IN THIS ISSUE:

June 13 Highlights
Neurology 2000 54: 2033. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

Anthony T. Reder and Jack P. Antel

Injecting rationale into interferon-ß therapy
Neurology 2000 54: 2034-2035. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karen Marder and Mary Sano

Estrogen to treat Alzheimer’s disease: Too little, too late?: So what’s a woman to do?
Neurology 2000 54: 2035-2037. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joseph R. Berger and Avindra Nath

Remedies for HIV-associated peripheral neuropathy
Neurology 2000 54: 2037-2038. [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECIAL ARTICLES:

D. I. Kaufman, J. D. Trobe, E. R. Eggenberger, and J. N. Whitaker

Practice parameter: The role of corticosteroids in the management of acute monosymptomatic optic neuritis: Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology
Neurology 2000 54: 2039-2044. [Full Text] [PDF]  

VIEWS & REVIEWS:

Roger N. Rosenberg

The molecular and genetic basis of AD: The end of the beginning: The 2000 Wartenberg lecture
Neurology 2000 54: 2045-2054. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

F. Deisenhammer, I. Mayringer, J. Harvey, E. Dilitz, T. Gasse, D. Stadlbauer, M. Reindl, and T. Berger

A comparative study of the relative bioavailability of different interferon beta preparations
Neurology 2000 54: 2055-2060. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

P. N. Wang, S. Q. Liao, R. S. Liu, C. Y. Liu, H. T. Chao, S. R. Lu, H. Y. Yu, S. J. Wang, and H. C. Liu

Effects of estrogen on cognition, mood, and cerebral blood flow in AD: A controlled study
Neurology 2000 54: 2061-2066. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. C. Anthony, J. C. S. Breitner, P. P. Zandi, M. R. Meyer, I. Jurasova, M. C. Norton, and S. V. Stone

Reduced prevalence of AD in users of NSAIDs and H2 receptor antagonists: The Cache County Study
Neurology 2000 54: 2066-2071. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. Kawas, S. Gray, R. Brookmeyer, J. Fozard, and A. Zonderman

Age-specific incidence rates of Alzheimer’s disease: The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
Neurology 2000 54: 2072-2077. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

E. Tarkowski, A.-M. Liljeroth, Å. Nilsson, A. Ricksten, P. Davidsson, L. Minthon, and K. Blennow

TNF gene polymorphism and its relation to intracerebral production of TNF and TNFß in AD
Neurology 2000 54: 2077-2081. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

B. J. Small, A. B. Graves, C. L. McEvoy, F. C. Crawford, M. Mullan, and J. A. Mortimer

Is APOE-4 a risk factor for cognitive impairment in normal aging?
Neurology 2000 54: 2082-2088. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Moncayo, G. R. de Freitas, J. Bogousslavsky, M. Altieri, and G. van Melle

Do transient ischemic attacks have a neuroprotective effect?
Neurology 2000 54: 2089-2094. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

H. Yamauchi, H. Fukuyama, Y. Nagahama, C. Oyanagi, H. Okazawa, M. Ueno, J. Konishi, and H. Shio

Long-term changes of hemodynamics and metabolism after carotid artery occlusion
Neurology 2000 54: 2095-2102. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Additional Information]  

L. Zhu, L. Fratiglioni, Z. Guo, B. Winblad, and M. Viitanen

Incidence of stroke in relation to cognitive function and dementia in the Kungsholmen Project
Neurology 2000 54: 2103-2107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

G. E. Swan, C. DeCarli, B. L. Miller, T. Reed, P. A. Wolf, and D. Carmelli

Biobehavioral characteristics of nondemented older adults with subclinical brain atrophy
Neurology 2000 54: 2108-2114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

D. M. Simpson, R. Olney, J. C. McArthur, A. Khan, J. Godbold, and K. Ebel-Frommer

A placebo-controlled trial of lamotrigine for painful HIV-associated neuropathy
Neurology 2000 54: 2115-2119. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Claes Martin, Göran Solders, Anders Sönnerborg, and Per Hansson

Antiretroviral therapy may improve sensory function in HIV-infected patients: A pilot study
Neurology 2000 54: 2120-2127. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

V. J. Hinton, D. C. De Vivo, N. E. Nereo, E. Goldstein, and Y. Stern

Poor verbal working memory across intellectual level in boys with Duchenne dystrophy
Neurology 2000 54: 2127-2132. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

C. Majtényi, P. Brown, L. Cervenáková, L. G. Goldfarb, and J. Tateishi

A three-sister sibship of Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease with a CJD phenotype
Neurology 2000 54: 2133-2137. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

HISTORICAL NEUROLOGY:

Robert W. Baloh

Charles Skinner Hallpike and the beginnings of neurotology
Neurology 2000 54: 2138-2146. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

H. Openshaw, O. Stuve, J. P. Antel, R. Nash, B. T. Lund, L. P. Weiner, A. Kashyap, P. McSweeney, and S. Forman

Multiple sclerosis flares associated with recombinant granulocyte colony-stimulating factor
Neurology 2000 54: 2147-2150. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. P. Barboriak, P. M. Doraiswamy, K. R. R. Krishnan, S. Vidyarthi, J. Sylvester, and H. C. Charles

