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Diagnosing migraine in children and adolescence using ID migraine: results of an Italian multicenter validation.

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Neurological Sciences Pub Date : 2025-03-27 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-025-08076-z

Ilaria Frattale, Vittorio Sciruicchio, Daniela D'Agnano, Vincenzo Raieli, Salvatore Lo Cascio, Giuseppe Santangelo, Edvige Correnti, Fabiana Ursitti, Giorgia Sforza, Gabriele Monte, Luigi Mazzone, Massimiliano Valeriani, Laura Papetti

{"title":"Diagnosing migraine in children and adolescence using ID migraine: results of an Italian multicenter validation.","authors":"Ilaria Frattale, Vittorio Sciruicchio, Daniela D'Agnano, Vincenzo Raieli, Salvatore Lo Cascio, Giuseppe Santangelo, Edvige Correnti, Fabiana Ursitti, Giorgia Sforza, Gabriele Monte, Luigi Mazzone, Massimiliano Valeriani, Laura Papetti","doi":"10.1007/s10072-025-08076-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-025-08076-z","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Since migraine is the most frequent neurological condition, an early diagnosis is important to limit the impact of the disease on the quality of life. Although migraine diagnosis is based on the International Classification of Headache Disorders 3rd edition (ICHD3) criteria, other briefer questionnaires have been developed, especially for screening purpose. While the three-item ID Migraine has proved useful for migraine diagnosis in adulthood, no validated tools are available for children and adolescents. The aim of this study is to validate ID Migraine also in pediatric patients.Results: The Italian ID Migraine for adulthood was completed by 289 pediatric patients (mean age 12.14 ± 3.15, range 6-17) who attended three third-level pediatric headache centers. Clinical and neurological examinations were performed, and the final diagnosis was reached according to the ICHD3 criteria. The migraine group consisted of 230 patients, and the control group consisted of 59 patients who received headache diagnoses different from migraine. We considered the ID migraine positive whether 2 out of 3 responses were 'yes'. ID migraine for diagnosis of pediatric migraine showed a sensitivity of 0.86 (86%), a specificity of 0.95 (95%), a positive predictive value (PPV) of 0.98 (98%) and a negative predictive value (NPV) 0.64 (64%).Conclusion: ID Migraine can be considered a valid tool for migraine diagnosis also in pediatric age, starting from the age of 6 years.","PeriodicalId":19191,"journal":{"name":"Neurological Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143720860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Dopa responsive dystonia due to a GCH1 gene variant mimicking hereditary spastic paraparesis.

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Neurological Sciences Pub Date : 2025-03-27 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-025-08079-w

D Fontanesi, Giulia Di Rauso, F Cavallieri, V Fioravanti, E Monfrini, J Rossi, G Toschi, R Sabadini, S Montepietra, A Merlo, I Campanini, L Cavazzuti, A Di Fonzo, F Valzania

{"title":"Dopa responsive dystonia due to a GCH1 gene variant mimicking hereditary spastic paraparesis.","authors":"D Fontanesi, Giulia Di Rauso, F Cavallieri, V Fioravanti, E Monfrini, J Rossi, G Toschi, R Sabadini, S Montepietra, A Merlo, I Campanini, L Cavazzuti, A Di Fonzo, F Valzania","doi":"10.1007/s10072-025-08079-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-025-08079-w","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Dopa-responsive dystonia (DRD) is a group of rare forms of genetically determined dystonia. Large improvements of symptoms can be seen with small doses of levodopa. As a treatable condition, it must be diagnosed and treated to improve the patients' functional outcome and quality of life.Case presentation: We describe the case of a woman affected by progressive gait impairment and lower limb rigidity, started at the age of 15. For talipes equinovarus (clubfoot), she underwent Achilles tendon lengthening and anterior tibial haemitendon transposition surgery. Family history collection revealed that her mother had been diagnosed with spastic paraparesis in adolescence. Clinical phenotype and family history suggested a diagnosis of hereditary spastic paraparesis (HSP), supported by a mild involvement of the pyramidal tract in lower limbs at the motor evoked potential. Clinical evaluation revealed the presence of mild signs of dystonia, as a foot and cervical dystonia and upper limbs dystonic tremor. Indeed, a virtual panel for dystonia genes showed a pathogenic splice-site variant in GCH1. The patient was diagnosed with DRD and low doses of levodopa were started with clinical improvement of both gait and dystonia.Conclusion: We describe the clinical history of a patient with dopa responsive dystonia, which was initially diagnosed with HSP. Misdiagnosis can result in a significant delay in diagnosis and treatment initiation, so it is of the utmost importance to identify these patients without delay, looking for the presence of soft dystonia signs and performing an empirical trial with low doses of levodopa.","PeriodicalId":19191,"journal":{"name":"Neurological Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143720861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Differential effects of high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over the left and right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex for post-stroke cognitive impairment.

