Search results for "Urologia"

Headache in cerebrospinal fluid volume depletion syndrome: A case report

2006

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) volume depletion syndrome is due to leakage of cerebrospinal fluid through lesions of the dural sac at the level of the cranial base or of the spine. When past medical history is negative for recent trauma or surgery, the term spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) is used. SIH is characterized clinically by orthostatic headache, neck pain, nausea, emesis, horizontal diplopia, tinnitus, plugged ear, hearing difficulties, blurring of vision, facial numbness, and upper limb radicular symptoms. In SIH, brain and cervical MR scans show a diffuse pachymeningeal gadolinium enhancement that ends at the site of CSF leakage. The application of epidural blood patches has…

Sleep and Chronobiology as a Key to Understand Cluster Headache

2023

The cluster headache is a primary headache characterized by attacks of unilateral pain associated with ipsilateral cranial autonomic features. These attacks recur in clusters during the years alternating with periods of complete remission, and their onset is often during the night. This annual and nocturnal periodicity hides a strong and mysterious link among CH, sleep, chronobiology and circadian rhythm. Behind this relationship, there may be the influence of genetic components or of anatomical structures such as the hypothalamus, which are both involved in regulating the biological clock and contributing even to the periodicity of cluster headaches. The bidirectional relationship manifest…

Calcolosi urinaria

2010

VENGONO AFFRONTATI GLI ASPETTI EPIDEMIOLOGICI E LA FISIOPATOLOGIA CHE SOTTENDE LA CALCOLOSI URINARIA. LA CLINICA DELLA LITIASI URINARIA, LE SUE COMPLICANZE E LE DIVERSE STRATEGIE TERAPEUTICHE RICCA L''ICONOGRAFIA E LA PRESENZA DI TABELLE RIASSUNTIVE.

Cortical excitability in episodic cluster headache

2014

Background: Cluster headache (CH) is a severe primary headache disorder, whose pathophysiological processes remain largely unknown. Along with central disinhibition of the trigeminal nociceptive system and hypothalamic impairment, a cortical involvement has been supposed. Aim: To evaluate cortical excitability in episodic CH patients by using different paradigms of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). Methods: Twenty-five patients with episodic CH and thirteen healthy subjects underwent an experimental session where we evaluated, in both hemispheres, motor-cortical response to: 1) single-pulse TMS: i.e. motor threshold (MT); input-output (IO) curves and cortical silent period (CSP) and …

Frequency of cognitive impairment and factors associated in outpatients with Parkinson’s disease

2011

Pattern of cognitive impairment in systemic lupus erythematosus patients

2000

Cognitive deficits in Behçet disease

2000

Computer-assisted cognitive remediation for Parkinson’s disease

2012

Cytokines gene expression in the tunica albuginea in patients with Peyronie’s disease. Pilot study with a control group

2011

INTRODUCTION: We decided to conduct a study to investigate the presence of cytokines in the albuginea of subjects with Peyronie's disease (PD). Cytokines, as responsible for intercellular communication, maybe involved in the pathogenesis of the disease. The identification of one or more involved cytokines may, in fact, be useful in the pharmacological treatment with biologic drugs that are able to interfere with specific cytokines. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between January 2009 and Decembre 2010 at the Clinic of Urological outpatients clinic of the Policlinico of Palermo were recruited 20 subjects with PD, mean age 62.3 years (range 51-70) and 8 subjects with congenital recurvatum penis (mean …

TRANSCRANICAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION IN COCAINE ADDICTION:PRELIMINARY FINDINGS

2014

Drug addiction is a brain disease which leads to profound disturbances in an individual’s behaviour. In spite of the progress made in the understanding of the neurobiological mechanisms underlying addiction, expectations from a therapeutic point of view have not been satisfying. Given the modest efficacy of therapeutic tools available, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) seems to be a promising “non-pharmacologic” aid in various neuropathologies including addiction which is characterized by a decrease of dopaminergic activity (DA). Thus, ‘restoring’ pre-pathology DA activity may yield clinical benefits in addicts. In particular, it has been reported that TMS reduces the craving for coca…