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Dementia is associated with insulin resistance in patients with Parkinson's diseaseDomenico Bosco
Department of Neuroscience, S Giovanni di Dio Hospital, Via Largo Bologna, 88900, Crotone, Italy
J Neurol Sci 315:39-43. 2012..Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus is an important risk factor for Alzheimer disease and vascular dementia. However, the association between Parkinson's disease and Diabetes Mellitus is controversial...
SUNCT and high nocturnal prolactin levels: some new unusual characteristicsDomenico Bosco
Operative Unit of Neurology, S Giovanni di Dio Hospital, Via Largo Bologna, I 88900, Crotone, Italy
J Headache Pain 8:114-8. 2007....
Daily motor performance after switching levodopa to melevodopa: an open-label on advanced Parkinson's disease with "delayed-on" and/or"wearing-off"D Bosco
Operative Unit of Neurology, S Giovanni di Dio, Crotone, Italy
Minerva Med 102:125-32. 2011..Aim of the present study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy, tolerability and quality-of-life measures to melevodopa in advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) with motor fluctuations (MFs)...
Possible implications of insulin resistance and glucose metabolism in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesisDomenico Bosco
Department of Neuroscience, S Giovanni di Dio Hospital, Via Largo Bologna, Crotone, Italy
J Cell Mol Med 15:1807-21. 2011..Thus, experimental and clinical evidence show that insulin action influences cerebral functions. In this paper, we reviewed several mechanisms by which insulin may affect pathophysiology in AD...
Complete oculomotor palsy caused by persistent trigeminal arteryDomenico Bosco
Department of Neuroscience, S Giovanni di Dio Hospital, Via Largo Bologna, 88900, Crotone, Italy
Neurol Sci 31:657-9. 2010..To the best of our knowledge there is no report about complete third cranial nerve palsy NC due to a PTA. A role of this rare vascular condition is discussed...
Bell's palsy: a manifestation of prediabetes?D Bosco
Department of Neuroscience, S Giovanni di Dio Hospital, Crotone, Italy
Acta Neurol Scand 123:68-72. 2011..Idiopathic peripheral facial nerve palsy or Bell's palsy (BP) is the most common cause of facial nerve palsy...
Role of the Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) in the idiopathic restless legs syndromeDomenico Bosco
Department of Neuroscience, S Giovanni di Dio Hospital, 88900 Crotone, Italy
J Neurol Sci 287:60-3. 2009..Several clinical conditions have been associated with RLS, such as iron deficiency, uraemia, pregnancy, polyneuropathy and Diabetes Mellitus (DM). However the causes remain unknown in about 70-80% of cases...
Acute hemifacial dystonia possibly induced by cleboprideDomenico Bosco
Operative Unit of Neurology, S Giovanni di Dio Hospital, Crotone, Italy
Clin Neuropharmacol 32:107-8. 2009..The use of clebopride may be associated with not only a reversible or persistent parkinsonism syndrome but also hemifacial dystonia; therefore, attention must be drawn to this possible side effect...
Glucose metabolism in the idiopathic blepharoptosis: utility of the Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) and of the Insulin Resistance IndexDomenico Bosco
Department of Neuroscience, S Giovanni di Dio Hospital, Via Largo Bologna, 88900, Crotone, Italy
J Neurol Sci 284:24-8. 2009..Diabetes mellitus (DM), neuromuscular, hereditary or immunological disorders are the most common identified causes of blepharoptosis. However, in about 15-25% they remained uncertain...
Relationship between high prolactin levels and migraine attacks in patients with microprolactinomaD Bosco
Operative Unit of Neurology, S Giovanni di Dio Hospital, Via Largo Bologna, 88900 Crotone, Italy
J Headache Pain 9:103-7. 2008..We suggest that hyperprolactinemia may contribute to development of pain in migraine subgroups and further TRH-test could be used to predict which patients could benefit by DA therapy...
Levetiracetam versus carbamazepine in patients with late poststroke seizures: a multicenter prospective randomized open-label study (EpIC Project)D Consoli
Operative Unit of Neurology, Jazzolino Hospital, IT 89900 Vibo Valentia, Italy
Cerebrovasc Dis 34:282-9. 2012..Strokes are the leading cause of epileptic seizures in adults and account for 50% of seizures in those over the age of 65 years. The use of antiepileptic drugs to prevent recurrent poststroke seizures is recommended...
Effects of insulinic therapy on cognitive impairment in patients with Alzheimer disease and diabetes mellitus type-2Massimiliano Plastino
Department of Neuroscience, S Giovanni di Dio Hospital, 88900, Crotone, Italy
J Neurol Sci 288:112-6. 2010..Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM-2) is an important risk factor for Alzheimer disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VD). The role of insulinic therapy on cognitive decline is controversial...
