IN THIS ISSUE:

June 26 Highlights
Neurology 2001 56: 1611. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO REVIEWERS:

Robert C. Griggs, Karl D. Kieburtz, Charles J. Duffy, and Michael P. McDermott

Messagefrom the Editors to our ad hoc Reviewers
Neurology 2001 56: 1612-1615. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

Michael H. Silber and David B. Rye

Solving the mysteries of narcolepsy: The hypocretin story
Neurology 2001 56: 1616-1618. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Christopher M. Gomez

Polyglutamine aggregates in SCA6 Purkinje cells: A tail of two toxicities
Neurology 2001 56: 1618-1619. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steven R. Schwid and Christopher T. Bever, Jr.

The cost of delaying treatment in multiple sclerosis: What is lost is not regained
Neurology 2001 56: 1620. [Full Text] [PDF]  

VIEWS & REVIEWS:

Stephen G. Waxman

Acquired channelopathies in nerve injury and MS
Neurology 2001 56: 1621-1627. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

PRISMS-4: Long-term efficacy of interferon-ß-1a in relapsing MS
Neurology 2001 56: 1628-1636. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Helge Kasch, Flemming W. Bach, and Troels S. Jensen

Handicap after acute whiplash injury: A 1-year prospective study of risk factors
Neurology 2001 56: 1637-1643. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] CME  

A. Mohamed, E. Wyllie, P. Ruggieri, P. Kotagal, T. Babb, A. Hilbig, C. Wylie, Z. Ying, S. Staugaitis, I. Najm, J. Bulacio, N. Foldvary, H. Lüders, and W. Bingaman

Temporal lobe epilepsy due to hippocampal sclerosis in pediatric candidates for epilepsy surgery
Neurology 2001 56: 1643-1649. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

C. Juhász, D. C. Chugani, O. Muzik, A. Shah, J. Shah, C. Watson, A. Canady, and H. T. Chugani

Relationship of flumazenil and glucose PET abnormalities to neocortical epilepsy surgery outcome
Neurology 2001 56: 1650-1658. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R.C. Scott, D.G. Gadian, J.H. Cross, S.J. Wood, B.G.R. Neville, and A. Connelly

Quantitative magnetic resonance characterization of mesial temporal sclerosis in childhood
Neurology 2001 56: 1659-1665. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Y. Li, J. Chen, L. Wang, M. Lu, and M. Chopp

Treatment of stroke in rat with intracarotid administration of marrow stromal cells
Neurology 2001 56: 1666-1672. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. Hadjivassiliou, C. L. Tooth, C. A.J. Romanowski, J. Byrne, R. D.E. Battersby, S. Oxbury, C. S. Crewswell, E. Burkitt, N. A. Stokes, C. Paul, A. R. Mayes, and H. J. Sagar

Aneurysmal SAH: Cognitive outcome and structural damage after clipping or coiling
Neurology 2001 56: 1672-1677. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jong S. Kim

Predominant involvement of a particular group of fingers due to small, cortical infarction
Neurology 2001 56: 1677-1682. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. Kivipelto, E.-L. Helkala, T. Hänninen, M. P. Laakso, M. Hallikainen, K. Alhainen, H. Soininen, J. Tuomilehto, and A. Nissinen

Midlife vascular risk factors and late-life mild cognitive impairment: A population-based study
Neurology 2001 56: 1683-1689. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

T. Polvikoski, R. Sulkava, L. Myllykangas, I.-L. Notkola, L. Niinistö, A. Verkkoniemi, K. Kainulainen, K. Kontula, J. Pérez–Tur, J. Hardy, and M. Haltia

Prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease in very elderly people: A prospective neuropathological study
Neurology 2001 56: 1690-1696. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. Ghebremedhin, C. Schultz, D.R. Thal, U. Rüb, T.G. Ohm, E. Braak, and H. Braak

