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Study Suggests Brain Injuries May Evolve, Not Resolve, Over Time

Service members with concussions may have symptoms that continue to evolve up to 5 years after the initial injury. The findings challenge the idea that these individuals with chronic brain injuries maintain a relatively stable course of recovery. “Careful examination of combat-deployed service members, from the point of injury to one and five years later identified an evolution, not resolution, of symptoms,” said study author Christine L. Mac Donald, Ph.D., of the University of Washington School of Medicine, in Seattle. “In particular, a proportion of patients did worse on neurobehavioral and psychiatric evaluations when comparing one to five years, demonstrating the need to consider that not all chronic brain injury patients have the same experience in the years post injury.”

Comparison of clinical outcomes 1- and 5-years postinjury after combat concussion. doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000011089

Increasing Out-of-Pocket Costs for Neurologic Care for Privately Insured Patients

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Scan-Negative Cauda Equina Syndrome: A Prospective Cohort Study

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Clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: Report of the NINCDS-ADRDA Work Group* under the auspices of Department of Health and Human Services Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease

G. McKhann, D. Drachman, M. Folstein, et al. 1984;34:939–944. doi.org/10.1212/WNL.34.7.939

Rating neurologic impairment in multiple sclerosis: An expanded disability status scale (EDSS)

J.F. Kurtzke. 1983;33:1444–1452. doi.org/10.1212/WNL.33.11.1444

Parkinsonism: onset, progression, and mortality

M.M. Hoehn and M.D. Yahr. 1967;17:427–442. doi.org/10.1212/WNL.17.5.427

Frontotemporal lobar degeneration: A consensus on clinical diagnostic criteria

D. Neary, J. S. Snowden, L. Gustafson, et al.1998;51:1546-1554. doi.org/10.1212/WNL.51.6.1546

Vascular dementia: Diagnostic criteria for research studies: Report of the NINDS-AIREN International Workshop*G.

C. Román, T. K. Tatemichi, T. Erkinjuntti, et al. 1993;43:250-260. doi.org/10.1212/WNL.43.2.250

Neurosurgical horizons in Parkinson's disease

C.G. Goetz, M.R. De Long, R.D. Penn, and R.A.E. Bakay. 1993;43:1–7. doi.org/10.1212/WNL.43.1_Part_1.1