THIS WEEK IN NEUROLOGY:

This week in Neurology®: Highlights of the June 9 issue
Neurology 2009 72: 1971. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

Robert J. Fox and Douglas L. Arnold

Seeing injectable MS therapies differently: They are more similar than different
Neurology 2009 72: 1972-1973. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seemant Chaturvedi and Aaron S. Dumont

The learning curve for neuroendovascular procedures: How important is it?
Neurology 2009 72: 1974-1975. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

D. Cadavid, L. J. Wolansky, J. Skurnick, J. Lincoln, J. Cheriyan, K. Szczepanowski, S. S. Kamin, A. R. Pachner, J. Halper, and S. D. Cook

Efficacy of treatment of MS with IFNβ-1b or glatiramer acetate by monthly brain MRI in the BECOME study
Neurology 2009 72: 1976-1983. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

M. J. D’Netto, H. Ward, K. M. Morrison, S. V. Ramagopalan, D. A. Dyment, G. C. DeLuca, L. Handunnetthi, A. D. Sadovnick, and G. C. Ebers

Risk alleles for multiple sclerosis in multiplex families
Neurology 2009 72: 1984-1988. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. A. Rudick, A. Pace, M.R.S. Rani, R. Hyde, M. Panzara, S. Appachi, J. Shrock, S. L. Maurer, P. A. Calabresi, C. Confavreux, S. L. Galetta, F. D. Lublin, E. -W. Radue, and R. M. Ransohoff

Effect of statins on clinical and molecular responses to intramuscular interferon beta-1a
Neurology 2009 72: 1989-1993. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

B. Meissner, K. Kallenberg, P. Sanchez-Juan, D. Collie, D. M. Summers, S. Almonti, S. J. Collins, P. Smith, P. Cras, G. H. Jansen, J. P. Brandel, M. B. Coulthart, H. Roberts, B. Van Everbroeck, D. Galanaud, V. Mellina, R. G. Will, and I. Zerr

MRI lesion profiles in sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
Neurology 2009 72: 1994-2001. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement] [Japanese Translation]  

V. Iodice, K. Kimpinski, S. Vernino, P. Sandroni, R. D. Fealey, and P. A. Low

Efficacy of immunotherapy in seropositive and seronegative putative autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy
Neurology 2009 72: 2002-2008. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Podcast]  

A. Palla, A. Schmid-Priscoveanu, A. Studer, K. Hess, and D. Straumann

Deficient high-acceleration vestibular function in patients with polyneuropathy
Neurology 2009 72: 2009-2013. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

F. Nahab, M. J. Lynn, S. E. Kasner, M. J. Alexander, R. Klucznik, O. O. Zaidat, J. Chaloupka, H. Lutsep, S. Barnwell, M. Mawad, B. Lane, M. I. Chimowitz For the NIH Multicenter Wingspan Intracranial Stent Registry Study Group

Risk factors associated with major cerebrovascular complications after intracranial stenting
Neurology 2009 72: 2014-2019. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Korean Translation]  

Fraser G.A. Moore and Colin Chalk

The essential neurologic examination: What should medical students be taught?
Neurology 2009 72: 2020-2023. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

C. Vilariño-Güell, C. Wider, A. I. Soto-Ortolaza, S. A. Cobb, J. M. Kachergus, B. H. Keeling, J. C. Dachsel, M. M. Hulihan, D. W. Dickson, Z. K. Wszolek, R. J. Uitti, N. R. Graff-Radford, B. F. Boeve, K. A. Josephs, B. Miller, K. B. Boylan, K. Gwinn, C. H. Adler, J. O. Aasly, F. Hentati, A. Destée, A. Krygowska-Wajs, M. -C. Chartier-Harlin, O. A. Ross, R. Rademakers, and M. J. Farrer

Characterization of DCTN1 genetic variability in neurodegeneration
Neurology 2009 72: 2024-2028. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

K. Yaffe, A. J. Fiocco, K. Lindquist, E. Vittinghoff, E. M. Simonsick, A. B. Newman, S. Satterfield, C. Rosano, S. M. Rubin, H. N. Ayonayon, T. B. Harris For the Health ABC Study

