Correction to: Long-term Outcome of Angioplasty Using a Wingspan Stent, Post-Stent Balloon Dilation and Aggressive Restenosis Management for Intracranial Arterial Stenosis.

Correction to: Clin Neuroradiol 2019 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-019-00793-1The original version of this article unfortunately contained some mistakes.

Factors associated with obsessive-compulsive symptoms in people with epilepsy.

Purpose: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common but underrecognized psychiatric condition comorbid with epilepsy. We thus investigated clinical factors associated with obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS) in adults with epilepsy.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional multicenter study in Republic of Korea.

Long-term Outcome of Angioplasty Using a Wingspan Stent, Post-Stent Balloon Dilation and Aggressive Restenosis Management for Intracranial Arterial Stenosis.

Purpose: To investigate the long-term outcome of stent angioplasty for symptomatic severe intracranial artery stenosis.

Method: In this study 95 consecutive patients with intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (>70%) underwent stent angioplasty using Wingspan stents. The primary endpoints were stroke or death within 30 days of the procedure and subsequent stroke attributed to the stented vessel.

Factors contributing to excessive daytime sleepiness in Korean adults with epilepsy: A sleep questionnaire-based study.

Objectives: We determined factors contributing to excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in Korean adults with epilepsy (AWE).

Methods: A total of 147 AWE who had been treated for >1 year were included. Daytime sleepiness was assessed using the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS).

Observational Study of Clinical and Functional Progression Based on Initial Brain MRI Characteristics in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease.

Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a useful tool to predict the diagnosis and progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD), especially for primary physicians. However, the correlation between baseline MRI findings and AD progression has not been fully established.

Objective: To investigate the correlation between hippocampal atrophy (HA) and white matter hyperintensities (WMH) on initial brain MRI images and the degree of cognitive decline and functional changes over 1 year.

Factors contributing to anxiety and depressive symptoms in adults with new-onset epilepsy.

Purpose: We investigated factors contributing to anxiety and depressive symptoms over a 1-year period in Korean adults with new-onset epilepsy.

Methods: This longitudinal multicenter study included adults diagnosed with epilepsy within 12 months of a first seizure. Using stepwise regression analyses, we determined whether Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS) scores could be predicted by demographic, clinical, and psychosocial variables at baseline and at 12 months.

Associations between religiosity and anxiety, depressive symptoms, and well-being in Korean adults living with epilepsy.

Purpose: Religiosity can be important in the everyday life of persons with epilepsy (PWE). How PWE live with religiosity can be influenced by their cultural background. We determined whether religiosity is associated with anxiety, depressive symptoms, and well-being in Korean adults with epilepsy.

Predictors of disclosure management behavior at the end of 1-year follow-up in Korean adults with newly diagnosed epilepsy.

Purpose: Epilepsy is a concealable stigmatizing condition. We investigated the factors predicting disclosure management behavior in Korean adults with newly diagnosed epilepsy.

Methods: This longitudinal multicenter study included Korean adults with newly diagnosed epilepsy.

Low Serum Vitamin D Levels May Contribute to Gastric Dysmotility in de novo Parkinson's Disease.

Background And Objectives: Gastrointestinal dysfunction is a common non motor symptom in Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the potential association between vitamin D and gastroparesis in PD has not been previously investigated. The aim of this study was to compare vitamin D levels between drug-naive de novo PD patients with normal gastric emptying and those with delayed gastric emptying.

Factors contributing to the development of perceived stigma in people with newly diagnosed epilepsy: A one-year longitudinal study.

Purpose: We evaluated the course of perceived stigma and the factors associated with perceived stigma over the first year in newly diagnosed people with epilepsy (PWE).

Methods: We recruited newly diagnosed PWE from 12 tertiary hospitals in Korea. The perceived stigma of epilepsy was assessed using the Stigma Scale at baseline and one year later.

Sleep hygiene and its association with mood and quality of life in people with epilepsy.

Objectives: We determined whether sleep hygiene is directly related to mood and quality of life (QoL) in people with epilepsy and, if not, documented the indirect effects of sleep hygiene through sleep quality.

Methods: Data were collected from 150 adults with epilepsy. The Sleep Hygiene Index (SHI), Quality of Life in Epilepsy-10 (QOLIE-10), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Sleep Problems Index-2 (SPI-2) of the Medical Outcomes Study-Sleep Scale, and Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) were used.

Central cholinergic dysfunction could be associated with oropharyngeal dysphagia in early Parkinson's disease.

Dysphagia is an important issue in the prognosis of Parkinson's disease (PD). Although several studies have reported that oropharyngeal dysphagia may be associated with cognitive dysfunction, the exact relationship between cortical function and swallowing function in PD patients is unclear. Therefore, we investigated the association between an electrophysiological marker of central cholinergic function, which reflected cognitive function, and swallowing function, as measured by videofluoroscopic studies (VFSS).

Biochemical protective effect of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 through autophagy induction in the MPTP mouse model of Parkinson's disease.

In our previous study, the neuroprotective effect of calcitriol was confirmed in SH-SY5Y cells. In this article, we explored whether calcitriol showed neuroprotection in a subchronic 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-treated mouse model of Parkinson's disease. After mice were treated with MPTP alone or cotreated with MPTP and calcitriol, the substantia nigra pars compacta was dissected, and related protein levels were detected by western blot.

