IN THIS ISSUE:

May 22 Highlights
Neurology 2001 56: 1253. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

Michael J. Noetzel and Janice E. Brunstrom

The vulnerable oligodendrocyte: Inflammatory observations on a cause of cerebral palsy
Neurology 2001 56: 1254-1255. [Full Text] [PDF] CME  

Kendra Peterson and Lisa M. DeAngelis

Weighing the benefits and risks of radiation therapy for low-grade glioma
Neurology 2001 56: 1255-1256. [Full Text] [PDF] CME  

Hans–Peter Hartung

ADEM: Distinct disease or part of the MS spectrum?
Neurology 2001 56: 1257-1260. [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECIAL ARTICLES:

Humanistic dimensions of professionalism in the practice of neurology
Neurology 2001 56: 1261-1263. [Full Text] [PDF]  

IN MEMORIAM:

Eijiro Ozawa

Kiichi Arahata, MD (1946–2000)
Neurology 2001 56: 1264. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

VIEWS & REVIEWS:

Andreea Nissenkorn, Marina Michelson, Bruria Ben-Zeev, and Tally Lerman–Sagie

Inborn errors of metabolism: A cause of abnormal brain development
Neurology 2001 56: 1265-1272. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

EXPEDITED ARTICLES:

C. Tzourio, M. El Amrani, O. Poirier, V. Nicaud, M.-G. Bousser, and A. Alpérovitch

Association between migraine and endothelin type A receptor (ETA -231 A/G) gene polymorphism
Neurology 2001 56: 1273-1277. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

H. Kadhim, B. Tabarki, G. Verellen, C. De Prez, A.-M. Rona, and G. Sébire

Inflammatory cytokines in the pathogenesis of periventricular leukomalacia
Neurology 2001 56: 1278-1284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] CME  

O. Surma-aho, M. Niemelä, J. Vilkki, M. Kouri, A. Brander, O. Salonen, A. Paetau, M. Kallio, J. Pyykkönen, LicPhil;, and J. Jääskeläinen

Adverse long-term effects of brain radiotherapy in adult low-grade glioma patients
Neurology 2001 56: 1285-1290. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] CME  

Leslie Foster, Larry Clapp, Marleigh Erickson, and Bahman Jabbari

Botulinum toxin A and chronic low back pain: A randomized, double-blind study
Neurology 2001 56: 1290-1293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

L.B. Morgenstern, A.M. Demchuk, D.H. Kim, R.F. Frankowski, and J.C. Grotta

Rebleeding leads to poor outcome in ultra-early craniotomy for intracerebral hemorrhage
Neurology 2001 56: 1294-1299. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. Oliveira–Filho, M. A. Ezzeddine, A. Z. Segal, F. S. Buonanno, Y. Chang, C. S. Ogilvy, G. Rordorf, L. H. Schwamm, W. J. Koroshetz, and C. T. McDonald

Fever in subarachnoid hemorrhage: Relationship to vasospasm and outcome
Neurology 2001 56: 1299-1304. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Cheryl D. Bushnell, Gregory P. Samsa, and Larry B. Goldstein

Hormone replacement therapy and ischemic stroke severity in women: A case-control study
Neurology 2001 56: 1304-1307. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J.L. Hynson, A.J. Kornberg, L.T. Coleman, L. Shield, A.S. Harvey, and M.J. Kean

Clinical and neuroradiologic features of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in children
Neurology 2001 56: 1308-1312. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Schwarz, A. Mohr, M. Knauth, B. Wildemann, and B. Storch–Hagenlocher

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: A follow-up study of 40 adult patients
Neurology 2001 56: 1313-1318. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. Minagar, W. Jy, J. J. Jimenez, W. A. Sheremata, L. M. Mauro, W. W. Mao, L. L. Horstman, and Y. S. Ahn

Elevated plasma endothelial microparticles in multiple sclerosis
Neurology 2001 56: 1319-1324. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R. A. Rudick, G. Cutter, M. Baier, E. Fisher, D. Dougherty, B. Weinstock–Guttman, M. K. Mass, D. Miller, and N. A. Simonian

Use of the Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite to predict disability in relapsing MS
Neurology 2001 56: 1324-1330. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

