients, visual field defects were misinterpreted as being secondary to a neurologic rather than a retinal problem. In two patients, optic nerve drusen, which accompanied the retinal degeneration, were mistaken for papilledema. Since the diagnosis of retiniti...

Neurologic disease can present as a psychiatric disorder. Understanding underlying neuroanatomic function helps physicians to localize defects and search for treatable neurologic conditions. Neurologic conditions such as Huntington's chorea, Wilson's disease, Gille de la Tourette syndrome, brain tumors, encephalitis and meningitis, neurodegenerative conditions and metabolic or toxic conditions ...

The importance of alternative splicing in the regulation of diverse biological processes is reflected in the growing list of human diseases associated with known or suspected splicing defects. It is becoming evident that alternative splicing plays a particularly important role in neurologic disease, which is perhaps not surprising given the important role splicing plays in generating complexity...

PURPOSE To develop an automated neurologic hemifield test (NHT) to detect visual field loss caused by chiasmal or postchiasmal lesions. METHODS Visual field locations from 24-2 pattern automated visual fields were grouped into two symmetric regions with 16 points on either side of the vertical meridian. A scoring system similar to the Glaucoma Hemifield Test (GHT) was used to calculate point ...

purpose: to report a case of unilateral severe visual loss and bilateral optic disc cupping secondary to brain metastasis of bronchogenic carcinoma patient and findings: a 48 year-old woman presented with severe visual loss of left eye without redness or pain or any systemic findings .clinical findings included decreased visual acuity of left eye to 4 m cf and (+3) positive marcus-gunn reflex ....

New technology and advances in extracorporeal bypass circuitry and surgical techniques have drastically improved outcomes in infants with congenital heart defects. Hypothermia with circulatory arrest has fallen out of favor in many institutions over the last decade in part from data implicating even short circulatory arrest times to long-term neurologic sequelae. Implementing continuous cerebra...

Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive disease included in the group of homocysteine remethylation disorders. The MTHFR catalyzes the irreversible conversion of 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate to 5-methyltetrahydrofolate. Besides the well-known association of thrombophilic defects with MTHFR variants and elevated homocysteine, few patients with MTHFR...