SPECIAL ARTICLES:

C. Gomez, P. Kinkel, J. Masdeu, W. McKinney, I. Polachini, Jr., C. Tegeler, and S. Yadav

American Academy of Neurology guidelines for credentialing in neuroimaging: Report from the task force on updating guidelines for credentialing in neuroimaging
Neurology 1997 49: 1734-1737. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joseph C. Masdeu and AAN Workshop on Neuroimaging Training

American Academy of Neurology neuroimaging training guidelines
Neurology 1997 49: 1738-1740. [Full Text] [PDF]  

IN MEMORIAM:

Lewis P. Rowland

Ade T. Milhorat, MD (1899-1997)
Neurology 1997 49: 1752. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

Ninan T. Mathew, Mahnaz Asgharnejad, Margaret Peykamian, Antonio Laurenza, and The Naratriptan S2WA3003 Study Group*

Naratriptan is effective and well tolerated in the acute treatment of migraine: Results of a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study
Neurology 1997 49: 1485-1490. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Susan M. Resnick, E. Jeffrey Metter, and Alan B. Zonderman

Estrogen replacement therapy and longitudinal decline in visual memory: A possible protective effect?
Neurology 1997 49: 1491-1497. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

S. Seshadri, P. A. Wolf, A. Beiser, R. Au, K. McNulty, R. White, and R. B. D'Agostino

Lifetime risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease: The impact of mortality on risk estimates in the Framingham Study
Neurology 1997 49: 1498-1504. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

D. Kidron, S. E. Black, P. Stanchev, B. Buck, J. P. Szalai, J. Parker, C. Szekely, and M. J. Bronskill

Quantitative MR volumetry in Alzheimer's disease: Topographic markers and the effects of sex and education
Neurology 1997 49: 1504-1512. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

N. Schuff, D. Amend, F. Ezekiel, S. K. Steinman, J. Tanabe, D. Norman, W. Jagust, J. H. Kramer, J. A. Mastrianni, G. Fein, and M. W. Weiner

Changes of hippocampal N-acetyl aspartate and volume in Alzheimer's disease: A proton MR spectroscopic imaging and MRI study
Neurology 1997 49: 1513-1521. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Norman A. Leopold and Andrew J. Borson

An alphabetical `WORLD': A new version of an old test
Neurology 1997 49: 1521-1524. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. Cendes, F. Andermann, F. Dubeau, P. M. Matthews, and D. L. Arnold

Normalization of neuronal metabolic dysfunction after surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy: Evidence from proton MR spectroscopic imaging
Neurology 1997 49: 1525-1533. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

S. Noachtar, H. Holthausen, and H. O. Lüders

Epileptic negative myoclonus: Subdural EEG recordings indicate a postcentral generator
Neurology 1997 49: 1534-1537. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Deborah R. Horowitz and Stanley Tuhrim

Stroke mechanisms and clinical presentation in large subcortical infarctions
Neurology 1997 49: 1538-1541. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

L. S. Williams, B. P. Garg, M. Cohen, J. D. Fleck, and J. Biller

Subtypes of ischemic stroke in children and young adults
Neurology 1997 49: 1541-1545. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J.S.P. van den Berg, M. Limburg, G. Pals, F. Arwert, A. Westerveld, R. C.M. Hennekam, and K. W. Albrecht

Some patients with intracranial aneurysms have a reduced type III/type I collagen ratio: A case-control study
Neurology 1997 49: 1546-1551. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

N. Qizilbash, S. Duffy, C.R.M. Prentice, M. Boothby, and C. Warlow

Von Willebrand factor and risk of ischemic stroke
Neurology 1997 49: 1552-1556. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jong S. Kim, Jay H. Lee, and Myoung C. Lee

Patterns of sensory dysfunction in lateral medullary infarction: Clinical-MRI correlation
Neurology 1997 49: 1557-1563. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

B. Bejjani, P. Damier, I. Arnulf, A. M. Bonnet, M. Vidailhet, D. Dormont, B. Pidoux, P. Cornu, C. Marsault, and Y. Agid

Pallidal stimulation for Parkinson's disease: Two targets?
Neurology 1997 49: 1564-1569. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. Churchyard and A. J. Lees

