IN THIS ISSUE:

October 24 Highlights
Neurology 2000 55: 1071. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

Alan K. Percy

Pelizaeus–Merzbacher disease: Splice sites are nice sites for disease expression
Neurology 2000 55: 1072-1073. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. T. Berg and C. P. Panayiotopoulos

Diversity in epilepsy and a newly recognized benign childhood syndrome
Neurology 2000 55: 1073-1074. [Full Text] [PDF]  

VIEWS & REVIEWS:

P. Brown, M. Preece, J.-P. Brandel, T. Sato, L. McShane, I. Zerr, A. Fletcher, R. G. Will, M. Pocchiari, N. R. Cashman, J. H. d’Aignaux, L. Cervenáková, J. Fradkin, L. B. Schonberger, and S. J. Collins

Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease at the millennium
Neurology 2000 55: 1075-1081. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

EXPEDITED PUBLICATION:

L. S. Honig, D. D. Chambliss, E. H. Bigio, S. L. Carroll, and J. L. Elliott

Glutamate transporter EAAT2 splice variants occur not only in ALS, but also in AD and controls
Neurology 2000 55: 1082-1088. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

ARTICLES:

G. M. Hobson, A. P. Davis, N. C. Stowell, E. H. Kolodny, E. A. Sistermans, I. F. M. de Coo, V. L. Funanage, and H. G. Marks

Mutations in noncoding regions of the proteolipid protein gene in Pelizaeus–Merzbacher disease
Neurology 2000 55: 1089-1096. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

Roberto Caraballo, Ricardo Cersosimo, Carlos Medina, and Natalio Fejerman

Panayiotopoulos-type benign childhood occipital epilepsy: A prospective study
Neurology 2000 55: 1096-1100. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

K. Opeskin, R. M. Kalnins, G. Halliday, H. Cartwright, and S. F. Berkovic

Idiopathic generalized epilepsy: Lack of significant microdysgenesis
Neurology 2000 55: 1101-1106. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

P. Genton, P. Gelisse, P. Thomas, and C. Dravet

Do carbamazepine and phenytoin aggravate juvenile myoclonic epilepsy?
Neurology 2000 55: 1106-1109. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. C. Edwards, E. Wyllie, P. M. Ruggeri, W. Bingaman, H. Lüders, P. Kotagal, D. S. Dinner, H. H. Morris, R. A. Prayson, and Y. G. Comair

Seizure outcome after surgery for epilepsy due to malformation of cortical development
Neurology 2000 55: 1110-1114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Polydefkis, R. P. Allen, P. Hauer, C. J. Earley, J. W. Griffin, and J. C. McArthur

Subclinical sensory neuropathy in late-onset restless legs syndrome
Neurology 2000 55: 1115-1121. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

P. Laforêt, M. Nicolino, B. Eymard, J. P. Puech, C. Caillaud, L. Poenaru, and M. Fardeau

Juvenile and adult-onset acid maltase deficiency in France: Genotype–phenotype correlation
Neurology 2000 55: 1122-1128. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

E. Pegoraro, M. Fanin, C. P. Trevisan, C. Angelini, and E. P. Hoffman

A novel laminin 2 isoform in severe laminin 2 deficient congenital muscular dystrophy
Neurology 2000 55: 1128-1134. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. H. Noseworthy, P. C. O’Brien, B. G. Weinshenker, J. A. Weis, T. M. Petterson, B. J. Erickson, A. J. Windebank, J. P. Whisnant, K. A. Stolp–Smith, C. M. Harper, Jr., P. A. Low, L. J. Romme, M. Johnson, K.-N. An, and M. Rodriguez

IV immunoglobulin does not reverse established weakness in MS: A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Neurology 2000 55: 1135-1143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

B. S. Schwartz, W. F. Stewart, K. I. Bolla, D. Simon, K. Bandeen-Roche, B. Gordon, J. M. Links, and A. C. Todd

Past adult lead exposure is associated with longitudinal decline in cognitive function
Neurology 2000 55: 1144-1150. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

S. Y. Bookheimer, T. A. Zeffiro, T. A. Blaxton, W. Gaillard, and W. H. Theodore

Activation of language cortex with automatic speech tasks
Neurology 2000 55: 1151-1157. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

B. L. Plassman, R. J. Havlik, D. C. Steffens, M. J. Helms, T. N. Newman, D. Drosdick, C. Phillips, B. A. Gau, K. A. Welsh–Bohmer, J. R. Burke, J. M. Guralnik, and J. C. S. Breitner

Documented head injury in early adulthood and risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias
Neurology 2000 55: 1158-1166. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. Kirchner, F. Birklein, H. Stefan, and H. O. Handwerker

Left vagus nerve stimulation suppresses experimentally induced pain
Neurology 2000 55: 1167-1171. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. R. Overell, I. Bone, and K. R. Lees

Interatrial septal abnormalities and stroke: A meta-analysis of case-control studies
Neurology 2000 55: 1172-1179. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

T. Rundek, H. Mast, A. Hartmann, B. Boden–Albala, L. Lennihan, I.-F. Lin, M. C. Paik, and R. L. Sacco

Predictors of resource use after acute hospitalization: The Northern Manhattan Stroke Study
Neurology 2000 55: 1180-1187. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

L. Villard, A. Kpebe, C. Cardoso, J. Chelly, M. Tardieu, and M. Fontes

Two affected boys in a Rett syndrome family: Clinical and molecular findings
Neurology 2000 55: 1188-1193. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. Ammassari, A. Cingolani, P. Pezzotti, A. De Luca, R. Murri, M. L. Giancola, L. M. Larocca, and A. Antinori

