IN THIS ISSUE:

November 23 Highlight and Commentary
Neurology 2004 63: 1765. [Full Text] [PDF]  

November 23 Highlights
Neurology 2004 63: 1766-1767. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

Jeffrey A. Cohen and Jack P. Antel

Does interferon beta help in secondary progressive MS?
Neurology 2004 63: 1768-1769. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Melodie Winawer and Dale Hesdorffer

Turning on the heat: The search for febrile seizure genes
Neurology 2004 63: 1770-1771. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jerry J. Shih and Leonardo G. Cohen

Cortical reorganization in the human brain: How the old dog learns depends on the trick
Neurology 2004 63: 1772-1773. [Full Text] [PDF]  

VIEWS & REVIEWS:

C. Lim, M. P. Alexander, G. LaFleche, D. M. Schnyer, and M. Verfaellie

The neurological and cognitive sequelae of cardiac arrest
Neurology 2004 63: 1774-1778. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

ARTICLES:

L. Kappos, B. Weinshenker, C. Pozzilli, A. J. Thompson, F. Dahlke, K. Beckmann, C. Polman, H. McFarland for the European and North American Interferon beta-1b in Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis Trial Steering Committees and Independent Advisory Boards

Interferon beta-1b in secondary progressive MS: A combined analysis of the two trials
Neurology 2004 63: 1779-1787. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement] CME  

The North American Study Group on Interferon beta-1b in Secondary Progressive MS

Interferon beta-1b in secondary progressive MS: Results from a 3-year controlled study
Neurology 2004 63: 1788-1795. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement] CME  

J. S. Neuberger, S. G. Lynch, M. L. Sutton, S. B. Hall, C. Feng, and W. R. Schmidt

Prevalence of multiple sclerosis in a residential area bordering an oil refinery
Neurology 2004 63: 1796-1802. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

J. Nakayama, N. Yamamoto, K. Hamano, N. Iwasaki, M. Ohta, S. Nakahara, A. Matsui, E. Noguchi, and T. Arinami

Linkage and association of febrile seizures to the IMPA2 gene on human chromosome 18
Neurology 2004 63: 1803-1807. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] CME  

Simone Appenzeller, Fernando Cendes, and Lilian T.L. Costallat

Epileptic seizures in systemic lupus erythematosus
Neurology 2004 63: 1808-1812. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. Janszky, I. Ollech, H. Jokeit, K. Kontopoulou, M. Mertens, B. Pohlmann-Eden, A. Ebner, and F. G. Woermann

Epileptic activity influences the lateralization of mesiotemporal fMRI activity
Neurology 2004 63: 1813-1817. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jorge G. Burneo, Ruben I. Kuzniecky, Martina Bebin, and Robert C. Knowlton

Cortical reorganization in malformations of cortical development: A magnetoencephalographic study
Neurology 2004 63: 1818-1824. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

E. Pataraia, P. G. Simos, E. M. Castillo, R. L. Billingsley-Marshall, A. L. McGregor, J. I. Breier, S. Sarkari, and A. C. Papanicolaou

Reorganization of language-specific cortex in patients with lesions or mesial temporal epilepsy
Neurology 2004 63: 1825-1832. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R. A. Jabbour, P. E. Penovich, G. L. Risse, D. E. Kispert, M. B. Dunn, and J. R. Gates

Atypical language cortex in the left temporal lobe: Relationship to bilateral language
Neurology 2004 63: 1833-1837. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R. Peyron, F. Schneider, I. Faillenot, P. Convers, F.-G. Barral, L. Garcia-Larrea, and B. Laurent

An fMRI study of cortical representation of mechanical allodynia in patients with neuropathic pain
Neurology 2004 63: 1838-1846. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

J. E. Hoover-Fong, S. Shah, J. L.K. Van Hove, D. Applegarth, J. Toone, and A. Hamosh

Natural history of nonketotic hyperglycinemia in 65 patients
Neurology 2004 63: 1847-1853. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

H. Tada, J. Takanashi, A. J. Barkovich, H. Oba, M. Maeda, H. Tsukahara, M. Suzuki, T. Yamamoto, T. Shimono, T. Ichiyama, T. Taoka, O. Sohma, H. Yoshikawa, and Y. Kohno

Clinically mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion
Neurology 2004 63: 1854-1858. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. Ishiyama, G. Ishiyama, I. Lopez, J. Jen, G. Kim, and R. W. Baloh

Temporal bone histopathology in dominantly inherited audiovestibular syndrome
Neurology 2004 63: 1859-1862. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

G. Goldenberg, S. Hentze, and J. Hermsdörfer

The effect of tactile feedback on pantomime of tool use in apraxia
Neurology 2004 63: 1863-1867. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

D. L. Tirschwell, N. L. Smith, S. R. Heckbert, R. N. Lemaitre, W. T. Longstreth, Jr., and B. M. Psaty

Association of cholesterol with stroke risk varies in stroke subtypes and patient subgroups
Neurology 2004 63: 1868-1875. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

D. Gustafson, L. Lissner, C. Bengtsson, C. Björkelund, and I. Skoog

A 24-year follow-up of body mass index and cerebral atrophy
Neurology 2004 63: 1876-1881. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

