Three novel mutations in Chinese patients with -related leukoencephalopathy.

Background: -related encephalopathy refers to adult-onset leukodystrophy with neuroaxonal spheroids and pigmented glia (ALSP) due to mutations, which is a rare autosomal dominant white matter disease including two pathological entities, hereditary diffuse leukoencephalopathy with spheroids (HDLS) and pigmentary orthochromatic leukodystrophy (POLD). The aim of this study was to identify additional causative mutations in the gene and clarify their pathogenic effects.

Methods: Whole-exome sequencing was conducted for nine Chinese patients diagnosed with possible ALSP based on clinical and neuroimaging findings from March 2014 to June 2020 at Xuanwu Hospital (Beijing, China).

Protocol on transcranial alternating current stimulation for the treatment of major depressive disorder: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) offers a new approach for adult patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). The study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of tACS treating MDD.

Methods: This is an 8-week, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study.

Effect of Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation for the Treatment of Chronic Insomnia: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel-Group, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial.

Background: Not all adults with chronic insomnia respond to the recommended therapeutic options of cognitive behavioral therapy and approved hypnotic drugs. Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) may offer a novel potential treatment modality for insomnia.

Objectives: This study aimed to examine the efficacy and safety of tACS for treating adult patients with chronic insomnia.

Association Study of a Proliferation-inducing Ligand, Spermatogenesis Associated 8, Platelet-derived Growth Factor Receptor-alpha, and POLB Polymorphisms with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Chinese Han Population.

Background: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a prototypic autoimmune disease with complex genetic inheritance. This study was conducted to examine whether the association of a proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL), spermatogenesis associated 8 (SPATA8), platelet-derived growth factor receptor-alpha (PDGFRA), and DNA polymerase beta (POLB) with SLE can be replicated in a Chinese Han population.

Methods: Chinese SLE patients (n = 1247) and ethnically and geographically matched healthy controls (n = 1440) were genotyped for the APRIL, SPATA8, PDGFRA, and POLB single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), rs3803800, rs8023715, rs1364989, and rs12678588 using the Sequenom MassARRAY System.

Overlap between Headache, Depression, and Anxiety in General Neurological Clinics: A Cross-sectional Study.

Background: Many studies have reported that depression and anxiety have bidirectional relationship with headache. However, few researches investigated the roles of depression or anxiety in patients with headache. We surveyed the prevalence of depression and anxiety as a complication or cause of headache among outpatients with a chief complaint of headache at neurology clinics in general hospitals.

[Comparison of cognitive functions and neuropsychiatric symptoms between patients with Parkinson's disease dementia and Alzheimer's disease].

Objective: To compare the cognitive functions and neuropsychiatric symptoms of Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD) versus Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Methods: Patients fulfilling the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 4(th) edition (DSM-IV) dementia diagnosis criteria were recruited into this case-control study. AD patients were diagnosed with the criteria of National Institute of Neurologic and Communicative Disorders and Stroke and Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association (NINCDS-ADRDA) while PDD was based upon the standards of Movement Disorder Society (MDS) Task Force.