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Neurological Sciences Pub Date : 2025-03-26 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-025-08123-9

Xinlin Jiang, Lei Fan, Wenxin Zhu, Yuwei Xiu, Yuanbiao Liu

{"title":"Differential effects of high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over the left and right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex for post-stroke cognitive impairment.","authors":"Xinlin Jiang, Lei Fan, Wenxin Zhu, Yuwei Xiu, Yuanbiao Liu","doi":"10.1007/s10072-025-08123-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-025-08123-9","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: In this study, it is aimed to explore the different effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (HF-rTMS)over the left and right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) for post-stroke cognitive impairment (PSCI).Method: In this study, we allocated 40 patients with PSCI who were divided into the left DLPFC group (n = 20) and the right DLPFC group (n = 20). Patients received 20HZ rTMS over the ipsilateral DLPFC respectively, for 20 consecutive days (20 min/time, 1 time/day). Cognitive performance was assessed before and after treatment using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), the Loewenstein Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment (LOTCA), and the Modified Barthel Index (MBI). Furthermore, event-related potential (ERP) detection was also conducted in patients at baseline and after treatment.Results: After treatment, the global cognition, orientation, and language of patients in the left DLPFC group were significantly improved (P < 0.05). While the enhancement of visual perception and spatial perception in the right DLPFC group was significant (P < 0.05). MBI scores in both groups were increased (P < 0.05), but there was no significant difference between the two groups after treatment (P > 0.05).The decrease of latency in the left DLPFC group was more significant than that in the right DLPFC group (P < 0.05), but there was no significant difference in amplitude (P > 0.05).Conclusion: The results support that high-frequency rTMS over the left DLPFC is a more effective treatment for improving global cognition and suggest that the left and right DLPFC are associated with different cognitive functions.","PeriodicalId":19191,"journal":{"name":"Neurological Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143730805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Presence of cortical lesions in older persons with multiple sclerosis and association with cognitive function.

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Neurological Sciences Pub Date : 2025-03-26 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-025-08141-7

Jimmy S Lee, Mark E Wagshul, Siddharth Nayak, Roee Holtzer

{"title":"Presence of cortical lesions in older persons with multiple sclerosis and association with cognitive function.","authors":"Jimmy S Lee, Mark E Wagshul, Siddharth Nayak, Roee Holtzer","doi":"10.1007/s10072-025-08141-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-025-08141-7","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Cortical lesions (CL) have been reported and characterized in multiple sclerosis (MS), but their presence and association with cognitive function in older adults with MS (OAMS) have not been evaluated.Objective: To quantify the presence of CL in OAMS and healthy controls. We hypothesized that compared to controls, OAMS would have more CL, and CL would be associated with worse cognition.Methods: OAMS (n = 95, mean age 64.5 ± 4.2) and controls (n = 106, mean age 68.3 ± 7.3) underwent MRI and cognitive assessments. Cognitive function was assessed through Symbol-Digit-Modalities-Test (SDMT).Results: CL were identified in 43/95 (45%) of OAMS, and 2/106 (1.9%) of controls. OAMS were further stratified by CL burden (0, 1-2, and ≥ 3 CL). Linear regressions showed that compared to participants with no CL, those with ≥ 3 CL, but not 1-2 CL demonstrated worse SDMT performance in unadjusted (p = 0.005) and adjusted (p = 0.034) analyses. Stratification of results by age of onset into typical (TOMS) and late (LOMS) onset MS, show that among LOMS white matter lesion load (WMLL), but not CL burden, is associated with worse SDMT (p < 0.001). In contrast, CL burden in TOMS was associated with lower SDMT performance (p = 0.021), independent of WMLL.Conclusion: CL are present in OAMS and are significantly greater than in controls. Among OAMS, higher CL burden was associated with worse speed of processing and working memory performance. Age of MS onset modified the effect CL burden has on SDMT performance, which suggests that there may be different disease processes between LOMS and TOMS that affect cognitive performance.","PeriodicalId":19191,"journal":{"name":"Neurological Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143730810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Functional network hubs in vestibular migraine: a neuroimaging perspective.