C. Mainero, N. De Stefano, G. Iannucci, M.P. Sormani, L. Guidi, A. Federico, M.L. Bartolozzi, G. Comi, and M. Filippi

Correlates of MS disability assessed in vivo using aggregates of MR quantities
Neurology 2001 56: 1331-1334. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

N. Bernasconi, A. Bernasconi, Z. Caramanos, F. Dubeau, J. Richardson, F. Andermann, and D.L. Arnold

Entorhinal cortex atrophy in epilepsy patients exhibiting normal hippocampal volumes
Neurology 2001 56: 1335-1339. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

L. Canafoglia, S. Franceschetti, C. Antozzi, F. Carrara, L. Farina, T. Granata, E. Lamantea, M. Savoiardo, G. Uziel, F. Villani, M. Zeviani, and G. Avanzini

Epileptic phenotypes associated with mitochondrial disorders
Neurology 2001 56: 1340-1346. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. O. Ceballos–Baumann, H. Boecker, W. Fogel, F. Alesch, P. Bartenstein, B. Conrad, N. Diederich, I. von Falkenhayn, J. R. Moringlane, M. Schwaiger, and V. M. Tronnier

Thalamic stimulation for essential tremor activates motor and deactivates vestibular cortex
Neurology 2001 56: 1347-1354. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R. Krüger, W. Kuhn, K.L. Leenders, R. Sprengelmeyer, T. Müller, D. Woitalla, A.T. Portman, R.P. Maguire, L. Veenma, U. Schröder, L. Schöls, J.T. Epplen, O. Riess, and H. Przuntek

Familial parkinsonism with synuclein pathology: Clinical and PET studies of A30P mutation carriers
Neurology 2001 56: 1355-1362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

H. Payami, N. Lee, S. Zareparsi, M. Gonzales McNeal, R. Camicioli, T.D. Bird, G. Sexton, S. Gancher, J. Kaye, D. Calhoun, P.D. Swanson, and J. Nutt

Parkinson’s disease, CYP2D6 polymorphism, and age
Neurology 2001 56: 1363-1370. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. Empl, S. Renaud, B. Erne, P. Fuhr, A. Straube, N. Schaeren–Wiemers, and A.J. Steck

TNF-alpha expression in painful and nonpainful neuropathies
Neurology 2001 56: 1371-1377. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

K. R. Daffner, D.M. Rentz, L. F.M. Scinto, R. Faust, A. E. Budson, and P. J. Holcomb

Pathophysiology underlying diminished attention to novel events in patients with early AD
Neurology 2001 56: 1377-1383. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

J. G. Nutt, V. C. Anderson, J. H. Peacock, J. P. Hammerstad, and K. J. Burchiel

DBS and diathermy interaction induces severe CNS damage
Neurology 2001 56: 1384-1386. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. T. O’Brien, S. Paling, R. Barber, E. D. Williams, C. Ballard, I.G. McKeith, A. Gholkar, W. R. Crum, M. N. Rossor, and N. C. Fox

Progressive brain atrophy on serial MRI in dementia with Lewy bodies, AD, and vascular dementia
Neurology 2001 56: 1386-1388. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

Francisco Vega–Bermudez and Kenneth O. Johnson

Differences in spatial acuity between digits
Neurology 2001 56: 1389-1391. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M.A. Rocca, M. Filippi, J. Herzog, M.P. Sormani, M. Dichgans, and T.A. Yousry

A magnetic resonance imaging study of the cervical cord of patients with CADASIL
Neurology 2001 56: 1392-1394. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

C. D. Smith

A hypothalamic stroke producing recurrent hemihyperhidrosis
Neurology 2001 56: 1394-1396. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

E. Anagnostou, B. Sporer, U. Steude, U. Kempermann, U. Büttner, and K. Bötzel

Contraversive eye deviation during deep brain stimulation of the globus pallidus internus
Neurology 2001 56: 1396-1399. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

K. Stiasny, T. C. Wetter, J. Winkelmann, U. Brandenburg, T. Penzel, M. Rubin, H.-P. Hundemer, W.H. Oertel, and C. Trenkwalder

Long-term effects of pergolide in the treatment of restless legs syndrome
Neurology 2001 56: 1399-1402. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Muriel Brackstone, Stuart D. Patterson, and Andrew Kertesz

