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EAN 2020 Interview: Professor Claudia Sommer

I was always fascinated by the nervous system. When I stared studying medicine, my motivation for this was to go into brain research…

External Carotid Artery Stenting – A Good Strategy to Preserve Cerebral Circulation in a Patient with Ipsilateral Internal Carotid Artery Occlusion

Ipsilateral external carotid artery (ECA) may supply the cerebral circulation through collateral vessels in patients with internal carotid artery (ICA)…

Case Report of Schwannomas: Benign Tumour of the Peripheral Nerve Sheath

Schwannomas are benign, painless, firm nodules, 1–2 cm in diameter, that develop from the Schwann cells of peripheral nerve sheaths…

Young Onset Stoke: A Cause for Concern

The incidence of ‘young strokes’ (stroke affecting people under the age of 45) has been on the rise internationally, accounting for approximately 10%…

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Symptoms Correlate with Strength-Duration Time Constant

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common entrapment neuropathy of the upper extremities, causing pain, paraesthesia, numbness…

Neuroinflammation: A Common Line Between the Wnt Pathway and Toll-Like Receptors

Neurodegenerative disorders constitute a worldwide concern attributable to the ageing of the human population.

Differences in Performance on Clock-Drawing Tasks as Predictive Measurements for Disease Classification Amongst Patients with Parkinson’s Disease and Essential Tremor

Non-motor symptoms are widely recognised in both Parkinson’s disease (PD) and essential tremor (ET). Clock-drawing (CD) tests appear to be impaired…

Unilateral Facial Palsyin Guillain–Barré Syndrome, A Hyperreflexic Variant Case

Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) is a form of rapidly progressive, acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculopathy.

A Novel Machine Learning Algorithm to Predict Lewy Body Dementia Using Clinical and Neuropsychological Scores

Parkinson’s disease dementia (PDD) and Lewy body dementia (LBD) are dementia syndromes that overlap in many clinical features, making their diagnosis…

The Potential of Asymmetric Stimulation Frequency in Subthalamic Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease

Subthalamic deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) is an effective treatment for motor fluctuations in Parkinson’s disease (PD)…