IN THIS ISSUE:

October 8 Highlights
Neurology 2002 59: 967. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

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] CME  

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] CME  

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] CME  

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] CME  

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] CME  

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: 1118-1119. [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
Neurology 2002 59: 25A-26. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Duygu Selcen, Andrew G. Engel, and David Herrmann

Book Reviews
Neurology 2002 59: 1122. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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