IN THIS ISSUE:

December 12 Highlights
Neurology 2000 55: 1599. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

Todd Sherer and J. Timothy Greenamyre

A therapeutic target and biomarker in Friedreich’s ataxia
Neurology 2000 55: 1600-1601. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey L. Cummings

New tests for dementia
Neurology 2000 55: 1601-1602. [Full Text] [PDF]  

VIEWS & REVIEWS:

A. James Barkovich and Ruben I. Kuzniecky

Gray matter heterotopia
Neurology 2000 55: 1603-1608. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

C. Dufouil, D. Clayton, C. Brayne, L. Y. Chi, T. R. Dening, E. S. Paykel, D. W. O’Connor, A. Ahmed, M. A. McGee, and F. A. Huppert

Population norms for the MMSE in the very old: Estimates based on longitudinal data
Neurology 2000 55: 1609-1613. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

P. S. Mathuranath, P. J. Nestor, G. E. Berrios, W. Rakowicz, and J. R. Hodges

A brief cognitive test battery to differentiate Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia
Neurology 2000 55: 1613-1620. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

B. Dubois, A. Slachevsky, I. Litvan, and B. Pillon

The FAB: A frontal assessment battery at bedside
Neurology 2000 55: 1621-1626. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. Fein, V. Di Sclafani, J. Tanabe, V. Cardenas, M. W. Weiner, W. J. Jagust, B. R. Reed, D. Norman, N. Schuff, L. Kusdra, T. Greenfield, and H. Chui

Hippocampal and cortical atrophy predict dementia in subcortical ischemic vascular disease
Neurology 2000 55: 1626-1635. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. G. Csernansky, L. Wang, S. Joshi, J. P. Miller, M. Gado, D. Kido, D. McKeel, J. C. Morris, and M. I. Miller

Early DAT is distinguished from aging by high-dimensional mapping of the hippocampus
Neurology 2000 55: 1636-1643. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. C. Wang, J. M. Kwon, P. Shah, J. C. Morris, and A. Goate

Effect of APOE genotype and promoter polymorphism on risk of Alzheimer’s disease
Neurology 2000 55: 1644-1649. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. R. Marler, B. C. Tilley, M. Lu, T. G. Brott, P. C. Lyden, J. C. Grotta, J. P. Broderick, S. R. Levine, M. P. Frankel, S. H. Horowitz, E. C. Haley, Jr., C. A. Lewandowski, and T. P. Kwiatkowski

Early stroke treatment associated with better outcome: The NINDS rt-PA Stroke Study
Neurology 2000 55: 1649-1655. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Eva H. Brilstra, Gabriel J. E. Rinkel, Ale Algra, and Jan van Gijn

Rebleeding, secondary ischemia, and timing of operation in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage
Neurology 2000 55: 1656-1660. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

S. Iglesias, F. Chapon, and J.-C. Baron

Familial occipital calcifications, hemorrhagic strokes, leukoencephalopathy, dementia, and external carotid dysplasia
Neurology 2000 55: 1661-1667. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

T. J. O’Brien, E. L. So, B. P. Mullan, G. D. Cascino, M. F. Hauser, B. H. Brinkmann, F. W. Sharbrough, and F. B. Meyer

Subtraction peri-ictal SPECT is predictive of extratemporal epilepsy surgery outcome
Neurology 2000 55: 1668-1677. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

F. Lazeyras, O. Blanke, I. Zimine, J. Delavelle, S. H. Perrig, and M. Seeck

MRI, 1H-MRS, and functional MRI during and after prolonged nonconvulsive seizure activity
Neurology 2000 55: 1677-1682. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Z. Pfund, H. T. Chugani, C. Juhász, O. Muzik, M. E. Behen, D. C. Chugani, M. A. Nigro, G. L. Trock, and L. A. Squires

Lissencephaly: Fetal pattern of glucose metabolism on positron emission tomography?
Neurology 2000 55: 1683-1688. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

P. C. Scacheri, E. P. Hoffman, J. D. Fratkin, C. Semino–Mora, A. Senchak, M. R. Davis, N. G. Laing, V. Vedanarayanan, and S. H. Subramony

A novel ryanodine receptor gene mutation causing both cores and rods in congenital myopathy
Neurology 2000 55: 1689-1696. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

S. Nagamitsu, T. Matsuura, M. Khajavi, R. Armstrong, C. Gooch, Y. Harati, and T. Ashizawa

A "dystrophic" variant of autosomal recessive myotonia congenita caused by novel mutations in the CLCN1 gene
Neurology 2000 55: 1697-1703. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

B. Gran, L. R. Tranquill, M. Chen, B. Bielekova, W. Zhou, S. Dhib–Jalbut, and R. Martin

Mechanisms of immunomodulation by glatiramer acetate
Neurology 2000 55: 1704-1714. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

M. Filippi, M. Rovaris, G. Iannucci, S. Mennea, M. P. Sormani, and G. Comi

Whole brain volume changes in patients with progressive MS treated with cladribine
Neurology 2000 55: 1714-1718. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

J. B. Schulz, T. Dehmer, L. Schöls, H. Mende, C. Hardt, M. Vorgerd, K. Bürk, W. Matson, J. Dichgans, M.F. Beal, and M.B. Bogdanov

Oxidative stress in patients with Friedreich ataxia
Neurology 2000 55: 1719-1721. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

