IN THIS ISSUE:

May 25 Highlight and Commentary
Neurology 2004 62: 1659. [Full Text] [PDF]  

May 25 Highlights
Neurology 2004 62: 1660-1661. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

Richard B. Lipton and Marcelo E. Bigal

Opioid therapy and headache: A cause and a cure
Neurology 2004 62: 1662-1663. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Duchowny

Hemispherectomy for epilepsy: When is one half better than two?
Neurology 2004 62: 1664-1665. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Merit E. Cudkowicz, David Schoenfeld, and Linda Williams

Improving the responsiveness of rating scales: The challenge of stepping twice into the same river
Neurology 2004 62: 1666-1667. [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECIAL ARTICLES:

M. T. Mackay, S. K. Weiss, T. Adams-Webber, S. Ashwal, D. Stephens, K. Ballaban-Gill, T. Z. Baram, M. Duchowny, D. Hirtz, J. M. Pellock, W. D. Shields, S. Shinnar, E. Wyllie, and O. C. Snead, III

Practice Parameter: Medical Treatment of Infantile Spasms: Report of the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society
Neurology 2004 62: 1668-1681. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Read this article in Polish] [Commentary from Polish edition] CME  

IN MEMORIAM:

Murray Grossman and Linda Podbros

Guila Glosser, PhD (1951–2003)
Neurology 2004 62: 1682. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

VIEWS & REVIEWS:

D. M. Shaner, R. D. Orr, T. Drought, R. B. Miller, and M. Siegel

Really, most SINCERELY dead: Policy and procedure in the diagnosis of death by neurologic criteria
Neurology 2004 62: 1683-1686. [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

ARTICLES:

J. R. Saper, A. E. Lake, III, R. L. Hamel, T. E. Lutz, B. Branca, D. B. Sims, and M. M. Kroll

Daily scheduled opioids for intractable head pain: Long-term observations of a treatment program
Neurology 2004 62: 1687-1694. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] CME  

I. Colman, A. Rothney, S. C. Wright, B. Zilkalns, and B. H. Rowe

Use of narcotic analgesics in the emergency department treatment of migraine headache
Neurology 2004 62: 1695-1700. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. D’Andrea, S. Terrazzino, A. Leon, D. Fortin, F. Perini, F. Granella, and G. Bussone

Elevated levels of circulating trace amines in primary headaches
Neurology 2004 62: 1701-1705. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lars Bendtsen and Rigmor Jensen

Mirtazapine is effective in the prophylactic treatment of chronic tension-type headache
Neurology 2004 62: 1706-1711. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R. Jonas, S. Nguyen, B. Hu, R. F. Asarnow, C. LoPresti, S. Curtiss, S. de Bode, S. Yudovin, W. D. Shields, H. V. Vinters, and G. W. Mathern

Cerebral hemispherectomy: Hospital course, seizure, developmental, language, and motor outcomes
Neurology 2004 62: 1712-1721. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

B. S. Chang, X. Piao, C. Giannini, G. D. Cascino, I. Scheffer, C. G. Woods, M. Topcu, K. Tezcan, A. Bodell, R. J. Leventer, A. J. Barkovich, P. E. Grant, and C. A. Walsh

Bilateral generalized polymicrogyria (BGP): A distinct syndrome of cortical malformation
Neurology 2004 62: 1722-1728. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

B. Diehl, I. Najm, E. LaPresto, R. Prayson, P. Ruggieri, A. Mohamed, Z. Ying, M. Lieber, T. Babb, W. Bingaman, and H. O. Lüders

Temporal lobe volumes in patients with hippocampal sclerosis with or without cortical dysplasia
Neurology 2004 62: 1729-1735. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

T. O. Oyegbile, C. Dow, J. Jones, B. Bell, P. Rutecki, R. Sheth, M. Seidenberg, and B. P. Hermann

The nature and course of neuropsychological morbidity in chronic temporal lobe epilepsy
Neurology 2004 62: 1736-1742. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. Claassen, S. A. Mayer, R. G. Kowalski, R. G. Emerson, and L. J. Hirsch

Detection of electrographic seizures with continuous EEG monitoring in critically ill patients
Neurology 2004 62: 1743-1748. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