V. Solfrizzi, F. Panza, A. M. Colacicco, A. D’Introno, C. Capurso, F. Torres, F. Grigoletto, S. Maggi, A. Del Parigi, E. M. Reiman, R. J. Caselli, E. Scafato, G. Farchi, A. Capurso for the Italian Longitudinal Study on Aging Working Group

Vascular risk factors, incidence of MCI, and rates of progression to dementia
Neurology 2004 63: 1882-1891. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R. M. Wiseman, B. K. Saxby, E. J. Burton, R. Barber, G. A. Ford, and J. T. O’Brien

Hippocampal atrophy, whole brain volume, and white matter lesions in older hypertensive subjects
Neurology 2004 63: 1892-1897. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. R. Farlow, Y. He, S. Tekin, J. Xu, R. Lane, and H. C. Charles

Impact of APOE in mild cognitive impairment
Neurology 2004 63: 1898-1901. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. Schnaider Beeri, U. Goldbourt, J. M. Silverman, S. Noy, J. Schmeidler, R. Ravona-Springer, A. Sverdlick, and M. Davidson

Diabetes mellitus in midlife and the risk of dementia three decades later
Neurology 2004 63: 1902-1907. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

G. Alves, T. Wentzel-Larsen, and J. P. Larsen

Is fatigue an independent and persistent symptom in patients with Parkinson disease?
Neurology 2004 63: 1908-1911. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. Hochstrasser, P. Bauer, U. Walter, S. Behnke, J. Spiegel, I. Csoti, B. Zeiler, A. Bornemann, J. Pahnke, G. Becker, O. Riess, and D. Berg

Ceruloplasmin gene variations and substantia nigra hyperechogenicity in Parkinson disease
Neurology 2004 63: 1912-1917. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

J. C. Rucker, B. E. Shapiro, Y. H. Han, A. N. Kumar, S. Garbutt, E. L. Keller, and R. J. Leigh

Neuro-ophthalmology of late-onset Tay–Sachs disease (LOTS)
Neurology 2004 63: 1918-1926. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

Joseph J. Higgins, Joanna Pucilowska, Roni Q. Lombardi, and John P. Rooney

A mutation in a novel ATP-dependent Lon protease gene in a kindred with mild mental retardation
Neurology 2004 63: 1927-1931. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

B. J. Traynor, H. Zhang, J. M. Shefner, D. Schoenfeld, M. E. Cudkowicz on behalf of the NEALS Consortium

Functional outcome measures as clinical trial endpoints in ALS
Neurology 2004 63: 1933-1935. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

M. J. Greenway, M. D. Alexander, S. Ennis, B. J. Traynor, B. Corr, E. Frost, A. Green, and O. Hardiman

A novel candidate region for ALS on chromosome 14q11.2
Neurology 2004 63: 1936-1938. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. Bassez, A. Lazarus, I. Desguerre, J. Varin, P. Laforêt, H. M. Bécane, C. Meune, M. C. Arne-Bes, Z. Ounnoughene, H. Radvanyi, B. Eymard, and D. Duboc

Severe cardiac arrhythmias in young patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1
Neurology 2004 63: 1939-1941. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] CME  

G. M. Terwindt, E. E. Kors, A. A. Vein, M. D. Ferrari, and J. G. van Dijk

Single-fiber EMG in familial hemiplegic migraine
Neurology 2004 63: 1942-1943. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

R. Listernick, R. E. Ferner, L. Piersall, S. Sharif, D. H. Gutmann, and J. Charrow

Late-onset optic pathway tumors in children with neurofibromatosis 1
Neurology 2004 63: 1944-1946. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. Lladó, P. Mannucci, A. F. Carpentier, S. Paris, Y. Blanco, A. Saiz, J. Y. Delattre, and F. Graus

Value of Hu antibody determinations in the follow-up of paraneoplastic neurologic syndromes
Neurology 2004 63: 1947-1949. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Berroir, B. Loisel, A. Ducros, M. Boukobza, C. Tzourio, D. Valade, and M-G. Bousser

Early epidural blood patch in spontaneous intracranial hypotension
Neurology 2004 63: 1950-1951. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

H. Russmann, J. Ghika, J.-G. Villemure, B. Robert, J. Bogousslavsky, P. R. Burkhard, and F. J.G. Vingerhoets

Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation in Parkinson disease patients over age 70 years
Neurology 2004 63: 1952-1954. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. K. Helms, M. T. Torbey, L. Hacein-Bey, C. Chyba, and P. N. Varelas

Standardized protocols increase organ and tissue donation rates in the neurocritical care unit
Neurology 2004 63: 1955-1957. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

Boby V. Maramattom and Eelco F.M. Wijdicks

Sirolimus may not cause neurotoxicity in kidney and liver transplant recipients
Neurology 2004 63: 1958-1959. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] CME  

A. F. Jorm, K. H. Masaki, D. G. Davis, J. Hardman, J. Nelson, W. R. Markesbery, H. Petrovitch, G. W. Ross, and L. R. White

