IN THIS ISSUE:

October 8 Highlights
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EDITORIALS:

Scott S. Zamvil and Lawrence Steinman

Cholesterol-lowering statins possess anti-inflammatory activity that might be useful for treatment of MS
Neurology 2002 59: 970-971. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephen D. Silberstein and K.M.A. Welch

Painkiller headache
Neurology 2002 59: 972-974. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gary M. Franklin and Catherine A. Zahn

AAN clinical practice guidelines: Above the fray
Neurology 2002 59: 975-976. [Full Text] [PDF]  

VIEWS & REVIEWS:

Robert G. Hart and Renee D. Bailey

An assessment of guidelines for prevention of ischemic stroke
Neurology 2002 59: 977-982. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

R. Straussberg, Z. Shorer, R. Weitz, L. Basel, L. Kornreich, C. I. Coire, L. Harel, R. Djaldetti, and J. Amir

Familial infantile bilateral striatal necrosis: Clinical features and response to biotin treatment
Neurology 2002 59: 983-989. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

O. Neuhaus, S. Strasser-Fuchs, F. Fazekas, B.C. Kieseier, G. Niederwieser, H.P. Hartung, and J.J. Archelos

Statins as immunomodulators: Comparison with interferon-ß1b in MS
Neurology 2002 59: 990-997. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CHAMPS Study Group

MRI predictors of early conversion to clinically definite MS in the CHAMPS placebo group
Neurology 2002 59: 998-1005. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. Boiko, G. Vorobeychik, D. Paty, V. Devonshire, D. Sadovnick, and the UBC MS Clinic Neurologists

Early onset multiple sclerosis: A longitudinal study
Neurology 2002 59: 1006-1010. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

V. Limmroth, Z. Katsarava, G. Fritsche, S. Przywara, and H.-C. Diener

Features of medication overuse headache following overuse of different acute headache drugs
Neurology 2002 59: 1011-1014. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. N. Raja, J. A. Haythornthwaite, M. Pappagallo, M. R. Clark, T. G. Travison, S. Sabeen, R. M. Royall, and M. B. Max

Opioids versus antidepressants in postherpetic neuralgia: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial
Neurology 2002 59: 1015-1021. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

D. P. Salmon, R. G. Thomas, M. M. Pay, A. Booth, C. R. Hofstetter, L. J. Thal, and R. Katzman

Alzheimer’s disease can be accurately diagnosed in very mildly impaired individuals
Neurology 2002 59: 1022-1028. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

Kirn R. Kessler, Alfons Schnitzler, Joseph Classen, and Reiner Benecke

Reduced inhibition within primary motor cortex in patients with poststroke focal motor seizures
Neurology 2002 59: 1028-1033. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Martha Storandt, Elizabeth A. Grant, J. Philip Miller, and John C. Morris

Rates of progression in mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer’s disease
Neurology 2002 59: 1034-1041. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

D. Darby, P. Maruff, A. Collie, and M. McStephen

Mild cognitive impairment can be detected by multiple assessments in a single day
Neurology 2002 59: 1042-1046. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

Mette C. Ørngreen, David B. Olsen, and John Vissing

Exercise tolerance in carnitine palmitoyltransferase II deficiency with IV and oral glucose
Neurology 2002 59: 1046-1051. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R. D. Abbott, G. W. Ross, L. R. White, J. S. Nelson, K. H. Masaki, C. M. Tanner, J. D. Curb, P. L. Blanchette, J. S. Popper, and H. Petrovitch

Midlife adiposity and the future risk of Parkinson’s disease
Neurology 2002 59: 1051-1057. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

L.L. Plawner, M.R. Delgado, V.S. Miller, E.B. Levey, S.L. Kinsman, A.J. Barkovich, E.M. Simon, N.J. Clegg, V.T. Sweet, E.E. Stashinko, and J. S. Hahn

Neuroanatomy of holoprosencephaly as predictor of function: Beyond the face predicting the brain
Neurology 2002 59: 1058-1066. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Anton D. Hinton-Bayre and Gina Geffen

Severity of sports-related concussion and neuropsychological test performance
Neurology 2002 59: 1068-1070. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Sotgiu, C. Serra, G. Mameli, M. Pugliatti, G. Rosati, G. Arru, and A. Dolei

Multiple sclerosis–associated retrovirus and MS prognosis: An observational study
Neurology 2002 59: 1071-1073. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Yang Mao-Draayer, Steven Braff, William Pendlebury, and Hillel Panitch

Treatment of steroid-unresponsive tumefactive demyelinating disease with plasma exchange
Neurology 2002 59: 1074-1077. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Catherine Lomen-Hoerth, Thomas Anderson, and Bruce Miller

The overlap of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia
Neurology 2002 59: 1077-1079. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J.E. Galvin, S.L. Lee, A. Perry, N. Havlioglu, D.W. McKeel, Jr., and J.C. Morris

Familial dementia with Lewy bodies: Clinicopathologic analysis of two kindreds
Neurology 2002 59: 1079-1082. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

Cornelia Drees, Asa J. Wilbourn, and Glen H.J. Stevens

Main trunk tibial neuropathies
Neurology 2002 59: 1082-1084. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Z. Odabasi, M. Demirci, D.S. Kim, D.K. Lee, H.F. Ryan, G.C. Claussen, A. Tseng, and S.J. Oh