Hippocampal sulcal cavities on MRI: Relationship to age and apolipoprotein E genotype
Neurology 2000 54: 2150-2153. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Shanker Dixit, Philip Kurle, Laura Buyan-Dent, and Raj D. Sheth

Status epilepticus associated with cefepime
Neurology 2000 54: 2153-2155. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. van der Jagt, D. Hasan, H. W. C. Bijvoet, H. Pieterman, P. J. Koudstaal, and C. J. J. Avezaat

Interobserver variability of cisternal blood on CT after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
Neurology 2000 54: 2156-2158. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

L. Derex, N. Nighoghossian, F. Turjman, M. Hermier, J. Honnorat, P. Neuschwander, J. C. Froment, and P. Trouillas

Intravenous tPA in acute ischemic stroke related to internal carotid artery dissection
Neurology 2000 54: 2159-2161. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas J. Guttuso, Jr.

Gabapentin’s effects on hot flashes and hypothermia
Neurology 2000 54: 2161-2163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Lousa, S. Sanchez–Alonso, R. Rodriguez–Diaz, and J. Dalmau

Status epilepticus with neuron-reactive serum antibodies: Response to plasma exchange
Neurology 2000 54: 2163-2165. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Joseph I. Sirven, Barbara L. Malamut, Michael J. O’Connor, and Michael R. Sperling

Temporal lobectomy outcome in older versus younger adults
Neurology 2000 54: 2166-2170. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Additional Information]  

E. Trinka, F. Dubeau, F. Andermann, A. Hui, A. Bastos, L. M. Li, S. Köhler, and A. Olivier

Successful epilepsy surgery in catastrophic postencephalitic epilepsy
Neurology 2000 54: 2170-2173. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Melodie R. Winawer, Ruth Ottman, W. Allen Hauser, and Timothy A. Pedley

Autosomal dominant partial epilepsy with auditory features: Defining the phenotype
Neurology 2000 54: 2173-2176. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard W. Tim, Janice M. Massey, and Donald B. Sanders

Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome: Electrodiagnostic findings and response to treatment
Neurology 2000 54: 2176-2178. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Y. Sugiura, T. Aoki, Y. Sugiyama, C. Hida, M. Ogata, and T. Yamamoto

Temperature-sensitive sodium channelopathy with heat-induced myotonia and cold-induced paralysis
Neurology 2000 54: 2179-2181. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

P. Krack, P. Limousin Dowsey, A. L. Benabid, N. Acarin, A. Benazzouz, G. Künig, K. L. Leenders, J. A. Obeso, and P. Pollak

Ineffective subthalamic nucleus stimulation in levodopa-resistant postischemic parkinsonism
Neurology 2000 54: 2182-2184. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

Thanh G. Phan, Bruce A. Evans, and John Huston

Pseudoulnar palsy from a small infarct of the precentral knob
Neurology 2000 54: 2185. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

G. J. D. Hengstman, O. J. M. Vogels, H. J. ter Laak, T. de Witte, and B. G. M. van Engelen

Myositis during long-term interferon- treatment
Neurology 2000 54: 2186. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Yoshiaki Furukawa, Stephen J. Kish, and Anthony E. Lang

Scoliosis in a dopa-responsive dystonia family with a mutation of the GTP cyclohydrolase I gene
Neurology 2000 54: 2187. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. Silverdale, J. P. Leach, and D. W. Chadwick

New variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease presenting as localization-related epilepsy
Neurology 2000 54: 2188. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael A. Uberall, Regina Trollmann, Ute Wunsiedler, and Dieter Wenzel

Intravenous valproate in pediatric epilepsy patients with refractory status epilepticus
Neurology 2000 54: 2188. [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEUROIMAGES:

Progressive micrographia in a migraineur
Neurology 2000 54: 2107. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

MRI of spinal cord infarction
Neurology 2000 54: 2195. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Stephen Meairs and Michael Hennerici

Long-term follow-up of aneurysms developed during extracranial internal carotid artery dissection
Neurology 2000 54: 2190. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Martín Nogués, Erik Stalberg, Howard W. Sander, Donald C. Aberfeld, and Sudhansu Chokroverty

Tongue and limb myokymia in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Neurology 2000 54: 2190. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Louis F. Dell’Osso, Fred Schon, Paul Hart, Tim Hodgson, Alyth Pambakian, and Christopher Kennard

Suppression of pendular nystagmus by smoking cannabis in a patient with multiple sclerosis
Neurology 2000 54: 2190. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Robert L. Ruff and Stephen C. Cannon

Defective slow inactivation of sodium channels contributes to familial periodic paralysis
Neurology 2000 54: 2191-2192. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jörn Oliver Sass, Thomas Arnhold, Georg Tzimas, and Daniel M. Jacobson

Serum vitamin A is elevated in idiopathic intracranial hypertension
Neurology 2000 54: 2192-2193. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRECTIONS:

Correction for vol. 54, p. 787
Neurology 2000 54: 2193. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEPARTMENTS:

Neurology 2000 54: 21. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew Goodman, H. Richard Beresford, and Judy Hinchey

BookReviews
Neurology 2000 54: 2194-2195. [Full Text] [PDF]  

INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER:

Antonio Culebras

Neurology 2000 54: 23. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

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