Basal gangliaPub Date : 2017-03-01DOI: 10.1016/j.baga.2016.11.001
Shanna L. Burke (MSW, PhD) , Peter Maramaldi (PhD, MPH, LCSW)
{"title":"An evaluative review of the evidence supporting idiopathic basal ganglia calcification for inclusion in the compassionate allowances intitiative","authors":"Shanna L. Burke (MSW, PhD) , Peter Maramaldi (PhD, MPH, LCSW)","doi":"10.1016/j.baga.2016.11.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.baga.2016.11.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>The Social Security Administration<span> created the Compassionate Allowances List (CAL) as a mechanism for expedited review and delivery of disability benefits. An evaluative review examined the suitability of Idiopathic basal ganglia calcification (IBGC) for inclusion in the CAL.</span></p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p><span>Using guidance from the Cochrane methodology, a systematic review of the literature was undertaken utilizing nine major databases. Articles (n</span> <!-->=<!--> <!-->451) which met inclusion criteria were coded and severity thresholds were examined to determine if IBGC “invariably” met CAL inclusion criteria.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>IBGC does not invariably meet the criteria for inclusion in the CAL as the presentation is too variable to universally recommend inclusion.</p></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><p>Given that differentiating between those who are symptomatic and those who are not may include citation of medical evidence, the Quick Disability Determination process may be a more applicable expedited review procedure. For those who are clinically symptomatic inclusion is recommended.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":89327,"journal":{"name":"Basal ganglia","volume":"7 ","pages":"Pages 1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.baga.2016.11.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43183233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Basal gangliaPub Date : 2017-02-01Epub Date: 2016-07-23DOI: 10.1007/s11145-016-9674-4
Beverly Wolf, Robert D Abbott, Virginia W Berninger
{"title":"Effective Beginning Handwriting Instruction: Multi-modal, Consistent Format for 2 Years, and Linked to Spelling and Composing.","authors":"Beverly Wolf, Robert D Abbott, Virginia W Berninger","doi":"10.1007/s11145-016-9674-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11145-016-9674-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In Study 1, the treatment group (<i>N</i> = 33 first graders, <i>M</i> = 6 years 10 months, 16 girls) received Slingerland multi-modal (auditory, visual, tactile, motor through hand, and motor through mouth) manuscript (unjoined) handwriting instruction embedded in systematic spelling, reading, and composing lessons; and the control group (<i>N</i> =16 first graders, <i>M</i> = 7 years 1 month, 7 girls) received manuscript handwriting instruction not systematically related to the other literacy activities. ANOVA showed both groups improved on automatic alphabet writing from memory; but ANCOVA with the automatic alphabet writing task as covariate showed that the treatment group improved significantly more than control group from the second to ninth month of first grade on dictated spelling and recognition of word-specific spellings among phonological foils. In Study 2 new groups received either a second year of manuscript (<i>N</i> = 29, <i>M</i> = 7 years 8 months, 16 girls) or introduction to cursive (joined) instruction in second grade (<i>N</i> = 24, <i>M</i> = 8 years 0 months, 11 girls) embedded in the Slingerland literacy program. ANCOVA with automatic alphabet writing as covariate showed that those who received a second year of manuscript handwriting instruction improved more on sustained handwriting over 30, 60, and 90 seconds than those who had had only one year of manuscript instruction; both groups improved in spelling and composing from the second to ninth month of second grade. Results are discussed in reference to mastering one handwriting format before introducing another format at a higher grade level and always embedding handwriting instruction in writing and reading instruction aimed at all levels of language.</p>","PeriodicalId":89327,"journal":{"name":"Basal ganglia","volume":"5 1","pages":"299-317"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5300752/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75891766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Basal gangliaPub Date : 2016-11-01DOI: 10.1016/j.baga.2016.09.001
Tomáš Gescheidt , Veronika Ibarburu Lorenzo Y. Losada , Kateřina Menšíková , Ladislav Dušek , Kristína Czekóová , Petra Menclová , Petr Kaňovský , Jan Roth , Martin Bareš MD
