IN THIS ISSUE:

March 12 Highlights
Neurology 2002 58: 673-674. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

J. Timothy Greenamyre and Ira Shoulson

We need something better, and we need it now: Fetal striatal transplantation in Huntington’s disease?
Neurology 2002 58: 675-676. [Full Text] [PDF] CME  

James O. McNamara

B cells and epilepsy: The odd couple
Neurology 2002 58: 677-678. [Full Text] [PDF]  

VIEWS & REVIEWS:

Robert G. Holloway and Andrew W. Dick

Clinical trial end points: On the road to nowhere?
Neurology 2002 58: 679-686. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

R. A. Hauser, S. Furtado, C. R. Cimino, H. Delgado, S. Eichler, S. Schwartz, D. Scott, G. M. Nauert, E. Soety, V. Sossi, D. A. Holt, P. R. Sanberg, A. J. Stoessl, and T. B. Freeman

Bilateral human fetal striatal transplantation in Huntington’s disease
Neurology 2002 58: 687-695. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] CME  

H. D. Rosas, A. K. Liu, S. Hersch, M. Glessner, R. J. Ferrante, D. H. Salat, A. van der Kouwe, B. G. Jenkins, A. M. Dale, and B. Fischl

Regional and progressive thinning of the cortical ribbon in Huntington’s disease
Neurology 2002 58: 695-701. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] CME  

B.P.C. van de Warrenburg, R.J. Sinke, C.C. Verschuuren–Bemelmans, H. Scheffer, E.R. Brunt, P.F. Ippel, J.A. Maat–Kievit, D. Dooijes, N.C. Notermans, D. Lindhout, N.V.A.M. Knoers, and H.P.H. Kremer

Spinocerebellar ataxias in the Netherlands: Prevalence and age at onset variance analysis
Neurology 2002 58: 702-708. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

S.E. Baranzini, K. Laxer, R. Saketkhoo, M.K. Elkins, J.M. Parent, R. Mantegazza, and J.R. Oksenberg

Analysis of antibody gene rearrangement, usage, and specificity in chronic focal encephalitis
Neurology 2002 58: 709-716. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

W.D. Gaillard, L. Kopylev, S. Weinstein, J. Conry, P.L. Pearl, M.V. Spanaki, S. Fazilat, S. Fazilat, L.G. Venzina, E. Dubovsky, and W.H. Theodore

Low incidence of abnormal ¹⁸FDG-PET in children with new-onset partial epilepsy: A prospective study
Neurology 2002 58: 717-722. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

J.A. Lawson, M.J. Cook, S. Vogrin, L. Litewka, D. Strong, A.F. Bleasel, and A.M.E. Bye

Clinical, EEG, and quantitative MRI differences in pediatric frontal and temporal lobe epilepsy
Neurology 2002 58: 723-729. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] CME  

A. Di Rocco, T. Bottiglieri, P. Werner, A. Geraci, D. Simpson, J. Godbold, and S. Morgello

Abnormal cobalamin-dependent transmethylation in AIDS-associated myelopathy
Neurology 2002 58: 730-735. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

L. Jäncke and N.J. Shah

Does dichotic listening probe temporal lobe functions?
Neurology 2002 58: 736-743. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

N. Hirono, M. Hashimoto, M. Yasuda, K. Ishii, S. Sakamoto, H. Kazui, and E. Mori

The effect of APOE 4 allele on cerebral glucose metabolism in AD is a function of age at onset
Neurology 2002 58: 743-750. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

C. R. Jack, Jr., D. W. Dickson, J. E. Parisi, Y. C. Xu, R. H. Cha, P. C. O’Brien, S. D. Edland, G. E. Smith, B. F. Boeve, E. G. Tangalos, E. Kokmen, and R. C. Petersen

Antemortem MRI findings correlate with hippocampal neuropathology in typical aging and dementia
Neurology 2002 58: 750-757. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. H. Tabert, S. M. Albert, L. Borukhova-Milov, Y. Camacho, G. Pelton, X. Liu, Y. Stern, and D. P. Devanand

Functional deficits in patients with mild cognitive impairment: Prediction of AD
Neurology 2002 58: 758-764. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

C.C. Plato, D. Galasko, R.M. Garruto, M. Plato, A. Gamst, U.-K. Craig, J. M. Torres, and W. Wiederholt

ALS and PDC of Guam: Forty-year follow-up
Neurology 2002 58: 765-773. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

J. Suhy, R.G. Miller, R. Rule, N. Schuff, J. Licht, V. Dronsky, D. Gelinas, A.A. Maudsley, and M.W. Weiner

Early detection and longitudinal changes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by ¹H MRSI
Neurology 2002 58: 773-779. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

H. Tajsharghi, L.-E. Thornell, N. Darin, T. Martinsson, M. Kyllerman, J. Wahlström, and A. Oldfors

Myosin heavy chain IIa gene mutation E706K is pathogenic and its expression increases with age
Neurology 2002 58: 780-786. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. P. Whisnant, D. O. Wiebers, W. M. O’Fallon, J. D. Sicks, and R. L. Frye

Effect of time since onset of risk factors on the occurrence of ischemic stroke
Neurology 2002 58: 787-794. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