Predictors of maintaining cognitive function in older adults: The Health ABC Study
Neurology 2009 72: 2029-2035. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

NEUROLOGY CLINICAL PATHOLOGICAL CONFERENCE:

J. T. Kissel, E. L. Dimberg, A. M. Emslie-Smith, D. Selcen, and B. M. Keegan

A 49-year-old man with contractures, weakness, and cardiac arrhythmia
Neurology 2009 72: 2036-2043. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

P. Labauge, B. Fontaine, J. -P. Neau, F. Bergametti, F. Riant, A. Blecon, F. Marchelli, M. Arnoult, A. Lannuzel, M. Clanet, S. Olschwang, C. Denier, and E. Tournier-Lasserve

MULTIPLE DURAL LESIONS MIMICKING MENINGIOMAS IN PATIENTS WITH CCM3/PDCD10 MUTATIONS
Neurology 2009 72: 2044-2046. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. Versino, D. Franciotta, S. Colnaghi, F. Biagi, E. Zardini, P. I. Bianchi, G. R. Corazza, and V. Cosi

CEREBELLAR SIGNS IN CELIAC DISEASE
Neurology 2009 72: 2046-2048. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

REFLECTIONS: NEUROLOGY AND THE HUMANITIES:

Steven P. Ringel

Teaching rounds and change
Neurology 2009 72: 2049-2051. [Full Text] [PDF]  

RESIDENT AND FELLOW SECTION:

Bhawna Jha and Milind Kothari

Pearls & Oy-sters: Hyperdense or pseudohyperdense MCA sign: A Damocles sword?
Neurology 2009 72: e116-e117. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Alexandra Borchert, Gabriel Möddel, and Matthias Schilling

Teaching Video NeuroImages: Paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia
Neurology 2009 72: e118. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Leonardo Bonilha, Jonathan J. Halford, Franz Riederer, and Christoph Baumgartner

NETWORK ATROPHY IN TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY: A VOXEL-BASED MORPHOMETRY STUDY
Neurology 2009 72: 2052. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alain Braillon and Gérard Dubois

HEPATITIS B VACCINE AND THE RISK OF CNS INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATION IN CHILDHOOD
Neurology 2009 72: 2053. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Barry S. Oken and Christopher G. Goetz

THE PLACEBO TREATMENTS IN NEUROSCIENCES: NEW INSIGHTS FROM CLINICAL AND NEUROIMAGING STUDIES
Neurology 2009 72: 2053-2054. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bruce D. Snyder

THE ABPN MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR NEUROLOGISTS: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
Neurology 2009 72: 2054. [Full Text] [PDF]  

María-Luisa Martínez-Frías, J. Craig MRCP, S. Hunt MRCP, J. Morrow, and Belfast; A. Russell MRCP

TOPIRAMATE IN PREGNANCY: PRELIMINARY EXPERIENCE FROM THE UK EPILEPSY AND PREGNANCY REGISTER
Neurology 2009 72: 2054-2055. [Full Text] [PDF]  

William M. Landau, W. Thomas Thach, Jr, Felipe Fregni, and Moises C. Lima

MOTOR CORTEX STIMULATION FOR CHRONIC PAIN: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS OF THE LITERATURE
Neurology 2009 72: 2055-2056. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Simona Sacco, Antonio Carolei, Stefan Kiechl, and Johann Willeit

BURDEN OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND RISK OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM IN PATIENTS WITH MIGRAINE
Neurology 2009 72: 2056-2057. [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Piepers, W. -L. van der Pol, F. Brugman, J.H.J. Wokke, L. H. van den Berg, Feza Deymeer, Piraye Serdaroglu, Yesim Parman, and Mehves Poda

NATURAL HISTORY OF SMA IIIb: MUSCLE STRENGTH DECREASES IN A PREDICTABLE SEQUENCE AND MAGNITUDE
Neurology 2009 72: 2057-2058. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRECTIONS:

High-resolution diffusion tensor imaging in the substantia nigra of de novo Parkinson disease
Neurology 2009 72: 2059. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEPARTMENTS:

Calendar
Neurology 2009 72: 2060. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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