{"title":"Impulse control disorders in patients with young-onset Parkinson’s disease: A cross-sectional study seeking associated factors","authors":"Tomáš Gescheidt , Veronika Ibarburu Lorenzo Y. Losada , Kateřina Menšíková , Ladislav Dušek , Kristína Czekóová , Petra Menclová , Petr Kaňovský , Jan Roth , Martin Bareš MD","doi":"10.1016/j.baga.2016.09.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.baga.2016.09.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the frequency and factors associated with impulse control disorder (ICD) symptoms, including personality characteristics, in Czech young-onset Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients.</p></div><div><h3>Subjects and methods</h3><p>We examined 49 young-onset PD patients and 38 age-matched control subjects. ICD symptoms were identified using the South Oaks Gambling Screen and modified Minnesota Impulse Disorders Interview.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>A higher prevalence of pathological gambling<span> and hypersexuality was found in PD patients than in control subjects. A higher frequency of pathological gambling in our sample of young-onset PD patients was found in patients<span><span> using dopamine agonists and in patients with dyskinesias lasting 5 or more years. The frequency of any ICD symptom was associated with coffee consumption, higher reported anxiety, and </span>somatization. ICD symptoms were also related to personality characteristics in PD patients; specifically, patients who manifested any ICD symptom scored significantly higher on Self–assertive/Antisocial and Reserved/Schizoid personality styles and pathological gambling was associated with lower reported Conscientiousness.</span></span></p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Our results demonstrate that ICD presents a real problem in young-onset PD patients. Knowledge about the factors associated with ICD symptoms might be helpful in the proactive search for these pathological behaviours in this specific subgroup of PD patients.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":89327,"journal":{"name":"Basal ganglia","volume":"6 4","pages":"Pages 197-205"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.baga.2016.09.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54067254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vitamin D receptor gene rs4334089 polymorphism and Parkinson’s disease in Iranian population","authors":"Atena Fazeli , Marzieh Motallebi , Javad Jamshidi , Abolfazl Movafagh , Hamid Ghaedi , Babak Emamalizadeh , Kaveh Kashani , Hossein Darvish","doi":"10.1016/j.baga.2016.04.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.baga.2016.04.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>Parkinson disease (PD) is a </span>neurodegenerative disorder<span><span> with both contributions of genetic and environmental factors. Protective functions of </span>vitamin D<span> and then vitamin D receptor (VDR) in PD have been declared recently. In this study we investigated the association of </span></span></span><em>VDR</em><span> rs4334089 gene polymorphism with PD in Iranian population.</span></p><p>A total of 1040 subjects including 520 PD patients and 520 unrelated control subjects were recruited in a case-control study. DNA was extracted from peripheral blood of all subjects and rs4334089 polymorphism of <em>VDR</em> was genotyped using PCR-RFLP method.</p><p><span>Genotype and allele frequency of rs4334089 were significantly different in PD and control groups and A allele was significantly more frequent in PD patients compared to control group. Our findings suggest that </span><em>VDR</em> rs4334089 A allele could be a risk factors for PD in Iranian population, although more replication studies are needed to confirm our findings.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":89327,"journal":{"name":"Basal ganglia","volume":"6 3","pages":"Pages 157-160"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.baga.2016.04.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54067481","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Basal gangliaPub Date : 2016-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.baga.2016.06.001
Kelly Andrzejewski , Richard Barbano , Jonathan Mink
{"title":"Cannabinoids in the treatment of movement disorders: A systematic review of case series and clinical trials","authors":"Kelly Andrzejewski , Richard Barbano , Jonathan Mink","doi":"10.1016/j.baga.2016.06.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.baga.2016.06.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>We performed a systematic review<span><span><span> of the scientific literature assessing the use of exogenous cannabinoids<span> in the treatment of </span></span>movement disorders including Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Tourette’s syndrome, </span>tics<span>, essential tremor<span>, tremor associated with multiple sclerosis, Wilson’s disease, dystonia, and myoclonus. Databases searched for articles published in English include: Pubmed, Web of Science, PsycINFO, and </span></span></span></span><span>Clinicaltrials.gov</span><svg><path></path></svg><span>. A total of 21 case series and clinical trials evaluating the use of cannabinoids in the treatment of movement disorders were identified. All studies either consisted of small sample sizes, or the primary outcome was not the effect of exogenous cannabinoid treatment on a specific movement. None of the studies reviewed were powered to detect a difference with the treatment of a cannabinoid agonist. Therefore, currently no conclusions can be made on the efficacy of cannabinoids in the treatment of movement disorders.