Memory complaints in nondemented men predict future pathologic diagnosis of Alzheimer disease
Neurology 2004 63: 1960-1961. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Joubert, O. Felician, E. Barbeau, A. Sontheimer, E. Guedj, M. Ceccaldi, and M. Poncet

Progressive prosopagnosia: Clinical and neuroimaging results
Neurology 2004 63: 1962-1965. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

D. Pohl, K. Rostasy, H. Reiber, and F. Hanefeld

CSF characteristics in early-onset multiple sclerosis
Neurology 2004 63: 1966-1967. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

V. Leuzzi, M. L. Di Sabato, M. Zollino, M. L. Montanaro, and S. Seri

Early-onset encephalopathy and cortical myoclonus in a boy with MECP2 gene mutation
Neurology 2004 63: 1968-1970. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. F. Gordon, A. Brashear, E. Elovic, D. Kassicieh, C. Marciniak, J. Liu, C. Turkel for the BOTOX Poststroke Spasticity Study Group

Repeated dosing of botulinum toxin type A for upper limb spasticity following stroke
Neurology 2004 63: 1971-1973. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

O. H. Del Brutto, L. Idrovo, A. Mosquera, C. Navas, R. Santibáñez, F. Cuesta, and E. Díaz-Calderón

Stroke in rural Ecuador: A three-phase, door-to-door survey
Neurology 2004 63: 1974-1975. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

S. L. Venance, K. Jurkat-Rott, F. Lehmann-Horn, and R. Tawil

SCN4A-associated hypokalemic periodic paralysis merits a trial of acetazolamide
Neurology 2004 63: 1977. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Y. Nishida, N. Sodeyama, Y. Toru, S. Toru, T. Kitamoto, and H. Mizusawa

Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease with a novel insertion and codon 219 Lys/Lys polymorphism in PRNP
Neurology 2004 63: 1978-1979. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

D. J. Verlaan, S. B. Laurent, G. A. Rouleau, and A. M. Siegel

No CCM2 mutations in a cohort of 31 sporadic cases
Neurology 2004 63: 1979. [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Kunishige, T. Mitsui, B. H. Tan, H. N. Leong, T. Takasaki, I. Kurane, A. Mihara, and T. Matsumoto

Preferential gray matter involvement in dengue myelitis
Neurology 2004 63: 1980-1981. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. A.C. Saporta, C. André, P. R.V. Bahia, L. Chimelli, P. H.N. Pais, T. S. Silva, A. H.P. Correia, and A. B. Nobre

Acquired hepatocerebral degeneration without overt liver disease
Neurology 2004 63: 1981-1982. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

S. T. Pendlebury, P. M. Rothwell, A. Dalton, and E. A. Burton

Strokelike presentation of Wilson disease with homozygosity for a novel T766R mutation
Neurology 2004 63: 1982-1983. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Richard F. Lewis

Frequency-specific mal de debarquement
Neurology 2004 63: 1983-1984. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dean A. Le, Elizabeth N. Traynor, and Ali Ghazvini

Aortic occlusion causing ischemic neuropathy and paraparesis
Neurology 2004 63: 1984. [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

NEUROIMAGES:

A. Riecker, C. Gerloff, D. Wildgruber, T. Nägele, W. Grodd, J. Dichgans, and H. Ackermann

Transient crossed aphasia during focal right-hemisphere seizure
Neurology 2004 63: 1932. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

F.-G. Lehnhardt, P. Impekoven, A. Rubbert, L. Burghaus, M. Neveling, W.-D. Heiss, and A. H. Jacobs

Recurrent longitudinal myelitis as primary manifestation of SLE
Neurology 2004 63: 1976. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

PATIENT PAGES:

Robin L. Brey

Long-term obesity is linked to loss of brain tissue
Neurology 2004 63: E19-20. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Li Haifeng, Susumu Kusunoki, Ken-ichi Kaida, and Hiroshi Ashida

Anti-GQ1b antibody as a factor predictive of mechanical ventilation in Guillain-Barré syndrome
Neurology 2004 63: 1985. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jonathan W. Mink, Mary E. Jenkins, M. A. Whelan, Stephen Ashwal, and Barry Russman

Practice Parameter: Diagnostic assessment of the child with cerebral palsy: Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society
Neurology 2004 63: 1985-1986. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carmel Armon and Robert W. Haley

Excess incidence of ALS in young Gulf War veterans
Neurology 2004 63: 1986-1987. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hans O. Lüders, Masaki Iwasaki, and Ekaterina Pataraia

Does magnetoencephalography add to scalp video-EEG as a diagnostic tool in epilepsy surgery?
Neurology 2004 63: 1987-1988. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vincenzo Di Lazzaro, Antonio Oliviero, Eleonora Saturno, Fabio Pilato, Michele Dileone, Pietro A. Tonali, Petra Kaufmann, Seth L. Pulman, and Hiroshi Mitsumoto

Objective tests for upper motor neuron involvement in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
Neurology 2004 63: 1988. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEPARTMENTS:

Calendar
Neurology 2004 63: 17A-18. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert J. Joynt

Changes • People • Comments
Neurology 2004 63: 22A. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Books Received
Neurology 2004 63: 1989. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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