B. Mokri, J. L. D. Atkinson, and D. G. Piepgras

Absent headache despite CSF volume depletion (intracranial hypotension)
Neurology 2000 55: 1722-1724. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

David B. Carr, Steven Gray, Jack Baty, and John C. Morris

The value of informant versus individual’s complaints of memory impairment in early dementia
Neurology 2000 55: 1724-1727. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Yuko Saito and Shigeo Murayama

Expression of tau immunoreactivity in the spinal motor neurons of Alzheimer’s disease
Neurology 2000 55: 1727-1730. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R. S. Turner, C. J. D’Amato, R. D. Chervin, and M. Blaivas

The pathology of REM sleep behavior disorder with comorbid Lewy body dementia
Neurology 2000 55: 1730-1732. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

I. Arnulf, B. P. Bejjani, L. Garma, A. M. Bonnet, J. L. Houeto, P. Damier, J. P. Derenne, and Y. Agid

Improvement of sleep architecture in PD with subthalamic nucleus stimulation
Neurology 2000 55: 1732-1735. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

D. Steinberger, R. Korinthenberg, H. Topka, M. Berghäuser, R. Wedde, and U. Müller

Dopa-responsive dystonia: Mutation analysis of GCH1 and analysis of therapeutic doses of L-dopa
Neurology 2000 55: 1735-1738. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

C. A. Molina, J. Alvarez-Sabín, W. Schonewille, J. Montaner, A. Rovira, S. Abilleira, and A. Codina

Cerebral microembolism in acute spontaneous internal carotid artery dissection
Neurology 2000 55: 1738-1741. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. Gerriets, K. Tetzlaff, T. Liceni, C. Schäfer, B. Rosengarten, G. Kopiske, C. Algermissen, N. Struck, and M. Kaps

Arteriovenous bubbles following cold water sport dives: Relation to right-to-left shunting
Neurology 2000 55: 1741-1743. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. Cordes, R. Keil, T. Bartsch, K. Tetzlaff, M. Reuter, A. Hutzelmann, L. Friege, T. Meyer, E. Bettinghausen, and G. Deuschl

Neurologic outcome of controlled compressed-air diving
Neurology 2000 55: 1743-1746. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carl W. Bazil, Douglas Short, David Crispin, and Wei Zheng

Patients with intractable epilepsy have low melatonin, which increases following seizures
Neurology 2000 55: 1746-1748. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

T. Klopstock, V. Querner, F. Schmidt, F. Gekeler, M. Walter, M. Hartard, M. Hennig Dipl-Stat, T. Gasser, D. Pongratz, A. Straube, M. Dieterich, and W. Müller–Felber

A placebo-controlled crossover trial of creatine in mitochondrial diseases
Neurology 2000 55: 1748-1751. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

Monique Emond, Guy Lepage, Michel Vanasse, and Massimo Pandolfo

Increased levels of plasma malondialdehyde in Friedreich ataxia
Neurology 2000 55: 1752-1753. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Richard B. Dewey, Jr. and Padraig E. O’Suilleabhain

Treatment of drug-induced psychosis with quetiapine and clozapine in Parkinson’s disease
Neurology 2000 55: 1753-1754. [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Kulisevsky, A. Lleó, A. Gironell, J. Molet, B. Pascual-Sedano, and P. Parés

Bilateral pallidal stimulation for cervical dystonia: Dissociated pain and motor improvement
Neurology 2000 55: 1754-1755. [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. A. Van Gerpen, J. L. Goudreau, D. W. Dodick, and M. A. Gertz

Amyloidosis presenting with intractable epistaxis and multiple cranial neuropathies
Neurology 2000 55: 1755-1756. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. T. Fishbain, T. P. Monahan, and M. M. Canonico

Cerebral manifestations of cefepime toxicity in a dialysis patient
Neurology 2000 55: 1756-1757. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. Biraben, H. Allain, J. M. Scarabin, S. Schück, and G. Edan

Exacerbation of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy with lamotrigine
Neurology 2000 55: 1757-1758. [Full Text] [PDF]  

K. N. Lin, E. L. Teng, P. N. Wang, Y. Y. Chuang, C. Chen, C. Y. Liu, and H. C. Liu

Patients’ versus caregivers’ report of poor memory in relation to dementia and tested abilities
Neurology 2000 55: 1758-1759. [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEUROIMAGES:

MRI correlate of Kernohan’s notch
Neurology 2000 55: 1751. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Rüdiger von Kummer, Georg Gahn, Michael P. Marks, Gregory Albers, and Maarten Lansberg

Comparison of diffusion-weighted MRI and CT in acute stroke
Neurology 2000 55: 1760. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gianfranco Spalletta, Domenico De Angelis, Carlo Caltagirone, Jong S. Kim, and Smi-Choi Kwon

Poststroke depression and emotional incontinence
Neurology 2000 55: 1760. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Otto A. Rapalino, David N. Levine, Alan McComas, and Victoria Galea

Developmental apraxia arising from neonatal brachial plexus palsy
Neurology 2000 55: 1761. [Full Text]  

José Berciano, Tony W. Ho, and John W. Griffin

Physiologic–pathologic correlation in Guillain–Barré syndrome in children
Neurology 2000 55: 1762. [Full Text]  

DEPARTMENTS:

Calendar
Neurology 2000 55: 17. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antonio Culebras

International Newsletter
Neurology 2000 55: 23. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Eric K. Richfield

CNS Regeneration: Basic Science and Clinical Advances
Neurology 2000 55: 1763. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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