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":89327,"journal":{"name":"Basal ganglia","volume":"6 3","pages":"Pages 173-181"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.baga.2016.06.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54067612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Basal gangliaPub Date : 2016-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.baga.2016.02.004
Tomas Nikolai , Ondrej Bezdicek , Petra Kleinova , Marek Preiss , Martin Smira , Evžen Růžička , Jan Roth
{"title":"Posttraumatic growth but not abnormal personality structure are typical for patients with essential blepharospasm","authors":"Tomas Nikolai , Ondrej Bezdicek , Petra Kleinova , Marek Preiss , Martin Smira , Evžen Růžička , Jan Roth","doi":"10.1016/j.baga.2016.02.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.baga.2016.02.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p><span><span>The goal of our study was to find selective cognitive abnormalities in cognitive performance and personality profile of patients with essential blepharospasm (EB). Second, we wanted to see if </span>in patients with EB we can identify </span>posttraumatic growth<span> (PTG) by comparison with a control sample and also with a sample of patients with hemifacial spasm (HFS).</span></p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We recruited 20 patients with EB, 20 patients with HFS and 23 demographically matched controls (NC). All participants (EB<!--> <!-->+<!--> <!-->HFS<!--> <!-->+<!--> <span>NC) were assessed by the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) and a computer-based version of Cloninger’s Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI-R). Furthermore, all participants underwent a brief battery of neuropsychological tests.</span></p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>EB patients had significantly higher scores in the PTGI questionnaire than those with HFS. As regards all TCI-R factors, there were no significant differences between EB, HFS or NC. In the cognitive battery, only in the Prague Stroop Test were patients with EB significantly impaired.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Our results are consistent with new information about a higher level of post-traumatic growth in EB patients than in HFS patients. We found no substantial evidence of a different personality profile in EB patients compared with HFS or NC.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":89327,"journal":{"name":"Basal ganglia","volume":"6 3","pages":"Pages 115-120"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.baga.2016.02.004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54067461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Basal gangliaPub Date : 2016-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.baga.2016.04.002
D. Weise , N. Hammer , J.-J. Rumpf , D. Fritzsch , J. Meixensberger , J. Schwarz , D. Winkler
{"title":"Unilateral multi-target deep brain stimulation in hemidystonia and hemichoreoathetosis following ischemic thalamic stroke","authors":"D. Weise , N. Hammer , J.-J. Rumpf , D. Fritzsch , J. Meixensberger , J. Schwarz , D. Winkler","doi":"10.1016/j.baga.2016.04.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.baga.2016.04.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Deep brain stimulation<span> (DBS) in secondary hyperkinetic movement disorders is challenging. Recently-introduced multi-target DBS may improve the outcome in these entities. We report a case of a 39-year old female with severe hemidystonia-choreoathetosis following an </span></span>ischemic stroke<span><span><span> of the right thalamus<span> at the age of 25 years. The patient underwent combined unilateral electrode implantation of the </span></span>subthalamic nucleus (STN) and the internal </span>globus pallidus<span> (GPi) for DBS. Activation of either one of the STN or GPi electrodes led to an overt clinical improvement. Combined simultaneous stimulation of both STN and GPi was even more effective. Multi-target DBS may be considered as a treatment option not only in idiopathic, but also symptomatic hyperkinetic movement disorders, even when performed years after the initiating event.</span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":89327,"journal":{"name":"Basal ganglia","volume":"6 3","pages":"Pages 153-156"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.baga.2016.04.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54067504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}