The relationship between dementia and direct involvement of the hippocampus and amygdala in Parkinson's disease
Neurology 1997 49: 1570-1576. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

P. W. Leighton, D. G. Le Couteur, C.C.P. Pang, S. J. McCann, D. Chan, L. K. Law, R. Kay, S. M. Pond, and J. Woo

The dopamine transporter gene and Parkinson's disease in a Chinese population
Neurology 1997 49: 1577-1579. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. A. Bennett, K. M. Shannon, L. A. Beckett, C. G. Goetz, and R. S. Wilson

Metric properties of nurses' ratings of parkinsonian signs with a modified Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale
Neurology 1997 49: 1580-1587. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

U. Bonuccelli, R. Ceravolo, S. Salvetti, C. D'Avino, P. Del Dotto, G. Rossi, and L. Murri

Clozapine in Parkinson's disease tremor: Effects of acute and chronic administration
Neurology 1997 49: 1587-1590. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

C. Stayer, V. Tronnier, J. Dressnandt, E. Mauch, G. Marquardt, K. Rieke, G. Müller-Schwefe, F. Schumm, and H.-M. Meinck

Intrathecal baclofen therapy for stiff-man syndrome and progressive encephalomyelopathy with rigidity and myoclonus
Neurology 1997 49: 1591-1597. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

O. Bandmann, M. G. Sweeney, S. E. Daniel, G. K. Wenning, N. Quinn, C. D. Marsden, and N. W. Wood

Multiple-system atrophy is genetically distinct from identified inherited causes of spinocerebellar degeneration
Neurology 1997 49: 1598-1604. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R. Koide, O. Onodera, T. Ikeuchi, R. Kondo, H. Tanaka, S. Tokiguchi, A. Tomoda, T. Miike, F. Isa, H. Beppu, N. Shimizu, Y. Watanabe, Y. Horikawa, T. Shimohata, K. Hirota, A. Ishikawa, and S. Tsuji

Atrophy of the cerebellum and brainstem in dentatorubral pallidoluysian atrophy: Influence of CAG repeat size on MRI findings
Neurology 1997 49: 1605-1612. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

C. E. Shaw, Z. E. Enayat, J. F. Powell, V.E.R. Anderson, A. Radunovic, S. Al-Sarraj, and P. N. Leigh

Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Molecular pathology of a patient with a SOD1 mutation
Neurology 1997 49: 1612-1616. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. Ragno, G. De Michele, F. Cavalcanti, L. Pianese, A. Monticelli, L. Curatola, F. Bollettini, S. Cocozza, G. Caruso, L. Santoro, and A. Filla

Broadened Friedreich's ataxia phenotype after gene cloning: Minimal GAA expansion causes late-onset spastic ataxia
Neurology 1997 49: 1617-1620. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

E. C. Lai, K. J. Felice, B. W. Festoff, M. J. Gawel, D. F. Gelinas, R. Kratz, M. F. Murphy, H. M. Natter, F. H. Norris, S. A. Rudnicki, and The North America ALS/IGF-I Study Group*

Effect of recombinant human insulin-like growth factor-I on progression of ALS: A placebo-controlled study
Neurology 1997 49: 1621-1630. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. Saito, Y. Hayashi, T. Suzuki, H. Tanaka, I. Hozumi, and S. Tsuji

Linkage mapping of the gene for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2 to chromosome 1p (CMT2A) and the clinical features of CMT2A
Neurology 1997 49: 1630-1635. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jean-Marc Gabriel, Beat Erne, Davide Pareyson, Angelo Sghirlanzoni, Franco Taroni, and Andreas J. Steck

Gene dosage effects in hereditary peripheral neuropathy: Expression of peripheral myelin protein 22 in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A and hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies nerve biopsies
Neurology 1997 49: 1635-1640. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

P. James B. Dyck, G. G. Hunder, and Peter James Dyck

A case-control and nerve biopsy study of CREST multiple mononeuropathy
Neurology 1997 49: 1641-1645. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. Mathieu, P. Allard, G. Gobeil, M. Girard, M. De Braekeleer, and P. Bégin

