Pediatric Neurology Briefs: Volume 15, Issue 03 Open Access (recommended)

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Pediatric Neurology Briefs is an Open Access (OA) continuing education service designed to expedite and facilitate the review of current scientific research and advances in child neurology and related subjects. The editors provide detailed monthly summaries of published articles, followed by commentaries based on their experience and corroborated by appropriate supplementary citations. Pediatric Neurology Briefs provides pediatric neurologists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, pediatricians, psychiatrists, psychologists, educators and other health professionals with a detailed reference guide to the diagnosis, etiology, pathology, treatment and prognosis of nervous diseases of infants, children and adolescents. Content is intended to be accessible to readers in any medical discipline.

Keyword: Pediatrics
Neurology
Rights: Attribution 4.0 International
Publisher: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library
Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
Date Created: 2001-03-01
Original Identifier: nlm-ta: Pediatr Neurol Briefs
pmc: pedneurbriefs
iso-abbrev: Pediatr Neurol Briefs
e-ISSN: 2166-6482
p-ISSN: 1043-3155
Language: English
Total Items: 11
Size: 11.7 MB

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Pediatric Neurology Briefs: Volume 15

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1. Comorbid ADHD and Tic Disorder

Title:: Comorbid ADHD and Tic Disorder
Abstract:: Motor system excitability was measured in 16 children with ADHD, 16 with chronic tic disorder or Tourettes disorder (TD), 16 with comorbid ADHD and TD, and 16 healthy control children, in a study at the University of Gottingen, Germany.
Keyword:: Tourettes Disorder, Motor System Inhibition, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Subject:: Attention Deficit Disorders
Subject: MESH:: Child, Brain Diseases, Neurology, Child Development, Neurosurgery, Nervous System Diseases, Infant, Pediatrics
Creator:: Millichap, J. Gordon
Publisher:: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
Language:: English
Date Created:: 2001
Rights:: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Resource Type:: Article
Original Identifier:: PNB-15-22-b

2. Comorbid ADHD/Depression Treated with Bupropion SR

Title:: Comorbid ADHD/Depression Treated with Bupropion SR
Abstract:: A trial of bupropion sustained release (SR) was conducted in 24 adolescents (ages 11-16 years) with ADHD and either major depressive disorder or dysthymic disorder at the Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH.
Keyword:: Bupropion Sustained Release, Dysthymic Disorder, Irritability
Subject:: Attention Deficit Disorders
Subject: MESH:: Infant, Neurology, Brain Diseases, Pediatrics, Child, Nervous System Diseases, Neurosurgery, Child Development
Creator:: Millichap, J. Gordon
Publisher:: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
Language:: English
Date Created:: 2001
Rights:: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Resource Type:: Article
Original Identifier:: PNB-15-23

3. Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy

Title:: Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy
Abstract:: Sixty-one members of a large Spanish kindred with autosomal dominant limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD), spanning 5 generations, were examined at the Hospital Vail dHebron, Barcelona and other centers.
Keyword:: Proximal Muscle Weakness, Pelvic, Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy
Subject:: Muscle Disorders
Subject: MESH:: Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, Infant, Nervous System Diseases, Brain Diseases, Child Development, Child, Neurology
Creator:: Millichap, J. Gordon
Publisher:: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
Language:: English
Date Created:: 2001
Rights:: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Resource Type:: Article
Original Identifier:: PNB-15-22-a

4. Mechanism of Anticonvulsant Action of ACTH

Title:: Mechanism of Anticonvulsant Action of ACTH
Abstract:: The hypothesis that systemic or intraventricular administration of corticotropin (ACTH) acts directly on limbic neurons to modulate corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) gene expression, independently of adrenal stimulation, was tested and confirmed in experiments on developing rats (9-11 days postnatal) at the University of California, Irvine.
Keyword:: Administration of Corticotropin, Melanocortin Receptors, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone
Subject:: Seizure Disorders
Subject: MESH:: Child, Child Development, Neurosurgery, Brain Diseases, Infant, Pediatrics, Nervous System Diseases, Neurology
Creator:: Millichap, J. Gordon
Publisher:: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
Language:: English
Date Created:: 2001
Rights:: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Resource Type:: Article
Original Identifier:: PNB-15-24-a

5. Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies: Incidence & DNA

Title:: Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies: Incidence & DNA
Abstract:: The incidence, mortality, clinical features and DNA abnormalities of mitochondrial encephalomyopathies (ME) were evaluated in a population-based study of children from western Sweden conducted at The Queen Silvia Childrens Hospital, Goteborg, Sweden.
Keyword:: Neurometabolic Disorders, Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies, Ophthalmoplegia
Subject:: Metabolic Disorders
Subject: MESH:: Brain Diseases, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, Child, Nervous System Diseases, Child Development, Infant
Creator:: Millichap, J. Gordon
Publisher:: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
Language:: English
Date Created:: 2001
Rights:: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Resource Type:: Article
Original Identifier:: PNB-15-21

6. Mortality in Antiepileptic Drug Trials

Title:: Mortality in Antiepileptic Drug Trials
Abstract:: The incidence and causes of mortality in patients with epilepsy enrolled in antiepileptic drug (AED) trials, and the risk factors for sudden unexplained death in epilespy (SUDEP) were examined in pooled data from New Drug Applications (NDA), at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, US FDA, Rockville, MD.
Keyword:: All-Cause Mortality Rate, Antiepileptic Drug, Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilespy
Subject:: Seizure Disorders
Subject: MESH:: Neurosurgery, Nervous System Diseases, Brain Diseases, Neurology, Child, Pediatrics, Infant, Child Development
Creator:: Millichap, J. Gordon
Publisher:: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
Language:: English
Date Created:: 2001
Rights:: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Resource Type:: Article
Original Identifier:: PNB-15-24-b

7. Neurologic Exam and MRI Correlations in HIE

Title:: Neurologic Exam and MRI Correlations in HIE
Abstract:: The correlation between scores on a standardized neurologic examination at age 9 to 14 months and early MRI findings (within 4 weeks of delivery) was determined in 53 term infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy evaluated at 2 and 4 year follow-up at Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.
Keyword:: Hypothermic Therapy, Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy, Neurologic Examination
Subject:: Perinatal Disorders
Subject: MESH:: Pediatrics, Child, Nervous System Diseases, Neurosurgery, Brain Diseases, Infant, Neurology, Child Development
Creator:: Millichap, J. Gordon
Publisher:: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
Language:: English
Date Created:: 2001
Rights:: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Resource Type:: Article
Original Identifier:: PNB-15-19

8. Neurologic Outcome of Infantile Hypoglycemia

Title:: Neurologic Outcome of Infantile Hypoglycemia
Abstract:: The neurologic development of 90 patients with persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia was studied retrospectively at Hospitalier Universitaire Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France.
Keyword:: Psychomotor Disability, Infancy-Onset Hyperinsulinism, Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia
Subject:: Metabolic Disorders
Subject: MESH:: Child Development, Nervous System Diseases, Child, Infant, Pediatrics, Neurology, Brain Diseases, Neurosurgery
Creator:: Millichap, J. Gordon
Publisher:: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
Language:: English
Date Created:: 2001
Rights:: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Resource Type:: Article
Original Identifier:: PNB-15-20

9. Outcome of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection

Title:: Outcome of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection
Abstract:: The long-term neurodevelopmental outcome in 41 children with symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection was studied by investigators at Baylor College of Medicine and the Houston CMV Study Group.
Keyword:: Motor Disorder, Microcephaly, Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection
Subject:: Infectious Disorders
Subject: MESH:: Child, Child Development, Neurosurgery, Nervous System Diseases, Infant, Neurology, Pediatrics, Brain Diseases
Creator:: Millichap, J. Gordon
Publisher:: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
Language:: English
Date Created:: 2001
Rights:: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Resource Type:: Article
Original Identifier:: PNB-15-17

10. Prognostic Value of EEG in Neonatal Meningitis

Title:: Prognostic Value of EEG in Neonatal Meningitis
Abstract:: The value of an EEG performed soon (first week) after onset of neonatal bacterial meningitis in the prediction of adverse outcome at 1-19 year follow-up (mean, 4 yrs) was evaluated in 37 of 101 infants admitted and diagnosed with meningitis at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
Keyword:: Streptococcus, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Neonatal Bacterial Meningitis
Subject:: Infectious Disorders
Subject: MESH:: Pediatrics, Brain Diseases, Neurosurgery, Child Development, Child, Neurology, Infant, Nervous System Diseases
Creator:: Millichap, J. Gordon
Publisher:: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
Language:: English
Date Created:: 2001
Rights:: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Resource Type:: Article
Original Identifier:: PNB-15-18-a

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