THIS WEEK IN NEUROLOGY:

This week in Neurology®: Highlights of the November 25 issue
Neurology 2008 71: 1751. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

Carsten G. Bönnemann and Richard S. Finkel

Linking SMN to SMA: An assay for the rescuer
Neurology 2008 71: 1752-1753. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lawrence I. Golbe

Early diagnosis of progressive supranuclear palsy: Bucking the odds
Neurology 2008 71: 1754-1755. [Full Text] [PDF] [Podcast]  

IN MEMORIAM:

Ludwig Gutmann and James Donaldson

Hartwell Greene Thompson (1924–2008)
Neurology 2008 71: 1756. [Full Text] [PDF]  

VIEWS AND REVIEWS:

Marcelo E. Bigal and Richard B. Lipton

Excessive acute migraine medication use and migraine progression
Neurology 2008 71: 1821-1828. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Korean Translation]  

ARTICLES:

Nguyen thi Man, E. Humphrey, L. T. Lam, H. R. Fuller, T. A. Lynch, C. A. Sewry, P. R. Goodwin, A. E. MacKenzie, and G. E. Morris

A two-site ELISA can quantify upregulation of SMN protein by drugs for spinal muscular atrophy
Neurology 2008 71: 1757-1763. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

D. S. Stamm, C. M. Powell, J. M. Stajich, V. L. Zismann, D. A. Stephan, B. Chesnut, A. S. Aylsworth, S. G. Kahler, K. L. Deak, J. R. Gilbert, and M. C. Speer

Novel congenital myopathy locus identified in Native American Indians at 12q13.13-14.1
Neurology 2008 71: 1764-1769. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

E. J. Sorenson, A. J. Windbank, J. N. Mandrekar, W. R. Bamlet, S. H. Appel, C. Armon, P. E. Barkhaus, P. Bosch, K. Boylan, W. S. David, E. Feldman, J. Glass, L. Gutmann, J. Katz, W. King, C. A. Luciano, L. F. McCluskey, S. Nash, D. S. Newman, R. M. Pascuzzi, E. Pioro, L. J. Sams, S. Scelsa, E. P. Simpson, S. H. Subramony, E. Tiryaki, and C. A. Thornton

Subcutaneous IGF-1 is not beneficial in 2-year ALS trial
Neurology 2008 71: 1770-1775. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Korean Translation]  

S. T. Aw, M. J. Todd, G. E. Aw, K. P. Weber, and G. M. Halmagyi

Gentamicin vestibulotoxicity impairs human electrically evoked vestibulo-ocular reflex
Neurology 2008 71: 1776-1782. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data supplement]  

D. K. Johnson, M. Storandt, J. C. Morris, Z. D. Langford, and J. E. Galvin

Cognitive profiles in dementia: Alzheimer disease vs healthy brain aging
Neurology 2008 71: 1783-1789. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R. Nandhagopal, E. Mak, M. Schulzer, J. McKenzie, S. McCormick, V. Sossi, T. J. Ruth, A. Strongosky, M. J. Farrer, Z. K. Wszolek, and A. J. Stoessl

Progression of dopaminergic dysfunction in a LRRK2 kindred: A multitracer PET study
Neurology 2008 71: 1790-1795. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

B. Borroni, M. Malinverno, F. Gardoni, A. Alberici, L. Parnetti, E. Premi, U. Bonuccelli, M. Grassi, D. Perani, P. Calabresi, M. Di Luca, and A. Padovani

Tau forms in CSF as a reliable biomarker for progressive supranuclear palsy
Neurology 2008 71: 1796-1803. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Podcast] [Korean Translation] [JapaneseTranslation]  

O. Y. Bang, J. L. Saver, J. R. Alger, S. Starkman, B. Ovbiagele, D. S. Liebeskind For the UCLA Collateral Investigators

Determinants of the distribution and severity of hypoperfusion in patients with ischemic stroke
Neurology 2008 71: 1804-1811. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data supplement]  

T. Kümpfel, L-A Hoffmann, H. Pellkofer, W. Pöllmann, W. Feneberg, R. Hohlfeld, and P. Lohse

Multiple sclerosis and the TNFRSF1A R92Q mutation: Clinical characteristics of 21 cases
Neurology 2008 71: 1812-1820. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

J. D. Stewart, G. Hudson, P. Yu-Wai-Man, E. L. Blakeley, L. He, R. Horvath, P. Maddison, A. Wright, P. G. Griffiths, D. M. Turnbull, R. W. Taylor, and P. F. Chinnery

OPA1 IN MULTIPLE MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DELETION DISORDERS
Neurology 2008 71: 1829-1831. [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

B. S. Jahromi, R. P. Tummala, J. Yamamoto, E. I. Levy, A. H. Siddiqui, and L. N. Hopkins

EARLY CAROTID STENTING FOR SYMPTOMATIC STENOSIS AND INTRALUMINAL THROMBUS PRESENTING WITH STROKE
Neurology 2008 71: 1831-1833. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jodie M. Burton, Chaim M. Bell, Scott E. Walker, and Paul W. O’Connor

4-AMINOPYRIDINE TOXICITY WITH UNINTENTIONAL OVERDOSE IN FOUR PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
Neurology 2008 71: 1833-1834. [Full Text] [PDF]  

REFLECTIONS: NEUROLOGY AND THE HUMANITIES:

Michael Wynn

Boards
Neurology 2008 71: 1835. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Donald F. Weaver

Perception of Time
Neurology 2008 71: 1836-1837. [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEUROIMAGES:

T. Moser, D. Szwarc, G. Zöllner, S. Vinzio, J-L Dietemann, and S. Kremer

Subarachnoid fat: Unusual migration from pelvis to brain
Neurology 2008 71: 1838. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

RESIDENT AND FELLOW SECTION:

Lawrence McMillion, D. Mark Melton, and Jay C. Erickson

Teaching NeuroImage: Primary cerebral amyloidoma mimicking CNS neoplasm
Neurology 2008 71: e68. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

D. Renard, G. Castelnovo, L. Jeanjean, H. Perrochia, H. Brunel, and P. Labauge

Teaching NeuroImage: Microangiopathic complications in pseudoxanthoma elasticum
Neurology 2008 71: e69. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

PATIENT PAGES:

Steven Karceski

Progressive supranuclear palsy
Neurology 2008 71: e70-e72. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Tia Powell, James Zisfein, John Halperin, 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: 1839-1840. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David S. Goldstein, Franck Semah, Viviane Bouilleret, and Maria-Joao Ribeiro

BASAL GANGLIA INVOLVEMENT IN TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY: A FUNCTIONAL AND MORPHOLOGIC STUDY
Neurology 2008 71: 1840-1841. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRECTIONS:

CORRECTION
Neurology 2008 71: 1841. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRECTION
Neurology 2008 71: 1841. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEPARTMENTS:

Dean M. Wingerchuk

EVIDENCE-BASED NEUROLOGY: MANAGEMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
Neurology 2008 71: 1842. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Calendar
Neurology 2008 71: 1843. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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