1 Center for Neuroprosthetics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland A major goal of neuroprosthetics is to design artificial limbs that are experienced (‘embodied’) like ...

University Department of Neurosurgery, Box 167, Block A, Level 4, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK Correspondence to: Dr P J Kirkpatrick, University Department of Neurosurgery, Box 167, ...

1 Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan 2 Department of Neurology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, ...

OBJECTIVES To clarify the nosological relation among Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS), Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) with ophthalmoplegia, Bickerstaff's brain stem encephalitis (BBE), and acute ...

7 Department of Neurology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK 8 Department of Neurology, King's College Hospital and King's College School of Medicine, London, UK Correspondence to Dr ...

Dr JL Iddon, Department of Academic Neurosurgery, Box 167, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 5RG, UK email jo.iddon{at}cenes.co.uk OBJECTIVES Eleven patients ...

Botulinum toxin, the most potent biological toxin, has become a powerful therapeutic tool for a growing number of clinical applications. This review draws attention to new findings about the mechanism ...

The palmomental reflex, an involuntary contraction of the mentalis muscle of the chin caused by stimulation of the thenar eminence, can be tested easily and rapidly. Its presence may alert the ...

Dr Ryuji Sakakibara, Department of Neurology Chiba University 1–8–1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260–8670 Japan. Telephone 0081 43 226 2129; fax 0081 43 226 2160; emailsakaki{at}med.m.chiba-u.ac.jp ...

Background Biological ageing is one of the principal risk factors for neurodegenerative diseases. It is becoming increasingly clear that acceleration of DNA methylation age, as measured by the ...

Background: The high pressures documented in the intracranial venous sinuses in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) could be the result of focal stenotic lesions in the lateral sinuses ...

1 Department of Clinical Neurology, The Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK 2 Department of Gastroenterology, The Royal Hallamshire Hospital Correspondence to: Dr M Hadjivassiliou, Department of ...