J Alzheimers Dis. 2015;45(1):117-26. doi: 10.3233/JAD-142655. PREVALENCE OF MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AND DEMENTIA AMONG THE ELDERLY POPULATION OF QENA GOVERNORATE, UPPER EGYPT: A COMMUNITY-BASED STUDY. Khedr E1, Fawi G2, Abbas MA3, Mohammed TA3, El-Fetoh NA1, Al Attar G4, Noaman M1, Zaki AF3. AUTHOR INFORMATION ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: There are only a few reports which provide prevalence rates of mild cognitive impairment ... Read more

INTRODUCTION Epilepsy is considered one of the oldest conditions known to mankind and is still the most common neurological disorder affecting all age groups, as it is estimated that up to 70 million patients worldwide have a diagnosis of epilepsy at a given time. The WHO estimates that 8 persons/1000 worldwide have a diagnosis of epilepsy (Banerjee et al., 2009, ... Read more

Journal of American Science 2015;11(9) http://www.jofamericanscience.org 39 Characteristics of ischemic stroke in asymptomatic hepatitis C virus positive patients Gharib Fawi 1, Hazem K. Elhewag 1 , Hassan M Elnady 1 , Al-Amir Bassiony Mohamed 1 , Ahmed Ezzat 1 , Hesham M Hefny2 , Mahmoud Saif-Al Islam 3 , Mohamad H Alam-Eldeen 4 1 Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, ... Read more

Abstract Background and purpose: In a previous study we found a high crude prevalence rate (CPR) for Parkinson's disease (PD) in Assiut governorate/Egypt. We therefore surveyed a second Nile valley governorate (Qena) to provide confirmatory evidence for the high prevalence rate of PD in Egypt. Subjects and methods:  Log in | Register  9/10/2018 Prevalence of Parkinsonism and Parkinson's ... Read more

After coronary heart disease and cancer of all types, stroke is the third commonest cause of death worldwide.1 Stroke remains one of the most devastating of all neurologic conditions, causing an estimated 5.7 million deaths in 2005.2 Stroke is a major cause of adult disability, both in terms of its initially debilitating symptoms and, in many cases, because of the ... Read more

MOMENTARY REWARD INDUCE CHANGES IN EXCITABILITY OF PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX Author links open overlay panelMohamed NasreldinThabitabMasahiroNakatsukaaSatokoKoganemaruaGharibFawibHidenaoFukuyamaaTatsuyaMimaaShow more https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2011.02.021Get rights and content ABSTRACT _OBJECTIVE_ To investigate the human primary motor cortex (M1) excitability changes induced by momentary reward. _METHODS_ To test the changes in excitatory and inhibitory functions of M1, motor-evoked potentials (MEPs), short-interval intracortical inhibition (SICI) and short-latency afferent inhibition ... Read more

stroke in childern is not so investigated as adult Recurrent stroke is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among stroke survivors. Because the risk of recurrent stroke is highest in the first few months after stroke, the identification of factors associated with early recurrence is of great importance to establish effective treatments for the secondary stroke prevention.1,2 Previous studies ... Read more

Patients with chronic stroke often show increased flexor hypertonia in their affected upper limbs. Although an intervention strategy targeting the extensors of the affected upper limb might thus be expected to have benefits for functional recovery, conventional repetitive motor training has limited clinical utility. Recent studies have shown that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation could induce motor recovery. The present study ... Read more

Repeated paired associative stimulation combining peripheral nerve stimulation and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of the primary motor cortex (M1) can produce human motor plasticity. However, previous studies used paired artificial stimuli, so that it is not known whether repetitive natural M1 activity associated with TMS can induce plasticity or not. To test this hypothesis, we developed a movement-related cortical stimulation ... Read more

In collaboration with the Egyptian groub headed by Garib fawi and mohamed abdallah Abbas Read more