Decreased cerebral vasomotor reactivity in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

Objective: In obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), any of the activated neural, vascular, hemodynamic, metabolic, inflammatory, and thrombotic mechanisms may be related to increased cerebrovascular disease and risk of death; however, the possible pathophysiological process between obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and stroke has not been clearly explained. We hypothesize that alterations in vasomotor reactivity in patients may be responsible for their altered cerebral blood flow, and may contribute to the increased risk of ischemic stroke.

Methods: A total of 30 untreated patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea and 26 control subjects were included in the study.

Association of nerve conduction impairment and insulin resistance in children with obesity.

Aim: The objective of our study was to investigate nerve conduction in normoglycemic obese children.

Methods: A total of 60 children with obesity (30 female and 30 male) and 30 healthy children (15 female and 15 male) were enrolled in the study. Insulin resistance (IR) and other metabolic disturbances were investigated and nerve conduction was measured in all participants.

Is overactive bladder a nervous or bladder disorder? Autonomic imaging in patients with overactive bladder via dynamic pupillometry.

Purpose: To evaluate the changes in dynamic pupillometry in patients with idiopathic overactive bladder (OAB).

Methods: The study included 40 female patients with idiopathic OAB and 40 healthy female volunteers as a control group. Demographic and clinical data were recorded.

Visual and brainstem auditory evoked potentials in children with obesity.

Aims: The aim of our study is to investigate alterations in visual evoked potentials (VEP) and brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEP) in children with obesity.

Methods: A total of 96 children, with a mean age of 12.1±2.

Reduced breath holding index in patients with chronic migraine.

Migraine is a neurovascular disorder characterized by autonomic nervous system dysfunction and severe headache attacks. Studies have shown that changes in the intracranial vessels during migraine have an important role in the pathophysiology. Many studies have been conducted on the increased risk of stroke in patients with migraine, but insufficient data are available on the mechanism underlying the increase.

The efficacy of botulinum toxin in patients with cervicogenic headache: a placebo-controlled clinical trial.

Objective: Botulinum toxin type-A (BoNTA) has been considered a treatment option for CH. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of BoNTA treatment in patients with medically resistant CH.

Materials And Methods: Forty patients with CH were included in the study.

Strength-duration time constant in peripheral nerve: no abnormality in multiple sclerosis.

Objectives. To investigate the properties of the strength-duration time constant (SDTC) in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Methods.

The effects of low-dose radiation in the treatment of sciatic nerve injury in rats.

Aim: Peripheral nerve regeneration is often blocked by scar formation and misdirection of axon sprouts. The aim of this study is to evaluate electrophysiological and histopathological effects of low-dose radiation therapy on the prevention of intraneural scar formation in peripheral nerve injury.

Material And Methods: In this experimental study, twenty rats were randomly divided into two groups.

[Botulinum neuro-toxin aype-A in the treatment of chronic tension type headache associated with pericranial tenderness].

Objectives: Both peripheral and central nociceptive mechanisms are responsible in chronic TTH. Analgegics are used in the acute treatment of chronic TTH and antidepressants are used in prophylactic treatment. However, further studies are needed to bring out new treatment options.

Cerebral venous thrombosis presenting with subarachnoid hemorrhage after spinal anesthesia.

A 22-year-old male had a meniscopathy operation using spinal anesthesia. After the operation, the patient reported a throbbing headache. His brain computed tomography (CT) showed subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and hyperdense dural venous sinuses suspicious for thrombosis.

Implications of tilt-table induced faint time in patients with reflex syncope.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine whether patients who faint earlier in the course of a tilt table study represent a separate population with a poorer prognosis or different pathophysiology. We analyzed differences across patients with different syncopal times on the tilt-table study to answer this question.

Methods: This was a retrospective, approved, chart review.

Electrophysiological assessment of the autonomic nervous system in male patients with acromegaly.

Background/aims: We aimed to electrophysiologically evaluate the autonomic function in acromegalic patients using sympathetic skin response (SSR) as a reflection of the sympathetic sudomotor activity and RR interval variation (RRIV) as an indicator of the cardiovagal autonomic function.