Anesthetic and surgical complications in 219 cases of myotonic dystrophy
Neurology 1997 49: 1646-1650. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. T. Al-Lozi, A. Pestronk, and R. Choksi

A skeletal muscle-specific from of decorin is a target antigen for a serum IgM M-protein in a patient with a proximal myopathy
Neurology 1997 49: 1650-1654. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

I. D. Wexler, S. G. Hemalatha, J. McConnell, N.R.M. Buist, H-H. M. Dahl, S. A. Berry, S. D. Cederbaum, M. S. Patel, and D. S. Kerr

Outcome of pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency treated with ketogenic diets: Studies in patients with identical mutations
Neurology 1997 49: 1655-1661. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

E. L. Logigian, K. A. Johnson, M. F. Kijewski, R. F. Kaplan, J. A. Becker, K. J. Jones, B. M. Garada, B. L. Holman, and A. C. Steere

Reversible cerebral hypoperfusion in Lyme encephalopathy
Neurology 1997 49: 1661-1670. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

S. J. Kerr, P. J. Armati, L. A. Pemberton, G. Smythe, B. Tattam, and B. J. Brew

Kynurenine pathway inhibition reduces neurotoxicity of HIV-1-infected macrophages
Neurology 1997 49: 1671-1681. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

F. Barkhof, M. Filippi, J. H. van Waesberghe, P. Molyneux, M. Rovaris, G. Lycklama á Nijeholt, N. Tubridy, D. H. Miller, T. A. Yousry, E. W. Radue, and H. J. Adèr

Improving interobserver variation in reporting gadolinium-enhanced MRI lesions in multiple sclerosis
Neurology 1997 49: 1682-1688. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

MEDICAL HYPOTHESIS:

Robert M. McFadzean and Donald M. Hadley

Homonymous quadrantanopia respecting the horizontal meridian: A feature of striate and extrastriate cortical disease
Neurology 1997 49: 1741-1746. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

H. Shmuely, J. Zoldan, A. Sagie, S. Maimon, and S. Pitlik

Acute stroke after coronary angiography associated with protruding mobile thoracic aortic atheromas
Neurology 1997 49: 1689-1691. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

H. Yamanouchi, T. Mizutani, S. Matsushita, and Y. Esaki

Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: High frequency of embolic brain infarction in elderly autopsy patients
Neurology 1997 49: 1691-1694. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard Kay, Ka Sing Wong, Grace Perez, and Jean Woo

Dichotomizing stroke outcomes based on self-reported dependency
Neurology 1997 49: 1694-1696. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Pasquale F. Finelli, Hilary C. Onyiuke, and Dean F. Uphoff

Idiopathic granulomatous angiitis of the CNS manifesting as diffuse white matter disease
Neurology 1997 49: 1696-1699. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R. Kumar and A. E. Lang

Coexistence of tics and parkinsonism: Evidence for non-dopaminergic mechanisms in tic pathogenesis
Neurology 1997 49: 1699-1701. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Bohlega, J. Alwatban, A. Tulbah, S. M. Bakheet, and J. Powe

Cerebral manifestation of Erdheim-Chester disease: Clinical and radiologic findings
Neurology 1997 49: 1702-1705. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

P.O.O. Julu, M. O. McCarron, S. Hansen, A. Barnes, G. A. Jamal, and J. P. Ballantyne

Selective defect of baroreflex blood pressure buffering with intact cardioinhibition in a woman with familial aniridia
Neurology 1997 49: 1705-1708. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Hideaki Shimizu, Tomokazu Obi, and Hiroaki Miyajima

Anhidrosis: An unusual presentation of diabetes insipidus
Neurology 1997 49: 1708-1710. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

P. Y. Wen, E. P. Alyea, D. Simon, R. S. Herbst, R. J. Soiffer, and J. H. Antin

Guillain-Barré syndrome following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation
Neurology 1997 49: 1711-1714. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eduardo Sembrano, Gabriele Maria Barthlen, Sybille Wallace, and Carin Lamm

Polysomnographic findings in a patient with the mitochondrial encephalomyopathy NARP
Neurology 1997 49: 1714-1717. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Joseph J. Higgins, D. Holmes Morton, Nicholas Patronas, and Linda E. Nee

