A peer-reviewed neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry journal publishing the latest research and reviews on the entire genre of neurological sciences.

Background: Two professional painters experienced significant changes in their art as the main consequence of minor stroke located in the left occipital lobe or thalamus. Methods: The features of this ...

Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy (HNPP) is characterised by recurrent mononeuropathies following minor trauma. We describe a case of fulminant HNPP beginning on the first day of ...

Background Oral anticoagulation (OAC) effectively reduces stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), but its use after intracranial haemorrhage (ICH) remains controversial due to bleeding ...

Parkinson’s disease seems to occur more commonly in men than women based primarily on studies of death rates and prevalence. In recent years, several population based incidence studies of Parkinson’s ...

Background Ultra-processed foods (UPFs), widely consumed globally, are increasingly recognised as a key factor in poor dietary quality and diet-related health risks. However, little is known about the ...

Objectives: The diameters of the vertebral arteries (VAs) are very often unequal. Therefore, this study investigated if unequal VA flow contributes to the development of basilar artery (BA) curvature ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy and safety of galantamine in Alzheimer's disease at 3 months using flexible dose escalation. METHODS A randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial in 43 centres ...

Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most common causes of mental deterioration in elderly people, accounting for around 50%-60% of the overall cases of dementia among persons over 65 years of age. The ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a major, immune-mediated, demyelinating disease and the major cause of non-traumatic disability in young adults. Susceptibility to disease is controlled by a variety of ...

Question: Does genetic risk modify the effect of environmental MS risk factors? Methods Case-control study of 2151 people with MS and 486,125 controls using data from a longitudinal cohort (UK Biobank ...

METHODS The NORTHSTAR Study is a prospective, multicentre, nested, case control study designed to investigate the prognostic role of peripheral and genetic inflammatory markers in patients with recent ...