AIDS-related focal brain lesions in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy
Neurology 2000 55: 1194-1200. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

HISTORICAL NEUROLOGY:

Douglas J. Lanska and Christopher G. Goetz

Romberg’s sign: Development, adoption, and adaptation in the 19th century
Neurology 2000 55: 1201-1206. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

G. Antonini, F. Giubilei, A. Mammarella, P. Amicucci, M. Fiorelli, F. Gragnani, S. Morino, V. Ceschin, P. V. Fragola, and M. Gennarelli

Natural history of cardiac involvement in myotonic dystrophy: Correlation with CTG repeats
Neurology 2000 55: 1207-1209. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

T. Pulkes, A. Siddiqui, J. A. Morgan–Hughes, and M. G. Hanna

A novel mutation in the mitochondrial tRNA^Tyr gene associated with exercise intolerance
Neurology 2000 55: 1210-1212. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

F. Birklein, M. Weber, and B. Neundörfer

Increased skin lactate in complex regional pain syndrome: Evidence for tissue hypoxia?
Neurology 2000 55: 1213-1215. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R. Ceravolo, A. Nuti, A. Piccinni, G. Dell’ Agnello, G. Bellini, G. Gambaccini, L. Dell’ Osso, L. Murri, and U. Bonuccelli

Paroxetine in Parkinson’s disease: Effects on motor and depressive symptoms
Neurology 2000 55: 1216-1218. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

E. C. Lai, J. Jankovic, J. K. Krauss, W. G. Ondo, and R. G. Grossman

Long-term efficacy of posteroventral pallidotomy in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease
Neurology 2000 55: 1218-1222. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ronald M. Lazar, Randolph S. Marshall, George D. Prell, and John Pile-Spellman

The experience of Wernicke’s aphasia
Neurology 2000 55: 1222-1224. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. Yasuda, K. Yokoyama, T. Nakayasu, Y. Nishimura, M. Matsui, T. Yokoyama, K. Miyoshi, and C. Tanaka

A Japanese patient with frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism by a tau P301S mutation
Neurology 2000 55: 1224-1227. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. Hund-Georgiadis, U. Lex, D. G. Norris, and D. Y. von Cramon

Cortical reafferentation following left subcortical hemorrhage: A serial functional MR study
Neurology 2000 55: 1227-1231. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

T. Kümpfel, F. Then Bergh, T. Pollmächer, F. Holsboer, and C. Trenkwalder

Acute effects of interferon beta-1a on plasma cytokine levels in patients with MS
Neurology 2000 55: 1231-1233. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

T. Zawacki, J. H. Friedman, J. Grace, and N. Shetty

Cerebellar toxicity of cytosine arabinoside: Clinical and neuropsychological signs
Neurology 2000 55: 1234. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Michael Orth, Sarah J. Tabrizi, and Anthony H. V. Schapira

Sporadic inclusion body myositis not linked to prion protein codon 129 methionine homozygosity
Neurology 2000 55: 1235. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marc Pulik, François Lionnet, and Philippe Genet

Successful treatment of lamotrigine-induced erythroblastopenic crisis with folinic acid
Neurology 2000 55: 1235. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Esther Cubo and Christopher G. Goetz

Dystonia secondary to Sjögren–Larsson syndrome
Neurology 2000 55: 1236-1237. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

B. J. Murray, D. Apetauerova, and T. E. Scammell

Severe acute disseminated encephalomyelitis with normal MRI at presentation
Neurology 2000 55: 1237-1238. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

William Bernstein, Anish Bahra, Marek Gawel, Jan-Erik Hardebo, David Millson, and Peter J. Goadsby

Oral zolmitriptan is effective in the acute treatment of cluster headache
Neurology 2000 55: 1239. [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. Yekhlef, G. Ballan, F. Macia, O. Delmer, C. Sourgen, C. Vital, F. Tison, A. Schrag, C. D. Good, K. Miszkiel, and N. P. Quinn

Differentiation of atypical parkinsonian syndromes with routine MRI
Neurology 2000 55: 1239. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Luca Rozzini, Alessandro Padovani, Barbara Borroni, Marco Trabucchi, Jane S. Paulsen, Beth M. Turner, Leon J. Thal, Dilip V. Jeste, and Igor Grant

Incidence of and risk factors for hallucinations and delusions in patients with probable AD
Neurology 2000 55: 1240-1241. [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. de Saint-Martin, R. Massa, M. N. Metz-Lutz, E. Hirsch, C. Marescaux, E. Wyllie, and H.-T. Ong

Benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes: Is it always benign?
Neurology 2000 55: 1241-1242. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Hans-Peter Adams, James A. Koziol, N. C. Fox, D. H. Miller, and A. J. Thompson

Progressive cerebral atrophy in MS: A serial study using registered, volumetric MRI
Neurology 2000 55: 1242-1243. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martín Nogués, Ana Pardal, Fabio Barroso, Juan Vilés Gonzalez, William Bara-Jimenez, and Mark Hallett

Periodic limb movements in sleep: State-dependent excitability of the spinal flexor reflex
Neurology 2000 55: 1243-1244. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

H. Reddy, P. M. Matthews, M. Lassonde, J. D. Allison, K. J. Meador, D. W. Loring, R. E. Figueroa, and J. C. Wright

Functional MRI cerebral activation and deactivation during finger movement
Neurology 2000 55: 1244. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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Neurology 2000 55: 18-19. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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