An autosomal recessive disorder with posterior column ataxia and retinitis pigmentosa
Neurology 1997 49: 1717-1720. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

S. L. Galetta, L. J. Balcer, A. P. Lieberman, N. A. Syed, J. M. Lee, and J. C. Oberholtzer

Refractory giant cell arteritis with spinal cord infarction
Neurology 1997 49: 1720-1723. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

H.-S. Wu, T. C. Liu, Z. L. Lü, L. P. Zou, W. C. Zhang, G. Zhaori, and J. Zhang

A prospective clinical and electrophysiologic survey of acute flaccid paralysis in Chinese children
Neurology 1997 49: 1723-1725. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Georgios Amoiridis, Ludger Schöls, Nikolaos Ameridis, and Horst Przuntek

Motor fibers in the sural nerve of humans
Neurology 1997 49: 1725-1728. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Marc C. Chamberlain and Patty A. Kormanik

Non-AIDS-related lymphomatous meningitis: Combined modality therapy
Neurology 1997 49: 1728-1731. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Melanson, J. Nalbantoglu, S. Berkovic, C. Melmed, E. Andermann, L. J. Roberts, S. Carpenter, G. J. Snipes, and F. Andermann

Progressive myoclonus epilepsy in young adults with neuropathologic features of Alzheimer's disease
Neurology 1997 49: 1732-1733. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

Kenneth C. Gorson, Allan H. Ropper, Anna-Katrin Palmetshofer, and Robert Weinstein

Prevalence of polyclonal gammopathy in polyneuropathy
Neurology 1997 49: 1747. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gavin Blake and Sean Murphy

Onset of myasthenia gravis in a patient with multiple sclerosis during interferon-1b treatment
Neurology 1997 49: 1747-1748. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Grant T. Liu and Steven L. Galetta

Homonymous hemifield loss in childhood
Neurology 1997 49: 1748-1749. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey D. Gould and Stephen D. Silberstein

Unilateral hypnic headache: A case study
Neurology 1997 49: 1749-1751. [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. Matsumoto, N. Kuriya, T. Akagi, K. Ohbu, O. Toyoda, J. Morita, K. Ichikawa, T. Matsuishi, M. Hayashi, and H. Kato

Handedness and laterality of the viscera
Neurology 1997 49: 1751. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

David R. Gifford

Assessment of CSF levels of tau protein in patients with Alzheimer's disease and mild dementia
Neurology 1997 49: 1753. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Douglas Galasko

Assessment of CSF levels of tau protein in patients with Alzheimer's disease and mild dementia
Neurology 1997 49: 1753. [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. van Harten and H. C. Weinstein

Delirium, not dementia, resulting from hypoparathyroidism
Neurology 1997 49: 1753. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andreas Thie and Hans Jörg Stuerenburg

Delirium, not dementia, resulting from hypoparathyroidism
Neurology 1997 49: 1753-1754. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joan T. Moroney and David W. Desmond

Clinical-neuropathologic findings in multi-infarct dementia: A report of six autopsied cases
Neurology 1997 49: 1754. [Full Text] [PDF]  

K. A. Jellinger

Clinical-neuropathologic findings in multi-infarct dementia: A report of six autopsied cases
Neurology 1997 49: 1754-1755. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christine M. Hulette, Albert Heyman, David Nochlin, S. Mark Sumi, Dan McKeel, John C. Morris, and Suzanne S. Mirra

Clinical-neuropathologic findings in multi-infarct dementia: A report of six autopsied cases
Neurology 1997 49: 1755. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRECTIONS:

Correction
Neurology 1997 49: 1755. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CALENDAR:

Calendar
Neurology 1997 49: 25A-26A. [Full Text] [PDF]  

LIST OF REVIEWERS:

Robert C. Griggs, Karl Keiburtz, Charles Duffy, Leon Epstein, and Michael McDermott

Message of gratitude from the editors to our ad hoc reviewers
Neurology 1997 49: 34A. [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEWSLETTER:

Newsletter
Neurology 1997 49: 29A-32A. [Full Text] [PDF]  

PROFESSIONAL NOTICES:

Professional Notices
Neurology 1997 49: 66A-78A. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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