Clinical Neuroscience - 2015;68(07-08)

Clinical Neuroscience

JULY 30, 2015

[The role of β-amyloid and mitochondrial dysfunction in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease]

SZARKA András

[Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia in mid- and late life. The 7-10% of the population over 65 and the 50-60% of the population over 85 are affected by this disease. On the contrary of its prevalence the pathogenesis of the disease is not well defined and there is no effective neuroprotective therapeutic agent. Three predominant neuropathological features of the Alzheimer’s disease brain are intracellular neurofibrillary tangles consisting mainly of the hyperphosphorylated... tovább »

HUN 2015;68(07-08)

Clinical Neuroscience

JULY 30, 2015

[Radiosurgery of intracerebral cavernomas - Current international trends]

NAGY Gábor, KEMENY A. Andras, MAJOR Ottó, ERÕSS Loránd, VÁRADY Péter, MEZEY Géza, FEDORCSÁK Imre, BOGNÁR László

[Although still a controversial management option, radiosurgery of intracranial cavernomas has become increasingly popular world-wide during the last decade. Microsurgery is a safe and effective treatment for symptomatic hemispheric cavernomas. However, the indication for microsurgical resection of deep eloquent cavernomas is relatively limited even in experienced hands. The importance of radiosurgery has recently been appreciated in parallel with increasing positive experiences both in terms... tovább »

HUN 2015;68(07-08)

Clinical Neuroscience

JULY 30, 2015

[Radiosurgery of intracerebral cavernomas - Current Hungarian practice]

FEDORCSÁK Imre, NAGY Gábor, DOBAI József Gábor, MEZEY Géza, BOGNÁR László

[Background and purpose - Radiosurgery is an increasingly popular treatment option especially for deep eloquent intracerebral cavernomas that are often too risky for surgical removal, but their re-bleed carries significant risk for persisting neurological deficit. Gamma-radiation based radiosurgery has been being available since 2007 in Hungary in Debrecen. Our aim is to summarize our experience accumulated during the first five years of treatment and to compare it to the international... tovább »

HUN 2015;68(07-08)

Clinical Neuroscience

JULY 30, 2015

[Neurointerventional treatment of acute ischemic stroke: the Kaposvár experience]

RADNAI Péter, SZŐTS Mónika, RÁDAI Ferenc, HORVÁTH Gyula, VARGA Csaba, FOGAS János, SZÖRÉNYI Péter, HORVÁTH Zoltán, BAJZIK Gábor, MOIZS Mariann, REPA Imre, NAGY Ferenc, VAJDA Zsolt

[Aim of the study - In the present study, we report procedural and mid-term functional outcome data on the first 50 neurointerventional treatments of acute ischemic stroke in the Kaposi Mór County Hospital, Kaposvár, Hungary. Materials and methods - Endovascular recanalization of occluded large cervical and intracranial arteries was performed following an unsuccessful intravenous lysis or when intravenous lysis was contraindicated. A control cohort was retrospectively formed by analyzing data... tovább »

HUN 2015;68(07-08)

Clinical Neuroscience

JULY 30, 2015

Mental health of physicians - nationwide representative study from Hungary

GYŐRFFY Zsuzsa, GIRASEK Edmond

Background and aim - Somatic and mental health and stress factors of physicians became an issue of growing interest in both national and international researches. Our aim is to give an overviewing analysis of Hungarian physicians’ mental health state. Methods - Representative, cross-sectional, quantitative survey on a representative sample of Hungarian physicians (n=4784). The control group was formed by the population group of a national survey conducted by “Hungarostudy 2013” (n=2000).... tovább »

ENG 2015;68(07-08)

Clinical Neuroscience

JULY 30, 2015

Thrombocytopenia with gabapentin usage

ATAKLI Dilek, YUKSEL Burcu, AK Dogan Pelin, SARIAHMETOGLU Hande, SARI Hüseyin

Gabapentin is an antiepileptic drug approved for adjunctive therapy for partial seizures. We report a case of a patient who had thrombocytopenia with the dose of 2400 mg/day of gabapentin. The causal relationship between gabapentin and thrombocytopenia was revealed by dramatic increase in thrombocyte count following the cessation of the gabapentin treatment. To our knowledge, this is the first case report with a hematopoietic side effect of gabapentin.

ENG 2015;68(07-08)

Clinical Neuroscience

JULY 30, 2015

[Treatment of post spondylodesis adjacent segment disease with minimally invasive, anterolateral surgery on lumbar spine: there is no need for dorsal operation?]

SCHWARCZ Attila, SZAKÁLY Péter, BÜKI András, DÓCZI Tamás

[Adjacent segment disease (ASD) occurs with a probability of 30% in the lumbar spine following spinal fusion surgery. Usually advanced degenerative changes happen cranially to the fused lumbar segment. Thus, secondary spinal instability, stenosis, spodylolisthesis, foraminal stenosis can lead to the recurrence of the pain not always amenable to conservative measures. A typical surgical solution to treat ASD consists of posterior revision surgery including decompression, change or extension of... tovább »

HUN 2015;68(07-08)

Clinical Neuroscience

JULY 30, 2015

[LGI1 encephalitis: the first Hungarian patient]

SZŐTS Mónika, MARTON Annamária, ILLÉS Zsolt, BAJZIK Gábor, NAGY Ferenc

[In the recent years, it has been increasingly recognised that in a group of limbic encephalitis antibodies are directed against the scaffolding protein LGI1 (Leucine-rich glioma inactivated 1), which is part of the voltage gated potassium channel (VGKC) complex on neural synapses. Patients present with seizures and subacute history of neuropsychiatric symptoms, including psychosis and changes in memory, cognition, behaviour. Faciobrachial dystonic seizures can be observed, which are highly... tovább »

HUN 2015;68(07-08)

Clinical Neuroscience

JULY 30, 2015

[Focal motor seizures and status epilepticus provoked by mirtazapine]

DÖMÖTÖR Johanna, CLEMENS Béla

[The seizure-provoking effect of the tetracyclic antidepressant mirtazapine is not a well-known adverse effect of the drug. The authors report on a 39-year-old non-epileptic patient who had been treated for depression with the usual daily dose of mirtazapine. Having increased the daily dose of the drug from 30 to 45 milligrams he experienced a few clonic seizures of the right lower limb. This symptom and insomnia erroneously intended the patient to further increase the daily dose of... tovább »

HUN 2015;68(07-08)