Gender and age modify the association between APOE and AD-related neuropathology
Neurology 2001 56: 1696-1701. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

H. Houlden, M. Baker, H.R. Morris, N. MacDonald, S. Pickering–Brown, J. Adamson, A.J. Lees, M.N. Rossor, N.P. Quinn, A. Kertesz, M.N. Khan, J. Hardy, P.L. Lantos, P. St. George–Hyslop, D.G. Munoz, D. Mann, A.E. Lang, C. Bergeron, E.H. Bigio, I. Litvan, K.P. Bhatia, D. Dickson, N.W. Wood, and M. Hutton

Corticobasal degeneration and progressive supranuclear palsy share a common tau haplotype
Neurology 2001 56: 1702-1706. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. Fillenbaum, A. Heyman, B.L. Peterson, C.F. Pieper, and A.L. Weiman

Use and cost of outpatient visits of AD patients: CERAD XXII
Neurology 2001 56: 1706-1711. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

N. Giladi, M. P. McDermott, S. Fahn, S. Przedborski, J. Jankovic, M. Stern, and C. Tanner

Freezing of gait in PD: Prospective assessment in the DATATOP cohort
Neurology 2001 56: 1712-1721. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

G. Cruccu, M. Leandri, G.D. Iannetti, A. Mascia, A. Romaniello, A. Truini, F. Galeotti, and M. Manfredi

Small-fiber dysfunction in trigeminal neuralgia: Carbamazepine effect on laser-evoked potentials
Neurology 2001 56: 1722-1726. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

H. Koike, K. Mori, K. Misu, N. Hattori, H. Ito, M. Hirayama, and G. Sobue

Painful alcoholic polyneuropathy with predominant small-fiber loss and normal thiamine status
Neurology 2001 56: 1727-1732. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J.-Y. Hogrel, P. Laforêt, R. Ben Yaou, M. Chevrot, B. Eymard, and A. Lombès

A non-ischemic forearm exercise test for the screening of patients with exercise intolerance
Neurology 2001 56: 1733-1738. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] CME  

N. Raben, M. Danon, N. Lu, E. Lee, L. Shliselfeld, A. V. Skurat, P. J. Roach, J.C. Lawrence, Jr., O. Musumeci, S. Shanske, S. DiMauro, and P. Plotz

Surprises of genetic engineering: A possible model of polyglucosan body disease
Neurology 2001 56: 1739-1745. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

HISTORICAL NEUROLOGY:

Bahram Mokri

The Monro–Kellie hypothesis: Applications in CSF volume depletion
Neurology 2001 56: 1746-1748. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

M. A. Dalal, A. Schuld, M. Haack, M. Uhr, P. Geisler, I. Eisensehr, S. Noachtar, and T. Pollmächer

Normal plasma levels of orexin A (hypocretin-1) in narcoleptic patients
Neurology 2001 56: 1749-1751. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] CME  

T.E. Scammell, S. Nishino, E. Mignot, and C.B. Saper

Narcolepsy and low CSF orexin (hypocretin) concentration after a diencephalic stroke
Neurology 2001 56: 1751-1753. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] CME  

K. Ishikawa, K. Owada, K. Ishida, H. Fujigasaki, M. Shun Li, T. Tsunemi, N. Ohkoshi, S. Toru, T. Mizutani, M. Hayashi, N. Arai, K. Hasegawa, T. Kawanami, T. Kato, T. Makifuchi, S. Shoji, T. Tanabe, and H. Mizusawa

Cytoplasmic and nuclear polyglutamine aggregates in SCA6 Purkinje cells
Neurology 2001 56: 1753-1756. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jian Wang, Zhuo-Lin Liu, and Biao Chen

Association study of dopamine D2, D3 receptor gene polymorphisms with motor fluctuations in PD
Neurology 2001 56: 1757-1759. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A.T. Portman, N. Giladi, K.L. Leenders, P. Maguire, L. Veenma–van der Duin, J. Swart, J. Pruim, E.S. Simon, S. Hassin–Baer, and A.D. Korczyn