Triple "E" syndrome: Bilateral locked posterior fracture dislocation of the shoulders
Neurology 2001 56: 1403-1404. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. P. Bohan, E. Helton, I. McDonald, S. König, S. Gazitt, T. Sugimoto, D. Scheffner, L. Cusmano, S. Li, and G. Koch

Effect of L-carnitine treatment for valproate-induced hepatotoxicity
Neurology 2001 56: 1405-1409. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] CME  

C. Kornblum, R. Broicher, E. Walther, P. Seibel, H. Reichmann, T. Klockgether, C. Herberhold, and R. Schröder

Cricopharyngeal achalasia is a common cause of dysphagia in patients with mtDNA deletions
Neurology 2001 56: 1409-1412. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

F. Barbieri, M.T. Pellecchia, E. Esposito, E. Di Stasio, I. Castaldo, F. Santorelli, A. Perretti, L. Santoro, and G. De Michele

Adult-onset familial laryngeal abductor paralysis, cerebellar ataxia, and pure motor neuropathy
Neurology 2001 56: 1412-1414. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

N. Ohkoshi, Y. Kohno, A. Hayashi, T. Wada, and S. Shoji

Acute vocal cord paralysis in hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies
Neurology 2001 56: 1415. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

E. M. Yoshida, S. L. Rasmussen, U. P. Steinbrecher, S. R. Erb, C. H. Scudamore, S. W. Chung, J. J. Oger, and S. A. Hashimoto

Fulminant liver failure during interferon beta treatment of multiple sclerosis
Neurology 2001 56: 1416. [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. L. Brown, I. S. Login, L. Borish, and P. L. Powers

An urticarial IgE-mediated reaction to interferon ß-1b
Neurology 2001 56: 1416-1417. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Y. Kishi, H. Sasaki, H. Yamasaki, K. Ogawa, M. Nishi, and K. Nanjo

An epidemic of arsenic neuropathy from a spiked curry
Neurology 2001 56: 1417-1418. [Full Text] [PDF]  

K. Noda, H. Miwa, N. Miyashita, S. Tanaka, and Y. Mizuno

Monoataxia of upper extremity in motor cortical infarction
Neurology 2001 56: 1418-1419. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R. B. Khan, D. D. Giri, M. K. Rosenblum, F. A. Petito, and L. M. DeAngelis

Leptomeningeal metastasis from an intracranial epidermoid cyst
Neurology 2001 56: 1419-1420. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

NEUROIMAGES:

Tim E. Freyaldenhoven, Robert E. Mrak, and Little Rock

Fibrocartilaginous embolization
Neurology 2001 56: 1354. [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Michael H. Silber, Alan J. Goldman, Joseph K.- F. Ng, Carolyn A. Richardson, Gwendolen A. Jull, H. Lahrmann, U. Zifko, W. Grisold, Seth L. Pullman, Douglas Goodin, and Michael Rubin

Clinical utility of surface EMG: Report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology
Neurology 2001 56: 1421-1422. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Douglas J. Lanska, Inga Zerr, and Sigrid Poser

Diagnosis of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease: Effect of clinical criteria on incidence estimates Analysis of EEG and CSF 14-3-3 proteins as aids to the diagnosis of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
Neurology 2001 56: 1422-1423. [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

J. Stephen Huff, Andrew D. Perron, and Helmut Butzkueven

Onset seizures independently predict poor outcome after subarachnoid hemorrhage
Neurology 2001 56: 1423-1424. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jack H. Petajan and Kenneth L. Tyler

The Goltz–Ferrier debates and the triumph of cerebral localizationist theory
Neurology 2001 56: 1424. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enrique J. Carrazana, Steve D. Wheeler, A. Biraben, H. Allain, J.-M. Scarabin, S. Schück, and G. Edan

Exacerbation of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy with lamotrigine
Neurology 2001 56: 1424-1425. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRECTIONS:

To:Chenodeoxycholic treatment of cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis
Neurology 2001 56: 1425. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CALENDAR:

Calendar
Neurology 2001 56: 19A-20. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BOOK REVIEWS:

Michael Ryan, Linda S. Williams, Donna C. Bergen, and John R. Gates

Book Reviews
Neurology 2001 56: 1426-1427. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CHANGES, PEOPLE, COMMENTS:

Robert J. Joynt

Neurology 2001 56: 31A-32. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

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