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There is promising evidence that botulinum toxin type A provides analgesia in patients with painful focal neuropathy independent of its neuromuscular blocking action.
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Obstructive sleep apnea may be both a cause and a consequence of uncontrolled epileptic seizures.
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Increased migraine attack frequency and overuse of acute medication, especially barbiturates and opiates, are risk factors for the chronification of migraine, which occurs in up to 2% of individuals.
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Two animal models of dystonia reveal that cerebellar activity influences abnormal involuntary dystonic movements, and implicate dysfunction of a cerebellar-striatal network in the development of dystonia.
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Platelet function testing identifies patients who do not respond to antiplatelet therapy and are at increased risk for acute stent thrombosis after neurointerventional procedures.
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The Babinski sign continues to be a valid bed-side test for pyramidal tract lesions.
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The anti-angiogenic monoclonal antibody, bevacizumab, shows great promise in the treatment of malignant gliomas.
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Some women with DVT may stop warfarin after six months; Vytorin and cancer; preventing recurrent stroke; and FDA news.
