THIS WEEK IN NEUROLOGY:

Highlights of the August 26 issue
Neurology 2008 71: 619. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

Ruth Ann Marrie

You get what you measure: Evaluating endpoints in MS clinical trials
Neurology 2008 71: 620-621. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Herbert Schaumburg and Steven Herskovitz

Copper deficiency myeloneuropathy: A clue to clioquinol-induced subacute myelo-optic neuropathy?
Neurology 2008 71: 622-623. [Full Text] [PDF]  

VIEWS AND REVIEWS:

Nico J. Diederich and Christopher G. Goetz

The placebo treatments in neurosciences: New insights from clinical and neuroimaging studies
Neurology 2008 71: 677-684. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

G. C. Ebers, L. Heigenhauser, M. Daumer, C. Lederer, and J. H. Noseworthy

Disability as an outcome in MS clinical trials
Neurology 2008 71: 624-631. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

M. P. Amato, E. Portaccio, M. L. Stromillo, B. Goretti, V. Zipoli, G. Siracusa, M. Battaglini, A. Giorgio, M. L. Bartolozzi, L. Guidi, S. Sorbi, A. Federico, and N. De Stefano

Cognitive assessment and quantitative magnetic resonance metrics can help to identify benign multiple sclerosis
Neurology 2008 71: 632-638. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement] [Italian Translation]  

S. P. Nations, P. J. Boyer, L. A. Love, M. F. Burritt, J. A. Butz, G. I. Wolfe, L. S. Hynan, J. Reisch, and J. R. Trivedi

Denture cream: An unusual source of excess zinc, leading to hypocupremia and neurologic disease
Neurology 2008 71: 639-643. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Podcast] [JapaneseTranslation]  

Feza Deymeer, Piraye Serdaroglu, Yesim Parman, and Mehves Poda

Natural history of SMA IIIb: Muscle strength decreases in a predictable sequence and magnitude
Neurology 2008 71: 644-649. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. J. O'Donnell, M. K. Kapral, J. Fang, G. Saposnik, J. W. Eikelboom, W. Oczkowski, J. Silva, L. Gould, C. D'Uva, F. L. Silver On behalf of the Investigators of the Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network

Gastrointestinal bleeding after acute ischemic stroke
Neurology 2008 71: 650-655. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

N. Brouwers, K. Sleegers, S. Engelborghs, S. Maurer-Stroh, I. Gijselinck, J. van der Zee, B. A. Pickut, M. Van den Broeck, M. Mattheijssens, K. Peeters, J. Schymkowitz, F. Rousseau, J. -J. Martin, M. Cruts, P. P. De Deyn, and C. Van Broeckhoven

Genetic variability in progranulin contributes to risk for clinically diagnosed Alzheimer disease
Neurology 2008 71: 656-664. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Tracey A. Milligan, Shelley Hurwitz, and Edward B. Bromfield

Efficacy and tolerability of levetiracetam versus phenytoin after supratentorial neurosurgery
Neurology 2008 71: 665-669. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Gilman, G. K. Wenning, P. A. Low, D. J. Brooks, C. J. Mathias, J. Q. Trojanowski, N. W. Wood, C. Colosimo, A. Dürr, C. J. Fowler, H. Kaufmann, T. Klockgether, A. Lees, W. Poewe, N. Quinn, T. Revesz, D. Robertson, P. Sandroni, K. Seppi, and M. Vidailhet

Second consensus statement on the diagnosis of multiple system atrophy
Neurology 2008 71: 670-676. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [JapaneseTranslation]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

T.C.H. Tan, B. W. de Boer, A. Mitchell, L. Delriviere, L. A. Adams, G. P. Jeffrey, and G. MacQuillan

LEVETIRACETAM AS A POSSIBLE CAUSE OF FULMINANT LIVER FAILURE
Neurology 2008 71: 685-686. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

N. F. Moran, M. D. Bain, M.M.K. Muqit, and B. E. Bax

CARRIER ERYTHROCYTE ENTRAPPED THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE THERAPY FOR MNGIE
Neurology 2008 71: 686-688. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

REFLECTIONS: NEUROLOGY AND THE HUMANITIES:

Alexandre Y. Poppe

Poetry in Poems
Neurology 2008 71: 689. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert J. Joynt

The case of the collapsing man
Neurology 2008 71: 690-693. [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEUROIMAGES:

O. Flabeau, A. Foubert-Samier, W. Meissner, and F. Tison

Hearing and seeing: Unusual early signs of Wernicke encephalopathy
Neurology 2008 71: 694. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

VIDEO NEUROIMAGES:

Friedrich Asmus, Heiko Huber, Thomas Gasser, and Ludger Schöls

Kick and rush: Paradoxical kinesia in Parkinson disease
Neurology 2008 71: 695. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

RESIDENT AND FELLOW SECTION:

P. De Bonis, C. Lucantoni, L. D'Angelo, F. Doglietto, D. Romano, and M. Visocchi

Teaching NeuroImage: Spinal extradural arachnoid cyst: A rare cause of back pain
Neurology 2008 71: e24. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

PATIENT PAGES:

Joseph H. Friedman and Richard Dubinsky

The placebo effect
Neurology 2008 71: e25-e26. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Marc Gotkine, Heike Schmolck, and Paul Schulz

RATING THE APPROACHABILITY OF FACES IN ALS
Neurology 2008 71: 696. [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Grundman, S. Gilman, R. S. Black, N. C. Fox, M. Koller, T.D. Koepsell, Y.-Y. Chi, E.M. Ramos, W.W. Lee, and W.A. Kukull

AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR ESTIMATING EFFICACY OF THE AN1792 VACCINE FOR ALZHEIMER DISEASE
Neurology 2008 71: 697-698. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEPARTMENTS:

Jayne R. Wilkinson

HANDBOOK OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE, 4TH EDITION
Neurology 2008 71: 699. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Calendar
Neurology 2008 71: 700-701. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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