D. J. Mikulis, M. T. Jurkiewicz, W. E. McIlroy, W. R. Staines, L. Rickards, S. Kalsi–Ryan, A. P. Crawley, M. G. Fehlings, and M. C. Verrier

Adaptation in the motor cortex following cervical spinal cord injury
Neurology 2002 58: 794-801. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Julio Yangüela, Juan A. Pareja, Nicolas Lopez, and Margarita Sánchez del Río

Trochleitis and migraine headache
Neurology 2002 58: 802-805. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] CME  

F. M. Molloy, H. A. Shill, A. Kaelin–Lang, and B. I. Karp

Accuracy of muscle localization without EMG: Implications for treatment of limb dystonia
Neurology 2002 58: 805-807. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. P. Pramstaller, G. Künig, K. Leenders, M. Kann, K. Hedrich, P. Vieregge, C. G. Goetz, and C. Klein

Parkin mutations in a patient with hemiparkinsonism–hemiatrophy: A clinical–genetic and PET study
Neurology 2002 58: 808-810. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Y. Saito, A. Geyer, R. Sasaki, S. Kuzuhara, E. Nanba, T. Miyasaka, K. Suzuki, and S. Murayama

Early-onset, rapidly progressive familial tauopathy with R406W mutation
Neurology 2002 58: 811-813. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Bahram Mokri, Cormac O. Maher, and Drahomira Sencakova

Spontaneous CSF leaks: Underlying disorder of connective tissue
Neurology 2002 58: 814-816. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Sohei Yanagawa, Nobuo Ito, Kunimasa Arima, and Shu-ichi Ikeda

Cerebral autosomal recessive arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy
Neurology 2002 58: 817-820. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. Suhy, K.D. Laxer, A.A. Capizzano, P. Vermathen, G.B. Matson, N.M. Barbaro, and M.W. Weiner

¹H MRSI predicts surgical outcome in MRI-negative temporal lobe epilepsy
Neurology 2002 58: 821-823. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

L. M. Villar, J. Masjuan, P. González–Porqué, J. Plaza, M. C. Sádaba, E. Roldán, A. Bootello, and J. C. Alvarez–Cermeño

Intrathecal IgM synthesis in neurologic diseases: Relationship with disability in MS
Neurology 2002 58: 824-826. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

Y. Koga, M. Ishibashi, I. Ueki, S. Yatsuga, R. Fukiyama, Y. Akita, and T. Matsuishi

Effects of L-arginine on the acute phase of strokes in three patients with MELAS
Neurology 2002 58: 827-828. [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Messina, G. Annesi, P. Serra, G. Nicoletti, A. Pasqua, F. Annesi, C. Tomaino, I.C. Cirò–Candiano, S. Carrideo, M. Caracciolo, P. Spadafora, M. Zappia, G. Savettieri, and A. Quattrone

Association of the 5-HT6 receptor gene polymorphism C267T with Parkinson’s disease
Neurology 2002 58: 828-829. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rowena E. Tabamo and Alessandro Di Rocco

Alopecia induced by dopamine agonists
Neurology 2002 58: 829-830. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Matthias Wittstock, Reiner Benecke, and Dirk Dressler

Cabergoline can increase penile erections and libido
Neurology 2002 58: 831. [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Canavero, V. Bonicalzi, and R. Paolotti

Lack of effect of topiramate for central pain
Neurology 2002 58: 831-832. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

M. Kann, K. Hedrich, P. Vieregge, H. Jacobs, B. Müller, N. Kock, E. Schwinger, C. Klein, K. Marder, J. Harris, H. Meija-Santana, S. Bressman, L.J. Ozelius, A.E. Lang, P.P. Pramstaller, Mario Zappia, Grazia Annesi, and Aldo Quattrone

The parkin gene is not involved in late-onset Parkinson’s disease
Neurology 2002 58: 835. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dirk Deleu, Bengt Winblad, Gunhild Waldemar, Anders Wimo, Ponni Subbiah, and Richard Zhang

A 1-year, randomized, placebo-controlled study of donepezil in patients with mild to moderate AD
Neurology 2002 58: 835-836. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paula A. Kaires and F.C. Wang

Prognostic value of decremental responses to repetitive nerve stimulation in ALS patients
Neurology 2002 58: 836-837. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leonidas Stefanis, Agnes Flöel, and Stefan Knecht

Language and spatial attention can lateralize to the same hemisphere in healthy humans
Neurology 2002 58: 837. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mario Zappia, Grazia Annesi, Aldo Quattrone, Jian Wang, Zhuo-Lin Liu, and Biao Chen

Association study of dopamine D2, D3 receptor gene polymorphisms with motor fluctuations in PD
Neurology 2002 58: 837-838. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dennis Chan, Nick Fox, and Martin Rossor

Differing patterns of temporal atrophy in Alzheimer’s disease and semantic dementia
Neurology 2002 58: 838. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gershon T. Lesser, Robert D. Abbott, and Helen Petrovitch

Frequency of bowel movements and future risk of Parkinson’s disease
Neurology 2002 58: 838-839. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRECTIONS:

To: Mutation in the caveolin-3 gene causes a peculiar form of distal myopathy
Neurology 2002 58: 839. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEPARTMENTS:

Calendar
Neurology 2002 58: 17A-18. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lauren E. Abrey and Nancy J. Newman

Book Reviews & Books Received
Neurology 2002 58: 840-841. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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