Case report of anosognosia for hemiplegia: A fMRI study.

Objective: The aim of this study is to verify the functional activation in a patient with anosognosia for hemiplegia following left brain lesions.

Methods: We report a case of a 53-year-old right-handed female patient. She came to our rehabilitative unit with a diagnosis of an ischemic major stroke in the left internal carotid artery and important hemiplegia to the right side.

Normal pressure hydrocephalus: Neurophysiological and neuropsychological aspects: a narrative review.

Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is a syndrome that affects elderly people and is characterized by excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain ventricles. Diagnosis is based on the evaluation of clinical symptoms, which consists of a classic triad (Hakim triad), gait disturbances, cognitive impairment, and urinary incontinence. However, this complete triad is not always seen; therefore, it is difficult to make the diagnosis.

Psychological well-being in people with multiple sclerosis: a descriptive review of the effects obtained with mindfulness interventions.

Multiple sclerosis is a neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative disease causing several psychosocial problems that significantly impairs quality of life. The most common physical and mental symptoms are anxiety, depression, stress, fatigue, and pain. Several studies investigated the effectiveness of non-pharmacological approaches in improving psychological well-being.

Analgesic hypnotic treatment in a post-stroke patient.

In recent years, hypnotic suggestions have been used in several clinical conditions. This treatment is often used for anxiety treatment, somatization, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Hypnotic analgesia is one of the most clinically useful phenomena of hypnosis.

Neurophysiological assessment in a patient affected by Marfan syndrome.

Background: Marfan syndrome (MS) is a hereditary connective tissue disorder characterized by different multiorgan patterns. The guidelines for MS diagnosis do not highlight the usefulness-or even the use-of any neurophysiological techniques for diagnosing this disease. Moreover, few neurophysiological studies assessing the central and peripheral nervous systems in MS subjects have been reported to date.

Factors related to cognitive reserve among caregivers of severe acquired brain injury.

Stroke is one of the severe cause of motor and cognitive disabilities. These type of disabilities occurred a strong impact on whole family system. Caregiver burden may determine in relatives of patients with brain injury a decreasement of mental and physical health.

Neuropsychological assessment and clinical evaluation in temporal lobe epilepsy with associated cortical dysplasia.

Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (TLE) is a chronic neurological disorder, often associated to cognitive deficits. Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD), frequently associated to high risk of epilepsy, can lead to abnormalities in cognition. The aim of this study was to explore neuropsychological performance and to identify potential risk factors for cognitive impairment in TLE subjects with associated FCD.

Quantitative assessment of Parkinsonian tremor by using biosensor device.

Parkinson disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease which affects population older than 65 years. Tremor represents one of the main symptomatic triads in PD, particularly in rest state.We enrolled 41 idiopathic PD patients, to validate the assessment of tremor symptoms.

Role of visual P300 in cognitive assessment of subacute stroke patients: a longitudinal study.

The aim of this study was to assess if pre- and post- event related potentials (ERPs) components after visual stimulation training admitted differences exist in subacute stroke patients and to observe the outcome markers of cognitive functions recovery by using Neurowave system. Eighteen ischemic subacute stroke patients were enrolled and underwent to neuropsychological evaluation and ERPs recording at two time points, at baseline (T0) and after 3 months from (T1). All patients were stimulated with customized images for three days a week.

fMRI and electroencephalographic evaluation of sleep deprivation in epilepsy patients: An observational study.

Background: Sleep deprivation (SD) is considered an important activation test to facilitate the visualization of electroencephalogram (EEG) epileptic abnormalities, in order to perform a correct diagnosis.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the local functional activity in healthy controls (HC) subjects and left mesial temporal lobe epilepsy-hippocampal sclerosis patients, after a SD, by using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) and EEG.

Materials And Methods: We enrolled 22 healthy controls and 34 patients with a diagnosis of left mesial temporal lobe epilepsy-hippocampal sclerosis.

A multidisciplinary approach to assess recovery of consciousness in a patient with moyamoya disease.

Introduction: Moyamoya disease (MMD) meaning "hazy puff of smoke" in Japanese is a rare chronic cerebrovascular syndrome characterized by progressive stenosis and occlusion of the internal carotid arteries (ICAs) anterior cerebral arteries (ACAs), and middle cerebral arteries (MCAs).

Methods: Our moyamoya patient with severely impaired cognitive and motor functions underwent a specific motor and neuropsychological rehabilitative treatments to assess the recovery of consciousness.

Results: Results obtained showed an improvement of clinical and neuropsychological examination.

Motor imagery in stroke patients: a descriptive review on a multidimensional ability.

Motor imagery (MI) is the mental representation of a movement without engaging its actual execution. MI shares neuroanatomical correlates with brain motor networks. Neurologic disorders affecting motor skills, such as stroke, have been related to impairments in MI.

The value of midbrain morphology in predicting prognosis in chronic disorders of consciousness: A preliminary ultrasound study.

Transcranial sonography (TCS) of the brainstem is currently used to support the clinical diagnosis of movement disorders. The aim of the study was to assess the usefulness of midbrain TCS in assessing outcome in patients with Chronic Disorders of Consciousness (DOC). Eleven patients with Minimally Conscious State (MCS) and Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome (UWS) were included in the study.