Laura S. Boylan

Intergenerational transmission of alexithymia: The role of alienation, communication, and trust

Laura S. Boylan, Casey Burton, Rebecca Hoppe, Marcia A. Winter

Preexisting Bipolar Disorder Influences the Subsequent Phenotype of Parkinson's Disease

MARCO C. ONOFRJ, Angelo Di Iorio, Claudia Carrarini, Mirella Russo et autres

BACKGROUND: Patients with bipolar spectrum disorders (BSDs) exhibit an increased risk of Parkinson's disease (PD). OBJECTIVE: The aim is to investigate whether a previous diagnosis of BSDs influences the phenotype of PD. METHODS: Of 2660 PD patients followed for at least 6 …

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AAN's First 21st-Century Position Statement on Ethical Consideration in Dementia Diagnosis and Care [RETRACTED]

Laura S. Boylan

The first revision of the AAN position statement on ethical considerations in dementia diagnosis and care in a quarter century is published in this issue of Neurology ® by Chiong et al.1 It is timely and welcome.

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Correspondence re: Sudden deafness from stroke

Laura S. Boylan, John Cm Brust Robert Staudinger

National Partnership for Maternal Safety: Consensus Bundle on Venous Thromboembolism

Adam C. Urato, Elia Abi‐Jaoude, John D. Abramson, Harrison Alter et autres

Urato, Adam C. MD; Abi-Jaoude, Elia MD, FRCPC; Abramson, John MD, MSc; Alter, Harrison MD, MS; Andrew, Louise B. MD, JD; Antonuccio, David PhD; Bero, Lisa PhD; Biron, Pierre MS, MD; Boylan, Laura S. MD, FAAN; Braillon, Alain MD, PhD; Brophy, James …

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Divining progression in Parkinson disease with a blood test

Laura S. Boylan, Adriano Chiò

In their article in this issue of Neurology ®, Lin and colleagues1 provide compelling evidence for the utility of a neurofilament light chain (NfL) blood test in predicting progression in Parkinson disease (PD) and in distinguishing PD from multisystem atrophy (MSA). If …

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Reader response: Atrial fibrillation detected after stroke is related to a low risk of ischemic stroke recurrence

Laura S. Boylan

It is notable that the only cardiac disease more prevalent in those with poststroke atrial fibrillation (AF) than those in sinus rhythm was congestive heart failure.1 Perhaps AF and congestive heart failure can be alternate expressions of an underlying shared susceptibility to …

Don't ask, don't tell

Laura S. Boylan, Vladimir Kostić

Neurologists treating and studying movement disorders naturally focus on movements. This is perhaps even more evident among movement disorder neurologists, who have a tradition of studying phenomenology, pathology, and, more recently, genetics. Nonetheless, nonmotor features of movement disorders have long been recognized, …

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Whirled world (can't face self)

Laura S. Boylan

It catches the soul, which would otherwise be lost in metaphorical sneezes or other human paroxysms. None of the identical sagittal brain MRIs in the basic arrays faces itself. Note: This image had been posted to Instagram and is now removed.

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Medical narratives: the patient is a 22-year-old black man…

Laura S. Boylan

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Orthostatic hypotension, cognition, and Parkinson disease

Laura S. Boylan, Lambros Messinis

Orthostatic hypotension (OH) is associated with cognitive impairment in otherwise healthy individuals as well as among those with neurodegenerative diseases. There is much current interest in the OH–cognitive impairment connection.1–4 OH and cognitive impairment are both common in Parkinson disease and can …

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Hypoglycaemic injury spares thalamus, spoils striatum and leaves only a rest tremor

Laura S. Boylan

A patient was found unresponsive but breathing with blood glucose of 45 mg/dL following insulin overdose. On unsedated examination the following day the patient's eyes were roving with limbs flaccid. The best responsiveness was triple flexion withdrawal of the left leg to …

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