Postexercise facilitation of reflexes is not common in Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome
Neurology 2002 59: 1085-1087. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

V. Venkataraman Vedanarayanan, Owen B. Evans, and S.H. Subramony

Tick paralysis in children: Electrophysiology and possibility of misdiagnosis
Neurology 2002 59: 1088-1090. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

T. Shirakawa, K. Sakai, Y. Kitagawa, A. Hori, and G. Hirose

A novel murine myotonia congenita without molecular defects in the ClC-1 and the SCN4A
Neurology 2002 59: 1091-1094. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M.-C. Chiang, Y.-H. Lin, C.-L. Pan, T.-J. Tseng, W.-M. Lin, and S.-T. Hsieh

Cutaneous innervation in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
Neurology 2002 59: 1094-1098. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

S.E. Noble-Topham, D.A. Dyment, M.Z. Cader, R. Ganapathy, J.D. Brown, G.P.A. Rice, and G.C. Ebers

Migraine with aura is not linked to the FHM gene CACNA1A or the chromosomal region, 19p13
Neurology 2002 59: 1099-1101. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Ihara, N. Kohara, F. Urano, H. Ichinose, S. Takao, T. Nishida, H. Saiki, Y. Kawamoto, A. Ikeda, S. Takagi, and H. Shibasaki

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome with prolonged catatonia in a dopa-responsive dystonia patient
Neurology 2002 59: 1102-1104. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

T. Kondo, K. Takahashi, N. Kohara, Y. Takahashi, S. Hayashi, H. Takahashi, H. Matsuo, M. Yamazaki, K. Inoue, K. Miyamoto, and T. Yamamura

Heterogeneity of presenile dementia with bone cysts (Nasu–Hakola disease): Three genetic forms
Neurology 2002 59: 1105-1107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

S. O’Riordan, P. McMonagle, J. C. Janssen, N. C. Fox, M. Farrell, J. Collinge, M. N. Rossor, and M. Hutchinson

Presenilin-1 mutation (E280G), spastic paraparesis, and cranial MRI white-matter abnormalities
Neurology 2002 59: 1108-1110. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

R. Rojas-García, E. Tizzano, I. Cuscó, E. Gallardo, M. J. Barceló, I. de Andrés, P. Larrodé, J. F. Martí-Massó, J. A. Martínez-Matos, M. Povedano, B. Rallo, S. Serrano, M. Baiget, and I. Illa

The absence of survival motor neuron 2 gene may play a role in multifocal motor neuropathy
Neurology 2002 59: 1112-1113. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean-Marc Caroyer, Mario U. Manto, and Serge D. Steinfeld

Severe sensory neuronopathy responsive to infliximab in primary Sjögren’s syndrome
Neurology 2002 59: 1113-1114. [Full Text] [PDF]  

M.T. Pellecchia, G. Ambrosio, E. Salvatore, C. Vitale, G. De Michele, and P. Barone

Possible gluten sensitivity in multiple system atrophy
Neurology 2002 59: 1114-1115. [Full Text] [PDF]  

I. Le Ber, L. Carluer, N. Derache, C. Lalevée, F. Ledoze, and G. L. Defer

Unusual presentation of CADASIL with reversible coma and confusion
Neurology 2002 59: 1115-1116. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Myung Sik Lee, Seung Hun Oh, and Kyung Ryul Lee

Transient repetitive movements of the limbs in patients with acute basilar artery infarction
Neurology 2002 59: 1116-1117. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

NEUROIMAGES:

Fidias E. Leon-Sarmiento, Luis J. Prada, and Martin Torres-Hillera

The first sign of Babinski
Neurology 2002 59: 1067. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Vivek Jain and Pratibha Singhi

A "bunch of grapes" intracranial tuberculoma
Neurology 2002 59: 1111. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

William J. Burke and M. Maral Mouradian

Recent advances in the genetics and pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease
Neurology 2002 59: 1118. [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. Sabatini, P. Barbisoni, R. Rozzini, M. Trabucchi, Patrick Pullicino, Jonathan L. Halperin, and John Hart

Hypotension and cognitive impairment: Selective association in patients with heart failure
Neurology 2002 59: 1118. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Craig Campbell, George Wells, Pierre Jacob, A. Barkovich, and S. Miller

Seizure-associated brain injury in term newborns with perinatal asphyxia
Neurology 2002 59: 1119-1120. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Klaus V. Toyka, Bettina Müller, Heinz Reichmann, M. Strupp, O. Schüler, and T. Brandt

"Atraumatic" Sprotte needle reduces the incidence of post–lumbar puncture headaches
Neurology 2002 59: 1120-1121. [Full Text] [PDF]  

John Hardy, Katrina Gwinn-Hardy, Patrick McGeer, Huw Morris, Jordi Perez-Tur, John Steele, Douglas Galasko, David Salmon, Ulla-Katrina Craig, Daniel P. Perl, and Gerard Schellenberg

Clinical features and changing patterns of neurodegenerative disorders on Guam, 1997–2000
Neurology 2002 59: 1121. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEPARTMENTS:

Calendar
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Duygu Selcen, Andrew G. Engel, and David Herrmann

Book Reviews
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