The Neuroprotective Effect of Erythropoietin on Rotenone-Induced Neurotoxicity in SH-SY5Y Cells Through the Induction of Autophagy.

Currently, the autophagy pathway is thought to be important for the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD), and the modulation of autophagy may be a novel strategy for the treatment of this disease. Erythropoietin (EPO) has been reported to have neuroprotective effects through anti-oxidative, anti-apoptotic, and anti-inflammatory mechanisms, and it has also been shown to modulate autophagy signaling in an oxygen toxicity model. Therefore, we investigated the effects of EPO on autophagy markers and evaluated its neuroprotective effect on rotenone-induced neurotoxicity.

1,25-Dyhydroxyvitamin D₃ attenuates rotenone-induced neurotoxicity in SH-SY5Y cells through induction of autophagy.

Background And Objectives: Dysregulation of the autophagy pathway has been suggested as an important mechanism in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD). Therefore, modulation of autophagy may be a novel strategy for the treatment of PD. Recently, an active form of vitamin D₃ has been reported to have neuroprotective properties.

Triple stimulation technique findings in vascular Parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease.

Objective: One of the predominant clinical features that differentiates vascular Parkinsonism (VP) from Parkinson's disease (PD) is the pyramidal sign. The triple stimulation technique (TST) is one of the most sensitive methods for comparing upper motor neuron involvement in patients with VP and PD. This study aimed to evaluate the usefulness of the TST as a diagnostic tool for VP.

Persistent negative visual aura in migraine without headache: a case report.

Introduction: Persistent migraine aura without headache is an extremely rare condition. The International Headache Society defines various subtypes of migraines, including "persistent migraine aura without infarction" and "typical aura without headache."

Case Presentation: We describe the case of a 21-year-old Asian woman with a history of migraine without aura who had (as her first aura episode) persistent negative visual symptoms without headache for 6 months.

Pre- and Post-Angioplasty Perfusion CT with Acetazolamide Challenge in Patients with Unilateral Cerebrovascular Stenotic Disease.

Objective: Perfusion computed tomography (PCT) has the ability to measure quantitative value and produce maps of mean transit time (MTT), cerebral blood flow (CBF), and cerebral blood volume (CBV). We assessed cerebral hemodynamics by using these parameters and acetazolamide (ACZ) challenge for pre- and post-procedural evaluation in patients with unilateral cerebrovascular stenotic disease.

Methods: Thirty patients underwent pre-procedural PCT with ACZ challenge, and 24 patients (80%) was conducted follow up PCT after angioplasty with same protocol.

Bilateral superior cerebellar artery infarction after stent-angioplasty for internal carotid artery stenosis.

Spontaneous bilateral cerebellar infarction in the territory of the superior cerebellar arteries is extremely rare. Occasionally there have been reports of bilateral cerebellar infarction due to vertebrobasilar atherosclerotic occlusion or stenosis, whereas no report of bilateral cerebellar infarction due to complicated hemodynamic changes. In this report, we present a patient with bilateral cerebral infarctions related to stenoses of bilateral internal carotid arteries, in whom vertebrobasilar system was supplied by multiple collaterals from both posterior communicating arteries and right external carotid artery.

Comparison of Drug-eluting Coronary Stents, Bare Coronary Stents and Self-expanding Stents in Angioplasty of Middle Cerebral Artery Stenoses.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate the results of treatment using stent-angioplasty for symptomatic middle cerebral arterial (MCA) stenosis and comparison of in-stent restenosis between drug-eluting stents (DES), bare metal coronary stents (BMS) and self-expanding stents (SES).

Materials And Methods: From Jan. 2007 to June.

Expression of transient receptor potential channels in the ependymal cells of the developing rat brain.

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) plays an important role in providing brain tissue with a stable internal environment as well as in absorbing mechanical and thermal stresses. From its initial composition, derived from the amniotic fluid trapped by the closure of neuropores, CSF is modified by developing and differentiating ependymal cells lining the ventricular surface or forming the choroid plexus. Its osmolarity and ionic composition brings about a change through the action of many channels expressed on the ependymal cells.

Factors contributing to concerns of persons living with epilepsy.

Purpose: To describe the concerns of Korean adults living with epilepsy and to compare the concerns of individuals with controlled and uncontrolled seizures.

Methods: Outpatients filled out questionnaires, including the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Quality of Life in Epilepsy-10 questionnaire, the stigma scale, and a questionnaire on episodes of discrimination. Patients were asked to fill out the Epilepsy Foundation of America (EFA) Concerns Index and to list their concerns on a blank sheet of paper.

Local intraarterial urokinase thrombolysis of acute ischemic stroke with or without intravenous abciximab: a pilot study.

Purpose: One of the most important prognostic factors in the thrombolytic treatment of acute ischemic stroke is the time to recanalization. To shorten the recanalization time, an antiplatelet agent, abciximab (platelet glycoprotein receptor IIb/IIIa antagonist), was administered intravenously before the initiation of local intraarterial urokinase thrombolysis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of this combined therapy.