K. Ogawara, S. Kuwabara, I. Kamitsukasa, K. Mizobuchi, S. Misawa, and T. Hattori

Trigeminal afferent input alters the excitability of facial motoneurons in hemifacial spasm
Neurology 2004 62: 1749-1752. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

P. Kaufmann, S. L. Pullman, D. C. Shungu, S. Chan, A. P. Hays, M. L. Del Bene, M. A. Dover, M. Vukic, L. P. Rowland, and H. Mitsumoto

Objective tests for upper motor neuron involvement in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
Neurology 2004 62: 1753-1757. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

E. P. Simpson, Y. K. Henry, J. S. Henkel, R. G. Smith, and S. H. Appel

Increased lipid peroxidation in sera of ALS patients: A potential biomarker of disease burden
Neurology 2004 62: 1758-1765. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

E. E. Adelman, S. M. Albert, J. G. Rabkin, M. L. Del Bene, T. Tider, and I. O’Sullivan

Disparities in perceptions of distress and burden in ALS patients and family caregivers
Neurology 2004 62: 1766-1770. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. A. Tarnopolsky, D. J. Mahoney, J. Vajsar, C. Rodriguez, T. J. Doherty, B. D. Roy, and D. Biggar

Creatine monohydrate enhances strength and body composition in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Neurology 2004 62: 1771-1777. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

G. Vattemi, P. Tonin, M. Mora, M. Filosto, L. Morandi, C. Savio, I. Dal Pra, N. Rizzuto, and G. Tomelleri

Expression of protein kinase C isoforms and interleukin-1ß in myofibrillar myopathy
Neurology 2004 62: 1778-1782. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

C. Lebrun, D. Fontaine, A. Ramaioli, F. Vandenbos, S. Chanalet, M. Lonjon, J. F. Michiels, V. Bourg, P. Paquis, M. Chatel, M. Frenay, and The Nice Brain Tumor Study Group

Long-term outcome of oligodendrogliomas
Neurology 2004 62: 1783-1787. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

P. R. Sherwood, M. Stommel, D. L. Murman, C. W. Given, and B. A. Given

Primary malignant brain tumor incidence and Medicaid enrollment
Neurology 2004 62: 1788-1793. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

E. Cocco, C. Sardu, M. Lai, G. Spinicci, P. Contu, and M.G. Marrosu

Anticipation of age at onset in multiple sclerosis: A Sardinian cohort study
Neurology 2004 62: 1794-1798. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

K. L. Munger, G. N. DeLorenze, L. I. Levin, M. V. Rubertone, J. H. Vogelman, C. A. Peck, R. W. Peeling, N. Orentreich, and A. Ascherio

A prospective study of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and risk of MS in two US cohorts
Neurology 2004 62: 1799-1803. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. Thaisetthawatkul, B. F. Boeve, E. E. Benarroch, P. Sandroni, T. J. Ferman, R. Petersen, and P. A. Low

Autonomic dysfunction in dementia with Lewy bodies
Neurology 2004 62: 1804-1809. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. A. Keller, T. N. Venkatraman, A. Thomas, A. Deveikis, C. LoPresti, J. Hayes, N. Berman, I. Walot, S. Padilla, J. Johnston-Jones, T. Ernst, and L. Chang

Altered neurometabolite development in HIV-infected children: Correlation with neuropsychological tests
Neurology 2004 62: 1810-1817. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

M. Tanaka, Y. Nakayama, Y. Maeda, T. Nishioka, M. Shirakawa, and K. Tsumura

Electrocardiographic Q-waves as a predictor of mortality in patients with cerebral infarction
Neurology 2004 62: 1818-1821. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] CME  

A. M. Mäkikallio, T. H. Mäkikallio, J. T. Korpelainen, K. A. Sotaniemi, H. V. Huikuri, and V. V. Myllylä

Heart rate dynamics predict poststroke mortality
Neurology 2004 62: 1822-1826. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] CME  

HISTORICAL NEUROLOGY:

Christopher G. Goetz

Medical-legal issues in Charcot’s neurologic career
Neurology 2004 62: 1827-1833. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

EXPEDITED BRIEF COMMUNICATION:

D. W. Miller, S. M. Hague, J. Clarimon, M. Baptista, K. Gwinn-Hardy, M. R. Cookson, and A. B. Singleton

-Synuclein in blood and brain from familial Parkinson disease with SNCA locus triplication
Neurology 2004 62: 1835-1838. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

