THIS WEEK IN NEUROLOGY:

This week in Neurology®: Highlights of the November 10 issue
Neurology 2009 73: 1521. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

Scott L. Pomeroy

Pathologic intracellular signaling in childhood pilocytic astrocytomas
Neurology 2009 73: 1522-1523. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jerry S. Wolinsky

MRI lesion loads and disability relationships in MS: More similar than different?
Neurology 2009 73: 1524-1525. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

J. Yu, H. Deshmukh, R. J. Gutmann, R. J. Emnett, F. J. Rodriguez, M. A. Watson, R. Nagarajan, and D. H. Gutmann

Alterations of BRAF and HIPK2 loci predominate in sporadic pilocytic astrocytoma
Neurology 2009 73: 1526-1531. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

Christina T. Fuentes, Stewart H. Mostofsky, and Amy J. Bastian

Children with autism show specific handwriting impairments
Neurology 2009 73: 1532-1537. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Maria Pia Sormani, Marco Rovaris, Giancarlo Comi, and Massimo Filippi

A reassessment of the plateauing relationship between T2 lesion load and disability in MS
Neurology 2009 73: 1538-1542. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Kassandra L. Munger, Tanuja Chitnis, and Alberto Ascherio

Body size and risk of MS in two cohorts of US women
Neurology 2009 73: 1543-1550. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. Marzocchetti, T. Tompkins, D. B. Clifford, R. T. Gandhi, S. Kesari, J. R. Berger, D. M. Simpson, M. Prosperi, A. De Luca, and I. J. Koralnik

Determinants of survival in progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
Neurology 2009 73: 1551-1558. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

D. R. Gustafson, K. Bäckman, M. Waern, S. Östling, X. Guo, P. Zandi, M. M. Mielke, C. Bengtsson, and I. Skoog

Adiposity indicators and dementia over 32 years in Sweden
Neurology 2009 73: 1559-1566. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

M. E. Zimmerman, J. W. Pan, H. P. Hetherington, M. L. Lipton, K. Baigi, and R. B. Lipton

Hippocampal correlates of pain in healthy elderly adults: A pilot study
Neurology 2009 73: 1567-1570. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R. Migliaccio, F. Agosta, K. Rascovsky, A. Karydas, S. Bonasera, G. D. Rabinovici, B. L. Miller, and M. L. Gorno-Tempini

Clinical syndromes associated with posterior atrophy: Early age at onset AD spectrum
Neurology 2009 73: 1571-1578. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

E. I. Johnson, I. Sibon, P. Renou, F. Rouanet, M. Allard, and J. Swendsen

Feasibility and validity of computerized ambulatory monitoring in stroke patients
Neurology 2009 73: 1579-1583. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

P. Martinez-Martin, C. Rodriguez-Blazquez, K. Abe, K. B. Bhattacharyya, B. R. Bloem, F. J. Carod-Artal, R. Prakash, R.A.J. Esselink, C. Falup-Pecurariu, M. Gallardo, P. Mir, Y. Naidu, A. Nicoletti, K. Sethi, Y. Tsuboi, J. J. van Hilten, M. Visser, M. Zappia, and K. R. Chaudhuri

International study on the psychometric attributes of the Non-Motor Symptoms Scale in Parkinson disease
Neurology 2009 73: 1584-1591. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Podcast]  

NEUROLOGY CLINICAL PATHOLOGICAL CONFERENCE:

Richard J. Barohn, Giles D.J. Watts, and Anthony A. Amato

A case of late-onset proximal and distal muscle weakness
Neurology 2009 73: 1592-1597. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

Ik Lin Tan and Bruce J. Brew

POSSIBLE JCV GRANULAR CELL NEURONOPATHY IN A PATIENT WITH HIV INFECTION
Neurology 2009 73: 1598-1599. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

S. Messina, G. Tortorella, D. Concolino, M. Spanò, A. D’Amico, C. Bruno, F. M. Santorelli, E. Mercuri, and E. Bertini

CONGENITAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY WITH DEFECTIVE -DYSTROGLYCAN, CEREBELLAR HYPOPLASIA, AND EPILEPSY
Neurology 2009 73: 1599-1601. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

REFLECTIONS: NEUROLOGY AND THE HUMANITIES:

Isadora Botwinick

Reflections for November
Neurology 2009 73: 1602-1603. [Full Text] [PDF]  

RESIDENT AND FELLOW SECTION:

C. A. Twardowschy, L. De Paola, F.M.B. Germiniani, L. C. Werneck, and C. Silvado

Pearls & Oy-sters: Soft-tissue necrosis as a result of intravenous leakage of phenytoin
Neurology 2009 73: e94-e95. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

John J. Millichap

Book Review: THE NEUROLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROMES
Neurology 2009 73: e96. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Shoichi Ito, Brian G. Weinshenker, Setty M. Magaña, Marcelo Matiello, and Alejandro A. Rabinstein

POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME IN NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA SPECTRUM DISORDERS
Neurology 2009 73: 1604-1605. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anne Louise Oaklander, Woo-Keun Seo, and Moon Ho Park

NEUROPATHIC PRURITUS FOLLOWING WALLENBERG SYNDROME
Neurology 2009 73: 1605-1606. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Abdorasool Janati, Michael DeGeorgia, and Christian Grommes

CORPUS CALLOSUM DYSGENESIS LIMITS MRI CHANGES TO ONE HEMISPHERE IN STATUS EPILEPTICUS
Neurology 2009 73: 1606-1607. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Majid Fotuhi, Vladimir Hachinski, Miia Kivipelto, Peter Whitehouse, Deniz Erten-Lyons, and Jeffrey Kaye

FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH RESISTANCE TO DEMENTIA DESPITE HIGH ALZHEIMER DISEASE PATHOLOGY
Neurology 2009 73: 1607-1608. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRECTIONS:

Normal and mutant HTT interact to affect clinical severity and progression in Huntington disease
Neurology 2009 73: 1608. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEPARTMENTS:

Calendar
Neurology 2009 73: 1609. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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