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Open AccessUniversal Prevention of Dementia in Italy: A Document Analysis of the 21 Italian Regional Prevention Plans
Up to 40% of dementia cases are theoretically avoidable and population-level interventions (i.e., universal prevention) are a key component in facing the global public health challenge of dementia. However, in...
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Attention in essential tremor: evidence from event-related potentials
Clinically subtle executive dysfunctions have recently been described in essential tremor (ET), though the presence of attentional deficits is still unclear. We investigated the psychophysiological aspects of ...
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Psychophysiological approach in Parkinson's disease: L-dopa effects on preprogramming and control activity
To investigate whether preprogramming (Bereitschaftspotential, BP) and control activity (skilled performance positivity, SPP) in a complex task are sensitive to L-dopa, movement related potentials (MRPs) were re...
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Epidemiology of progressive supranuclear palsy
Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a rare form of parkinsonism. The incidence rates are about 0.3ā1.1 cases per 100 000 persons. The only two-case-control studies performed up to now show conflictual res...
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Epidemiology of multiple system atrophy
Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a form of atypical parkinsonism with unknown etiology. The epidemiological studies conducted up to now on this disease are scarce. The incidence rate is about 0.6 cases per 10...
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Increased activity of the insulin-like growth factor system in mesangial cells cultured in high glucose conditions. Relation to glucose-enhanced extracellular matrix production
Recent evidence suggests that several growth factors participate in diabetic glomerular disease by mediating increased extracellular matrix accumulation and altered cell growth and turnover leading to mesangia...
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Changes in central and peripheral nervous system function during hypoglycemia in man: an electro-physiological quantification
We measured somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP) in normal subjects during acute (group A) and moderately prolonged (group B) hypoglycemia. We considered the following parameters: peripheral conduction veloci...