K. Jellema, C. C. Tijssen, W. J.J. van Rooij, M. Sluzewski, P. J. Koudstaal, A. Algra, and J. van Gijn

Spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas: Long-term follow-up of 44 treated patients
Neurology 2004 62: 1839-1841. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Rory J. O’Connor, Stefan J. Cano, Alan J. Thompson, and Jeremy C. Hobart

Exploring rating scale responsiveness: Does the total score reflect the sum of its parts?
Neurology 2004 62: 1842-1844. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. H. Gordon, D. H. Moore, D. F. Gelinas, C. Qualls, M. E. Meister, J. Werner, M. Mendoza, J. Mass, G. Kushner, and R. G. Miller

Placebo-controlled phase I/II studies of minocycline in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Neurology 2004 62: 1845-1847. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

Oliver C. Singer, Matthias Sitzer, Richard du Mesnil de Rochemont, and Tobias Neumann-Haefelin

Practical limitations of acute stroke MRI due to patient-related problems
Neurology 2004 62: 1848-1849. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Holger Rambold, Gunnar Neumann, and Christoph Helmchen

Vergence deficits in pontine lesions
Neurology 2004 62: 1850-1853. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] CME  

A. Montavont, N. Nighoghossian, L. Derex, M. Hermier, J. Honnorat, F. Philippeau, M. Belo, F. Turjman, P. Adeleine, J. C. Froment, and P. Trouillas

Intravenous r-TPA in vertebrobasilar acute infarcts
Neurology 2004 62: 1854-1856. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

K. Jurkat-Rott, T. Freilinger, J. P. Dreier, J. Herzog, H. Göbel, G. C. Petzold, P. Montagna, T. Gasser, F. Lehmann-Horn, and M. Dichgans

Variability of familial hemiplegic migraine with novel A1A2 Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase variants
Neurology 2004 62: 1857-1861. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

W. M. van der Flier, H. A.M. Middelkoop, A. W.E. Weverling-Rijnsburger, F. Admiraal-Behloul, A. Spilt, E. L.E.M. Bollen, R. G.J. Westendorp, and M. A. van Buchem

Interaction of medial temporal lobe atrophy and white matter hyperintensities in AD
Neurology 2004 62: 1862-1864. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

P. Moretti, A. P. Lieberman, E. A. Wilde, B. I. Giordani, K. J. Kluin, R. A. Koeppe, S. Minoshima, D. E. Kuhl, W. K. Seltzer, and N. L. Foster

Novel insertional presenilin 1 mutation causing Alzheimer disease with spastic paraparesis
Neurology 2004 62: 1865-1868. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

R. M. Evans, S. Hui, A. Perkins, D. K. Lahiri, J. Poirier, and M. R. Farlow

Cholesterol and APOE genotype interact to influence Alzheimer disease progression
Neurology 2004 62: 1869-1871. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

B. E. Assmann, R. O. Robinson, R. A.H. Surtees, C. Bräutigam, S. J.R. Heales, R. A. Wevers, J. Zschocke, K. Hyland, R. Sharma, and G. F. Hoffmann

Infantile parkinsonism-dystonia and elevated dopamine metabolites in CSF
Neurology 2004 62: 1872-1874. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. Orlacchio, F. Gaudiello, A. Totaro, R. Floris, P. H. St George-Hyslop, G. Bernardi, and T. Kawarai

A new SPG4 mutation in a variant form of spastic paraplegia with congenital arachnoid cysts
Neurology 2004 62: 1875-1878. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Steven J. Frucht, Maja Trost, Yilong Ma, and David Eidelberg

The metabolic topography of posthypoxic myoclonus
Neurology 2004 62: 1879-1881. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

I. Moroni, M. Bugiani, L. D’Incerti, C. Maccagnano, M. Rimoldi, L. Bissola, B. Pollo, G. Finocchiaro, and G. Uziel

L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria and brain malignant tumors: A predisposing condition?
Neurology 2004 62: 1882-1884. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

L. Fischer, E. Thiel, H. A. Klasen, H. Kirchen, K. Jahnke, and A. Korfel

Response of relapsed or refractory primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) to topotecan
Neurology 2004 62: 1885-1887. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexander G. Bassuk, David McLone, Robin Bowman, and John A. Kessler

