Temporal progression of sleep electroencephalography features in isolated rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder.

Previous studies indicated that patients with isolated rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behaviour disorder (iRBD) exhibit alterations in spectral electroencephalographic (EEG), spindle, and slow-wave features. As it is currently unknown how these EEG features evolve over time, this study aimed to evaluate their temporal progression in patients with iRBD in comparison to controls. We included 23 patients with iRBD and 23 controls.

The role of large muscle movements on excessive daytime sleepiness in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

Purpose: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a heterogeneous disorder requiring personalized diagnostic approaches. Restless sleep and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) frequently accompany OSA, and are mainly linked to sleep fragmentation secondary to apneas and/or hypopneas. In this study, we aimed to analyze the characteristics of LMMs in OSA and to evaluate interrelationship between LMMs and EDS.

Modulation of the somatosensory blink reflex under fear.

Objective: This study evaluated the isolated and combined effects of fear and PPS paradigms on SBR.

Method: The prospective study was conducted with healthy participants. After stimulation of the right median nerve at the wrist, bilateral recordings were randomized under the following conditions: First experiment (with the right hand on the chair armrest): i.

West Nile virus meningitis presenting with migrainous headache.

West Nile Virus (WNV) infection is a clinical picture that is transmitted from wild birds, its natural host, to humans through mosquitoes and generally shows an asymptomatic course. Influenza-like WNV fever is frequently seen in symptomatic individuals, and a neuroinvasive course is more rarely observed. Neuroinvasive WNV has a broad-spectrum profile of neurological signs and symptoms.

Smoking Disturbs the Beneficial Effects of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy on Leptin Level in Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

Background: This study aimed to determine how smoking alters the effect of positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy on metabolic syndrome in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

Methods: In this clinical trial, morphometric measures, metabolic syndrome parameters, and apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) in OSA patients were recorded and compared between active smokers and non-smokers. The mean change in metabolic syndrome parameters measured before and after 3 months of PAP therapy was determined.

Erdheim-Chester disease of brain parenchyma without any systemic involvement: A case report and review of literature.

Erdheim-Chester disease is a non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis syndrome characterised by histiocytic infiltration of different organs and systems in the body. Erdheim-Chester disease with isolated central nervous system (CNS) involvement causes diagnostic difficulties due to the absence of systemic findings and may result in misdiagnosis and inaccurate treatment choices. The case discussed in this report exemplifies how challenging it is to diagnose Erdheim-Chester disease with isolated CNS involvement.

Parainfectious autoimmune encephalitis related to SARS-CoV-2 infection, presenting with catatonia.

Objective: SARS-CoV-2 infection commonly affects both the central and peripheral nervous systems, resulting in a variety of neurological and psychiatric symptoms. Whereas the effects of SARS-CoV-2 on neuronal structures in the short and long-term are still controversial, neurological involvement secondary to SARS-CoV- 2 is heterogeneous in terms of clinical presentation, treatment response, and prognosis.

Method: A case of autoimmune encephalitis developing after SARS-CoV-2 is described in this article.

A review of rheumatoid meningitis with case studies.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease involving synovial joints, and it is known that extra-articular manifestations that may affect the central and peripheral nervous systems may develop during its course. Rheumatoid meningitis is very rare among all neurological involvements. In this study, cases diagnosed as rheumatoid meningitis with clinical, imaging, laboratory, and histopathological features are presented, and the aim of the study is to present current approaches in the diagnosis and treatment of rheumatoid meningitis in the light of case studies and current literature.

Isolated Unilateral EEG Findings in Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy: A Case Report.

Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) has well-defined clinical and electrophysiological features. On the other hand, large case series have shown that focal and asymmetrical discharges may accompany generalized epileptiform activities in JME. Although it is known that these non-generalized electrophysiological findings do not exclude the diagnosis of this syndrome, some findings may create confusion in the differential diagnosis.

Ataxia in a Movement Disorders Outpatient Clinic: a Single-Center Experience in Turkey.

The etiology may not be determined in patients with ataxia despite detailed evaluations. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical and laboratory characteristics of a large cohort of patients with adult-onset ataxia of different etiologies, particularly, undetermined etiologies despite extensive clinical, genetic, laboratory, electrophysiological, and imaging investigations. The medical records of all patients diagnosed with ataxia of subacute-chronic onset between January 2011 and March 2021 were reviewed retrospectively.

Analysis of neurology consultations in hospitalized patients with COVID-19.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate patients who were hospitalized with a diagnosis of COVID-19 and were consulted by neurology during their hospital stay.

Methods: All files of patients with COVID-19 who were admitted to Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty Hospital between March 11th and December 31st, 2020 were retrospectively reviewed, and files of patients who consulted by neurology during their stay were included. Demographic and clinical characteristics, neurologic diagnosis, outcome and related laboratory data were extracted from electronic medical records and analyzed.

Cutaneous silent period in patients with spinal muscular atrophy type 2 and type 3.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine cutaneous silent periods (CSPs) in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 2 and type 3 patients.

Methods: Fourteen patients with SMA and 14 healthy subjects were included. CSPs were recorded from thenar muscles after painful stimulation of the index finger during slight thumb abduction.