The nigrostriatal dopaminergic system in familial early onset parkinsonism with parkin mutations
Neurology 2001 56: 1759-1762. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J.J. van Hilten, W.J.T. van de Beek, A.A. Vein, J.G. van Dijk, and H.A.M. Middelkoop

Clinical aspects of multifocal or generalized tonic dystonia in reflex sympathetic dystrophy
Neurology 2001 56: 1762-1765. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J.M.M. Gijtenbeek, A.A.W.M. Gabreëls–Festen, M. Lammens, M.J. Zwarts, and B.G.M. van Engelen

Mononeuropathy multiplex as the initial manifestation of neurofibromatosis type 2
Neurology 2001 56: 1766-1768. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

H. Rambold, W. Heide, A. Sprenger, G. Haendler, and C. Helmchen

Perilymph fistula associated with pulse-synchronous eye oscillations
Neurology 2001 56: 1769-1771. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Karsten Krakow, M. Walker, C. Otoul, and J.W.A.S. Sander

Long-term continuation of levetiracetam in patients with refractory epilepsy
Neurology 2001 56: 1772-1774. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

J. Arii, T. Kanbayashi, Y. Tanabe, J. Ono, S. Nishino, and Y. Kohno

A hypersomnolent girl with decreased CSF hypocretin level after removal of a hypothalamic tumor
Neurology 2001 56: 1775-1776. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

S. D. Lhatoo, D. G. Rao, N. M. Kane, and I. E. Ormerod

Very late onset Friedreich’s presenting as spastic tetraparesis without ataxia or neuropathy
Neurology 2001 56: 1776-1777. [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. Giraud, F. Beaulieux, S. Ono, N. Shimizu, G. Chazot, and B. Lina

Detection of enteroviral sequences from frozen spinal cord samples of Japanese ALS patients
Neurology 2001 56: 1777-1778. [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

L. Airas, P. Kotilainen, R. Vainionpää, and R. J. Marttila

Encephalitis associated with Chlamydia pneumoniae
Neurology 2001 56: 1778-1779. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. Lindner, N. Reichert, M. Eichhorn, and S. Zierz

Acute compartment syndrome after forearm ischemic work test in a patient with McArdle’s disease
Neurology 2001 56: 1779-1780. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] CME  

NEUROIMAGES:

Marta Altieri, Vittorio Di Piero, Stefano Bastianello, and Gian Luigi Lenzi

Hand weakness from a precentral gyrus infarct with intermittent hypotension
Neurology 2001 56: 1748. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Daniel S. Sa and Anthony E. Lang

Olanzapine for psychosis in Parkinson’s disease
Neurology 2001 56: 1781. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Douglas J. Lanska, David B. Carr, John Morris, and Jack Baty

The value of informant versus individual’s complaints of memory impairment in early dementia
Neurology 2001 56: 1781-1782. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amerigo Boiardi, Tjeerd J. Postma, Martin J. B. Taphoorn, Martin J. van den Bent, Arnoud C. Kappelle, and Jan J. Heimans

PCV chemotherapy for recurrent glioblastoma multiforme
Neurology 2001 56: 1782. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert E. Cranston, Daniel Marson, Maureen Dymek, and Jason Karlawish

Competency to consent to medical treatment in cognitively impaired patients with Parkinson’s disease
Neurology 2001 56: 1782-1783. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CALENDAR:

Calendar
Neurology 2001 56: 18A-19. [Full Text] [PDF]  

INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER:

Antonio Culebras

Neurology 2001 56: 26A-27. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

BOOK REVIEWS:

Mark Mapstone, Bruce H. Dobkin, and Joseph B. Green

Book Reviews
Neurology 2001 56: 1784. [Full Text] [PDF]  

To see an article, click its [Full Text] or [PDF] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.