Methods: The study group consisted of 18 male acromegalics, and the control group was composed of 18 age- and sex-matched healthy subjects. Participants underwent SSR and RRIV tests.

P300 auditory event-related potentials in children with obesity: is childhood obesity related to impairment in cognitive functions?

Objective: To investigate alterations in P300 auditory event-related potentials in children with obesity to detect changes in cognitive functions.

Method: A total of 50 children with obesity and 23 age- and sex-matched healthy control subjects were included in the study. Laboratory tests were performed to detect dislipidemia and insulin resistance (IR).

The effectiveness of triamcinolone acetonide vs. procaine hydrochloride injection in the management of carpal tunnel syndrome: a double-blind randomized clinical trial.

Objective: Corticosteroid injection into the carpal tunnel is frequently used for the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Steroids are usually mixed with local anesthetics, which have positive effects that can aid the treatment of CTS by inhibiting the spontaneous discharge ability of excitable cells. The aim of this study was 3-fold: (1) to determine the efficacy of triamcinolone acetonide injection in the treatment of CTS, (2) to determine the efficacy of procaine hydrochloride (HCl) in the treatment of CTS, and (3) to compare the efficacy of triamcinolone acetonide and that of procaine HCl in the treatment of CTS.

Which electrophysiological measure is appropriate in predicting prognosis of facial paralysis?

Objective: The prognostic value of electrophysiology and its significance in the prediction facial function outcome in facial palsy patients remains unclear because of the different methodologies used in previous studies. We aimed to establish the prognostic value of electrophysiological testing in a group of patients with facial palsy.

Methods: We prospectively analyzed facial nerve electrophysiology results and compared them with the House-Brackmann scale in 65 patients.

Hot water epilepsy: seizure type, water temperature, EEG findings and treatment.

Objectives: Hot water epilepsy (HWE) or bathing epilepsy is one of the reflex epilepsies induced by hot water pouring over the head, face, neck, or trunk during bathing. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the clinical and electroencephalographic features and the management alternatives of the patients with HWE.

Methods: The age of seizure onset, duration of seizure, family history, interictal and postictal electroencephalography findings, triggering temperature of water, type of seizure, medication, and follow-up results were evaluated for each patient.

Electrophysiological findings in patients with adult tethered cord syndrome.

Aim: This study was planned for detailed evaluation of electrophysiological findings in patients with adult TCS.

Material And Methods: Patients were retrospectively assessed for clinical, radiological and electrophysiological data between 1999 and 2008. Tibial somatosensorial evoked potentials, needle electromyography, nerve conduction studies and late responses (H reflex and F response) were studied in thirty (1 female, 29 males) TCS patients diagnosed by lumbar magnetic resonance imaging.

Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome: case report.

A 28-year-old woman had thunderclap headache (TCH), after 7 days she had left hemiparesis. She had a history of oral contraceptive and citalopram medications. Brain magnetic resonance (MR) angiography demonstrated multiple stenotic segments.

Visual and brainstem auditory evoked potentials in children with headache.

Background: Headache is a common problem in the pediatric population. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate visual evoked potentials (VEP) and brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEP) in children with headache.

Methods: Thirty-seven children fulfilling the International Headache Society Criteria for a diagnosis of migraine, 35 children with tension-type headache and 40 healthy children (control group) were enrolled in the study.

Echocardiographic, electrocardiographic, and clinical correlates of recurrent transient ischemic attacks: a follow-up study.

Background: Transient ischemic attack (TIA) is presumed to be of cardiovascular origin. The aim of the study was to evaluate the electrocardiographic, echocardiographic, and clinical signs for predicting TIA recurrence.

Methods: A total of 100 consecutive patients presenting with a first episode of TIA without atrial fibrillation, previous stroke, and uncontrolled diabetes or hypertension were enrolled in the study.

Genital sympathetic skin responses in fibromyalgia syndrome.

The study was designed to investigate the autonomic dysfunction in fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) by recording sympathetic skin response (SSR) from palmar, plantar and genital regions. The second aim was to evaluate the relation between sexual problems and autonomic dysfunction in FMS. SSR potential was recorded from palmar, plantar and genital regions in 28 married, female FMS patients and 18 married, healthy females.