THIS WEEK IN NEUROLOGY:

Highlights of the August 12 issue
Neurology 2008 71: 469. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

William J. Weiner and Stephen G. Reich

Agonist or levodopa for Parkinson disease?: Ultimately, it doesn't matter; neither is good enough
Neurology 2008 71: 470-471. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marinos C. Dalakas and Stephen A. Smith

A "nema" of hope in the treatment of late-onset nemaline myopathy
Neurology 2008 71: 472-473. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

R. Katzenschlager, J. Head, A. Schrag, Y. Ben-Shlomo, A. Evans, A. J. Lees On behalf of the Parkinson's Disease Research Group of the United Kingdom

Fourteen-year final report of the randomized PDRG-UK trial comparing three initial treatments in PD
Neurology 2008 71: 474-480. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Podcast]  

G. Schifitto, J. H. Friedman, D. Oakes, L. Shulman, C. L. Comella, K. Marek, S. Fahn, and The Parkinson Study Group ELLDOPA Investigators

Fatigue in levodopa-naïve subjects with Parkinson disease
Neurology 2008 71: 481-485. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

T. Schmitz-Hübsch, P. Giunti, D. A. Stephenson, C. Globas, L. Baliko, F. Saccà, C. Mariotti, M. Rakowicz, S. Szymanski, J. Infante, B.P.C. van de Warrenburg, D. Timmann, R. Fancellu, R. Rola, C. Depondt, L. Schöls, E. Zdzienicka, J. -S. Kang, S. Döhlinger, B. Kremer, B. Melegh, A. Filla, and T. Klockgether

SCA Functional Index: A useful compound performance measure for spinocerebellar ataxia
Neurology 2008 71: 486-492. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

R. Ferrucci, F. Mameli, I. Guidi, S. Mrakic-Sposta, M. Vergari, S. Marceglia, F. Cogiamanian, S. Barbieri, E. Scarpini, and A. Priori

Transcranial direct current stimulation improves recognition memory in Alzheimer disease
Neurology 2008 71: 493-498. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Aron S. Buchman, Julie A. Schneider, Sue Leurgans, and David A. Bennett

Physical frailty in older persons is associated with Alzheimer disease pathology
Neurology 2008 71: 499-504. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Markus Schürks, Robert Y.L. Zee, Julie E. Buring, and Tobias Kurth

Interrelationships among the MTHFR 677C>T polymorphism, migraine, and cardiovascular disease
Neurology 2008 71: 505-513. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

P. N. Valdmanis, E. Kabashi, A. Dyck, P. Hince, J. Lee, P. Dion, M. D'Amour, F. Souchon, J. -P. Bouchard, F. Salachas, V. Meininger, P. M. Andersen, W. Camu, N. Dupré, and G. A. Rouleau

Association of paraoxonase gene cluster polymorphisms with ALS in France, Quebec, and Sweden
Neurology 2008 71: 514-520. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. C. Probasco, S. S. Spudich, J. Critchfield, E. Lee, N. Lollo, S. G. Deeks, and R. W. Price

Failure of atorvastatin to modulate CSF HIV-1 infection: Results of a pilot study
Neurology 2008 71: 521-524. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. J. Berg, R. A. Gross, K. J. Tomaszewski, W. M. Zingaro, and L. S. Haskins

Generic substitution in the treatment of epilepsy: Case evidence of breakthrough seizures
Neurology 2008 71: 525-530. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

O. Benveniste, P. Laforet, O. Dubourg, S. Solly, L. Musset, S. Choquet, N. Azar, M. Fardeau, S. Herson, V. Leblond, and B. Eymard

STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN A PATIENT WITH LATE-ONSET NEMALINE MYOPATHY AND GAMMOPATHY
Neurology 2008 71: 531-532. [Full Text] [PDF]  

N. C. Voermans, M. Minnema, M. Lammens, H. J. Schelhaas, A.v.d. Kooi, H. M. Lokhorst, and B. G. van Engelen

SPORADIC LATE-ONSET NEMALINE MYOPATHY EFFECTIVELY TREATED BY MELPHALAN AND STEM CELL TRANSPLANT
Neurology 2008 71: 532-534. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

NEUROIMAGES:

Joanna Fong, Guiyun Wu, Elaine Wyllie, and Ajay Gupta

Interictal hypermetabolic subcortical band on brain FDG-PET in doublecortin mutation
Neurology 2008 71: 535. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

RESIDENT AND FELLOW SECTION:

Jennifer A. Zimmer, Bhuwan P. Garg, Darren P. O’Neill, and Meredith R. Golomb

Teaching NeuroImage: MRI visualization of papilledema associated with cerebral sinovenous thrombosis in a child
Neurology 2008 71: e12-e13. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Yasser Aladdin, Thomas J. Snyder, and S. Nizam Ahmed

Pearls & Oy-sters: Selective postictal aphasia: Cerebral language organization in bilingual patients
Neurology 2008 71: e14-e17. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Podcast]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

M. A. Verboon-Maciolek, F. Groenendaal, F. Cowan, P. Govaert, A. M. van Loon, and L. S. de Vries

WHITE MATTER DAMAGE IN NEONATAL ENTEROVIRUS MENINGOENCEPHALITIS
Neurology 2008 71: 536. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maria Nolano, Vincenzo Provitera, Lucio Santoro, David N. Herrmann, J. Neil Boger, Cortney Jansen, and Christi Alessi-Fox

IN VIVO CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY OF MEISSNER CORPUSCLES AS A MEASURE OF SENSORY NEUROPATHY
Neurology 2008 71: 536-537. [Full Text] [PDF]  

UPDATE:

Update
Neurology 2008 71: 492. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEPARTMENTS:

Calendar
Neurology 2008 71: 538-539. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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