Publications by authors named "H A Fogel"
Background: Laminectomy and fusion (LF) and laminoplasty (LP) are common treatments for cervical spondylotic myelopathy and myeloradiculopathy. While both procedures show similar clinical improvement, LF requires bony fusion while LP offers motion preservation. Cervical sagittal alignment and horizontal gaze maintenance are key outcome measures, but their comparative effects between LF and LP remain unclear.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTMS-evoked potentials provide novel neurophysiological features of Tourette syndrome.
Parkinsonism Relat Disord
January 2025
Article Synopsis
- Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neuropsychiatric disorder linked to abnormal brain circuitry and dopamine function, prompting researchers to study neurotransmission changes via TMS-evoked potentials (TEPs).
- The study involved 33 TS patients and 18 healthy controls, evaluating symptoms like tics and anxiety using various assessments and measuring TEPs in key brain regions.
- Results showed delayed and lower TEP responses in TS patients, particularly in the motor and prefrontal cortices, which correlated with tic severity and anxiety, suggesting these patterns may help understand TS's underlying mechanisms.
Article Synopsis
- Single-pulse TMS-evoked EEG potentials (TEPs) are valuable for understanding brain function in neurological and psychiatric disorders, reflecting a balance of cortical excitability.
- This study reviews 55 publications on TEPs, categorizing them into clinical applications such as healthy aging, Alzheimer's disease, major depressive disorder, and others.
- TEPs show promise for various applications, particularly in monitoring consciousness levels, predicting treatment responses, and diagnosing conditions, but more randomized controlled trials are needed for some uses.
Background Context: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common comorbidity among patients undergoing spinal fusion for adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery. An elevated Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and elevated postoperative glucose have been shown to increase the risk of complications following spine and other orthopedic surgeries; however, data is limited for ASD.
Purpose: To investigate glycemic control and ASD surgery to inform surgical decision making, medical optimization, and patient education.
Distinguishing Parkinson's disease (PD) subgroups may be achieved by observing network responses to external stimuli. We compared TMS-evoked potential (TEP) measures from stimulation of bilateral motor cortex (M1), dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), and visual cortex (V1) between 62 PD patients (age: 69.9 ± 7.
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