Journal of Geriatric Neurology

Original Article

May 17, 2022

Gait ability on center of pressure excursion using a pressure-sensitive mat in the elderly with ischemic stroke: a case–control study with propensity score matching

Eun-Tae Jeon, Ho-Jin Shin, Sang-Hun Lee, et al.

Background: Center of pressure (COP) is a useful measure for dynamic balance, which directly represents the ability of weight shift and control of the foot, however, there is no study analyzing COP during whole stance phase in the elderly with...

Presidential Message

March 15, 2022

Presidential Message

Seung-Han Suk

J Geriatr Neurol. 2022;1(1):1-1.

Review

February 28, 2022

The importance of geriatric neurology in Korea becoming a super-aged society

Seung-Han Suk

J Geriatr Neurol. 2022;1(1):2-10.

Korea is rapidly aging unprecedentedly and had the second-highest life expectancy in the world in 2020. It is expected to become the longest-lived country by 2030. With the aging population around the world, the prevalence of major neurological diseases such...

Review

March 2, 2022

Headache in the elderly

Kwang-Yeol Park, Pil-Wook Chung

J Geriatr Neurol. 2022;1(1):11-15.

Most of the Headaches in the elderly are primary headache such as migraine and tension-type headache which the elderly has suffered from since younger age. Although the prevalence of headache decreases in the elderly, certain types of headaches, for example...

Review

February 3, 2022

New therapeutic opportunities for Alzheimer disease

Jae-Won Jang

J Geriatr Neurol. 2022;1(1):16-22.

The number of Alzheimer disease (AD) is increasing worldwide and it is still the most common cause of dementia. However, there are limited treatment option with just symptomatic medications. Therefore new disease modifying drugs were in great need for many...

Review

February 22, 2022

Iron treatment of restless legs syndrome

Yun Ho Choi, In-Uk Song

J Geriatr Neurol. 2022;1(1):23-32.

Restless legs syndrome (RLS) has a high prevalence in the elderly, which significantly impacts sleep, quality of life, and increases the risk of falls while walking at night. There is sufficient research to support the concept of altered brain iron...

Original Article

February 14, 2022

Neuroprotective effects of tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitor on rat hippocampal organotypic slice cultures treated with the 1-42 β–amyloid

Jae-Hyeok Heo, Jaegyeong Hyeon, Young-Chul Youn

J Geriatr Neurol. 2022;1(1):33-37.

Background: Alzheimer disease (AD) is a chronic degenerative neuronal disease. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors involved in neuroinflammation in AD pathogenesis can be a potential treatment strategy for AD. Therefore, we performed organotypic hippocampal slice culture to investigate neuroprotective effects...

Case Report

March 2, 2022

A case of acute ischemic stroke during treatment of left ventricular thrombus

Jae-Woo Kim, Hye Yun Kim, Moon Gwan Choi, et al.

J Geriatr Neurol. 2022;1(1):38-41.

Left ventricular (LV) thrombus is one of complication of ischemic heart disease like acute myocardial infarction and is associated with systemic thromboembolism including ischemic stroke. If an LV thrombus is detected, anticoagulation is essential to prevent systemic thromboembolism. Paradoxically, we...

Letter to the Editor

December 30, 2021

Hemichorea associated with subcortical border-zone infarction and middle cerebral artery stenosis

So-Ei Ann, Suho Ro, Yun Hyeong Jeong, et al.

J Geriatr Neurol. 2022;1(1):42-44.

Current Issue: Volume 1(1); Mar 2022

Journal of Geriatric Neurology

Print ISSN : 2799-4090
Online ISSN: 2799-4104

720	The importance of geriatric neurology in Korea becoming a super-aged society
649	Neuroprotective effects of tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitor on rat hippocampal organotypic slice cultures treated with the 1-42 β–amyloid
952	Hemichorea associated with subcortical border-zone infarction and middle cerebral artery stenosis
605	Iron treatment of restless legs syndrome
650	New therapeutic opportunities for Alzheimer disease