Neurology

The development of white matter pathways is abnormal in infants before manifestations of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs).

In ischemic stroke patients, aphasia is associated with greater morbidity, higher mortality, and increased length of stay, and adds $1,703 per patient to the cost of stroke-related care.

Motor skills are impaired in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), and this impairment correlates with autistic severity and IQ.

Infants already know the meanings of several common words at 6 months of age.

Brief cognitive screening of older patients combined with further evaluation, if needed, in the primary care setting leads to a two- to three-fold increase in the diagnosis of cognitive impairment, including dementia.

Disrupted sleep is associated with amyloid pathology in cognitively normal individuals, according to a study being released in advance of its presentation at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology

Patients with fibromyalgia who are severely obese have more severe symptoms and lower quality of life.

Consumption of a Mediterranean-style diet (MeDi) is linked to a reduced burden of white matter hyperintensity volume (WMHV), a marker of small vessel brain damage.

Long-term exposure to particulate matter linked to faster cognitive decline in U.S. women.

Epilepsy surgery is a beneficial procedure, resulting in sustained quality of life and better long-term seizure control for patients, according to a study published online Feb. 7 in Epilepsia.

Neuropsychiatric manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus are not associated with long-term disease activity, the accumulation of organ damage, or overall health-related quality of life, according to a study published online Jan. 30 in Arthritis Care & Research.

Using revised criteria for mild cognitive impairment, the vast majority of patients with very mild or mild Alzheimer's disease would be reclassified as having mild cognitive impairment, according to a study published online Feb. 6 in the Archives of Neurology.

Compared with healthy control subjects, patients with rheumatoid arthritis have reduced intracranial volumes and structural changes in the subcortical gray matter, but do not have localized cortical gray matter atrophy, according to research published in the February issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism.

Words can be reconstructed from neural activity in the superior temporal gyrus, according to a study published online Jan. 31 in PLoS Biology.

Heart failure is associated with loss of gray matter in the brain and worse cognitive function, according to a study published online Jan. 31 in the European Heart Journal.

Elevated β-amyloid deposition is seen in some healthy older adults and is associated with worse cognitive performance, according to a study published online Feb. 1 in Neurology.

Cravings in cocaine-dependent men appear to be triggered by drug cues while cravings in cocaine-dependent women appear to be triggered by stress, researchers at the Yale School of Medicine report in a study published online Jan. 31 in The American Journal of Psychiatry.

Maternal support during the preschool years has a positive effect on healthy hippocampal development, which is key to memory and stress modulation, according to an article published online Jan. 30 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Men and individuals who have only a high school education are more likely to develop mild cognitive impairment than women and individuals who have completed some higher education, researchers at the Mayo Clinic report in a study published online on Jan. 25 in Neurology.

Patients diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy undergo a median of four tests, with variability seen in testing patterns, according to a study published in the Jan. 23 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.