THIS WEEK IN NEUROLOGY:

This week in Neurology®: Highlights of the May 5 issue
Neurology 2009 72: 1539. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

Stephen C. Cannon

Getting a charge out of periodic paralysis?
Neurology 2009 72: 1540-1541. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David S. Knopman

Cracking the therapeutic nut in mild cognitive impairment: Better nuts and better nutcrackers
Neurology 2009 72: 1542-1543. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

E. Matthews, R. Labrum, M. G. Sweeney, R. Sud, A. Haworth, P. F. Chinnery, G. Meola, S. Schorge, D. M. Kullmann, M. B. Davis, and M. G. Hanna

Voltage sensor charge loss accounts for most cases of hypokalemic periodic paralysis
Neurology 2009 72: 1544-1547. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

A. Alshekhlee, J. D. Miles, B. Katirji, D. C. Preston, and H. J. Kaminski

Incidence and mortality rates of myasthenia gravis and myasthenic crisis in US hospitals
Neurology 2009 72: 1548-1554. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

R. S. Doody, S. H. Ferris, S. Salloway, Y. Sun, R. Goldman, W. E. Watkins, Y. Xu, and A. K. Murthy

Donepezil treatment of patients with MCI: A 48-week randomized, placebo-controlled trial
Neurology 2009 72: 1555-1561. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Podcast] [Polish Translation]  

J. D. Rohrer, J. D. Warren, M. Modat, G. R. Ridgway, A. Douiri, M. N. Rossor, S. Ourselin, and N. C. Fox

Patterns of cortical thinning in the language variants of frontotemporal lobar degeneration
Neurology 2009 72: 1562-1569. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

T. G. Fong, R. N. Jones, P. Shi, E. R. Marcantonio, L. Yap, J. L. Rudolph, F. M. Yang, D. K. Kiely, and S. K. Inouye

Delirium accelerates cognitive decline in Alzheimer disease
Neurology 2009 72: 1570-1575. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

B. R. Copenhaver, J. Shin, S. Warach, J. A. Butman, J. L. Saver, and C. S. Kidwell

Gradient echo MRI: Implementation of a training tutorial for intracranial hemorrhage diagnosis
Neurology 2009 72: 1576-1581. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. Barra, L. Oujamaa, V. Chauvineau, P. Rougier, and D. Pérennou

Asymmetric standing posture after stroke is related to a biased egocentric coordinate system
Neurology 2009 72: 1582-1587. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

C. Di Lorenzo, F. Pierelli, G. Coppola, G. S. Grieco, C. Rengo, M. Ciccolella, D. Magis, M. Bolla, C. Casali, F. M. Santorelli, and J. Schoenen

Mitochondrial DNA haplogroups influence the therapeutic response to riboflavin in migraineurs
Neurology 2009 72: 1588-1594. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

D. Torres-Russotto, W. M. Landau, G. W. Harding, B. A. Bohne, K. Sun, and P. M. Sinatra

Calibrated finger rub auditory screening test (CALFRAST)
Neurology 2009 72: 1595-1600. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

S. Taillibert, L. A. Vincent, B. Granger, Y. Marie, C. Carpentier, R. Guillevin, A. Bellanger, K. Mokhtari, A. Rousseau, D. Psimaras, C. Dehais, M. Sierra del Rio, Y. Meng, F. Laigle-Donadey, K. Hoang-Xuan, M. Sanson, and J. Y. Delattre

Bevacizumab and irinotecan for recurrent oligodendroglial tumors
Neurology 2009 72: 1601-1606. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

NEUROLOGY CLINICAL PATHOLOGICAL CONFERENCE:

A. Lossos, C. J. Klein, K. M. McEvoy, and B. M. Keegan

A 63-year-old woman with urinary incontinence and progressive gait disorder
Neurology 2009 72: 1607-1613. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Chinese Translation]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

J. S. Henkel, D. R. Beers, S. Wen, R. Bowser, and S. H. Appel

DECREASED mRNA EXPRESSION OF TIGHT JUNCTION PROTEINS IN LUMBAR SPINAL CORDS OF PATIENTS WITH ALS
Neurology 2009 72: 1614-1616. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Mikael Cohen, Fanny Rocher, Claude Brunschwig, and Christine Lebrun

RECURRENT PERICARDITIS DUE TO NATALIZUMAB TREATMENT
Neurology 2009 72: 1616-1617. [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEUROIMAGES:

John R. Crawford, Brian R. Rood, Christopher T. Rossi, and Gilbert Vezina

Medulloblastoma associated with novel PTCH mutation as primary manifestation of Gorlin syndrome
Neurology 2009 72: 1618. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

RESIDENT AND FELLOW SECTION:

H. Aitken, G. Gorman, R. McFarland, M. Roberts, R. W. Taylor, and D. M. Turnbull

Clinical Reasoning: Blurred vision and dancing feet: Restless legs syndrome presenting in mitochondrial disease
Neurology 2009 72: e86-e90. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Geetha Athappilly and Victoria S. Pelak

Teaching NeuroImages: Superior segmental optic nerve hypoplasia confirmed by optical coherence tomography
Neurology 2009 72: e91-e92. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Nitin K. Sethi and Michael J. Aminoff

TRAINING IN NEUROLOGY
Neurology 2009 72: 1619. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel Ontaneda, Kala M. Mehta DSc,, and Eliseo Perez-Stable

RACE/ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN AD SURVIVAL IN US ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE CENTERS
Neurology 2009 72: 1619-1620. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alla A. Vein and Peter J. Dyck

LATE-ONSET HMSN 2: FURTHER EVIDENCE OF GENETIC HETEROGENEITY
Neurology 2009 72: 1620-1621. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEPARTMENTS:

Mary L. Zupanc

BENIGN FOCAL EPILEPSIES IN INFANCY, CHILDHOOD, AND ADOLESCENCE
Neurology 2009 72: 1622. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Calendar
Neurology 2009 72: 1623-1624. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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