THIS WEEK IN NEUROLOGY:

Highlights of the September 30 issue
Neurology 2008 71: 1045. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

David S. Knopman

Go to the head of the class to avoid vascular dementia and skip diabetes and obesity
Neurology 2008 71: 1046-1047. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shyam Prabhakaran and Mitchell S.V. Elkind

Vive la différence!: On potential sex differences in response to thrombolysis
Neurology 2008 71: 1048-1049. [Full Text] [PDF]  

IN MEMORIAM:

David C. Anderson and Mark W. Mahowald

Milton Gene Ettinger, MD, FAAN (1930–2008)
Neurology 2008 71: 1050. [Full Text] [PDF]  

VIEWS AND REVIEWS:

K. J. Meador, P. B. Pennell, C. L. Harden, J. C. Gordon, T. Tomson, P. W. Kaplan, G. L. Holmes, J. A. French, W. A. Hauser, P. G. Wells, J. A. Cramer For the HOPE Work Group

Pregnancy registries in epilepsy: A consensus statement on health outcomes
Neurology 2008 71: 1109-1117. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement] [Podcast]  

ARTICLES:

Brian McGurn, Ian J. Deary, and John M. Starr

Childhood cognitive ability and risk of late-onset Alzheimer and vascular dementia
Neurology 2008 71: 1051-1056. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. A. Whitmer, D. R. Gustafson, E. Barrett-Connor, M. N. Haan, E. P. Gunderson, and K. Yaffe

Central obesity and increased risk of dementia more than three decades later
Neurology 2008 71: 1057-1064. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

E. Rönnemaa, B. Zethelius, J. Sundelöf, J. Sundström, M. Degerman-Gunnarsson, C. Berne, L. Lannfelt, and L. Kilander

Impaired insulin secretion increases the risk of Alzheimer disease
Neurology 2008 71: 1065-1071. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. Sundelöf, J. Ärnlöv, E. Ingelsson, J. Sundström, S. Basu, B. Zethelius, A. Larsson, M. C. Irizarry, V. Giedraitis, E. Rönnemaa, M. Degerman-Gunnarsson, B. T. Hyman, H. Basun, L. Kilander, and L. Lannfelt

Serum cystatin C and the risk of Alzheimer disease in elderly men
Neurology 2008 71: 1072-1079. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

David M. Kent, Alastair M. Buchan, and Michael D. Hill

The gender effect in stroke thrombolysis: Of CASES, controls, and treatment-effect modification
Neurology 2008 71: 1080-1083. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. L. Flaherty, H. Tao, M. Haverbusch, P. Sekar, D. Kleindorfer, B. Kissela, P. Khatri, B. Stettler, O. Adeoye, C. J. Moomaw, J. P. Broderick, and D. Woo

Warfarin use leads to larger intracerebral hematomas
Neurology 2008 71: 1084-1089. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [JapaneseTranslation]  

D. Chabas, T. Castillo-Trivino, E. M. Mowry, J. B. Strober, O. A. Glenn, and E. Waubant

Vanishing MS T2-bright lesions before puberty: A distinct MRI phenotype?
Neurology 2008 71: 1090-1093. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. Labate, A. Cerasa, A. Gambardella, U. Aguglia, and A. Quattrone

Hippocampal and thalamic atrophy in mild temporal lobe epilepsy: A VBM study
Neurology 2008 71: 1094-1101. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

L. Fischer, P. Martus, M. Weller, H. A. Klasen, B. Rohden, A. Röth, B. Storek, M. Hummel, T. Nägele, E. Thiel, and A. Korfel

Meningeal dissemination in primary CNS lymphoma: Prospective evaluation of 282 patients
Neurology 2008 71: 1102-1108. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [JapaneseTranslation]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

N. Kumar, B. F. Boeve, C. T. Cowl, J. W. Ellison, P. S. Kamath, and K. L. Swanson

HYPERMANGANESEMIA, HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC TELANGIECTASIA, BRAIN ABSCESS: THE HEPATIC CONNECTION
Neurology 2008 71: 1118-1119. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Fernando Góngora-Rivera, José Luis Soto-Hernández, Patricia Guevara, and Julio Sotelo-Morales

IN NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS, CSF CYTOKINES CORRELATE WITH CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW VELOCITIES
Neurology 2008 71: 1119-1122. [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEUROIMAGES:

Nathan Sumner and Lyell Jones

Multifocal neuropathy associated with West Nile virus infection
Neurology 2008 71: 1123. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

RESIDENT AND FELLOW SECTION:

David T. Hsieh, Rani Singh, Nassim Zecavati, and Ben Emmanuel

Teaching Video NeuroImage: Near complete ophthalmoplegia in GQ1b antibody-positive Miller Fisher: Video and MRI correlation
Neurology 2008 71: e31. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

PATIENT PAGES:

Steven Karceski

Epilepsy and pregnancy: Are seizure medications safe?
Neurology 2008 71: e32-e33. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Thomas W. Leung, Simon C.H. Yu, Wynnie W.M. Lam, Lawrence K.S. Wong, Osama O. Zaidat, and Marc Chimowitz

THE NIH REGISTRY ON USE OF THE WINGSPAN STENT FOR SYMPTOMATIC 70–99% INTRACRANIAL ARTERIAL STENOSIS
Neurology 2008 71: 1124-1125. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Calixto Machado, Kao-Chang Lin, Jinn-Rung Kuo, David M. Greer, Panayiotis N. Varelas, Shamael Haque, and Eelco F.M. Wijdicks

VARIABILITY OF BRAIN DEATH DETERMINATION GUIDELINES IN LEADING US NEUROLOGIC INSTITUTIONS
Neurology 2008 71: 1125-1126. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEPARTMENTS:

Calendar
Neurology 2008 71: 1127-1128. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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