Autosomal dominant occipital cephalocele
Neurology 2004 62: 1888-1890. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

K. Sahashi, T. Ibi, K. Ohno, K. Sahashi, N. Nakao, and H. Kondo

Progressive myopathy with circulating autoantibody against giantin in the Golgi apparatus
Neurology 2004 62: 1891-1893. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Video]  

M. Takamori, M. Motomura, N. Kawaguchi, Y. Nemoto, T. Hattori, H. Yoshikawa, and K. Otsuka

Anti-ryanodine receptor antibodies and FK506 in myasthenia gravis
Neurology 2004 62: 1894-1896. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lori A. Schuh and David E. Burdette

Initiation of an effective neurology resident ethics curriculum
Neurology 2004 62: 1897-1898. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vincent Procaccio and Douglas C. Wallace

Late-onset Leigh syndrome in a patient with mitochondrial complex I NDUFS8 mutations
Neurology 2004 62: 1899-1901. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

Y. Yamashita, H. Tomimoto, M. Matsui, T. Mesaki, K. Imada, T. Uchiyama, and Y. Yamada

Pure pandysautonomia as a complication of chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Neurology 2004 62: 1903-1904. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

O. Eckstein, A. Stemmer-Rachamimov, F. Nunes, D. Hoch, R. Ojemann, and M. MacCollin

Multiple meningiomas in brain and lung due to acquired mutation of the NF2 gene
Neurology 2004 62: 1904-1905. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Robert H. Baloh, Joanna C. Jen, Gilbert Kim, and Robert W. Baloh

Chronic cough due to Thr124Met mutation in the peripheral myelin protein zero (MPZ gene)
Neurology 2004 62: 1905-1906. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Luis F. Pary, Angela Henszel, and Praful Kelkar

Vasculitic mononeuritis multiplex induced by valacyclovir
Neurology 2004 62: 1906-1907. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. Nicholas P. Higgins and John D. Pickard

Lateral sinus stenoses in idiopathic intracranial hypertension resolving after CSF diversion
Neurology 2004 62: 1907-1908. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Pablo R. Castillo, Emmanuel Mignot, Bryan K. Woodruff, and Bradley F. Boeve

Undetectable CSF hypocretin-1 in "Hashimoto’s encephalopathy" associated with coma
Neurology 2004 62: 1909. [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. K. Whitbread, G. D. Mellick, P. A. Silburn, D. G. Le Couteur, and P. G. Board

Glutathione transferase Omega class polymorphisms in Parkinson disease
Neurology 2004 62: 1910-1911. [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement] [Data Supplement]  

NISUS: NEUROLOGY AND THE HUMANITIES:

Ian Jenkins

Personal History: Cross-Coverage
Neurology 2004 62: 1912-1913. [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEUROIMAGES:

J. P. Cabello, M. Riverol, and J. C. Masdeu

ALS corticospinal degeneration on DWI
Neurology 2004 62: 1834. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Aileen McGonigal and Keith W. Muir

Journey of an embolus
Neurology 2004 62: 1902. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

PATIENT PAGES:

Jeffrey Fletcher

Treatment and quality of life for people with ALS
Neurology 2004 62: E22-23. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Kazuo Abe and Jau-Shin Lou

Fatigue and depression are associated with poor quality of life in ALS
Neurology 2004 62: 1914. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eric M. Cheng, Gretchen Birbeck, Barbara Vickrey, L. B. Goldstein, D. B. Matchar, J. Hoff-Lindquist, G. P. Samsa, and R. D. Horner

VA Stroke Study: Neurologist care is associated with increased testing but improved outcomes
Neurology 2004 62: 1914-1915. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Iraj Derakhshan, Margret Hund-Georgiadis, and Yves von Cramon

Impaired hemodynamics and neural activation? A fMRI study of major cerebral artery stenosis
Neurology 2004 62: 1915. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEPARTMENTS:

Calendar
Neurology 2004 62: 17A-18. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert J. Joynt

Changes • People • Comments
Neurology 2004 62: 23A-24. [Full Text] [PDF]  

José A. Luchsinger

The Ageing Brain. The Neurobiology and Neuropsychiatry of Ageing
Neurology 2004 62: 1916. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ron Tintner

Advances in Neurology Volume 91: Parkinson’s Disease
Neurology 2004 62: 1916. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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