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Neurological Sciences Pub Date : 2025-03-26 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-025-08106-w

Wei Liu, Zhihui Fu, Chen Guo, Yichao Wang, Bing Yao, Zhengxin Ni

{"title":"Functional network hubs in vestibular migraine: a neuroimaging perspective.","authors":"Wei Liu, Zhihui Fu, Chen Guo, Yichao Wang, Bing Yao, Zhengxin Ni","doi":"10.1007/s10072-025-08106-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-025-08106-w","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: This study utilizes resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) and graph theory analysis to identify key brain regions in vestibular migraine (VM), explore their associations with clinical symptoms, and examine the role of these functional network hubs in the pathophysiology of VM, offering novel insights and a theoretical basis for understanding its neural mechanisms and improving its clinical diagnosis and treatment.Methods: We enrolled patients diagnosed with VM, individuals with Migraine without Aura (MwoA), and healthy control subjects, collecting both clinical and sociodemographic data alongside MRI data. Employing graph theory analysis, we focused on identifying critical hub nodes and networks within VM patients, using metrics like degree, betweenness centrality, and eigenvector centrality for our analysis.Results: The study included 30 VM patients, 28 MwoA subjects, and 31 healthy controls. Analysis of rich-club coefficients across different levels of network sparsity indicated significantly lower normalized rich-club coefficients for VM and MwoA groups compared to healthy controls at a 65% sparsity threshold, particularly within a node degree range of 91 to 94. Notably, the temporal lobes, limbic system, and frontal lobes were predominant regions for rich-club nodes in the VM group, with significant increases in centrality metrics observed in the right posterior parahippocampal gyrus. These metrics in the hippocampus and parahippocampal gyrus showed a positive correlation with the intensity, duration, and progression of headache episodes in VM patients.Conclusions: In vestibular migraine patients, critical hub nodes such as the hippocampus and parahippocampal gyrus are identified, potentially associated with emotional regulation, pain perception, and the memory of pain.","PeriodicalId":19191,"journal":{"name":"Neurological Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143710846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Correction to: Dihydroartemisinin suppresses glioma proliferation and invasion via inhibition of the ADAM17 pathway.

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Neurological Sciences Pub Date : 2025-03-26 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-025-08131-9

Junyan Chen, Xiangrong Chen, Fan Wang, Hongzhi Gao, Weipeng Hu

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AChR-blocking antibodies and complement system dynamics: evaluating their interplay and clinical implications in myasthenia gravis.

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Neurological Sciences Pub Date : 2025-03-25 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-025-08137-3

Florencia Aguirre, Mariano E Justo, Lucía Cialdella, Mariela L Paz

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Does kinesio taping affect balance in individuals with multiple sclerosis?

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Neurological Sciences Pub Date : 2025-03-25 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-025-08115-9

Fatma Erdeo, Ali Ulvi Uca, Musa Çankaya, Neslihan Altuntaş Yılmaz

{"title":"Does kinesio taping affect balance in individuals with multiple sclerosis?","authors":"Fatma Erdeo, Ali Ulvi Uca, Musa Çankaya, Neslihan Altuntaş Yılmaz","doi":"10.1007/s10072-025-08115-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-025-08115-9","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Balance disorders are common in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) due to the combined effects of lack of adequate postural control, muscle weakness, ataxia, and lack of sensory information. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of Kinesio taping (KT) on balance among subjects with MS.Method: This was a non-controlled observational study. A consecutive convenience sample of 30 individuals with MS was assessed. KT was applied directly to the skin under the foot. Clinical assessments were performed at baseline, immediately before and after application of the tape. Balance was evaluated with both eyes open and closed. The effects of sense of balance, spasticity, and muscle strength were evaluated.Results: A significant difference was observed before and after banding in the dominant and non-dominant extremities (pbefore = .001, pafter = .002). There was a significant difference between vibration and two-point discrimination and balance (p > 0.05). There was no significant relationship between light touch sense and balance (p > 0.05). Further, except for tibialis anterior muscle strength, there was no significant difference between balance and other lower extremity muscles (p > 0.05). In addition, except for muscle spasticity in the quadriceps, there was a significant difference between balance and other lower extremity muscles (p < 0.05).Conclusions: KT appears to be a useful tool in reducing the fall rate and improving balance skills in patients with MS. These preliminary results suggest that the use of Kinesio foot taping may be useful in immediately stabilising body posture.","PeriodicalId":19191,"journal":{"name":"Neurological Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143710844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Intrathecal treatment of Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate receptor encephalitis: a promising approach for refractory cases.

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Neurological Sciences Pub Date : 2025-03-25 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-025-08134-6

Xiaobo Yang

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Bilateral optic neuropathy as first neurological sign of Central Nervous System (CNS) involvement in indolent chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

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Neurological Sciences Pub Date : 2025-03-25 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-025-08118-6

Paola Ciasca, Sebastiano Crisafulli, Ludovica Gargiulo, Stefania Bianchi Marzoli, Massimo Magagnoli, Marco Moscatelli, Elena Anghileri

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